Chart Check: Nicki Minaj’s ‘Only’ Goes ‘Gold’ / Melissa Steel Reaches New Streaming Milestone

New year, new moves.

The above may be the sentiment held by chart topping performers Nicki Minaj and Melissa Steel this week, set to rock 2015 with many an impressive career move following the success of their latest releases!

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With little support from ‘Top 40′ radio, Hip Hop’s Minaj saw her latest single ‘Only’ surpass sales of 530,436 units before 2014’s end, and now sees it on course to reach the 600,000 mark within a matter of weeks.

Quite interestingly, the cut is now selling at a faster rate than the ‘Top 40’ backed ‘Beg For It‘ by Iggy Azalea which reached sales of 503,390 units in the same week ‘Only‘ reached the 530,000 mark.

Elsewhere, the British chart-slayer that is Melissa Steel celebrates the success of her smash hit single ‘Kisses for Breakfast‘ this year.

For, as of January 2nd 2015, the cut’s official video has been watched for a total of 30 years, a digital milestone that follows the song’s Top Ten peak in the UK.

Since dropping six months ago, ‘Breakfast’s video has been viewed 5,593,624 times on YouTube alone, shared 11,027 times and driving 3,611 new subscribers to the singer’s official channel on the video sharing platform.

In other chart news, Idina Menzel‘s festive album ‘Holiday Wishes‘ reaches US sales of 370,000 units while global sales of Ariana Grande‘s ‘My Everything’ touches down at the 1,133,000 unit mark.

In R&B land, Beyonce’s self-titled new album crosses the 5 million barrier worldwide while Elijah Blake‘s second EP ‘Drift’ reaches US sales of 12,321 units.

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