When Nicki Minaj impacted her scene in 2007 pure sales, (and not streaming) were the only way for an artist to impact the charts.
As a result, the performer has harvested a fanbase who would sooner purchase her material than stream it and- even in the face of a PR storms generated in her personal life– have given her her 102nd Billboard Hot 100 hit by doing just that.
Good new for the rapper and her affluent supporters below…