Nicki Minaj has achieved an incredibly rare feat on the Billboard 200 chart. The rapper’s ‘Pink Friday’ has finally managed to claim the #1 spot in its 11th week on the tally on the tally after debuting at #2 when released on November 22nd.
Although ‘Pink Friday’ climbed to the chart’s summit with only 45k copies sold, the record performed well enough to surpass the 1 million sales mark. Hence, while the Minaj was award a platinum certification on December 17th for moving over 1 million units in shippers, she has now officially sold that figure at retail outlets.
Other acts making moves on the charts this week include Bruno Mars whose ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans’ climbs to #4 with 32k copies sold (down 3%) while Rihanna’s ‘Loud’ LP rebounds 8 spots from #13 to #5 13-5 by selling 29k (up 15%). Rounding out the top 10 of the album chart are P!nk’s ‘Greatest Hits … So Far!!!’ reenters the top 10 at #9 with 25k in sales (down 6%) and Eminem’s ‘Recovery’ rises from #12 to #10, selling 25k copies (up 18%).
Finally, Chris Brown’s ‘Look At Me Now’ debuts on the Digital Songs chart with 158k downloads (his highest entry since ‘No Air’ with Jordin Sparks which sold 153k in 2008).
Read more at Billboard.
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