Nicki Minaj equals Lauryn Hill's record

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After releasing 121 singl es in the Over the past 12 years, Nicki Minaj has set a new record in the United States.
The star's latest song, Super Freaky Girl, debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 - making her the first solo female rapper to achieve the feat in nearly a quarter of a century.
The last time this happened was in 1998 when Laruyn Hill's Doo Wop (That Thing) entered the chart at #1.
According to Billboard, Super Freaky Girl was streamed 21 million times last week.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">It also topped the download chart with 89,000 sales - the highest sales week for any song in 2022 so far.
"You did it," Minaj tweeted to her fans , after the reveal ment of the charts.
Super Freaky Girl is also the star's first number one as an unaccompanied artist and she thi e overall.
She previously topped the charts with Trollz, a collaboration with 6ix9ine, and as a featured artist on Doja Cat's hit TiKTok Say So, all two released in 2020.

Minaj's biggest hit as a solo artist was 2014's Anaconda, which peaked at number two.
Only one other solo rap artist has topped the singles chart since 1998 – Cardi B. Her two number ones, Up and Bodak Yellow, entered lower in ranking. standings before climbing to pole position.

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After releasing 121 singl es in the Over the past 12 years, Nicki Minaj has set a new record in the United States.

The star's latest song, Super Freaky Girl, debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 - making her the first solo female rapper to achieve the feat in nearly a quarter of a century.

The last time this happened was in 1998 when Laruyn Hill's Doo Wop (That Thing) entered the chart at #1.

According to Billboard, Super Freaky Girl was streamed 21 million times last week.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">It also topped the download chart with 89,000 sales - the highest sales week for any song in 2022 so far.

"You did it," Minaj tweeted to her fans , after the reveal ment of the charts.

Super Freaky Girl is also the star's first number one as an unaccompanied artist and she thi e overall.

She previously topped the charts with Trollz, a collaboration with 6ix9ine, and as a featured artist on Doja Cat's hit TiKTok Say So, all two released in 2020.

Minaj's biggest hit as a solo artist was 2014's Anaconda, which peaked at number two.

Only one other solo rap artist has topped the singles chart since 1998 – Cardi B. Her two number ones, Up and Bodak Yellow, entered lower in ranking. standings before climbing to pole position.