Nicki Minaj Comes in First: A Look at Her Milestones
Barb becomes first woman with 4 songs on R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
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First Things First - Nicki Minaj is not only the first lady of Young Money, she's a trailblazer who has set precedents in her short career. Her latest chart-breaker came this week when she became the first woman to simultaneously have four songs in the top 10 of Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart. The crowning moment came after her smash “Truffle Butter,” with Lil Wayne and Drake, took the top spot."Truffle Butter" is joined by "Only," her collaboration with Beyoncé called "Feeling Myself" and her assist on Rae Sremmurd's "Throw Some Mo."Check out more of her pinkprint to success.(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)
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First Female Artist With a No. 1 Single on the Rap Charts Since 2002 - The accidental single "Your Love" leaked and became a radio hit for Minaj in the summer of 2010. The track quickly ascended to No. 1 on the rap charts, making the Queens-bred rapper the first female artist to top the charts without a feature since 2002.(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)
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First Artist With Seven Songs on Billboard's Hot 100 - By October 2010, Nicki was setting records, becoming the first artist period (not just female) to have seven songs on Billboard’s Hot 100. The laundry list of songs included: Ludacris' "My Chick Bad," Lil Wayne's "Knockout," Trey Songz' "Bottoms Up," Usher's "Lil Freak," Sean Kingston's "Letting Go (Dutty Love)" and Jay Sean's "2012 (It Ain't The End)."(Photo: Anthony Harvey/MTV/PictureGroup)
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First Female to Make MTV's Hottest MCs List - Coming in at No. 6 without even dropping an official album yet, Nicki took the title of first female rapper to be included on MTV's annual Hottest MC list. The Harajuku Barbie was featured alongside hip hop heavyweights like Eminem (No. 1), Jay Z (No. 2), Kanye West (No. 3), Drake (No. 4), Rick Ross (No. 5), Lil Wayne (No. 7), Waka Flocka Flame (No. 8), B.o.B. (No. 9) and Ludacris (No. 10).(Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)
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First Female Rapper to Have a No. 1 Album Since 1999 - When Nicki's highly anticipated debut album Pink Friday was finally released in November 2010, it took the title of first rap album by a female to be No. 1 in the country since Eve's 1999 debut Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders First Lady. It also sold 375,000 copies in its first week, which was nearly the most an album from a female rapper has ever sold, coming in second to Lauryn Hill's 1998 classic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)
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