Pink Friday

Pink Friday
Studio album by Nicki Minaj
Publication (s)	November 19, 2010
admission	2009-2010
Label (s)	Young Money, Cash Money , Universal Motown
Format (s)	CD , download
Genre (s)	Hip-Hop , R&B , Pop
Title (number)	13
running time	50:55
occupation	Singing , rap : Nicki Minaj Features: Eminem , Rihanna , Drake , will.i.am , Kanye West , Natasha Bedingfield
production	Bangladesh, Blackout Movement, Drew Money, Oak, Papa Justifi, JR Rotem , Swizz Beatz , T-Minus , will.i.am
Studio (s)	54 Sound Studios ( Detroit , Michigan ) Chalice Recording Studios ( Los Angeles , California ) Glenwood Place Studios ( Burbank , California )
chronology Beam Me Up Scotty (2009) Pink Friday Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012)
Single releases June 1st, 2010 Your love 2. September 3, 2010 Check It Out 3. September 24, 2010 Right thru me December 4-7, 2010 Moment 4 life March 5th , 2011 (radio) Did it on 'Em April 6th, 15th 2011 Girls Fall Like Dominoes May 7th, 13th 2011 Great bass September 8th , 2011 Fly

Pink Friday is the debut studio album by hip-hop - singer Nicki Minaj . It was released on November 19, 2010 by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Universal Motown. The Deluxe Edition contains three additional songs and was also released on November 19th. The album's pioneering singles are Your Love and Right Thru Me , which were released in June and September 2010, respectively. In addition, the joint single with the American rapper will.i.am , Check It Out was previously released. A third single, Moment 4 Life , was released with Canadian rapper Drake in December 2010.

Pink Friday brings together different genres such as pop, hip-hop and R&B. Contributions to the album production came from a wide range of producers including JR Rotem , Bangladesh, Swizz Beatz , T-Minus and will.i.am . After a long-awaited release of the album, Pink Friday debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart with sales of 375,000 copies. Ultimately, the album peaked at number one in the United States and went 3 ×  platinum .

background

After a major record company lawsuit, Young Money Entertainment announced on August 31, 2009 that Minaj had signed a "360 deal" with the label in which she would retain all of her 360 rights - including merchandising, sponsorship, marketing, touring and publishing. Sessions for the album began in 2009 with a preliminary release in the second quarter of 2010. Minaj stated in an MTV interview that "Married In The Club" will be the first single from the album and will be released in November 2009. The plans for the single were canceled and Minaj stated in an interview with MTV in February 2010 that she had scrapped the previous material and that the recording was starting all over again. Minaj explains: “I now have songs that show who I am, but they are not the portrayal of me as a musical artist. I want to start over and record new songs, but I have my single and it will come out. "

Minaj explains the great importance of the album to her and all women in hip-hop in an interview with V103 Greg Street : “They don't look at other rappers and sign them because they say, 'Your buzz was so crazy and when they did don't make it, then nobody can make it. And I don't think that's happening so I do this for all girls too. I hope that with the success of the album - I think it will be successful - doors will open for all the girls who want to go everywhere. Even as far as I've come now, ”she said.

Track list

The official track listing was revealed by iTunes on October 30, 2010 , MTV reported .

No.	title	text	production	length
1	I'm the best	Onika Maraj, Daniel Johnson	Kane	3:37
2	Roman's Revenge (featuring Eminem )	Maraj, Kaseem Dean, Marshall Mathers, T. Smith	Swizz Beatz	4:38
3	Did it on 'Em	Maraj, Seandrae Crawford, J. Ellington, S. Samuels	Seandrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford	3:32
4th	Right thru me	Maraj, Stephen Hacker, Joe Satriani, Andrew Theilk	Drew Money	3:56
5	Fly (featuring Rihanna )	Maraj, Kevin Hissink, W. Jordan, Jonathan Rotem, C. Rishad	JR Rotem, Kevin Hissink	3:32
6th	Save me	Maraj, Warren Felder, Pop Wansel	Oak, Pop Wansel	3:05
7th	Moment 4 Life (featuring Drake )	Maraj, Aubrey Graham, Nikhil Seetharam, Tyler Williams	T-minus	4:39
8th	Check It Out (featuring will.i.am )	Maraj, William Adams, James Brown, Geoffrey Downes, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley	will.i.am	4:11
9	Blazin (featuring Kanye West )	Maraj, Kanye West, Theilk, K. Forsey, S. Schiff	Drew Money	5:02
10	Here I Am	Maraj, K. Dean, J. Williams, Robbie Bronnimann	Swizz Beatz, John B.	2:55
11	Dear Old Nicki	Maraj, Johnson	Kane	3:53
12	Your love	Maraj, David Freeman, Joseph Hughes, Wansel, Felder	Oak, Pop Wansel	4:05
13	Last Chance (featuring Natasha Bedingfield )	Maraj, Natasha Bedingfield, Theilk	Drew Money	3:51

Deluxe Edition

Bonus title

Revised UK edition

Samples and Interpolations

Adapted from the album booklet.

• Right Thru Me contains samples from Always With Me, Always With You by Joe Satriani .
• Check It Out embodies parts and samples of video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles .
• Check It Out contains elements and samples of Think (About It) by Lynn Collins, written by James Brown.
• Blazin samples Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds .
• Here I Am samples Red Sky by John B and Shaz Sparks.
• Your Love samples No More I Love You’s by Annie Lennox .
• Girls Fall like Dominoes contains samples of Dominoes written by The Big Pink.
• Girls Fall like Dominoes contains interpolations from Trailar Load a Girls , written by Cleveland Browne, Greville Gordon, and Whycliffe Johnson.

Publication and Promotion

Singles

"Massive Attack" (feat. Sean Garrett ) was released on April 13, 2010 through digital distribution. It immediately rose to number 75 on the Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs chart. The song was a significant change from Minaj's previous work on mixtapes and features. The song received mostly positive reviews from critics. The song only rose to number 122 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the song peaked at number 65 on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Massive Attack" was originally announced as the album's pioneering single, but after the song such a bad chart placement, Minaj dethroned the song as the first single and announced that it would not be on Pink Friday . "Your Love" was finally released as the first official single from the album in the US on June 1, 2010 and in the UK on July 2, 2010. The song has so far reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 5 on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs, and has been number 1 on the Rap Songs chart for eight consecutive weeks. "Right Thru Me" was released on September 24, 2010 and officially played for the first time on October 5, 2010 on Urban Radio . A music video, directed by Diane Martel, was released for the single on October 27, 2010. "Moment 4 Life," the Drake features, was officially played for the first time on Rhythmic Radio on December 7, 2010 and was released as a single on March 20, 2011.

"Check It Out", a collaboration with will.i.am , was released as a single on September 3, 2010. A music video for the song was directed by Rich Lee and released on October 25, 2010. "Roman's Revenge" with Eminem was released as a promotional single on October 30, 2010 on iTunes. A video was also shot in January 2011 for “ Fly ” (with Rihanna ). However, it wasn't released as an eighth single until September of the same year. A re-version of "Roman's Revenge" starring Lil Wayne was released on January 19, 2011 in the iTunes Store. " Did It on 'Em " was played on Rythmic Radio for the first time on March 7, 2011 . " Girls fall Like Dominoes " was released in the UK on 15 April 2011th

tour

Minaj announced on the social networking website Twitter that she will start a five- date Pink Friday tour a month before the album is released. She tweeted, "Ok Barbz, here are the first 5 dates for my Pink Friday Tour ". It began in Philadelphia on October 22nd and ran through October 30th in Trinidad and Tobago . Further dates are to be announced.

date	city	country	Venue
North America
October 22, 2010	Philadelphia	United States	Wells Fargo Center
October 23, 2010	Washington, DC		Star Night Club
October 24, 2010	Waterbury		Sin City
October 25, 2010	Boston		TD Garden
October 30, 2010	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Hasely Crawford Stadium

Commercial win

Pink Friday debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 , with 375,000 sales: the second-highest weekly sales for an album by a female hip-hop artist, behind Lauryn Hills The Lauryn Hill in 1998. The album climbed to number eight in Canada, number thirty in Ireland and number thirty-four in the UK. In its eighth week chart presence, the album had sold 989,000 copies in the United States. On 5 January 2011, Pink Friday by the RIAA with platinum certification. Three months after Pink Friday was released , a total of 1,035,000 copies were sold and never once left the top ten on the Billboard 200. The week of February 9, 2011 is Pink Friday. after the eleventh week on the Billboard 200, climbed to number one, selling 45,000 copies that week. In the UK, in week four, Pink Friday returned to the top 40 at number 34, the same position it reached the week of the album release. In the UK, the album was certified gold on April 1, 2011 .

Album charts

Charts	Chart positions	Weeks
United Kingdom	16	89
United States	1	73
Spain	94	2
Australia	19th	18th
New Zealand	15th	19th

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Your love	-	-	-	UK71 (8 weeks) UK	US14th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: June 1st, 2010 (Remix feat. Jay Sean )
	Check It Out	-	-	-	UK11 silver (15 weeks)UK	US24 (15 weeks) US	First published: September 3, 2010 (with will.i.am )
	Right thru me	-	-	-	UK71 (4 weeks) UK	US26th gold (19 weeks)US	First published: September 24, 2010
	Moment 4 life	-	-	-	UK22nd silver (15 weeks)UK	US13 platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: December 7, 2010 (feat. Drake )
2011	Did it on 'Em	-	-	-	-	US49 gold (15 weeks)US	First published: March 7, 2011
	Great bass	-	AT42 (6 weeks) AT	CH58 (3 weeks) CH	UK8th platinum (49 weeks)UK	US3 × 8 Eight times platinum (39 weeks)US	First published: April 5, 2011
	Girls Fall Like Dominoes	-	-	-	UK24 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 11, 2011 (published in Europe only)
	Fly	-	-	-	UK16 silver (17 weeks)UK	US19th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: August 30, 2011 ( feat.Rihanna )

Awards

At the 2012 Grammy Awards was Pink Friday in the category Best Rap Album nominated, but lost My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West .

country	Awards	Sales
Australia	platinum	70,000
United Kingdom	platinum	300,000
United States	3 × platinum	1,930,000
All in all	5 × platinum	2,300,000

Release history

List of publication dates

country	date	format	Label	Edition
Germany	November 19, 2010	CD	Universal Music	default
Ireland				default
Canada	November 22, 2010	CD, download		Standard deluxe
France		CD, download		default
United Kingdom			Universal Island	Deluxe
United States		CD, download	Young Money, Cash Money , Universal Motown	Standard deluxe
United Kingdom	March 11, 2011	CD, download	Cash money	Overworked

Individual evidence

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