Starships (song)

Starships
Nicki Minaj
publication	February 14, 2012
length	3:32
Genre (s)	Eurodance , electropop , Europop
Author (s)	Nicki Minaj , RedOne , Carl Falk , Rami Yacoub, Wayne Hector
music	RedOne , Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub
album	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Starships (dt. Starships ) is a song by singer and rapper Nicki Minaj . In the United States, the song was released on February 14, 2012 as the lead single of their second album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded . The song premiered the same day on On Air with Ryan Seacrest . The song was produced by RedOne , Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub. The music video was shot in Hawaii from March 13th to 15th, 2012 . Like Pound The Alarm, the song is part of the game 'Just Dance 2014'

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Minaj said of the song: “'Starships' is one of my absolute, absolute favorite records on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded . It just sounds like a Ryan Seacrest -type of record. And I'm so excited for you to give this song your blessing, Ryan, because I know people are gonna love it. It feels right. It just feels good. It makes people feel happy and that's all I want. I want to start the year off with making people feel good. The [Grammy] performance was the performance, that was my clear craziness, and now it's time to make people dance and have fun, and that's all I want to do. ”In another interview, Minaj gave further details about the recording of the song : "There was so much love surrounding the making of the song, because RedOne is just so sweet to work with, he just sent me that one day, and he said, 'Hey, I got something for you!' I was like, 'You got to be kidding me, right?' I went to the studio and started writing… scratch that… I didn't even write the first verse! That was just me mumbling and just saying the first thing that came to my head, and we recorded it, because I just felt like: 'Let's go to the beach… let's go get away.' It was just so good. It feels good! "

composition

Starships is a Eurodance , Europop , Electropop and Euro House song. The song also contains strong hip-hop influences with rap verses by Minaj. Some compared Starships to songs from Eurodance groups like 2 Unlimited and C + C Music Factory . In the final moments of the song, the lines are sung by a stadium audience. Popcrush's Scott Shettler compared the backing vocals in the chorus to that in Britney Spears ' 2011 hit Till the World Ends . MTV's Jocelyn Vena said, “It's hard not to see Spears' influence on the rapper / singer when listening to the song . ”(“ It's hard not to tell Britney Spears' influence on the rapper / singer by listening to the song. ”) Billboard magazine compared Starships to the works of Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez , other artists, which also produced by RedOne.

Music video

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In early March 2012, a fan asked Minaj on Twitter if there would be a music video for Starships . Minaj replied quickly, “Yes. Of course barbz. Don't be silly ". ("Yes. Barbz of course. Don't get silly.") The Starships music video was filmed on Oahu Island, Hawaii , within three days from March 13th to March 15th, 2012 . Directed by Anthony Mandler . In an interview with Capital FM , Minaj praised the music video and described it as "very, very saucy" and her best music video to date. The music video premiered on April 26, 2012 at 7:56 am on MTV .

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The music video begins with a spaceship that flies along an island. The flight wakes the island's residents. The spaceship then beams a pink bikini girl with green hair (Nicki Minaj) to the island. The girl then starts singing the song. She is believed to be worshiped as a goddess by the island's natives. In the next scene, Minaj is dancing in the mountains and wearing a white, pink and black bodysuit , behind her is a glass box that she uses to dance. In the next scene it's night and Minaj is sitting on the glass box near a volcano, the locals dancing around the box. In the last scene, the now blonde celebrates with the islanders in a stripper outfit. In between the scenes, clips showing Minaj with kaleidoscope effects are faded in. In the last moment of the music video, Minaj sings the final scenes and looks straight into the camera.

reception

MTV's John Mitchell criticized the release of the music video. He himself found it strange that the music video for the third single from the album Beez in the Trap was released earlier than the music video for the first single Starships .

Commercial win

Starships debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 2012. It is her second top ten hit as a solo artist in the United States, after Super Bass reached number 3 in 2011. To date, Starships has the top ranking in the United States and the song was also awarded a platinum record in the United States. In the UK, the song debuted at number 16 and reached number 2 on March 18, 2012, making the song Minaj's biggest hit in the UK charts so far, overall it is her second top ten hit there. The song also reached the top ten in Canada, France, Ireland, Norway and New Zealand.

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	Starships Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	DE17 (25 weeks) DE	AT26 (24 weeks) AT	CH5 (31 weeks) CH	UK2 (45 weeks) UK	US5 (31 weeks) US	First published: February 14, 2012 Sales: +7,200,000

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	7 × platinum	490,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	15,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	300,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	30,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	250,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Norway (IFPI)	3 × platinum	30,000
Sweden (IFPI)	3 × platinum	120,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	4,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 27 × platinum	7,010,000 (according to awards) 7,200,000 (according to source)

Main article: Nicki Minaj / Music Sales Awards

Appearances

On February 26, 2012, Minaj sang the song for the first time along with Moment 4 Life , Turn Me On and Super Bass at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game. Minaj also sang the song in the eleventh season of American Idol on March 29, 2012 and on the Today show on April 6th. Minaj also sang the song in a medley with Right by My Side on The Ellen Degeneres Show on May 10, 2012 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jocelyn Vena: Nicki Minaj Shows Off 'Big Talent' On 'Starships' . In: MTV . Viacom. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
2. ↑ Kat George: Tuned In: Nicki Minaj Performs A Colorful "Starships" And "Super Bass" At NBA All Star Game . VH1 . February 27, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
3. ↑ Maria Sherman: Nicki Minaj Debut's New Single 'Starships': Listen . In: Billboard . Rovi. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
4. ↑ Jocelyn Vena: Nicki Minaj Drops Fist-Pumping 'Starships' single . In: MTV . Viacom. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
5. ^ Andrew Unterberger: "Starships" is meant for lip-synching on "Today Show" . Popdust. June 12th 4th Retrieved November 12th 5.
6. ↑ Rick Florino: Nicki Minaj "Starships" Song Review - 5 out of 5 stars . In: Artist Direct . Rogue. February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
7. ↑ Gerrick Kennedy: Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' reaffirms her pop star aims . In: LA Times . Los Angeles Times. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
8. ↑ Kyle Anderson: Nicki Minaj releases new song 'Starships': Hear it here . In: Entertainment Weekly . CNN. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
9. ↑ Scott Shetler: NICKI MINAJ, 'STARSHIPS' - SONG REVIEW . PopCrush. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
10. ↑ Andrew Hempp, Erika Ramirez: Nicki Minaj, 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded': Track-By-Track Review . In: Billboard . Rovi. March 29, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
11. ↑ Unsupported Browser or Operating System . Musicnotes.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
12. ↑ @NickiMinaj tweets . Retrieved March 11, 2012.
13. ↑ Nicki Minaj 'Pink Friday Roman Reloaded' Tracklist Will Be Revealed Next Week! . March 10, 2012. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 11, 2012. 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Video: Nicki Minaj - 'Starships' . In: Rap-Up . Retrieved April 27, 2012.
15. ↑ X. Alexander: Nicki Minaj Calls Her “Starships” Video “Very Saucy” And Her “Best One Yet” . In: Idolator . Buzz Media . March 31, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
16. ↑ Nicki Minaj Busts Out Bikini Body on Set of 'Starships' Video . In: Rap-Up . Retrieved April 27, 2012.
17. ↑ John Mitchell: Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' video 'May Be Too Saucy For TV' . In: MTV News . Viacom. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
18. ↑ Nicki Minaj Breaks UK Record With 'Starships,' Tells Jay-Z She's Coming For His Spot . Retrieved March 20, 2012.
19. ^ Starships - Nicki Minaj - Song Information . In: Billboard . Rovi. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
20. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
21. ^ IFPI Digital Music Report 2013. Engine of a digital world. (PDF; 4.11 MB) IFPI, March 27, 2013, accessed on June 22, 2016 (English). 
22. ↑ ^{a b} Digital Music Report 2013. (PDF) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , p. 12 , accessed on August 24, 2015 (English). 
23. ↑ Nicki Minaj performs 'Starships' . In: TODAY.com . msnbc.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 12, 2012. 
24. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.