Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, born December 8th, 1982, is known professionally as Nicki Minaj. Minaj is a Trinidadian-born rapper and singer based in the United States of America. Nicki Minaj is most recognized for her musical versatility, alter egos, and the animated flow of her raps. She first gained underground attention after releasing her debut mixtape, Playtime Is Over. Nicki later released two more mixtapes before her debut album, Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty. Beam Me Up Scotty was later reissued in 2020. Nicki first gained public attention with the release of her debut studio album, Pink Friday. The acclaimed album sold over 375k copies first week, the second-highest first-week sales for a female rap album. Maraj is one of the best-selling artists with over 100 million records sold among her extensive discography. Minaj has two diamond-certified singles, Bang Bang and Superbass. Superbass is her best-selling single to date being twelve times certified platinum, the highest certified solo single by a female rapper. Billboard staff ranked Minaj as the top-selling female rapper of the 2010s and one of the greatest rappers of all time. Maraj has the most number-one albums (Pink Friday, Pink Friday … Roman Reloaded, and Pink Friday 2) and top-ten songs (23) in the United States for a female rapper. In 2017, Maraj broke the record for the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 by any female recording artist, surpassing Aretha Franklin. Later in 2018, Nicki became the first female artist to surpass 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100. She has nine music videos with more than one billion views on YouTube, Minaj became the first female rapper to do so. These videos are Side to Side, Bang Bang (Both with over 2 billion views), Swalla, Tusa, Hey Mama, Beauty and a Beat, Anaconda, FEFE, and Super Bass. She is one of the two female artists to have nine music videos reaching this achievement, tying with Rihanna. The Pink Friday 2 World Tour, also known as Gag City Tour, is the fourth solo, and fifth overall, tour by rapper Nicki Minaj. In support of her fifth studio album Pink Friday 2, released in 2023. Consisting of 79 shows across three continents in its first leg. The tour has a gross of over $81.7 million based on the first 45 shows, the tour has become the highest-grossing tour of all time by a female rapper and of Nicki’s career, and the sixth-highest-grossing tour by a rapper. Nicki Minaj finished the first leg of her tour in July 2024 and will return to America for leg 2 on September 4th, 2024. This leg will consist of 22 shows and will end on October 11th, 2024 in Queens, New York
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