'Here I Am' MC Nicki Minaj has broken her latest UK chart record.
Indeed, after becoming the highest charting Female Rapper in British history last year, the Rapper now holds the record for being the first and only artist this decade to nab 10 or more Urban Top 40s while scoring 10 more 'overall' Tops 40 less than three years after her official debut.
In adding to this, she is the only artist to have done this while scoring a number one album on the Urban/Official album tally at the same, thanks to sales generated by her 2012 studio effort, 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'.
Before anyone says something embarrassing, the UK Chart's definition of "urban" is completely different to America. It's based on the artist themselves - so because Nicki is racially Black/Indian and culturally urban, she's an urban artist.
Hence, "Starships" was the UK's biggest urban song of 2012, just fyi.
the record for being the first and only artist this decade to nab 10 or more Urban Top 40s while scoring 10 more 'overall' Tops 40 less than three years after her official debut
(She looks so beautiful in the OP. She looks better with those roots. Much more natural even though it's obvious she's wearing tons of makeup).
Congrats to Nicki, however this record seems like there are so many specifications. Most top 10s this decade while at the same time getting top 10s on the Top 40 chart within 3 years of their debuts. Who found this out? I bet a lot of our faves have records that we didn't know faves existed yet too.