No, the word "feat." in the title did more than name following it. I'm an Ari stan but that's the tea and it's a brilliant marketing tactic since collabs psychologically seem more appealing.
If Nicki had the power to revive Ariana's why couldn't she revive her own?
Honestly this. Ariana had a top ten hit with Dangerous Woman and Focus. Into You also sold very well. These songs did incredibly well in markets outside of the US.
Side To Side was simply the bigger hit. I don't know why as it's the worst song on the album
"Down in the DM" (Remix) (Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj)
"No Broken Hearts" (Bebe Rexha featuring Nicki Minaj)
"Don't Hurt Me" (DJ Mustard featuring Nicki Minaj and Jeremih)
"Do You Mind"(DJ Khaled featuring Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, August Alsina, Jeremih, Future and Rick Ross)
"Like a Star"(Fetty Wap featuring Nicki Minaj)
"Black Barbies"(Nicki Minaj x Mike Will Made It)
"Side to Side"
(Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj) 4
ARIA: 2× Platinum[100]
BPI: Gold[21]
IFPI SWE: Platinum[101]
RMNZ: Platinum[102]
All these sings in 2016 and guess what hit top 10 and actually became a hit?
No solid answers, I'll assume the consensus is yes.
Nicki's last top 5 before Side To Side was Bang Bang just like Ariana's last top 5 before Side To Side, but Ariana has had two solo top 15's and two solo top 10's since then.
Yes. Either, yes, Nicki saved the Dangerous Woman era or they are a force together. Ariana couldn't get a smash by herself from Focus to Into You.
Just because those singles weren't "smashes" doesn't mean Ariana's career was dying though. Ariana's last four singles before Side To Side were all solo and none of them peaked lower than #13. ATRL and its standards.