Pink Friday 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | December 8, 2023 | |||
Recorded | 2019–2023 | |||
Studio | Harbor Studios (Malibu) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 70:14 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer |
| |||
Nicki Minaj chronology | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Pink Friday 2 | ||||
|
Pink Friday 2 is the fifth studio album by rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on December 8, 2023, through Republic Records. A sequel to Minaj's debut album Pink Friday (2010), it is her first studio album in five years following the release of Queen (2018). The album is a hip hop and pop-rap record that borrows influences from other genres as well. Collaborations on the album include J. Cole, Drake, Lil Wayne, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, 50 Cent, Monica, Keyshia Cole, and various other collaborators.
Upon its release, Pink Friday 2 debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making Minaj the first female rapper in history to have three number-one albums. It earned over 228,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 92,000 coming from pure album sales. Internationally, the album peaked in the top ten in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The album received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Minaj's consistency and innovation yet criticized the use of samples. Pink Friday 2 samples tracks by Billie Eilish, Cyndi Lauper, Rick James, among others.
Pink Friday 2 was supported by five singles: "Super Freaky Girl", "Red Ruby da Sleeze", "Last Time I Saw You", "Everybody" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, and "FTCU". The double platinum-certified lead single "Super Freaky Girl" marked Minaj's first solo number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100, while all the other singles peaked within the top 25. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in March 2024. Multiple extended editions of Pink Friday 2 were released. In support of the album, Minaj embarked on the Pink Friday 2 World Tour in March 2024, which became the highest-grossing concert tour by a female rapper of all time. Pink Friday 2 is the first album by a solo woman to win the BET Hip Hop Award for Album of the Year.
This marks the largest week for a female rap album in the 2020s, and also for a female R&B/hip-hop album in 2023.