Pink Friday

Pink Friday
Pink Friday
	Standard edition cover
Studio album by Nicki Minaj
Released	November 22, 2010
Recorded	2008–2010
Studio	25 Sound (Detroit); Chalice (Los Angeles); Glenwood Place (Burbank);
Genre	Hip hop; R&B; pop;
Length	50:46
Label	Cash Money; Universal Motown; Young Money;
Producer	Bangladesh; Blackout Movement; Drew Money; J.R. Rotem; Kane Beatz; Pop & Oak; Skyz Muzik; Swizz Beatz; T-Minus; will.i.am;
Nicki Minaj album chronology
Singles from Pink Friday
	"Your Love"; Released: June 1, 2010; "Check It Out"; Released: September 3, 2010; "Right Thru Me"; Released: September 24, 2010; "Moment 4 Life"; Released: December 7, 2010; "Did It On'em"; Released: April 7, 2011; "Fly"; Released: August 30, 2011;

Pink Friday is the debut studio album by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on November 22, 2010, by Cash Money Records, Universal Motown Records and Young Money Entertainment. Minaj began recording the album after signing a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009. Musically, it is primarily a hip hop, R&B and pop record that incorporates electronic music. The album features guest vocals from Eminem, Rihanna, Drake, will.i.am, Kanye West, and Natasha Bedingfield.

Pink Friday was promoted with three singles before its release: "Your Love", "Check It Out", and "Right Thru Me". "Moment 4 Life", "Did It On'em", and "Fly" followed. Five singles peaked within the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and the deluxe album's "Super Bass" peaked at number three on the chart. Pink Friday debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 375,000 copies in its first week, which marked the second highest sales debut ever for a female rapper after Lauryn Hill. It later peaked at number one, becoming Minaj's first number one album. Internationally, it charted within the top 20 in Australia, Canada, and the UK. In 2016, the album was certified 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Pink Friday received generally positive reviews, with some critics ambivalent on Minaj's exploration of R&B and pop. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, alongside Minaj's other nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance for the single "Moment 4 Life". Over a decade since its release, the album has received praise from music journalists and has developed a cult following. In 2022, Rolling Stone included Pink Friday in their list of "200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time" at number 31, stating that the album "proved you could own the charts without dialing back your confrontational individuality, and it set the table for a generation of artists."^[1] Minaj released a sequel to the album, Pink Friday 2, in 2023.

^ Weingarten, Charles Aaron,Mankaprr Conteh,Jon Dolan,Will Dukes,Dewayne Gage,Joe Gross,Kory Grow,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Julyssa Lopez,Mosi Reeves,Yoh Phillips,Noah Shachtman,Rob Sheffield,Simon Vozick-Levinson,Christopher R. (June 7, 2022). "The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 12, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Weingarten, Charles Aaron,Mankaprr Conteh,Jon Dolan,Will Dukes,Dewayne Gage,Joe Gross,Kory Grow,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Julyssa Lopez,Mosi Reeves,Yoh Phillips,Noah Shachtman,Rob Sheffield,Simon Vozick-Levinson,Christopher R. (June 7, 2022). "The 200 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 12, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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