Minaj’s ‘Queen’ Bows
Travis Scott’s Astroworld notches a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as the set earned 205,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 16 (down 62 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just over 78,000 were traditional album sales (down 71 percent).
Nicki Minaj’s Queen arrives at No. 2, granting the artist her fourth top-two-charting album, extending her own record for the most of any female hip-hop artist. Minaj previously hit the top two rungs with The Pinkprint (No. 2, Jan. 3, 2015), Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (No. 1, April 21, 2012) and Pink Friday (No. 1, Feb. 19, 2011).
Queen launches with 185,000 equivalent album units, of which 78,000 were traditional album sales. Queen, like Astroworld, had its sales…
