According to Black Enterprise, Nicki Minaj has become the first woman in rap to have two solo songs surpass 1 billion views on YouTube.
Those two songs are Super Bass released in 2010 and Anaconda released in 2014. With this achievement, Nicki Minaj also surpassed Rihanna and became the female artist with the most MVs reaching 1 billion views on YouTube, with a total of 9 MVs, including 2 solo MVs.
The single “Super Bass” became a pop culture phenomenon upon its release, peaking at number two on MTV’s “Best Songs of 2011″ list. ” Super Bass” also earned Nicki Minaj the “Best Female Hip Hop Artist” award at the 2011 BET Music Awards.
Meanwhile, Anaconda reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for “Best Rap Song” at the 2015 Grammy Awards. Music site Spin ranked the song among the top songs of 2014.
Nicki Minaj is a rapper, songwriter, model, and actress, born in 1982 in the United States. She is the only female rapper to have made Forbes’ list of “20 Highest-Earning Hip Hop Artists” from 2011 to 2014.
She is known as the “Queen of Rap” and has influence all over the world. Some of the hits associated with the female rapper’s name include: Anaconda, Starships, Super Bass, Bang Bang, etc.
