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Nicki Minaj, 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded': Album Preview

by Benjamin Meadows-Ingram, N.Y.  |   January 16, 2012 2:46 EST
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Title: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded | Rel. Date: Feb. 14

 

The follow-up to her chart-topping 2010 debut, "Pink Friday," which bowed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, launched the most charting singles (eight) from a female rap album in Billboard's history and has sold 1.7 million copies (according to Nielsen SoundScan), Nicki Minaj's ( @nickiminaj) sophomore project, named after alter-ego Roman Zolanski, has already produced two Hot 100 songs, "Roman in Moscow" and "Stupid Hoe." Minaj, who was named the 2011 Rising Star at Billboard's Women in Music event, described the new album as "grimy" in an onstage conversation with ABC's Robin Roberts at the December gala.

 

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