Nicki Minaj Scores 70th Hot 100 Hit, Second-Most Among Women, With 'Black Barbies'

With the song's Hot 100 arrival, Minaj passes Taylor Swift and now trails only Aretha Franklin (73) for the second-most visits to the chart among women. Here is an updated count, dating to the Hot 100's Aug. 4, 1958, inception:

Women With the Most Hot 100 Hits
73, Aretha Franklin
70, Nicki Minaj
69, Taylor Swift
57, Madonna
57, Rihanna
56, Dionne Warwick
53, Beyonce
53, Connie Francis
48, Brenda Lee
47, Mariah Carey
43, Miley Cyrus
41, Barbra Streisand
40, Mary J. Blige
40, Janet Jackson
40, Diana Ross

Notably, Minaj has been credited as a lead artist on 27 of her Hot 100 entries, or 39 percent. Franklin has been the lead on all 73 of hers (with much of her career predating years in which featured billings became common). Among all acts, the cast of Fox's Glee leads with 207 Hot 100 entries, followed by Lil Wayne (132) and Drake (131). Franklin is in 10th place among all acts and Minaj is 12th.

Swift, meanwhile, should move back into a tie with Minaj on next week's Hot 100 (dated Dec. 31), as her expected 70th charted title, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever," with Zayn (for the movie Fifty Shades Darker), looks likely to make a lofty debut following its first full week of sales, streaming and airplay tracking; the collab is new on the Dec. 24 Pop Songs airplay chart based on its first three days of airplay (Dec. 9-11).