ngl before Nicki Minaj, female rappers were always boxed into one lane. After Nicki? You can be animated, aggressive, sexy, lyrical, pop, street, all at once. She didn’t just succeed, she expanded what was not allowed by the men in the room.
Artists with the most US digital song sales #1’s:
Taylor Swift 31
Nicki Minaj 17
Drake 15
Rihanna 14
Justin Bieber 13
BTS 13
Beyoncé 12
Eminem 12
Bruno Mars 12
Katy Perry 11