Nicki Minaj makes history with 'Super Freaky Girl'
You did it, Barbz! Nicki Minaj equals Lauryn Hill's record after her new song debuts at #1.
Nicki Minaj has become the first solo female rapper since Lauryn Hill to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The 39-year-old's new song, 'Super Freaky Girl', is the hit that did it!
She is the first solo female rapper to achieve the feat since Hill claimed the #1 spot in 1998 with her smash hit, 'Doo Wop (That Thing)'.
Nicki knocked Beyoncé's 'Break My Soul' off the top of the charts.
"You did it barbz. You did it. I love you so much. Lke so so SO much. Thank you," she wrote on Instagram.
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'Super Freaky Girl' is Nicki's third number one on the chart and her first without a featured artist.
The song has been streamed more than 21-million times.
It broke Spotify's record for the "biggest solo debut of all time by a female rapper" on both its Global and US charts.
The track was also number one on iTunes. While female rappers such as Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have had several number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100, none of the singles debuted at the top of the chart.
Nicki's husband, Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty, joined scores of people in congratulating Nicki on her achievement. Nicki shared a video of the surprise he found waiting for her outside - pink balloons that spelled 'Super Freaky Girl' in front of a pink Rolls Royce.
"Zoo was trying to surprise me with this for hours but I kept on having to do just one last thing b4 leaving out. By the time I came out it was dark outside but it actually looked so beautiful in the dark," the 'Anaconda' hitmaker captioned the video.
The couple's son, 'Papa Bear', was seen playing with the balloons.
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