Nicki Minaj released her long-awaited record, Queen, last week and despite it debuting at a very respectable #2 in the US (and #4 in Australia), has taken to Twitter to target Travis Scott, Spotify and even Travis and Kylie Jenner's baby Stormi over it.
In a huge Twitter rant, Nicki says Travis's ASTROWORLD marketing campaign - during which he sold "season passes" to his tour with his new album included - unfairly upped his sales figures.
She also suggested that Spotify didn't support her album enough due to her relationship with Apple Music (she has a Queen Radio show on Beats1) and that Kylie Jenner used her baby Stormi as an incentive for people to buy Travis's record.
Check out the tweets below.
Travis sold over 50K of these. With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week. I love my fans for the #1 album in AMERICA! I’ll explain on #QueenRadio 4 albums in, #1 in 86 countries ♥️ pic.twitter.com/CiYEuczgm3
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
My first album sold 400K. No one is doing that with debut albums now. So I’m so grateful. I lost out on 12 hours of sales and did 200K in one week after I was supposedly cancelled. I bit my tongue last #QueenRadio but I won’t On Tuesday. I love you guys so much
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
I looked at the numbers the Carters, Kanye, Nas, etc recently did. Travis sold 200K in his first week of clothes alone. I spoke to him last night & he said he’s been selling clothes b4 the music. Billboard says they’ll change the rules cuz of this, so it should be changed now!
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
I put my blood sweat & tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her & Stormi. lol. Im actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries. Thank Jesus & thank you to my fans.
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Spotify put drake’s face on every playlist but told me they’d have to teach me a lesson for playing my music 10 mins early on #QueenRadio. Even tho they’ve been giving away my music for free for years & I am one of the top Spotify artists of all time.
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Spotify had to teach me a lesson but rewarded the man who has had an Apple radio show the longest; inadvertently helping the Apple platform the most. Oh I can’t wait for #QueenRadio on Tuesday. They took away my promotion they had promised for the 1st cpl days b/c of this. #Queen
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Do you know how many people subscribe to my Spotify page?????
— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Of course, her fans (and haters) have been weighing in on Nicki's tweets too - mostly with memes.
Bro this really was Nicki Minaj after the numbers proved that Travis Scott was #1 pic.twitter.com/ul1ewiRMpc
— Javier Torres (@713ToThe281_) August 20, 2018
An actual screenshot of Nicki Minaj's Twitter right now pic.twitter.com/rtp57CJaCa
— WildStyle DaProducer (@MrWildstyle) August 20, 2018
Bruh someone please tell me Nicki Minaj isn’t blaming a baby for weak album sales
— IGZ (@igzrap) August 20, 2018
Stormi not giving a damn under Nicki Minaj’s watch pic.twitter.com/1lqTy6z36Y
— Gabriel (@xRielTalk) August 20, 2018