I think all us Barbz and Kenz knew that “Pink Friday” was going to go platinum, but did Nicki Minaj or any of us think the album would go platinum this fast? Congratulations Nicki Minaj on the RIAA certifying her debut album platinum after being released for less than two months! Do you think “Pink Friday” will go double platinum? triple platinum? What are your predictions Barbz and Kenz? I see the album reaching 2x platinum, but I really don’t think it will reach x3 platinum. I could be wrong though, but anyway this is a big accomplishment for a female rapper considering the state of the music industry. Nicki Minaj we love you!

Nicki Minaj is the biggest star in hip-hop right now and her debut LP Pink Friday currently sits at no. 1 and no. 8 on Billboard’s Rap Albums and 200 charts, respectively. But the MC is still digesting her moment of being well known and signed to Young Money. Barbie Nicki Minaj spoke to MTV News about how genuinely shocked she is from all of her good fortune.

“I never imagined that Young Money/ Cash Money would be the hip-hop crew,” Minaj said. “To be signed to them is one thing, but to be signed to them when they’re at their height, when this has become like an insane movement? No, I never imagined that, because when Wayne first called and reached out, I thought it was a joke.”

Her continued surprise at becoming a pop culture princess shows how significant her upcoming single and video, “Moment 4 Life,” is to her because the track sums up how hard she worked in her career. The hook of the song, produced by Canada’s T-Minus, brings us into her state of euphoria.

“I wish that I could have this moment for life, for life, for life, ‘Cause in this moment I just feel so alive, alive, alive,” Nicki Minaj sings.

Straying away from the standard rap song construction of three verses and a hook, Nicki performs a brain-dump of sorts on the track, spitting as if she’s making a speech to both her fans and detractors.

“I fly with the stars in the skies, I am no longer trying to survive, I believe that life is a prize, but to live doesn’t mean you’re alive/ Don’t worry bout me and who I fire, I get what I desire it’s my empire, and yes I call the shots I am the umpire, I sprinkle holy water upon a vampire, vampire/ And this very moment I’m king, this very moment I slay Goliath with a sling, this very moment I bring, put it on everything that I will retire with the ring/ And I will retire with the crown, Yes! No I’m not lucky I’m blessed, Yes! Clap for the heavyweight champ, Me! But I couldn’t do it all alone, We!/ Young Money raised me, grew up out in Baisley/ Southside Jamaica, Queens and it’s crazy, cuz I’m still hood, Hollywood couldn’t change me, shout out to my haters, sorry that you couldn’t faze me/Ain’t being cocky we just vindicated, best believe that when we’re done this moment will be syndicated, I don’t know/ This night just reminds me of everything that they deprived me of/ Put ya drinks up, it’s a celebration every time we link up, we done did everything they can think of, greatness is what we on the brink of.”

Addressing issues like firing her former manager Deb Antney and making enough money to support herself and buy her mother a house, shown on her MTV “My Time Now” documentary, fans are allowed entry into Nicki’s psyche. Shooting her latest clip for “Moment 4 Life” is a great toast to her achievements with Pink Friday .

“A part of me expected it [the success], because I wanted it so bad, but I never saw all of this,” Minaj said.

So it is official Barbz and Kenz Nicki Minaj sold 371,049 copies of “Pink Friday” for the first week in album sales and landed on the number 2 spot of the Billboard Top 200. What a accomplishment Nicki Minaj ! Nicki Minaj has resurrected female rap all by herself! Kanye West got the first spot this week with 518,775 in sales for his new album so the race was not as close we we thought it was going to be! I’m sure Nicki Minaj is out celebrating somewhere right now, but also plotting how she can get those numbers much higher!
- ranks as #7 for the highest first week sales in 2010.
- ranks as #2 for the best-first week sales by a female artist in 2010.
- ranks as #1 for the best-first week sales for a debut album by a female artist in 2010, and #2 in debut albums of 2010.
- ranks as #1 for best-first week sales a by a female rapper.

Album sales of Pink Friday for the debut week will be reported by the end of Tuesday (November 30th,2010), but I figured I would go ahead and tell you that 36% of album sales have already been reported for the week and so far Nicki Minaj is at 117,069 copies sold and is at #2 right now on the Billboard Top 200 with Kanye West taking the top spot. If you want to keep up with Pink Friday album sales head on over to HITSdailydouble. Yes they are pretty much official so that site is always pretty accurate.