{"id":116957,"date":"2018-08-10T13:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T17:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=116957"},"modified":"2018-08-10T14:02:27","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T18:02:27","slug":"nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/08\/10\/nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj&#8217;s &#8220;Queen&#8221; Reaches #1 On US iTunes Sales Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noting an eleventh-hour need to clear a Tracy Chapman sample, Nicki Minaj announced that she was delaying the release of new album &#8220;Queen&#8221; from August 10 to August 17.<\/p>\n<p>She ended up returning to the original date.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj formally released the 19-track &#8220;Queen&#8221; at noon on Friday  The sudden release, predictably, generated considerable buzz.<\/p>\n<p>It also sparked interest at the US iTunes store.  The album flew to the upper reaches of the store&#8217;s all-genre album sales chart immediately following its release.<\/p>\n<p>By 1:55PM ET, it had reached #1 on the listing.  It remains in that pinnacle position as of press time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Queen&#8221; seized the throne from Jason Mraz&#8217;s new &#8220;Know.,&#8221; which rose to #1 upon release late Thursday night.  That album is now #2 on iTunes, while Trippie Redd&#8217;s new &#8220;LIFE&#8217;S A TRIP&#8221; is #3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Queen&#8221; flew to #1 shortly after its official release.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[183,1047,206],"tags":[288,5632],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nicki Minaj&#039;s &quot;Queen&quot; Reaches #1 On US iTunes Sales Chart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Noting an eleventh-hour need to clear a Tracy Chapman sample, Nicki Minaj announced that she was delaying the release of new album &quot;Queen&quot; from August 10\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/08\/10\/nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nicki Minaj&#039;s &quot;Queen&quot; Reaches #1 On US iTunes Sales Chart\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Noting an eleventh-hour need to clear a Tracy Chapman sample, Nicki Minaj announced that she was delaying the release of new album &quot;Queen&quot; from August 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/08\/10\/nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-10T17:59:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-10T18:02:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Queen-Cover.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/08\/10\/nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/08\/10\/nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart\/\",\"name\":\"Nicki Minaj's \\\"Queen\\\" Reaches #1 On US iTunes Sales Chart\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-10T17:59:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-10T18:02:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Noting an eleventh-hour need to clear a Tracy Chapman sample, Nicki Minaj announced that she was delaying the release of new album \\\"Queen\\\" from August 10\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2018\/08\/10\/nicki-minajs-queen-reaches-1-us-itunes-sales-chart\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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