Streaming Masters – Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj is up to 5 studio albums released on top of participations on hundreds of projects. She has been part of so many hits that it’s hard to know which songs are her most streamed ones.
With 32 billion streams on Spotify and 41 billion views on YouTube, her catalog is superb. We list numbers for all her songs, one by one, to highlight the top performers.
Nicki Minaj streaming review – the method
Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube.
To factor in the growing impact of multiple Asian countries where these platforms aren’t always the go-to site for music streaming, more sources have been added.
In order to account for their real popularity in each relevant country, the below sources have been used along with the mentioned ratios that reflect the market share of each area.
Audio Streams
– South Korea: Genie streams * 2.20 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan: AWA streams * 100 / 4 (AWA has 4% of the Japanese streaming market)
– Arabic world: Anghami streams
– Sub-Saharan Africa: Boomplay + Audiomack streams
– Elsewhere: Spotify streams * Spotify market shares based on artists’ market distribution
Video Streams
– China* : QQ video streams * 50 if the song is available for audio stream, QQ video streams * 5 elseway (scale built based on known figures for several major artists)
– Elsewhere : Youtube views increased by 10% to account for various local platforms
*since Chinese streaming platforms are mostly video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted on par with YouTube streams.
Audio Stream value – 1,500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 6,750 views equal 1 album unit
Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * ArtistRatio + Genie * 2.20 + AWA * 100 / 4 + Anghami + Boomplay + Audiomack ) / 1500 + ( QQ views* 50(or 5) + YouTube * 1.1 ) / 6750
Please be aware that when the artist is regarded as the lead act, he is rewarded with 100% of these units, while featured acts share among them a 50% piece of the totals.
Nicki Minaj streaming review – the results
Total: 32,705,756 EAS
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Nicki Minaj: Most streamed tracks (EAS)
1. Bang Bang [Orphan] – 2,097,000
2. Tusa [Orphan] – 2,063,000
3. Starships [Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded] – 1,377,000
4. Super Bass [Pink Friday] – 1,173,000
5. Side to Side [Features] – 1,084,000
6. MotorSport [Orphan] – 831,000
7. Anaconda [The Pinkprint] – 770,000
8. Only [The Pinkprint] – 765,000
9. Super Freaky Girl [Pink Friday 2] – 670,000
10. Beauty and a Beat [Features] – 572,000
11. Feeling Myself [The Pinkprint] – 528,000
12. Chun-Li [Queen] – 503,000
13. Barbie World [Orphan] – 493,000
14. BedRock [Pink Friday] – 471,000
15. Truffle Butter [The Pinkprint] – 431,000
16. Swalla [Features] – 425,000
17. The Night Is Still Young [The Pinkprint] – 423,000
18. Turn Me On [Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded] – 401,000
19. Moment 4 Life [Pink Friday] – 394,000
20. Bed [Queen] – 370,000
Sources: Spotify, YouTube, AWA (app), QQ, Genie, Anghami, Audiomack, Boomplay.
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