Nicki Minaj performs onstage at the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey.
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Five Years Since 'Queen,' Nicki Minaj Sets Fifth Album Release Date for Fall
On Monday, Nicki Minaj announced the tentative release date for her long-awaited fifth album, which follows 2018’s Queen.
Nicki Minaj is making her mark for fall. On Monday (June 5), the Harajuku Barbie, legal name Onika Maraj, announced the release date of her fifth album for October 20. The long-awaited LP will arrive five years since Minaj’s 2018 album Queen, which featured Labrinth and Eminem (“Majesty”), Lil Wayne (“Rich Sex”), Ariana Grande (“Bed”), The Weeknd (“Thought I Knew You”), Swae Lee (“Chun Swae”), and Foxy Brown (“Coco Chanel”). Also on Queen were singles “Chun-Li/Barbie Tingz,” “Bed,” “Good Form” and “Barbie Dreams,” a flip of The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Just Playing (Dreams).”
\u201c10/20/23\nThe Album \ud83d\udcbf\ud83c\udf80\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1686002182
Since then, Minaj’s newer music has largely been feature-heavy, as she’s most recently hopped on tracks with YoungBoy Never Broke Again (“What That Speed Bout!?,” “I Admit”), Lil Baby (“Bussin”), Coi Leray (“Blick Blick”), Yung Bleu (“Love In the Way”), Ice Spice (“Princess Diana”) and Sexyy Red (“Pound Town 2”). Minaj is also confirmed as a featured artist on Barbie: The Album, reconnecting with Ice Spice for “Barbie World” with Europop band Aqua.
\u201cPre-order #Barbie The Album Available Everywhere July 21 on vinyl, cassette, and CD now \ud83d\udc96\ud83e\udea9 https://t.co/v7ZU1n4dG5\u201d— Barbie The Album (@Barbie The Album) 1685143758
\u201cLet's get this Barbie summer started \ud83d\udc85\u201d— Barbie Movie (@Barbie Movie) 1685136807
Minaj has also appeared solo on post-Queen songs like “Megatron,” “Red Ruby da Sleeze,” and “Super Freaky Girl,” which she performed at the finale of her Video Vanguard Award medley. To celebrate the honor, Minaj also shared the compilation album Queen Radio: Volume 1 last August.
Nicki Minaj Performs "Super Freaky Girl," "Anaconda" & More | 2022 VMAswww.youtube.com
In 2021, Minaj also released her 2009 mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty to vinyl and streaming services, including five additional tracks like “Seeing Green” with Lil Wayne and Drake. Along with her new album, Minaj will star in the 50 Cent co-produced animated series Lady Danger, where she’ll star as the titular character.
\u201cFor the morning crowd: my comic LADY DANGER is getting made into a series by 50 Cent (via his production company G-Unit) with Nicki Minaj exec producing and voicing one of the major characters. It\u2019ll be on FreeVee. Here\u2019s a little more about it, and what\u2019s happening!\u201d— Alex de Campi (@Alex de Campi) 1681387360
