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NEW RELEASES: PINK POWER

December 11, 2023

Young Money/Republic's Nicki Minaj will cruise to #1 on next week's HITS Top 50 with the biggest female rap debut of 2023. No slouch herself, RCA's Tate McRae is anticipating her biggest bow yet.

The biggest female rap debut of 2023, Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 (Young Money/Republic) will open with an impressive 170-190k, easily achieving #1 on next week’s HITS Top 50. RCA’s Tate McCrae, meanwhile, is trending toward a first week of 40-50k, the biggest bow of her career.

Nicki Minaj (Young Money/Republic): 170-190k
Tate McCrae (RCA): 40-50k

If you take a swig of holiday cider for every week Republic hit #1 this year, you turn into Santa. True story.