Nicki Minaj reigns atop Entertainment Weekly‘s Best Singles of 2011. The hip-hop darling won over the critics at the pop culture magazine, who placed her Pink Friday smash “Super Bass” at #1 on their annual list. “It was the boom badoom boom heard round the world,” writes EW of the Ester Dean-assisted tune. Others joining Nicki’s prestigious company include Beyoncé and the formidable duo of Jay-Z and Kanye West. Find out who else made the cut below.
Best Singles of 2011
1. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
2. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
3. The Throne feat. Frank Ocean – “No Church in the Wild”
4. Lana Del Rey – “Video Games”
5. Beyoncé – “Countdown”
6. Wild Flag – “Romance”
7. Britney Spears – “I Wanna Go”
8. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
9. Foo Fighters – “Walk”
10. Kelly Clarkson – “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)”
If being honored as Billboard’s Women in Music Rising Star last week wasn’t enough to leave Nicki Minaj in a state of ecstasy, the results of Billboard’s 2011 Year in Music recap will do the trick. The Barbie Doll finishes a close second to Wayne among Top Artists as the breakthrough success of her debut set “Pink Friday,” a six-week No. 1 on Top R&B Albums, and six top 10s on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, including the No. 1 “Moment 4 Life,” featuringDrake, raised her profile to the superstar level this year. She also finished second to Lil Wayne on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list as “Pink Friday” takes the No. 2 spot behind “Tha Carter IV.”
During her acceptance speech at Billboard’s Women in Music event in New York City on December 2, Minaj commented on her tribulations with trying to earn her place as a top artist in a man’s genre. That determination and gender-blind attitude paid off in 2011 as she is the No. 1 Rap Songs Artist of the year, beating out the likes of Lil Wayne, Drake and Kanye West. She is the first woman to earn the Top Rap Artist accolade since Missy Elliott took the crown in 2000. 11 years later, Nicki has successfully painted the rap crown pink in honor of the ladies.
Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest will celebrate 40 years of history as they host “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2012” live from ABC Studios in New York on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31 on the ABC Television Network. Jenny McCarthy will report live from Times Square and Fergie will host the Los Angeles party segments.
The Los Angeles party will include performances by The Band Perry, blink-182, Christina Perri, Florence + The Machine, Gym Class Heroes, LMFAO, OneRepublic, Nicki Minaj, Taio Cruz and will.i.am!
Now you can now have Nicki Minaj at your fingertips, literally. Nicki has teamed up with OPI Nail Lacquer bringing lots of cute & fun colors for the barbz mittens. “Super Bass Shatter”, “Fly”, “Metal 4 Life” & of course, “Pink Friday” (just to name a few). Available for purchase in 2012!
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Nicki Minaj as the female weezy
Nicki Minaj is in the nominee selection for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards. Nicki Minaj is in the selected catergories Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Song of the Year (Super Bass), Favorite Hip Hop Artist, & Favorite Music Video (Super Bass). Its up to the people to nominate their favorite, so barbz lets vote for Nicki Minaj now!CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR NICKI MINAJ NOW!
Nicki Minaj and Pitbull have just been announced that they will be hosting this year’s American Music Awards, according to the official ABC website. Not only is Nicki hosting the award show, but she will also be performing as well! Could a “Fly”performance be in the works? The 2011 AMA’s will be hosted by Nicki and Pitbull live on November 20 at 8/7c on ABC. Don’t forget to vote for Nicki to win an AMA by clicking here.
Despite the song title, it was all smiles on the set of the video for Birdman’s latest single “Y.U. Mad.” Lil Wayne and his female counterpart were on-hand for the Gil Green-directed visual for the lead single off Baby’s upcoming Bigga Than Life album. Nicki Minaj, who is on the song but wasn’t on set was replaced by The Female Weezy. Dressed in camouflaged skater pants and exposed boxer shorts and sporting blonde dreadlocks, Lady Wayne fully embodied the Young Money CEO. It was all in good fun. “Honestly though, I don’t think no one is actually mad, it’s just a figure of speech,” Wayne explained to MTV News, analyzing Nicki Minaj’s hook on the song. “I think Nick just sounded good saying ‘mad’ at that point in the song. I don’t think it would’ve been cooler if she said, ‘That’s why you glad.’” Even Birdman ditched his patented scowl in favor of a diamond-encrusted grin. “I don’t think it would’ve sounded cooler, I think that’s why she went with ‘mad.’ We have to ask her next time I see her,” Wayne playfully continued. “I’m not sure if you guys are actually really mad, because we don’t want you guys mad if that’s what it is.” MTV News rode alongside the YMCB crew as they filmed the colorful clip in multiple locations including a studio space and a parking garage in Miami Beach. During a break, Birdman broke down how the single came to be. “Nicki gave me that song. She called me one day like, ‘Stunna I got a record I think you would like,’” Baby said from his bus. I liked it from the start, working with Nicki is just special anyway so and it was something she gave me and I felt good about it so we rocked with it.”LIL WAYNE, BIRDMAN AND NICKI MINAJ ALL LAUGHS ON VIDEO SET
