Nicki Minaj became the first lady to grace FORBES’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings in 2011, pulling in $6.five million, sufficient to land the No. 15 spots at the annual accounting of rap’s top earners. Performances on the Super Bowl and the Grammys helped improve her profile at the same time as a brand new album, extensive touring and endorsements with Pepsi and others lined her pocketbook.

Minaj has signed a seven-parent endorsement deal with Pepsi predicted to consist of a worldwide business and a gig because of the face of a brand new natural soda called “Pop” in the fourth quarter. Pepsi % marks Minaj’s largest emblem relationship to date, following the latest partnership with Mattel to auction a one-of-a-type Nicki Minaj Barbie doll in December. Bidding for the doll began out at $1,000 and closed at $15,000, in line with the CharityBuzz web page that hosted the doll’s bids. Other latest branding offers consist of MAC’s Viva Glam, OPI nail polish and Onch Movement jewellery.

Her debut album Pink Friday debuted at the range at the US Billboard 200 with 375,000 copies in its first week. It, in the end, reached primary status and spent 39 weeks on the chart.[3] As of February 2012, it has offered 1,774,000 copies in the United States. The album additionally charted in the top 20 in Australia and the UK, in which it had offered 281,346 through April 2012. The album garnered Minaj 3 Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance for “Moment four Life”, presenting Drake and a Best Rap Album nomination for Pink Friday at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012.

Sophomore launch Pink Friday Roman Reloaded was dropped in 2012. The album debuted atop the US Billboard two hundred with 253,000 copies in first-week sales, becoming her 2nd primary album on the chart. It was later certified platinum for shipments of a million copies through the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, the album peaked at primary in Canada, Scotland, and the UK and in the top 5 in Australia and New Zealand.