Nicki Minaj calls out Travis Scott for inflating his Spotify numbers after 'Queen' fails to hit at No. 1 on the charts

Nicki Minaj claims she's the victim of an unfair marketing campaign carried out by Scott, as well as a lack of promotional support from Spotify.
PUBLISHED AUG 20, 2018

Quite surprisingly, and despite her best efforts, Nicki Minaj’s latest album, 'Queen', failed to beat Travis Scott’s 'Astroworld' as the No. 1 album on the Billboard charts. 'Queen' debuted at the No. 2 spot just behind Scott's album. While 'Astroworld' sold 205,000 equivalent units, with 78,000 from traditional sales, 'Queen', in the meantime, sold 185,000 units (with 78,000 were from traditional sales), and it looks like Minaj is not very pleased with the scenario.

Minaj is now blaming her second-place finish on an unfair marketing campaign carried out by Scott, as well as a lack of promotional support from Spotify. Nicki took to Twitter to vent her frustrations calling out Scott for selling “season pass” bundles for his upcoming Astroworld tour, which included a copy of the album. “Travis sold over 50K of these,” Nicki wrote. “With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week.” 

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