Queen Radio: Volume 1 | ||||
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Released | August 26, 2022 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 117:28 | |||
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Nicki Minaj chronology | ||||
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Queen Radio: Volume 1 is the first greatest hits album by rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 26, 2022 by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. The album was re-released two days later to add a remix of Skeng's 2022 single, "Likkle Miss". [1]
The album includes songs from all five of her studio albums, the mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty (2009), and the Young Money Entertainment compilation Rise of an Empire (2014). [2] [3]
Andy Kellman of AllMusic called it a "generous anthology", while rating it 4.5 stars out of 5. [4] Paper Mag 's Kenna McCafferty thought that "the 28 tracks were perfectly selected", as the collection is "jam-packed with [some of] Minaj’s biggest bangers". [5]
Queen Radio: Volume 1 debuted at number 10 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 32,000 album-equivalent units (including 3,000 copies in pure album sales) in its first week, making Nicki Minaj the female rapper with the most solo top 10 albums in Billboard 200 history (6) [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Super Freaky Girl" (from Pink Friday 2 , 2023) |
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| 2:50 |
2. | "Super Freaky Girl" (Queen mix) (featuring JT, Bia, Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V, and Maliibu Miitch; 2022) (bonus track) |
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| 3:54 |
3. | "Likkle Miss" (Remix) (with Skeng; 2022) (bonus track) |
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| 2:18 |
4. | "Likkle Miss" (The Fine Nine Remix) (with Skeng featuring Spice, Destra Garcia, Patrice Roberts, Lady Leshurr, Pamputtae, Dovey Magnum, Lisa Mercedez and London Hill; 2022) (bonus track) |
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| 6:11 |
5. | "Roman's Revenge" (featuring Eminem; from Pink Friday , 2010) | Swizz Beatz | 4:36 | |
6. | "Did It On'em" (from Pink Friday, 2010) |
| Bangladesh | 3:32 |
7. | "Beez in the Trap" (featuring 2 Chainz; from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded , 2012) |
| Kenoe | 4:28 |
8. | "Chun-Li" (from Queen , 2018) |
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| 3:11 |
9. | "Do We Have a Problem?" (with Lil Baby; 2022) |
| Papi Yerr | 3:27 |
10. | "We Go Up" (featuring Fivio Foreign; 2022) |
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| 4:15 |
11. | "High School" (featuring Lil Wayne; from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up , 2012) | 3:38 | ||
12. | "Moment 4 Life" (featuring Drake; from Pink Friday, 2010) |
| T-Minus | 4:39 |
13. | "Truffle Butter" (featuring Drake and Lil Wayne; from The Pinkprint , 2014) |
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| 3:40 |
14. | "Itty Bitty Piggy" (from Beam Me Up Scotty , 2009) |
| Soulja Boy | 4:06 |
15. | "Barbie Dreams" (from Queen, 2018) |
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| 4:39 |
16. | "Anaconda" (from The Pinkprint, 2014) |
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| 4:20 |
17. | "Super Bass" (from Pink Friday (Deluxe), 2011) |
| Kane Beatz | 3:20 |
18. | "Starships" (from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 2012) |
| 3:30 | |
19. | "Pound the Alarm" (from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, 2012) |
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| 3:25 |
20. | "Your Love" (from Pink Friday, 2010) | Pop & Oak | 4:05 | |
21. | "Right Thru Me" (from Pink Friday, 2010) |
| Drew Money | 3:55 |
22. | "Bed" (featuring Ariana Grande; from Queen, 2018) |
| 3:09 | |
23. | "Favorite" (featuring Jeremih; from The Pinkprint, 2014) | 4:02 | ||
24. | "Save Me" (from Pink Friday, 2010) |
| Pop & Oak | 3:05 |
25. | "Fly" (featuring Rihanna; from Pink Friday, 2010) |
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| 3:32 |
26. | "Seeing Green" (with Drake and Lil Wayne; from the reissue of Beam Me Up Scotty, 2021) |
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| 5:39 |
27. | "Hard White" (from Queen, 2018) |
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| 3:13 |
28. | "Bussin" (with Lil Baby; 2022) |
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| 2:16 |
29. | "Lookin Ass" (Young Money featuring Nicki Minaj; from Young Money: Rise of an Empire , 2014) |
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| 2:40 |
30. | "Catch Me" (from Pink Friday, 2010) |
| Swizz Beatz | 3:57 |
31. | "Girls Fall Like Dominoes" (from Pink Friday, 2010) |
| J. R. Rotem | 3:45 |
Total length: | 107:28 |
Notes
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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New Zealand (RMNZ) [23] | Platinum | 15,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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