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}} ''Pink Friday'' is the debut studio album by Trinidadian-American recording artist Nicki Minaj, released on November 19, 2010, by Young Money, Cash Money and Universal Motown. After signing a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009, Minaj began planning the album that same year and work continued into 2010. Minaj enlisted a variety of producers including Bangladesh, Blackout Movement, J. R. Rotem, Swizz Beatz, T-Minus and will.i.am to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily hip hop record, which sees additional influences from R&B and pop music. The album features guest vocals from Eminem, Rihanna, Drake, will.i.am, Kanye West and Natasha Bedingfield. The album was promoted with eight singles, including international hits "Super Bass" and "Fly", and US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hits "Your Love", "Check It Out", "Right Thru Me", and "Moment 4 Life". Minaj also supported the album with a five-date promotional concert tour during October 2010. After a much anticipated release as the result of Minaj's extensive featured appearances on the singles of other artists, ''Pink Friday'' debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 selling 375,000 copies in its first week. It ultimately reached number one and spent 73 consecutive weeks on the chart. As of February 2015, the album has sold 1,930,000 copies in the United States. The album also charted within the top 20 in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The album garnered Minaj three Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance for "Moment 4 Life" featuring Drake and a Best Rap Album nomination for ''Pink Friday'' at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. ==Background== After a major record label bidding war, Young Money Entertainment announced on August 31, 2009 that Minaj had been released from a 360 deal with the label in which she retains and owns all of her 360 rights – including merchandising, sponsorships, endorsements, touring and publishing. Sessions for the album began in 2009 with a tentative release set for the second quarter of 2010. Minaj stated in an MTV interview that "Married in the Club" was set to be the lead single from the album and was slated for a November 2009 release. Plans for the single were cancelled and Minaj explained in a February 2010 interview with MTV that she had scrapped the previous material and began recording again from scratch. Minaj explained, "I have songs that where I am now, they aren't a great representation of me to where I'm at musically. I wanna start from scratch but I do have my single and it'll be out." Minaj spoke about the great importance of the album to her and all females in hip-hop in an interview with ''V103's Greg Street'', stating; "They won't look to sign other female rappers because they'll say, 'Her buzz was so crazy and if she couldn't do it, then no one can do it.' And I don't want that to happen, so I'm doing this as well for all the girls. I hope that with the success of the album—because I know it will be successful, I believe it will be successful—I hope that this opens doors for all of the girls everywhere. Even as far as I've come right now, it's a testament in my mind," she said. "So I hope the female rappers will understand how big it is, just for our culture, that the album does well." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pink Friday」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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