Peruse of the present worldwide iTunes gross sales chart exhibits Queen of Rap Nicki Minaj reigning together with her newest single ‘Tremendous Freaky Lady,’ a feat made attainable by domination of comparable tallies in over 50 international locations together with the USA.
Produced by Dr. Luke, the scorching bop – which closely samples Rick James’ signature 1981 hit ‘Tremendous Freak’ – was launched on the stroke of midnight Friday (August 12) and shot to the highest of iTunes in a number of international locations in simply an hour after changing into broadly obtainable.
In lower than 24 hours since, dozens of different territories adopted swimsuit – an endeavor that’s not solely setting ‘Tremendous’ up for a brilliant premiere on official charts around the globe however can also be amplified by the crucial acclaim that’s accompanied the track’s success narrative.
Amongst these making headlines for imparting two-thumbs-up to the tune is Minaj’s former nemesis Iggy Azalea. Look inside to see what she stated.
As Minaj followers (affectionately known as #Barbz) have been showering the brand new track with reward, an sudden contributor joined the refrain – Azalea.
The 32-year-old, who made headlines earlier this week for saying she was popping out of retirement (as we reported right here), took to Twitter Friday (August 12) to share her emotions about ‘Tremendous Freaky Lady.’
“‘Tremendous Freaky Lady’ is a rather well written track,” she began (as seen within the tweet above). “Prefer it’s constructed to be successful and it’s BIG sounding.”
For some, the praise got here as a shock as followers of each rapstresses know their historical past hasn’t all the time leaned on the constructive facet of issues.
Apparently, that’s yesterday’s information as Nicki responded to Azalea’s form phrases with gratitude.
The love fest between the femcees comes as stories floor ‘Tremendous Freaky Lady’ has hit #1 on the real-time gross sales tallies of the USA, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Portugal, Greece, and extra. For context, it’s tops in at the least one nation on each continent besides Australia (the place she is at the moment #2) and Antarctica (as of time reported).
Whereas we gained’t discover out till week after subsequent the place the tune lands on the Billboard Sizzling 100 (as soon as streaming and radio airplay is factored), the fanfare it’s courting thus far suggests promise of one among her greatest first-week industrial performances but.
Hold it locked to That Grape Juice as this story develops.
