Queen (Nicki Minaj album)

Queen
Studio album by Nicki Minaj
Released	August 10, 2018 (2018-08-10)
Recorded	December 2016 – August 9, 2018[1]
Studio	Criteria, Miami, Florida The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida Effigy, Detroit, Michigan La Grande Armée, Paris, France Glenwood Place, Burbank, California Kingdom Recording, Beverly Hills, California SremmLife, Los Angeles, California Jungle City, New York City Germano, New York City Premier, New York City
Genre	Hip hop dancehall R&B
Length	66:19
Label	Young Money Cash Money Republic
Producer	Beats Bailey Ben Billions Domenic Garofalo Boi-1da Ashley "Blank" Bannister Chris Braide Cirkut Cubeatz DJ Wes Frank Dukes Illmind Invincible J Beatzz JFK J Gramm JMIKE J. Reid June Nawakii Kane Beatz Labrinth Mel and Mus Messy Metro Boomin Mike Will Made It Murda Beatz Pluss Rashad Smith Rex Kudo Sevn Thomas Supa Dups Zaytoven
Nicki Minaj chronology
The Pinkprint (2014) Queen (2018)
Singles from Queen
"Chun-Li" Released: April 12, 2018 "Bed" Released: June 14, 2018 "Barbie Dreams" Released: August 14, 2018 "Good Form" Released: November 29, 2018

Queen is the fourth studio album by by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 10, 2018, through Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. It is Minaj's first album in nearly four years, following The Pinkprint (2014).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.5/10[3]
Metacritic	70/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B[6]
The Guardian	[7]
HipHopDX	3.4/5[8]
The Independent	[9]
NME	[10]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Spin	[13]
Vice (Expert Witness)	A–[14]

Queen was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on 22 reviews.^[4]

Accolades

A summary of accolades by publication and rank

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Okayplayer	The Best Albums of 2018	8	[15]

Track listing

Queen – Standard edition
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ganja Burn"	J. Reid	4:54
2.	"Majesty" (with Labrinth, featuring Eminem)	Labrinth Eminem^[b]	4:55
3.	"Barbie Dreams"	Rashad Smith Mel and Mus	4:39
4.	"Rich Sex" (featuring Lil Wayne)	J. Reid Big Juice^[b]	3:12
5.	"Hard White"	Boi-1da Illmind	3:13
6.	"Bed" (featuring Ariana Grande)	Ben Billions Beats Bailey Supa Dups Messy^[a]	3:09
7.	"Thought I Knew You" (featuring the Weeknd)	J. Reid	3:18
8.	"Run & Hide"	Sevn Thomas Rex Kudo	2:34
9.	"Chun Swae" (featuring Swae Lee)	Metro Boomin	6:10
10.	"Chun-Li"	J. Reid Nicki Minaj^[a]	3:11
11.	"LLC"	Sool DJ Wes JFK	3:41
12.	"Good Form"	Mike Will Made It Pluss	3:19
13.	"Nip Tuck"	JMIKE June Nawakii Kane Beatz	3:27
14.	"2 Lit 2 Late Interlude"	J Gramm Frank Dukes	0:55
15.	"Come See About Me"	Chris Braide Cirkut	4:06
16.	"Sir" (featuring Future)	Metro Boomin Zaytoven	3:44
17.	"Miami"	Murda Beatz Sool^[a]	3:10
18.	"Coco Chanel" (featuring Foxy Brown)	J Beatzz Blank^[a]	3:44
19.	"Inspirations (Outro)"	J Beatzz Blank^[a]	0:58
Total length:			66:19

Queen – Digital standard edition[16]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Fefe" (6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz)	Murda Beatz	2:59
Total length:			70:00

Queen – Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Good Form" (featuring Lil Wayne)	Mike Will Made It Pluss	3:57
Total length:			70:16

Queen – Target and Japanese edition
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Barbie Tingz"	J. Reid	3:11
21.	"Regular Degular"	Invincible Lowkey^[b]	3:33
Total length:			73:14

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer.
• "Ganja Burn" was incorrectly titled as "Ganja Burns" upon release
• "Miami" features additional vocals by Douglas Patterson
• "Fefe" is titled as 'FEFE' in the official tracklist and was added halfway through Queen's first week

Sample credits

• "Barbie Dreams" contains interpolations from "Just Playing (Dreams)", written by Christopher Wallace and Rashad Smith, as performed by The Notorious B.I.G.; samples and interpolations from "Blues & Pants", written by James Brown and Fred Wesley, as performed by Brown
• "Coco Chanel" and "Inspirations (Outro)" contain elements and samples from "Bun Up the Dance", written by Dillon Hart Francis and Sonny Moore, as performed by Dillon Francis and Skrillex

Personnel

Credits adapted from Queen album liner notes.^[17]

Musicians

• Nicki Minaj – main vocals (all tracks, featured on FEFE)
• 6ix9ine – main vocals (track 20 (bonus))
• Labrinth – main vocals (track 2)
• Eminem – featured vocals (track 2)
• Lil Wayne – featured vocals (track 4, track 20 (deluxe))
• Ariana Grande – featured vocals (track 6)
• The Weeknd – featured vocals (track 7)
• Swae Lee – featured vocals (track 9)
• Future – featured vocals (track 16)
• Murda Beatz – featured artist (track 20 (bonus))
• Foxy Brown – featured vocals (track 18)
• Douglas Patterson – additional vocals (track 17)
• Jairus Mozee – guitars (track 1)
• Luis Resto – additional keyboards (track 2)
• OP! – additional programming (track 3)

Production

• Dwayne "Tha President" Carter – executive production
• Bryan "Baby Birdman" Williams – executive production
• Ronald "Slim tha Don" Williams – executive production
• Nicki Minaj – co-executive production, co-production (track 10)
• Jenny Beal – album production
• Michelle Ayabarreno – album production
• J. Reid – production (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10, and 21 (Target))
• Labrinth – production (track 2)
• Rashad "Ringo" Smith – production (track 3)
• Mel and Mus – production (track 3)
• Boi-1da – production (track 5)
• Illmind – production (track 5)
• Ben Billions – production (track 6)
• Beats Bailey – production (track 6)
• Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee – production (track 6)
• Sevn Thomas – production (track 8)
• Rex Kudo – production (track 8)
• Metro Boomin – production (tracks 9 and 16)
• Sool – production (tracks 11 and 17)
• DJ Wes – production (track 11)
• JFK – production (track 11)
• Mike Will Made It – production (track 12)
• Pluss – production (track 12)
• JMIKE – production (track 13)
• June Nawakii – production (track 13)
• Kane Beatz – production (track 13)
• J Gramm – production (track 14)
• Frank Dukes – production (track 14)
• Christopher Braide – production (track 15)
• Henry "Cirkut" Walter – production (track 15)
• Zaytoven – production (track 16)
• Murda Beatz – production (tracks 17 and 20 (bonus))
• J Beatzz – production (tracks 18 and 19)
• Invincible – production (track 20 (Target))
• Messy – co-production (track 6)
• Ashley "Blank" Bannister – co-production (tracks 18 and 19)
• Cubeatz – co-production (track 20 (bonus))
• Lowkey – co-production (track 20 (Target))
• Eminem – additional production (track 2)
• Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – additional production (track 4)

Technical

• Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – record engineering (all tracks), mixing (tracks 5, 16, and 21 (Target))
• Labrinth – record engineering (tracks 1, 2, 11, and 21 (Target))
• Mike Strange – record engineering (track 2)
• Joe Strange – record engineering (track 2)
• Jeff Edwards – record engineering (track 4)
• Manny Galvez – record engineering (track 4)
• Shin Kamiyama – record engineering (track 7)
• Randy Lanphaer – record engineering (track 9)
• Swae Lee – record engineering (track 9)
• Jeremy Reid – record engineering (track 18)
• Wizard Lee Weinberg – record engineering (track 20 (bonus)), mixing (track 20 (bonus)), mastering engineering (track 20 (bonus))
• Laura Bates – record engineering assistance (tracks 1, 3, 7, 10, 11, and 21 (Target)), mixing assistance (tracks 5, 10, 16, and 21 (Target))
• Iván Jiménez – record engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10, 11, and 21 (Target)), mixing assistance (track 16)
• Brian Judd – record engineering assistance (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 17)
• Nick Valentin – record engineering assistance (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 12–15, and 20 (Target))
• Alex Estevez – record engineering assistance (track 2)
• Todd Bergman – record engineering assistance (track 3)
• Jamal Berry – record engineering assistance (tracks 4 and 15)
• Jason Delattiboudere – record engineering assistance (track 4)
• Ludovick Tartavel – record engineering assistance (track 5)
• Yann Bordeo – record engineering assistance (track 5)
• Iain Findlay – record engineering assistance (tracks 5 and 16)
• Jordon Silva – record engineering assistance (tracks 5 and 16)
• William Knauft – record engineering assistance (tracks 6, 11, and 15)
• Cory Williams – record engineering assistance (tracks 9 and 14)
• Matthew Sim – record engineering assistance (tracks 12, 17, and 18)
• Jason Staniulis – record engineering assistance (tracks 12, 17–19)
• Kenta Yonesaka – record engineering assistance (tracks 12, 17, and 18)
• Shane Goodridge – record engineering assistance (tracks 18 and 19)
• Jaycen Joshua – mixing (tracks 1, 3–5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17–19)
• Eminem – mixing (track 2)
• Mike Strange – mixing (track 2)
• Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 6 and 13)
• Jon Castelli – mixing (tracks 8 and 20 (Target))
• John Hanes – mixing engineering (tracks 6 and 13)
• Ingmar Carlson – mixing engineering (track 8)
• Josh Deguzman – mixing engineering (track 20 (Target))
• David Nakaji – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17–19)
• Ben Milchev – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17–19)
• Jacob Richards – mixing assistance (track 4)
• Rashawn Mclean – mixing assistance (track 4)
• Mike Seaberg – mixing assistance (track 4)
• Chris Athens – mastering (tracks 1, 3–19, 20 (Target), and 21 (Target))
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering (track 2)

Artwork

• Marcus Piggott – photography
• Mert Alas – photography
• Jenna Marsh – creative direction
• Joe Perez – creative direction
• Katie McIntyre – type design, art direction assistance
• Allen Chiu – type design drawing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 19 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 11 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 8 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[22] 2 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[23] 44 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 18 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 8 Estonian Albums (Eesti Ekspress)[26] 11 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[27] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[28] 7 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 18 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[30] 31 Irish Albums (IRMA)[31] 5 Italian Albums (FIMI)[32] 19 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[33] 80 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 8 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[35] 9 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[36] 27 Scottish Albums (OCC)[37] 15 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[38] 19 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[39] 15 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[41] 5 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[42] 1 US Billboard 200[43] 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[44] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[45] 69 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[46] 40 French Albums (SNEP)[47] 185 US Billboard 200[48] 42 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[49] 25 Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200[50] 96 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[51] 67

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[52]	Gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)[53]	Platinum	1,000,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	August 10, 2018	Digital download streaming	Young Money Cash Money Republic
	August 17, 2018	CD
	November 2018	LP cassette
Japan	September 26, 2018	CD	Universal Music Japan[54]

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