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Nicki Minaj's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits
7/21/2020 by Billboard Staff



With only four albums under her garter belt, Nicki Minaj has broken chart records. She wears the crown for having the most Billboard Hot 100 hits (106) among women of all genres and, with 17 top 10s, sets the mark for the most by any female rapper.

From "Super Bass" to "Bed of Lies," the rapper/singer has transcended genres and found shelter at the top of numerous charts. She's crossed seamlessly from R&B/hip-hop to pop and back, having tallied 29 top 10s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart to complement her nine top 10 hits on the Pop Songs radio airplay tally.

Below is a ranking of Minaj's top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

20. "Your Love"
Peak Position: No. 14
Peak Date: Aug. 7, 2010

19. "My Chick Bad" - Ludacris featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 11
Peak Date: May 8, 2010

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown
Peak Position: No. 12
Peak Date: Dec. 27, 2014

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake
Peak Position: No. 13
Peak Date: March 19, 2011

16. “Rake It Up” - Yo Gotti featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 8
Peak Date: Oct. 7, 2017

15. "Dance (A$$)" - Big Sean featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 10
Peak Date: Jan. 7, 2012

14. "Girl On Fire" - Alicia Keys featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 11
Peak Date: Dec. 15, 2012

13. "Motorsport" - with Migos & Cardi B
Peak Position: No. 6
Peak Date: Dec. 30, 2017

12. "Hey Mama" - David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack
Peak Position: No. 8
Peak Date: June 6, 2015

11. "Anaconda"
Peak Position: No. 2
Peak Date: Sept. 6, 2014

10. "Beauty And A Beat" - Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 5
Peak Date: Jan. 5, 2013

9. "FeFe" - 6ix9ine featuring Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: Aug. 11, 2018

8 "Till The World Ends” - Britney Spears Featuring Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: May 14, 2011

7. "Turn Me On" - David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 4
Peak Date: Feb. 4, 2012

6. "Bottoms Up" - Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 6
Peak Date: Nov. 6, 2010

5. "Side To Side" - Ariana Grande Featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 4
Peak Date: Dec. 3, 2016

4. "Say So" - Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj
Peak Position: No. 1
Peak Date: May 16, 2020

3. "Bang Bang," with Jessie J & Ariana Grande
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: Oct. 4, 2014

2. "Starships"
Peak Position: No. 5
Peak Date: April 7, 2012

1. "Super Bass"
Peak Position: No. 3
Peak Date: Aug. 13, 2011


This chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Hot 100 through the chart dated July 25, 2020. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, certain eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates over various periods.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/6406562/nicki-minaj-biggest-hot-100-hits

 

In before Say So ends up at #1 

bop after bop after bop  

She’s only credited for Say So for like 3 weeks and it’s already top 5 most successful singles?

They must take account Say So's entire chart performance?  Wonder if she gets YE credit in that case

Her actual songs:

20. "Your Love"

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake

11. "Anaconda"

2. "Starships"

1. "Super Bass"

10 minutes ago, Kimi said:

Her actual songs:

20. "Your Love"

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake

11. "Anaconda"

2. "Starships"

1. "Super Bass"

Fefe is her song & turn me on shouldn’t defintely her her song too & so is bang bang . So edit this comment 

Just now, Jay T said:

Fefe is her song & turn me on shouldn’t defintely her her song too & so is bang bang . So edit this comment 

This. And also Hey Mama. Pretty much most the features wouldn't even have been successful without her.

13 minutes ago, badgirlriri said:

They must take account Say So's entire chart performance?  Wonder if she gets YE credit in that case

 

13 minutes ago, Likingstars said:

She’s only credited for Say So for like 3 weeks and it’s already top 5 most successful singles?

yeah that's...a choice

 

Actually, I'm wondering about TTWE too. I doubt the version with her was big for long.

Edited July 21, 20206 yr by fridayteenage

11 minutes ago, Kimi said:

Her actual songs:

20. "Your Love"

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake

11. "Anaconda"

2. "Starships"

1. "Super Bass"

She sings lead on Turn Me On/Hey Mama. And steals the show on songs like Bottoms up/Rake it up/A$$/Fefe (gave lots of these artists their first or biggest crossover hits; her lines are the ones that go viral etc). TTWE and Say So are shams that shouldn’t be here but don’t be blind

25 minutes ago, Kimi said:

Her actual songs:

20. "Your Love"

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake

11. "Anaconda"

2. "Starships"

1. "Super Bass"

um ALL are her actual songs, feature of not.

her verses are usually the most remembered parts of the songs she features on anyways

The amount of features  Not everybody can get a Bodak Yellow

1 hour ago, Kimi said:

Her actual songs:

20. "Your Love"

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake

11. "Anaconda"

2. "Starships"

1. "Super Bass"

So she peaked in her debut year with SB and what is this fradulentry?

 

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4. "Say So" - Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj

Billboard is a JOKE

Super Bass and Starships  her classics.

I remember they did something like this in 2015 

If I remember correctly, 5 of 20 were solo songs.

 

now 4 of 20 songs are solo.

8 of the top 10 (16 of 20) are features.

 

Till the world ends and Say so look like the suspicious ones out of the 20.

 

But this is very telling about her success tbh. 

Pop and features dominate. Urban is an afterthought

 

Out of the 20,  8 are included on her own album.

 

IMO, of the 20 listed Superbass and Moment for life are the only quality tracks.

Justice for Truffle butter/Right by my side/Monster/her 2013 features/Boss azz btch/No flex zone remix and her beyonce songs

 

Le sigh!

1 hour ago, britkneepopboi said:

um ALL are her actual songs, feature of not.

her verses are usually the most remembered parts of the songs she features on anyways

There's no bias in this statement at all. If you say so remix

1 hour ago, Kimi said:

Her actual songs:

20. "Your Love"

18. "Only," featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown

17. "Moment 4 Life," featuring Drake

11. "Anaconda"

2. "Starships"

1. "Super Bass"

Turn me on was on her album to begin with.

Fefe got added to her album when they were aiming to hit #1 after mid week reports indicated low numbers.

 

Technically she has 8.

1 hour ago, HolyYoursTruly said:

The amount of features  Not everybody can get a Bodak Yellow

I mean she IS a rapper, so this whole "features" thing is corny, stale, tired, and lame. Give it up and get a new "drag", dumb ****. 

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Love to see some her best songs here. 

Congrats queen of rap

Queen of rap

Anaconda should be higher

 

TTWE

1 hour ago, Kings. said:

I mean she IS a rapper, so this whole "features" thing is corny, stale, tired, and lame. Give it up and get a new "drag", dumb ****. 

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Love to see some her best songs here. 

It looks as though when taking in consideration other feature heavy artist's biggest 20 hits Chris Brown and Drake have way more solo and hits from their albums and less hits ranked that are features for other albums.

 

that said, objectively Lil wayne and Nicki pretty much have the same amount of solo and album hits vs features ratio in their top 20 hits. 

 

So she is in fact the female Weezy alot of solo and album hits for the moment that don't have as much staying power as much as features for other artist's albums. 

 

51 minutes ago, Rev8 said:

Anaconda should be higher

 

TTWE

no ma'am Anaconda is not a good song.

Moment for life should have been higher. I wish urban kept pushing that song because it could have been a classic if they pushed it.

 

14 minutes ago, slw84 said:

no ma'am Anaconda is not a good song.

Moment for life should have been higher. I wish urban kept pushing that song because it could have been a classic if they pushed it.

 

Ummm, excuse YOU

Anaconda is the best Nicki classic there is

das tea!

FEFE being bigger than Anaconda...I-

 

imagine claiming to be the queen of rap and your 5 biggest hits being PURE DANCE POP songs. what a fraud of rap.

Actually surprised Super Bass is #1, I was expecting

 

1. Bang Bang

2. Starships

3. Super Bass