Nicki Minaj confirmed her first album in five years is finally on the way Monday (June 5), revealing an upcoming release date.
“10/20/23 The Album,” she tweeted alongside emojis of a CD and a pink bow, sending the Barbz into a frenzy.
Minaj’s upcoming fifth studio album will come five years after 2018’s Queen, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200. The rest of her studio albums — 2010’s Pink Friday, 2012’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and 2014’s The Pinkprint — have all reached the top five of the all-genre albums tally, with Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded reaching No. 1.
Her upcoming, yet-untitled album could mark her first proper release under her own record label, Heavy On It, which she announced earlier this year on her Queen Radio show.
This year, she’s been steadily releasing new music, including “Red Ruby da Sleaze,” the Ice Spice collaboration “Princess Diana,” and her Sexyy Red collaboration “Pound Town 2.”
Minaj earned her first ever No. 1 single in 2020—the remix of Doja Cat’s “Say So.” In 2022, she shared the Rick James-sampling single “Super Freaky Girl,” which made her the first solo female rapper to debut atop the Billboard singles chart since Ms. Lauryn Hill. She also won the MTV VMAs’ Video Vanguard Award in 2022.
