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Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday 2 World Tour' Breaks Records with $81.7M Gross from 45 Shows, 1M Album Units Sold

Jun 19, 2024, 04:53 PM

Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday 2 World Tour' continues to break records, becoming the highest-grossing tour in history by a female rapper, with $81.7 million grossed from 45 shows. The tour is also the 6th highest-grossing rap tour of all time, surpassing Drake and Future's 'Summer Sixteen Tour'. The USA leg of the tour, beginning in September, is estimated to be 70% sold out. Notable attendance figures include 15,590 in London, 14,704 in Charlotte, 14,644 in Las Vegas, and 14,522 in Cologne. Additionally, Minaj's song 'Pink Friday Girls' has re-entered the Rap Digital Song Sales chart at #3 and the Digital Song Sales chart at #22, with a 1,700% increase in sales, marking its second biggest US sales week this year with 6,000 units sold. 'Pink Friday 2' remains on the Billboard 200 at #137 for its 27th week, having peaked at #1. The tour has also grossed $14.7 million from 11 shows in Europe. Minaj has sold over 1 million album units in the US in 2024, becoming the first female rapper to achieve this milestone.