Minaj accused Spotify of suppressing promotion of the album as retaliation for her playing it on Beats 1, the online radio station of Apple Music.

In a series of Twitter posts on Sunday that revealed to fans the kind of bitter finger-pointing that often goes on behind the scenes in an industry now dominated by two online powers, Ms. Minaj’s “Queen” came in second by a fair margin - 185,000 equivalents, which, like “Astroworld,” included about 78,000 sales of complete albums, but just 129 million streams. That included 78,000 copies sold as a full album and 167 million streams. on Apple Musics Beats 1 Radio before it arrived on Spotify at Noon. 1 for a second week in a row, with the equivalent of 205,000 albums in the United States, according to Nielsen. Last Tuesday night, Minaj also added the 6ix9ine collaboration Fefe to her album. Scott’s “Astroworld” ended up holding No. In some ways, this week’s Billboard album chart was just a classic contest between two stars: Nicki Minaj, with her first LP in four years, was challenging Travis Scott, the incumbent, for the top spot.īut these days, victory on the charts is rarely so simple.

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