When Nicki Minaj’s fourth album, “Queen,” failed to top the Billboard album chart this week — bested by the second week of sales for Travis Scott’s “Astroworld” — Ms. Minaj lashed out, blaming everyone from Spotify to Mr. Scott’s 6-month-old daughter with Kylie Jenner. “He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week,” Ms. Minaj wrote of Mr. Scott on Twitter. Mr. Scott has not commented about his chart battle with Ms. Minaj. “Nicki Minaj has decided to re-evaluate elements of production on the NickiHndrxx Tour,” the company said in a statement. Nicki Minaj will be announcing new North American dates to kick off in May 2019.”

Source: New York Times August 22, 2018 13:47 UTC