Queen (Nicki Minaj album)

Queen is the fourth studio album by the Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 10, 2018, through Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. It is Minaj's first album in nearly four years, following The Pinkprint (2014).

Critical reception

Queen was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on 22 reviews.
 Accolades 
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Track listing

Notes
  signifies a co-producer.
  signifies an additional producer.
 "Ganja Burn" was incorrectly titled as "Ganja Burns" upon release
 "Miami" features additional vocals by Douglas Patterson
 "Fefe" is titled as 'FEFE' in the official tracklist and was added halfway through Queen's first week

Sample credits
 "Barbie Dreams" contains interpolations from "Just Playing (Dreams)", written by Christopher Wallace and Rashad Smith, as performed by The Notorious B.I.G.; samples and interpolations from "Blues & Pants", written by James Brown and Fred Wesley, as performed by Brown
 "Coco Chanel" and "Inspirations (Outro)" contain elements and samples from "Bun Up the Dance", written by Dillon Hart Francis and Sonny Moore, as performed by Dillon Francis and Skrillex

Personnel
Credits adapted from Queen album liner notes.

Musicians

 Nicki Minaj – main vocals 
 6ix9ine – main vocals 
 Labrinth – main vocals 
 Eminem – featured vocals 
 Lil Wayne – featured vocals 
 Ariana Grande – featured vocals 
 The Weeknd – featured vocals 
 Swae Lee – featured vocals 
 Future – featured vocals 
 Murda Beatz – featured artist 
 Foxy Brown – featured vocals 
 Douglas Patterson – additional vocals 
 Jairus Mozee – guitars 
 Luis Resto – additional keyboards 
 OP! – additional programming 

Production

 Dwayne "Tha President" Carter – executive production
 Bryan "Baby Birdman" Williams – executive production
 Ronald "Slim tha Don" Williams – executive production
 Nicki Minaj – co-executive production, co-production 
 Jenny Beal – album production
 Michelle Ayabarreno – album production
 J. Reid – production 
 Labrinth – production 
 Rashad "Ringo" Smith – production 
 Mel and Mus – production 
 Boi-1da – production 
 Illmind – production 
 Ben Billions – production 
 Beats Bailey – production 
 Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee – production 
 Sevn Thomas – production 
 Rex Kudo – production 
 Metro Boomin – production 
 Sool – production 
 DJ Wes – production 
 JFK – production 
 Mike Will Made It – production 
 Pluss – production 
 JMIKE – production 
 June Nawakii – production 
 Kane Beatz – production 
 J Gramm – production 
 Frank Dukes – production 
 Christopher Braide – production 
 Henry "Cirkut" Walter – production 
 Zaytoven – production 
 Murda Beatz – production 
 J Beatzz – production 
 Invincible – production 
 Messy – co-production 
 Ashley "Blank" Bannister – co-production 
 Cubeatz – co-production 
 Lowkey – co-production 
 Eminem – additional production 
 Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – additional production 

Technical

 Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – record engineering , mixing 
 Labrinth – record engineering 
 Mike Strange – record engineering 
 Joe Strange – record engineering 
 Jeff Edwards – record engineering 
 Manny Galvez – record engineering 
 Shin Kamiyama – record engineering 
 Randy Lanphaer – record engineering 
 Swae Lee – record engineering 
 Jeremy Reid – record engineering 
 Wizard Lee Weinberg – record engineering , mixing , mastering engineering 
 Laura Bates – record engineering assistance , mixing assistance 
 Iván Jiménez – record engineering assistance , mixing assistance 
 Brian Judd – record engineering assistance 
 Nick Valentin – record engineering assistance 
 Alex Estevez – record engineering assistance 
 Todd Bergman – record engineering assistance 
 Jamal Berry – record engineering assistance 
 Jason Delattiboudere – record engineering assistance 
 Ludovick Tartavel – record engineering assistance 
 Yann Bordeo – record engineering assistance 
 Iain Findlay – record engineering assistance 
 Jordon Silva – record engineering assistance 
 William Knauft – record engineering assistance 
 Cory Williams – record engineering assistance 
 Matthew Sim – record engineering assistance 
 Jason Staniulis – record engineering assistance 
 Kenta Yonesaka – record engineering assistance 
 Shane Goodridge – record engineering assistance 
 Jaycen Joshua – mixing 
 Eminem – mixing 
 Mike Strange – mixing 
 Serban Ghenea – mixing 
 Jon Castelli – mixing 
 John Hanes – mixing engineering 
 Ingmar Carlson – mixing engineering 
 Josh Deguzman – mixing engineering 
 David Nakaji – mixing assistance 
 Ben Milchev – mixing assistance 
 Jacob Richards – mixing assistance 
 Rashawn Mclean – mixing assistance 
 Mike Seaberg – mixing assistance 
 Chris Athens – mastering 
 Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering 

Artwork

 Marcus Piggott – photography
 Mert Alas – photography
 Jenna Marsh – creative direction
 Joe Perez – creative direction
 Katie McIntyre – type design, art direction assistance
 Allen Chiu – type design drawing

Charts

Weekly charts
 Chart (2018) Peak position Estonian Albums (Eesti Ekspress) 11 Italian Albums (FIMI) 19 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 8 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 19 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) Click on "Veckans albumlista". 15 US Billboard 200 2

Year-end charts
 Chart (2018) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 69 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 40 French Albums (SNEP) 185 US Billboard 200 42 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 25
 Chart (2019) Position US Billboard 200 96 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 67

Certifications

Release history
 Region Date Format Label Various August 10, 2018   August 17, 2018 CD November 2018  Japan September 26, 2018 CD Universal Music Japan

References

Category:2018 albums
Category:Nicki Minaj albums
Category:Cash Money Records albums
Category:Young Money Entertainment albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:Dancehall albums
Category:R&B albums