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.

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

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

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

### Artwork
* Marcus Piggott&nbsp;– photography
* Mert Alas&nbsp;– photography
* Jenna Marsh&nbsp;– creative direction
* Joe Perez&nbsp;– creative direction
* Katie McIntyre&nbsp;– type design, art direction assistance
* Allen Chiu&nbsp;– type design drawing

## Charts
### Weekly charts
### Year-end charts
## Certifications
## Release history
## References