Queen (Nicki Minaj album)

Queen is the fourth studio album by by 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
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
Ivan Jimenez - 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
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2018 albums
Nicki Minaj albums
Hip hop albums
Trap albums
R&B albums