Nicki Minaj Passes Doja Cat For Most Spotify Listeners Among Female Rappers

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Nicki passes her former collaborator during a busy 2023.

Nicki Minaj has had a busy year so far popping up on a number of songs and remixes. Her prolific output has resulted in her reclaiming a title she's held at various points in her career before. Of course, we're talking about the female rapper with the most monthly listeners on Spotify. Fans were quick to notice when Minaj reached 51 million monthly listeners, passing Doja Cat who's also held the title extensively. Doja has had a pretty quiet year so far musically, joining SZA for a remix of her hit song "Kill Bill" as her only official release so far.

Nicki Minaj on the other hand has been far more active. She lead off the year with her own song "Red Ruby Da Sleeze." It has wrapped up over 65 million plays since its March release and recently got an accompanying music video. She's joined a trio of singles as a featured artist including "Alone" with Kim Petras. Moreover, she had "WTF" with Youngboy Never Broke Again. Not to mention, just this week "Pound Town 2" alongside Sexyy Red and Tay Keith. However, Nicki's biggest moment of the year so far came when she joined Ice Spice on the remix of "Princess Diana" in April.

Nicki Minaj Reclaims Her Throne

That remix of "Princess Diana" was in the news again recently when superstar DJ Skrillex debuted a remix of the track during a live performance. Fans gave mixed reactions to his take on the song. But in a post to her Instagram Nicki herself cosigned the remix, saying "#PrincessDiana being remixed by @skrillex is crazyyyyy."

Both "Alone" and "Princess Diana" have come with a number of remixes. They also got alternate versions that have helped the songs generate more streams and attention. As a result Nicki Minaj currently ranks as the #39th most streamed artist in the world on Spotify. While Nicki hasn't confirmed any more forthcoming music yet, if she keeps up her current pace it won't be long before fans hear new songs from her again. Let us know what you think of this milestone, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for more news from around the music world.

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Lavender Alexandria
Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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