According to Billboard, Nicki Minaj has earned her 30th top 10 entry on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with her “Chun-Li” single after it went to No. 8 this week.

This now means that the Young Money Barbie has tied with Beyonce for the most appearances by a female music artist in the Billboard chart’s history, so a big congratulations is in order.

Nicki is in joint seventh place for the most top 10 hits on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart with her YM label-mates Drake and Lil Wayne above her in the first and second spots!

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According to the RIAA, Nicki Minaj‘s “Chun-Li” single off her forthcoming Queen album has been certified Gold.

The Young Money Barbie has also released a teaser at how the J. Reid-produced song was made by releasing 3 parts from her upcoming The Making Of Queen documentary.

“Chun-Li has been certified GOLD. Thank you to everyone for your support. got on the mic & made this song up in 5 mins just having fun @ 4 in the morning. Then took about an hour to put words to the melody. Released it 2 days later. We captured it all on video. Thinking about putting that part of the documentary out early so you guys can get a real glimpse into my world. Love you so much & can’t wait to share this album with all of you who’ve waited so patiently & been so supportive.”

You can check out a sneak peek at how “Chun-Li” was created after the jump below. Congratulations to Nicki for going Gold!

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In his newest Billboard achievement, Drake has tied with his boss and mentor Lil Wayne thanks to his latest single, “Nice For What“, entering in the top 10 of the Radio Songs chart.

This brings Drizzy‘s total of top 10 hits on Billboard‘s all-genre Radio Songs chart to 20, which is the same total as Weezy, making them both own the title of having the most Radio Songs top 10s among solo males.

They also both sit joint third overall on the Radio Songs chart as Mariah Carey is in second place with 23 top 10 entries and Rihanna is in first place with 29 top 10 appearances. You can check out the list below!

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Nicki Minaj has come to the defense of her Young Money label-mate Drake after Pusha T sent shots to him in a song off his Daytona album called “Infrared“.

In the track, the G.O.O.D. Music president dissed the 6 God for having Quentin Miller help him write verses in the past: “It was written like Nas, but it came from Quentin”.

Even though Drizzy Drake has already released a diss record to Pusha responding to what he said, the Barbie has took to Twitter yesterday to defend Drizzy:

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Drake has released a new single off his upcoming album, Scorpion, that will be released in June.

The track, which you can stream after the jump below, is called “I’m Upset“.

Click here to purchase it off iTunes!

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Out of nowhere, Drake just dropped a fire new song titled “Duppy Freestyle” where he disses Pusha T and Kanye West.

This track is a response to Pusha‘s “Infrared” song off his new album, Daytona, that included a shot to Drizzy: “It was written like Nas but it came from Quentin.”

You can listen to this dope diss record from the 6 God after the jump below! Thoughts?

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During an Instagram Live session with her fans yesterday, Nicki Minaj announced she is pushing back her upcoming album, Queen.

The project was due to drop on June 15th, but the Young Money Barbie will now release her forthcoming fourth studio album on August 10th.

However, Nicki did reveal that June will still be a great month as she plans to drop many surprises including the album artwork and the second single!