By any measure, Nicki Minaj is one of the world’s biggest pop stars; her last album opened at Number One and Anaconda has nearly 345 million YouTube views, Bang Bang has more than 137 million Spotify streams and she was, not long ago, a TV star. And her latest album, the Pinkprint , isn’t bad, but sold just 194,000 copies, or 244,000 units by Billboard ‘s newfangled system. Pinkprint’s so-so numbers demonstrate Taylor Swift’s dominance — after two months, 1989 moved another 375,000 units this week, with sales of more than 3.36 million total. She’s Number One, and Minaj is Number Two.
