Nicki Minaj Breaks Aretha Franklin’s Top 100 Record

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All records are meant to be broken. Monday evening, Billboard announced that 34-years-old Queens, NY rapper, Nicki Minaj, had officially broken Aretha Franklin’s 40 years Top 100 hits for a female artist record of 75.

Aretha Franklin who is also known as “The Queen of Soul” held the record since 1977 with her hit single “Break it to me Gently” ,which at the time was her 54th Hot 100 hit single. Nicki Minaj ironically broke the record with her single “No Frauds” which was a a response to Remy Ma’s “shEther” diss track.

Man, I tell ya… God said he ain't done showing off yet. Lol. Walked off stage to find out history was made yet again today. #NoFrauds #RegretInYourTears + #ChangedIt charted this week on Billboard & I now hold the title of most Hot 100 entries in the HISTORY of BILLBOARD among women of EVERY genre. To my fans: I fkn love u guys more than I'll ever be able to put in words. Thank u so much for your unwavering love & support. God bless each & every one of you. To God be the glory. #YoungMoney #NickiInLONDON Island girl from South Side Jamaica, QUEENS!!!! NEW YORK CITY!!!!! 👅Rrraaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

A post shared by Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) on Mar 20, 2017 at 4:36pm PDT

To celebrate her accomplishment, Nicki uploaded this twerk video to her Instagram account.

When u find out u just became the only woman in the history of billboard to have 76 Hot 100 billboard entries. 🤔👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅

A post shared by Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) on Mar 20, 2017 at 5:16pm PDT

Here is Billboard’s Top 15 list of Women with the most Top 100 hits.

Most Billboard Hot 100 Entries Among Women (All-Time List):
Nicki Minaj – 76
Aretha Franklin – 73
Taylor Swift – 70
Rihanna – 58
Madonna – 58
Dionne Warwick – 56
Beyoncé – 54
Connie Francis – 53
Mariah Carey – 48
Brenda Lee – 48
Miley Cyrus – 43
Barbra Streisand – 41
Mary J. Blige – 40
Janet Jackson – 40
Diana Ross – 40