Nicki Minaj pushes back the release date for Queen
The album will now release on August 17.
Nicki Minaj has announced today that she will be pushing back the release date for her upcoming fourth studio album Queen by one week. Nicki — whose last album The Pinkprint came in 2014 — made the announcement after updating her 'Nicki Minaj Essentials' playlist on Apple Music. On Wednesday, Nicki also shared that the album may be pushed back due to a sample clearance issue.
Queen was originally set for release on June 15, but was eventually pushed back to August 10, and will now release a week later on August 17.
Read Nicki's statement below accompanying a new playlist on Apple Music.
My darlings!!! I have a huge surprise that I can’t share until the day before #Queen drops. So in the meantime, check out this playlist I made for you guys. I did #FEFE with my new BFF from BROOKLYN. He’s a little funny looking but he’s really sweet under all those tats. 😩 New York til da DEF!!!! Ha! Last time I teamed up with YG was for his remix to “My Hitta.” We recently performed #BigBank at the BET Awards and had a blast wit my dudes Big Sean and 2 Chainz. I have classic bops with all 3 of them so I’m including them on this list. I’m super excited about my recent collaboration with Ariana Grande. She’s one of the realest artists I’ve had the pleasure of working with. She couldn’t fly with me to Turks to shoot the #BedVideo so we shot her scenes in Malibu. We’re actually working on edit number 2 for the #BedVideo to include all the fun stuff we had to remove. I love “Ball For Me” with Post Malone. Not sure why he won’t release the video. 🗣 It’s DOPE!!! 😜 I hope you enjoy my playlist. Can’t wait for you guys to hear my 4th album QUEEN ON AUGUST 17!!!!!!!