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today. The Recording Industry Association of America certified Pink Friday ’s Platinum status on January 5, 2011. Collaborations “Fly,” featuring Rihanna “Blazin’,” featuring Kanye West “Check It Out,” featuring will.i.am “Moment4Life,” featuring Drake “Last Chance,” featuring Natasha Bedingfield “Roman’s Revenge,” featuring Eminem Minaj’s sophomore release debuted at number 1 on the United Kingdom (UK) Albums Chart and the UK R&B Albums Chart and at number 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded set records in the UK with its release. Minaj became the first female rap artist to have an album debut at number 1 in the United Kingdom. The initial week of release resulted in the sale of 47,462 copies, qualifying for Gold certification there. It also debuted at number 1 in Canada and number 5 in Australia. It continued to sell well in the U.S. and other countries. The RIAA certified it Platinum on June 22, 2012, after it reached one million copies sold. It also went Platinum in Ireland and Gold in Australia, France, and Japan. P INK F RIDAY : R OMAN R ELOADED (Released April 2, 2012)

Scan to listen to ”Your Love,” the first single to be released from Pink Friday.

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