Nicki Minaj‘s long-awaited fifth studio album, ‘Pink Friday 2,’ charged to digital shelves on Friday (December 8) and within 24 hours was predicted to deliver her biggest first-week sales since 2014’s ‘The Pinkprint.’

Days later, industry analyst revised the projected sum upward to assert the LP would enter the Billboard 200 at #1 with the highest opening numbers of any female Rap album this decade – nearly twice that of the previous recordholder, Doja Cat‘s ‘Planet HER.’

The win may have been trumpeted by Minaj’s dedicated fans worldwide (affectionately called #Barbz), but their GRAMMY-nominated leader dropped jaws when she took to Twitter on Thursday evening (December 14) to tell them to stop streaming the project.

Hours before Luminate (the music data company Billboard uses to inform its chart rankings) is set to make its final tabulation for the week (Thursday nights at 11:59pm), Minaj took to Twitter to demand her fans cease spinning her new project.

According to the ‘Super Freaky Girl’ hitmaker, Billboard revealed only a fraction of her true first-week sales will be considered official due to some of them being achieved from a fan contest where she required participants to provide proof of purchase.

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Later, she explained that industry analysts are intentionally misrepresenting the actual sales of ‘PF2’ as she has multiple versions available for purchase and streaming.

When detailing the reason, Minaj said she is “being punished” for not signing a 360 deal, having great fans, and making great music.

The shocking string of tweets won’t be the end of Minaj’s rant. She says there will even more details about the sabotage attempt revealed tomorrow (December 15).

At the time of this report, a representative from Billboard nor Luminate have responded to the accusation.

[photo sources: Nicki Minaj Twitter]

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