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Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” is spending its eighth week on prime of Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart, however on the Grammys, the tune will compete within the pop class.
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Minaj initially submitted the monitor — which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in August — to the rap classes on the Grammys
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However the determination was overturned by the Recording Academy’s rap committee, in line with a supply.
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That group decided that Minaj’s playful and pop-sounding tune sampling Rick James’ 1981 traditional “Super Freak” ought to compete for finest pop solo efficiency as an alternative of rap awards.
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Representatives for Minaj and The Recording Academy didn’t instantly reply to emails searching for remark.
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Nominees for the 2023 Grammys might be introduced on Nov. 15, and the stay telecast will air on Feb. 5, 2023, on CBS. Voting for the primary spherical of nominees begins Thursday and ends on Oct. 23.
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Minaj has launched quite a lot of pop and hip-hop hits all through the years that function her rapping or singing — typically each on the identical monitor.
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“Super Freaky Girl” is in related firm to Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts”: The singer-rapper’s breakthrough monitor topped Billboard’s rap chart for 13 weeks and ultimately led the all-genre Hot 100 chart for seven weeks
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Other songs that function rap components which have competed for finest pop solo efficiency embrace Doja Cat’s “Say So,”
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Which incorporates her singing and rapping, and Post Malone’s “Better Now,” which meshes hip-hop, various and pop sounds.
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