New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Queen Naija's self-titled debut EP is out now and available HERE for download and streaming. Released by Capitol Records, the five-song collection includes her new track "Karma," which pushed
Queen to the top of Billboard's Emerging Artists chart, and her debut single, "Medicine." It also features three new songs penned by Queen, including "Bad Boy," which was produced by NO I.D. (JAY-Z, Kanye West).
The 22-year-old
Detroit native has been named YouTube's Artist on The Rise for the month of August. Look for YouTube's digital billboard of
Queen to be unveiled soon in New York City's Times
Square along with additional billboards across Los Angeles.
Queen is currently an iHeartRadio On The Verge Artist.
Streams of "
Karma" surpassed 13 million in the U.S. in the first week of release. Idolator said, "Up-and-comer
Queen Naija's 'Karma' picks up where the bold 'Medicine' left off. After getting even with an ex over slick beats on her debut single, the 22-year-old's latest offers a sense of closure."
Queen began singing in church at age three and writing her own songs in third grade. She recalls, "At first I mostly wrote love songs about boys - I was really boy-crazy - but after a while I started writing from my own life. I wrote about not having money and struggling through that, and about growing up without a dad. My music came from experiences I had personally gone through."
Her focus shifted when she and her former husband found fame online with their popular YouTube channel. But when their marriage fell apart last year,
Queen returned to her lifelong passion and self-released "Medicine," a song detailing her side of the story.
Within three weeks, "
Medicine" debuted at No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 - a remarkable accomplishment for an unsigned artist. "With its hip-hop infused beat, silky, lip-glossed vocals and Instagram caption-ready lyrics, the song checked all the boxes for chart success," observed Billboard, which hailed the track as "a 2018 variation on Beyoncé's 'If I Were A Boy.'" Spotify streams of "
Medicine" now exceed 13 million, radio spins on
Pandora are nearing 20 million and views of the official video have topped 50 million.
