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Minaj debuts issued March 10, three songs (on the Hot loo dated April 1): "No Frauds," combined for more N with Drake and 111 Wayne (No. 14), "Regret in Your Tears" (No. 61) than 21 million U.S. streams. and "Changed It," also with Lil Wayne (No. 71). Minaj ups her count to 76 career Hot loo entries (32 as alead), surpassing Franklin's output of 73. (The Queen of Soul held the mark for the most Hot 100 visits among women for nearly 40 years, beginning June 18, 1977.) Minaj 's latest songs were all released March 10 and debut in the top 15 of the Digital Song Sales chart. Her Remy Ma diss track "Frauds" flies in at No. 2with 79,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 16, according to Nielsen Music; "Regret" bows at No. 10 (39,000); and "Changed" enters at No. 13 (35,000). The titles sport first-week totals of 12.1 million, 4.4 million and 4.8 million U.S. streams, respectively, in the tracking week. 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