Cardi B’s Am I The Drama? Debuts At #1 On The Billboard 200, Making History
Cardi B is back on top, and she’s doing it in record-breaking fashion. Her sophomore album Am I The Drama? debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 200,000 total units in its first week, Billboard confirmed. The project smashed early projections and is now one of the biggest female rap releases of the year.
Streaming powered the bulk of the success, with 110,000 units from nearly 146 million on-demand plays. But Cardi also showed her marketing genius, moving 90,000 physical copies through vinyl and CD variants that fans rushed to grab. That balance of digital and physical sales pushed her well beyond the competition.
This achievement cements Cardi B as the first female rapper in history to see both of her first two albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. She also landed the biggest first week for any female rapper in 2025. If she stays at the top for another week, she’ll be the first since Lauryn Hill to do it.
On top of the chart news, Cardi also stepped in for The Weeknd at the Global Citizen Festival, performing as a headliner while proudly showing off her pregnancy with NFL star Stefon Diggs. With her first headlining arena tour set for February 2026, Cardi is reminding the world that she’s not just in the conversation—she is the conversation.
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