A Counting of All the Feathers on Cardi B’s Cap
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion have a number of feathers to add to their caps today, as their latest treat, ‘WAP’ has brought home many wins. For starters, the duo made their explosive landing on the Billboard 100 chart, right at No. 1. This marks Cardi’s fourth claim of that special spot and Megan Thee Stallion’s second.
Further, ‘WAP’ also raked in 93 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 13 – the most for any track ever in its first week of release. Now, while this track has witnessed a lot of fanfare, we figured we’d celebrate by looking back on some of Cardi’s equally powerful victories. After the rap star’s debut studio album, “Invasion of Privacy” made its landing in 2018, it immediately put her on the map. And since then, she’s gone on to change the rap game, developing her own unique style and pushing out banger after banger. And so, it’s no surprise that ‘WAP’ has earned the spotlight.
Brace yourself for some of her older path breaking wins and you’ll see what we mean.
Photo Credits: Cardi B Official Instagram
1. Now, starting from scratch – Cardi’s debut studio album “Invasion of Privacy” earned her a place as the first female rapper to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist.
2. If you thought that was impressive, get a load of this: “Invasion of Privacy” also became the first female rap album in fifteen years to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
3. Like we mentioned earlier, Cardi has four No. 1 claims on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the only female rapper to achieve this feat. She also enjoyed the most number of weeks at that coveted spot.
4. Cardi’s debut studio album notched 13 chart entries on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first female artist to achieve this.
5. Now, if we’re talking awards, the rap star has a whopping seven Billboard Music Awards under her belt.
6. Speaking of the Billboard Music Awards, Cardi B also led the charge in 2019 with a whopping 21 nominations- the most in a single year ever by a woman
7. On the list are also 4 American Music Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards.
8. Cardi’s groovy tune ‘I Like It’ featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin surpassed a billion streams on Spotify, making her the first woman in hip hop with multiple billion-streamers on the service, with a total of three so far.
9. Time Magazine had included Cardi on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2018
10. Circling back to ‘WAP’, with 93 million streaming units, it broke the all-time record held by Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’. A critic from The Wall Street Journal even deemed it “a big moment for female rappers” and “a historic sign that women artists are making their mark on hip-hop like never before”
By: Nina Karun
