Cardi B’s “AM I THE DRAMA?” breaks data by hitting No. 1 on U.S. iTunes in simply half-hour, surpassing Nicki Minaj’s earlier 51-minute file with “Pink Friday 2.”

Cardi B is again in headline-snatching type and this time she’s making digital historical past.

Her freshly dropped album, AM I THE DRAMA?, stormed up the charts and have become the quickest mission by a feminine rapper to hit No. 1 on U.S. iTunes this decade.

This was achieved in simply half-hour.

For perspective, Cardi simply dethroned her longtime rival Nicki Minaj. Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 beforehand held the crown with a 51-minute dash to the highest of the digital charts.

Fans are already dissecting the timing and the symbolism, contemplating each Queens of Hip-Hop have lengthy been in contrast and contrasted of their respective chart dominance.

The Bronx famous person has made a profession out of defying expectations and this newest milestone solely provides gasoline to her legend. iTunes might not be the end-all metric in at this time’s streaming-heavy world, however it nonetheless reveals simply how rabid her fan base is when new music is launched.

Cardi has clearly mastered the artwork of anticipation and supply, whipping her supporters right into a frenzy the second the album went reside. It didn’t harm that she skewered her competitors on a number of songs on AM I THE DRAMA?

Female rap has been a battlefield. For greater than a decade, Nicki Minaj was the bar. Cardi has spent a lot of her profession proving she belongs in the identical dialog. After a protracted hiatus, she has cemented her bragging rights.

This was a record-breaking second.

Cardi has a baby on the way and is now planning a tour, so she’s going to have her private {and professional} arms full.

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