While conservatives and her haters continue to treat her like public enemy number one, Bardi continues to rise above every narrative they place against her by adding another page in HERstory.
Cardi B just hit the world with a massive karate chop, going up with latest single “Up” as it becomes her latest track to snag the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Cardi B’s track record of success has proven to be unstoppable, and she hasn’t even dropped off her anticipated sophomore album yet. She has, however, delivered a pair of singles from the forthcoming project: the Megan Thee Stallion-assisted “WAP,” and her most recent release “Up.” While “WAP” proved to be a record banging banger itself, not to mention the bane of many people’s existence (Candace Owens included), proving that she could follow up “WAP” with another bang, Cardi made a big splash from the beginning on the Billboard Hot 100 with the record debuting in the Top 10.
Starting off at #2, “Up” becomes Cardi’s ninth Top 10 record of all-time on the Hot 100. According to Chart Data, the song quickly became the highest-debuting solo track by a female rapper this century on the chart, marking the first time since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” that a woman in rap hit such a high peak right off the bat all by herself. However, that isn’t where it stopped, with the latest rise “Up” just burned up a few more records (pun totally intended).
This time, on the Hot 100 chart dated March 27, Bardi’s “Up” is up from its previous peak at No. 2 and has now taken the No. 1 spot for the first time. “Up” is now Cardi’s fifth No. 1 hit, which extends her record for the most No. 1 songs by a female rapper. This also makes her the first female rapper with two No. 1 songs with no features on them (the first was “Bodak Yellow”). In the period between the week when “Bodak Yellow” went No. 1 in 2017 to now, Cardi is tied for the most No. 1 songs during that stretch, alongside Drake and Ariana Grande.
The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated March 27, 2021)
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 22, 2021
Dating to her first week atop the #Hot100 ("Bodak Yellow" on Oct. 7, 2017), @iamcardib ties for the most No. 1s in the span since.@Drake and @ArianaGrande have also tallied five No. 1 songs since that date.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 22, 2021
.@iamcardib becomes the first female rapper in history to earn multiple solo #1 hits on the Hot 100 ("Bodak Yellow" and "Up").
— chart data (@chartdata) March 22, 2021
.@iamcardib earns her fifth #1 single on the Hot 100 with "Up". She extends her record as the female rapper with the most #1’s in history.
— chart data (@chartdata) March 22, 2021
.@iamcardib becomes the first female rapper in history to earn multiple solo #1 hits on the Hot 100 ("Bodak Yellow" and "Up").
— chart data (@chartdata) March 22, 2021
All of @iamcardib’s #1 hits on the Hot 100:
Bodak Yellow
I Like It
Girls Like You
WAP
Up— chart data (@chartdata) March 22, 2021
.@iamcardib is now the first female rapper in history with two No. 1 hits on the #Hot100 with no accompanying acts ("Bodak Yellow," "Up").
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) March 22, 2021
Cardi offered a quick reaction to the news, writing on Instagram, “I want God to come see me in my dreams when I take my nap today so I can kiss his feet and tell him how much I love him !!! Yoooooo sh*t is amazing yoooooo .I got no words .Actually I got a lot of words but I can’t type it all NUMBER 1!!!!!” She then went live to celebrate the news with her fans, revealing how good the news feels following all the negativity many have tried to throw her way as of late. We truly love to see it. With Cardi hard at work on finishing up her sophomore album, it truly is “UP” from here.
