Belcalis “Cardi B” Almánzar scored yet another Top 10 hit this week. The New York City-bred rapper’s “Up” opened at #2 on Billboard’s current Hot 100 chart, giving the Atlantic recording artist her 9th record to make it into the Top 10 region.
“Up” is the highest-debuting solo single by a female rapper since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” premiered atop the Hot 100 in 1998. The two Grammy winners have more in common when it comes to Billboard charts. Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy and Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill are also on a shortlist of female rap albums that launched at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
All of @iamcardib's top 10 hits on the #Hot100:
#1, Bodak Yellow
#1, I Like It
#1, Girls Like You
#1, WAP
#2, Up
#3, Please Me
#3, Finesse
#4, No Limit
#6, MotorSport— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) February 16, 2021
Cardi already holds the female-rapper record for most career #1 songs with four – “Bodak Yellow,” “I Like It” featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin, “Girls Like You” with Maroon 5, and “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion. She was the first woman in rap to have multiple Number Ones and still the only one to have more than two chart-toppers.
Besides cracking the Top 3 on the Hot 100, the former Love & Hip Hop star’s latest release also hit #1 on the Streaming Songs (31.2 million streams), Digital Song Sales, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and Hot Rap Songs charts. Over on Billboard‘s Global 200 chart, “Up” starts off at #4.
“Just landed and my wifi back poppin. I want to say thank you to all my fans and supporters this is BIG for me. I wanted to beat my last solo single number and I over succeeded. First time a female rapper debut top 5 since [Lauryn Hill]. This is Pop girl s### but I’m not Pop,” tweeted Cardi on Monday evening.
The 28-year-old entertainer later added, “At the beginning of last week I was crying because one single post put my confidence down. ‘She needs promo, she’s a flop, she needs help.’ Erasing the fact I been constantly winning. I had to brush it off, remind myself I beat records [with] my last record and now boom. Chart too high.”
Congrats to @iamcardib as #UP is now the highest debuting solo track by a female rapper on the Hot 100 this century, since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing) ⚜️
According to @chartdata
📷: @FloNgala pic.twitter.com/u3yAYdn7Y4— Atlantic Records (@AtlanticRecords) February 17, 2021
Just landed and my wifi back poppin .I want to say thank you to all my fans and supporters this is BIG for me .I wanted to beat my last solo single number & I over succeeded.First time a female rapper debut top 5 since Lauren.This is pop girl s### but I’m not pop . pic.twitter.com/VSdT60mvUX
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) February 16, 2021
At the beginning of last week I was crying because one single post put my confidence down.She needs promo , she’s a flop, she needs help erasing the fact I been constantly winning.I had to brush it off remind myself I beat records wit my last record & now boom .Chart too high.
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) February 16, 2021
I want to thank my fans with the bottom & top of my heart .Ya remind of me .The https://t.co/9yNmyAmQHx underestimated but show the f### out when it’s time .I really can’t believe this .I told a couple of yall I don’t care about a number 1 a top 5 is a big win for me
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) February 16, 2021
https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1361861379095891969?s=20
I was talkin my hot s### earlier but on some real s### THANK YOU EVERYONE .BARDIgang , GP ,music listeners ,people who listen on their stories ,tiktokers ,artist ,blogs, YouTubers EVERYONE who help my record go #2 billboard .I appreciate it more then ya ever think !
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) February 17, 2021