These Are Cardi B's Top 10 Billboard Hits | TheRichest
Belcalis Almánzar, better known as Cardi B, was only nineteen years of age when she became a stripper after being fired from her job at an Amish store. While continuing her work, Cardi B became an internet sensation for her rants on Vine and later became a part of a reality television show, quickly becoming a fan favorite. After releasing her single Bodak Yellow, little did the rapper know that her life would come into the instant spotlight with the song's popularity. She was nominated for a Grammy for her debut single and album.
Cardi B’s popularity has continued to rise since 2017 as she has become one of the most sought-after rappers in the industry. The rapper has scored five No.1 Billboard Hot 100 hits and remains the only female rapper to achieve the feat. Let’s take a look at her Top 10 Billboard Hits.
10 Bodak Yellow
Her breakout single, Bodak Yellow, made Cardi B a mainstream success as it reached the No.1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in one of the most contested weeks in 2017. According to Rolling Stone, Lauryn Hill became the first female solo rapper since Doo Wop in 1998 to achieve the feat. Her song dethroned Taylor Swift’s Look What You Made Me Do and Post Malone’s Rockstar.
9 Girls Like You- Maroon 5 Ft. Cardi B
Girls Like You by Maroon 5 featured Cardi B in the head-bopping tune that topped every Billboard chart. While the position fluctuated on other charts, it remained stagnant on the Adult Contemporary Chart for thirteen straight weeks, the only song that achieved the feat for thirty frames.
8 Finesse (Remix) Ft. Cardi B
While Bruno Mars’ third studio album, 24K Magic, did not have any featuring artists, he did release a series of remix songs of his biggest hits, including Finesse. Teaming up with Cardi B, the song earned over 38.3 million streams and debuted at the top spot in January, becoming the first No.1 song of 2018 on the Billboard Streaming Songs chart.
7 WAP Feat. Megan Thee Stallion
The raunchy R&B single WAP became a rainmaker as Cardi B, and Meghan Thee Stallion created a sensational song that reached the top spot on Billboard Hot 100. It reigned in the first spot for three weeks on the Inaugural Billboard Global 200 chart. Along with 93 million streams, it became Cardi B’s fourth single to reach the top spot, as noted by the LA Times.
6 Bartier Cardi Ft. 21 Savage
Another hot song from Cardi B’s debut album, Bartier Cardi, was the second single she released from the album and featured rapper 21 Savage. The song peaked at the seventh spot on the Billboard R&B Charts and the fourteenth spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Within a month, the song became a platinum-certified hit with over a million hits sold.
5 Please Me- Cardi B & Bruno Mars
A second collaboration between Cardi B and Bruno Mars surprised fans with their single Please Me. The song debuted right at the third spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and became certified platinum within two months by the RIAA. Their first collaboration, Finesse, is a three-time certified platinum hit.
4 Up
Up released in 2021 and became an instant hit as it reached the first position on Billboard Hot 100 and became the fifth No.1 single for Cardi B. As mentioned by Complex, along with the song's success, she also became the first female rapper in history to have the most No.1 songs on the Billboard chart and the first female to have two No.1s without an accompanying artist.
3 Rumors- Lizzo Ft. Cardi B
After a two-year break, Lizzo returned in 2021 with her single Rumors, which was the highest debut of her career. Featuring Cardi B, the song came to the fourth position on the Billboard Hot 100 and the No.1 position on the Billboard R&B Chart. The song was Lizzo’s most significant mainstream success until that time.
2 No Limit- G-Eazy ft. A$AP Rocky and Cardi B
G-Eazy took assistance from rappers A$AP Rocky and Cardi B to create No Limit in 2017, and the song reached the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10, peaking at the eighth position. The track was on the Hot 100 chart for eleven weeks and became G-Eazy’s second song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and attain skyrocketing success.
1 I Like It (Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
Released on her debut album Invasion Of Privacy, Cardi B achieved several milestones due to her single I Like It topping the Hot 100. Since Lady Gaga, in 2009, she became the second female to have multiple No.1s on the charts from a debut album, as reported by Billboard. The song stayed on the chart for 51 weeks, the longest for any female rapper in history.
Cardi B has only released one album, but she shattered four world records with her music in Invasion Of Privacy. She became the most-streamed artist on Apple Music and the first female rapper to win the Best Rap Album award at the Grammys. The rapper is working on her second album, which might be released in 2022.
Sources: Rolling Stone, LA Times, Complex, Billboard
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