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Cardi B Belcalis Marlenis Cephus (; born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper. Noted for her unfiltered public image and lyrics, Cardi B is one of the most successful female rappers. From 2015 to early 2017, she ga ...
has released one
studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
, three
mixtape In the modern music industry, a mixtape is a musical project, typically with looser constraints than that of an album or extended play. Unlike the traditional album or extended play, mixtapes are labeled as laid-back projects that allow artists mo ...
s, 45
singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...
(including 26 as a featured artist), and 17
music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...
s (as a lead artist). According to the
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(RIAA), she has sold 100 million equivalent units in the United States across albums, singles, and mixtapes, making her the 6th best-selling female digital artist in the country. Her debut album ''
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'' was the best selling female rap album of the 2010s according to
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. It also became the most streamed female rap album on Spotify history. According to the
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(IFPI), "
Girls Like You "Girls Like You" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5 from their sixth studio album ''Red Pill Blues'' (2017). The track was written by lead singer Adam Levine, Starrah, Gian Stone, Cirkut, and Jason Evigan, with the latter two servi ...
" was the 5th best-selling single of 2018 worldwide, selling 11.9 million units that year alone. In 2015, she embarked on a musical career, after amassing a large Internet fan base, following her appearances on
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's '' Love & Hip Hop: New York''. On March 7, 2016, Cardi B released her first full-length mixtape, '' Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1'' with KSR Group. On September 12, 2016, KSR Group released the
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, ''Underestimated: The Album'', which is a collaboration between KSR Group artists Cardi B, Hood Celebrity, SwiftOnDemand, Cashflow Harlem and Josh X. It was previously released only to attendees of their US tour. On January 20, 2017, Cardi B released her second full-length mixtape as the second installment to her ''Gangsta Bitch Music'' series, which spawned the single "Bronx Season". In February 2017, Cardi B signed her first solo major label recording contract with
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. Cardi B's first single for Atlantic, titled " Bodak Yellow", proved to be a success, becoming a
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hit single, when it reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. On the Hot 100 chart dated October 1, 2017, Cardi B claimed the top spot becoming the first female rapper to do so with a solo song since
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in 1998. On April 6, 2018, Cardi B released her debut studio album ''
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'', which topped the US ''Billboard'' 200, received a
triple platinum Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...
certification by the RIAA, and became the longest-charting album by a female rapper. She became the first female artist to have all tracks from an album certified gold or higher by the RIAA, and the first artist overall to have all the tracks certified platinum or higher. Her single " I Like It", with
Bad Bunny Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (; born March 10, 1994), better known by his stage name Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. Known as the " King of Latin Trap", Bad Bunny is credited with helping Spanish-language rap music achieve m ...
and
J Balvin José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer. He is one of the best-selling Latin artists, with 35 million records sold worldwide. Balvin was born in Medellín. At age 17, he moved to th ...
, made her the first female rapper with multiple number one songs on the Hot 100, and her collaboration with
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, "Girls Like You", extended the record, also making her the female rapper with most cumulative weeks at number one. "Bodak Yellow" made Cardi B the first female rapper to have a song
certified Diamond Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music Sound recording and reproduction, recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video ...
by the RIAA, a record which she has since extended to three Diamond-certified songs. Debuting in 2017, she was ''Billboard''s 35th Artist of the 2010s. " WAP", the lead single of her second album, became her fourth chart-topper and made her the first female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s). " Up", her fifth number one single on the Hot 100, made her the only female rapper to top the chart with multiple solo songs.


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