{"id":189326,"date":"2025-09-29T07:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/189326\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:35:10","slug":"cardi-bs-am-i-the-drama-opens-at-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/189326\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B’s ‘Am I the Drama?’ Opens at No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNearly seven years after \u201cInvasion of Privacy\u201d shook the charts and crowned Cardi B<\/a> with her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/a>, she is back on top. Her long-awaited sophomore album, \u201cAm I the Drama<\/a>,\u201d has officially debuted at No. 1, earning 200,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 24-track project racked up 146 million official streams in its first week and sold 88,000 units, boosted by a highly-active rollout that made the album available in a variety of formats. Fans could grab digital downloads, multiple vinyl pressings, and even cheeky \u201ccourtroom editions\u201d that poked fun at Cardi\u2019s recent meme-worthy court appearances. (She was found not liable<\/a> in a highly publicized assault case.)<\/p>\n

\n\tNever one to play it safe, Cardi hit the ground running during and leading up to her release week: She appeared at indie record stores across the country and met fans, posing for viral pics, and signing albums. She was also interviewed on the \u201cThe Jennifer Hudson Show\u201d and Alex Cooper\u2019s \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast, among other press appearances. <\/p>\n

\n\tUpon its release in 2018, the Grammy-winning \u201cInvasion of Privacy,\u201d marked the biggest sales week for any R&B and hip-hop album that year. The set earned 255,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 12, 2018. <\/p>\n

\n\tWith \u201cAm I the Drama,\u201d Cardi logs the biggest week for an R&B\/hip-hop album by a woman this year. <\/p>\n

\n\tShe will soon take this success on the road for her first tour in six years \u2014\u00a0the \u201cLittle Miss Drama Tour<\/a>.\u201d The 30+ date arena run will kick off on Wednesday, February 11 in Palm Desert, CA at Acrisure Arena and include stops across North America in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Austin, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Philadelphia and more before wrapping up on Friday, April 17 in Atlanta, GA at State Farm Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly seven years after \u201cInvasion of Privacy\u201d shook the charts and crowned Cardi B with her first No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[21831,28295,88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-189326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-billboard-200","9":"tag-cardi-b","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}