RIAA: Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ Breaks Tie with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ For Highest-Certified Female Rap Album of the Century
As anticipation for Cardi B‘s yet-titled sophomore album mounts, the Rap diva’s fans – affectionately called #BardiGang – are still spinning her jams from yesterday to tide them over in the meantime. Just four months ago those ongoing streams and sales hoisted the Hip-Hop hitmaker (born Belcalis Almánzar) into the history books of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) when her singles ‘I Like It’ » Read more about: RIAA: Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ Breaks Tie with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ For Highest-Certified Female Rap Album of the Century » The post RIAA: Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy’ Breaks Tie with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ For Highest-Certified Female Rap Album of the Century appeared first on ..::That Grape Juice.net::.. - Thirsty?.
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As anticipation for Cardi B‘s yet-titled sophomore album mounts, the Rap diva’s fans – affectionately called #BardiGang – are still spinning her jams from yesterday to tide them over in the meantime.
Just four months ago those ongoing streams and sales hoisted the Hip-Hop hitmaker (born Belcalis Almánzar) into the history books of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) when her singles ‘I Like It’ and ‘Bodak Yellow’ hit 11x Platinum apiece and tied for highest-certified female Rap singles of all time. The sales measure denotes equivalence of 11 million in the United States alone.
More recently, the tunes’ 2018-released parent album, ‘Invasion of Privacy,‘ invaded the RIAA’s history books for another honor.
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On Thursday (April 6), the RIAA took to press to announce Cardi was the recipient of multiple certification upgrades including a 3x Platinum award for the Kehlani-asissted song ‘Ring‘ and a 4x Platinum award for the song ‘Be Careful.‘
Even more noteworthy is the new 4x Platinum award attached to the tunes’ parent album, ‘Privacy.’
With the refreshed stat, ‘Privacy’ breaks a two-way tie with Nicki Minaj‘s top-selling debut album, 2010’s triple Platinum-certified ‘Pink Friday,’ for highest-certified female Rap album this century. When it comes to the all-time count, the only female Rap LP to be certified higher is Lauryn Hill‘s Diamond-christened solo debut album ‘Miseducation’ (1998).
As if that news wasn’t enough for Cardi to celebrate, the RIAA followed on Friday (April 7) with news Almánzar’s hit ‘Bartier Cardi’ was hoisted to 4x Platinum status.
With the updates, the GRAMMY winner’s cumulative certified single sales in America now sit at 57 million – making her the highest-certified female rapper of all time.
Among all rappers, only Drake (184 million), Eminem (166 million), Kanye West (140.5 million), Lil Wayne (92 million), Future (86 million), NBA YoungBoy (78 million), Lil Baby (69 million), XXXTentacion (63 million), and J. Cole (61.5 million) have sold more singles in the U.S.
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