Chart Check [Hot 100]: Cardi B’s ‘Imaginary Playerz’ Is the Week’s Overall Highest Debut & Top-Selling New Female Song

Won’t have to use your imagination to see Cardi B‘s ‘Imaginary Playerz,’ the latest tune from her forthcoming ‘Am I the Drama‘ album to get the video treatment, is off to a solid start on this week’s Hot 100.

Released August 15, the JAY-Z-sampling cut made its debut on this week’s Hot 100 at #70. Here are the numbers that powered its placement.

• Streaming ≈ 5.4 million U.S.-based streams
• Radio Airplay ≈ 2.5 million audience impressions
• Sales ≈ 7,000 digital downloads

Thanks to the handsome streaming, radio, and sales combo outlined above, ‘Playerz’ pounced to a third quadrant premiere on the updated Hot 100. Its arrival marked the highest of any new song printed on the all-genre chart this week.

On the sales front, ‘Playerz’ was also crowned the week’s top-seller among all new female-led songs.

Among all acts, however, only Tom MacDonald‘s previously uncharted tune ‘The Devil Is a Democrat‘ ranked higher on the updated Billboard Digital Song Sales chart.

Undoubted proof of the excitement building for the September 19 delivery of her long-awaited sophomore album ‘Drama,’ the #70 bow of ‘Playerz’ follows the historic top 10 opening of the LP’s lead single ‘Outside.’

Look below to see who joins Cardi on the updated edition of TGJ Chart Check.

See the full chart here.

[photo source: Billboard]