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The first week figures are in \u2014 and Cardi B has snagged her second number one debut with I Am The Drama<\/em>, which garnered 146 million streams, according to data from Luminate. The album\u2019s performance comes after Cardi B successfully executed a masterclass in album roll-outs<\/a>, converting the interest in her own life into fodder for promotion. The high-flying debut marks Cardi\u2019s second consecutive Number One album after Invasion of Privacy<\/em>, which opened atop the charts in 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cCardi B returning to the top of the Billboard 200 after seven years is more than a chart victory \u2014 it\u2019s proof of her cultural staying power,\u201d Cardi\u2019s manager Shawn Holiday, of Full Stop management, tells Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Am I The Drama?<\/em> garnered 200,000 sales equivalents, which include streams, bundles, and physical releases, all of which were a part of Cardi\u2019s well-coordinated rollout, from selling physical copies on the street to posting video clips inspired by rumors around her and her label, encouraging fans to pre-save and pre-order.<\/p>\n After announcing her pregnancy during an interview with Gayle King, Cardi B took to Twitter to assure her fans that, in addition to an excellent sophomore album, she\u2019s committed to making the live experience something special. \u201cBy the time tour comes I\u2019ll be doing splits, somersaults, backflips and handstands,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cFew artists can disappear from the album charts for that long and come back bigger than ever. Cardi isn\u2019t just relevant, she\u2019s defining the moment,\u201d Holiday says. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the work she put in and looking forward to her first headlining tour.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first week figures are in \u2014 and Cardi B has snagged her second number one debut with I Am The Drama, which garnered 146 million streams, according to data from Luminate. The album\u2019s performance comes after Cardi B successfully executed a masterclass in album roll-outs, converting the interest in her own life into fodder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2058300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[305552,314737,383379],"class_list":["post-2058299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cardi-b","tag-rolling-stone","tag-shawn-holiday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cardi-Bs-Masterful-Album-Rollout-Helps-Land-\u2018Am-I-the.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2058300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}