Rapper Cardi B has become the first-ever woman in history to be certified diamond for her song ‘Bodak Yellow’ which sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
Rapper Cardi B’s debut major-label single, ‘Bodak Yellow’ has been attributed with a diamond certificate recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America. The artist who hails from New York City has now become the very first female rapper to have achieved the Diamond status as per RIAA. Her single, ‘Bodak Yellow’ has crossed the 10 million cut-off mark. RIAA has revealed that one equivalent song unit corresponds to a single digital sale. In other words, it accounts for 150 on-demand audio or video streams. The artist accomplished this historic milestone last Monday. Her other latest single ‘WAP’ that features Megan Thee Stallion has also reached halfway with a 5x multi-platinum status as per statistics estimated on March 3.
The artist posted a video and explained how the label, Atlantic Records surprised her with the plaque and that too at a restaurant. All this took place after a day of long and exhausting rehearsals. She thanked her team and gave them the credit for her feat. In the video, she could not hold her disbelief and admitted that it made her day and uplifted her spirits. Many of her peers and contemporaries congratulated her for this unparalleled feat including artists such as G-Eazy, Lil Yachty, City Girls’ JT, and Kodak Black. Kodak Black’s debut 2015 single, ‘No Flockin’ was the original inspiration behind the song that took her to the epitome of this accomplishment. She also clapped back at one Twitter user who claimed that she was not giving enough credit to Black for this stupendous success and writing. She tweeted saying that Black got all the credit for the song as they are both earning a lot from its popularity. She also said that the name of the song also resonates with that of Black.
The artist also made another history for ‘Bodak Yellow’ on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The single not only hit the No.1 spot in the list back in October 2017 but she also became the very first female rapper to top the charts without any other credited artists in over 20 years. The same feat was accomplished by Lauryn Hill with her first solo entry, ‘ Doo Wop (That Thing)’ when it debuted at N0. 1 on November 14, 1998. Cardi’s single was released in 2017 that stayed in the US Billboard Top 100 chart for straight three weeks. That time, the excited fan took to Instagram to post her heartfelt thankfulness and gratefulness for this acknowledgment.
She is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and actor. She is always in the limelight for her straightforward opinions of various socio-political issues. She cuts to the chase in her views that often pushes her to face controversy. This feat, however, will expand her career into never-before-known boundaries.
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