Cardi B once again etches her name in Billboard 200 history. This week, Am I The Drama? officially broke the record for the most weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for a female rap album released this decade, logging its eighth consecutive week inside the region. The album holds at No. 8, extending a run that began on September 28, when Cardi returned to the charts with her long-anticipated second studio release. Since its debut, the project has remained a fixture in the top tier, fueled by strong streaming performance, consistent fan engagement, and renewed visibility driven by a new expanded version of the album.
Cardi strengthened the album’s momentum with the release of The Ultimate Edition of Am I The Drama?, which adds several fan-favorite tracks from across her career. The expanded edition features “Please Me,” “Press,” “Money,” “Bongos” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, “Like What (Freestyle),” and “Enough (Miami).” The move boosted consumption across streaming platforms and contributed to the album’s continued chart endurance.
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Upon release, Am I The Drama? made headlines by debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 200,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, earning Cardi her second chart-topping album. With that debut, she became the first female rapper in history to see her first two studio albums enter the chart at No. 1. According to Billboard, the album also posted the biggest week of 2025 for an R&B/hip-hop project by a woman.
The historic debut followed the success of Cardi’s groundbreaking first album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), which also premiered at No. 1 and set multiple records, including the largest streaming week ever for a female rap album at the time. It cemented her as one of the genre’s defining voices of the modern era, joining the ranks of Lauryn Hill and Nicki Minaj as one of the few female rappers to reach the top of the Billboard 200.
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