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Cardi B Declines to Taunt BIA Over Debut Sales, Signals a Measured Reply to JT

Cardi framed restraint following official tracking of roughly 3,000 units for BIA’s debut with no Billboard 200 entry.

Overview

  • During an X Spaces session, Cardi B said she would not "pick on" BIA over first-week numbers and emphasized she will respond to JT "on my time."
  • Billboard, citing Luminate, reports BIA’s BIANCA earned about 3,000 equivalent units in its first week and failed to reach the Billboard 200.
  • Other outlets had circulated conflicting figures, including 8,000 units and chartdata’s 2,800, fueling debate over the album’s performance.
  • JT released two diss tracks on October 4—"No Hook" and "Keep Coming"—and Cardi has reiterated that any response from her will be strategic and delayed.
  • Context for the feud includes a 2024 sample overlap with Missy Elliott’s "She’s a B*tch" and Cardi’s recent No. 1 album Am I The Drama? with over 200,000 first-week units.