Overview

• Luminate reports 200,000 first-week equivalent units for the week ending Sept. 25, comprising 110,000 SEA (145.72 million on-demand streams), 88,000 album sales, and 2,000 TEA, for the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 4.
• The No. 1 bow makes Cardi B the first female rapper whose first two studio albums both debuted atop the Billboard 200, following 2018’s Invasion of Privacy.
• The album received RIAA platinum certification upon release because previously issued hits included on the tracklist count toward certification totals under RIAA rules.
• Pure sales were boosted by extensive product permutations across digital, CD, and vinyl, including multiple signed copies and “courtroom edition” cover variants sold via her webstore and independent shops.
• The total is 2025’s biggest week for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman; a repeat at No. 1 next week would place her alongside Lauryn Hill’s 1998 consecutive-week benchmark if it happens.