Overview

• Luminate reports the album opened atop the Billboard 200 with 200,000 equivalent units, including 146 million streams and 88,000 in album sales.
• The Recording Industry Association of America certified the album Platinum on release day, propelled by cumulative units from earlier hits that did not count toward Billboard’s first-week total.
• The feature-packed project includes collaborations with Summer Walker, Selena Gomez, Kehlani, Lizzo and Cash Cobain.
• Demand was boosted by a $4.99 iTunes price, fan appearances at independent record stores, and multiple vinyl and special ‘courtroom edition’ formats.
• The No. 1 launch is the first by a female rapper since 2023, as Cardi prepares a 30-plus date Little Miss Drama Tour starting February 11, 2026, with many presales sold out.