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Cardi B on the 2023 VMAs and Megan Thee Stallion on the 2024 VMAs
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Key Takeaways:
- “WAP” re-entered the iTunes Prime 10 after being confirmed for Cardi B’s upcoming album, AM I THE DRAMA?
- The 23-track venture additionally consists of “Up” and “Outdoors,” and is already eligible for platinum certification.
- Its rollout options daring visuals and teaser clips which have followers hyped for its Sept. 19 launch.
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” is seeing an enormous resurgence, thanks largely to the New York rapper together with it on her upcoming sophomore album, AM I THE DRAMA?
On Monday (June 23), Chart Information reported that the chart-topping collaboration re-entered the Prime 10 on the U.S. iTunes chart. “WAP” is one in every of three fan-favorite tracks making the ultimate lower on Cardi B’s forthcoming venture, alongside 2021’s “Up” and her newest launch, “Outdoors.”
Consequently, AM I THE DRAMA? is already eligible for platinum certification from the RIAA, having technically offered 1.5 million models within the U.S. earlier than it even formally hits streaming companies. Naturally, not everybody liked seeing the Grammy Award-winning rapper embrace a virtually five-year-old monitor on her album, however commercially, the numbers don’t lie.
Dropping on Sept. 19, the album paintings options Cardi B in a purple bodysuit and fishnet tights. With the title hovering above her, she’s surrounded by crows, together with one perched on her sky-high heel. Although the “Bodak Yellow” hitmaker hasn’t confirmed any options, SZA wrote, “Lemme ship this verse, chile” within the feedback part.
“Seven years and the time has come. Seven years of affection, life and loss. Seven years I gave them grace, however now, I give them hell,” Cardi B mentioned in a teaser video shared on Sunday (June 22). “I realized energy just isn’t given, it’s taken. I’m shedding feathers and no extra tears. I’m not again, I’m past. I’m not your villain, I’m your karma. The time is right here. The time is now.”
Her earlier album, Invasion of Privateness, made historical past when it was initially launched. It took house Finest Rap Album on the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, making Cardi B the second lady to ever win the class. Followers additionally received smash hits just like the Unhealthy Bunny and J Balvin-assisted “I Like It,” “Be Cautious” and “Ring” that includes Kehlani, to call just a few.