At this point, there isn’t anything stopping Cardi B‘s shine on the charts and around the globe with her mega smash ‘Bodak Yellow‘ that was recently certified gold, and now, the song has taken the No. 1 spot on a major Billboard chart.
According to Billboard, Cardi has climbed from 2-1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (dated Sept. 16).
The song’s ascent corresponds with gains in streaming, as it rises 1 percent to 42.3 million U.S. streams for the week ending Aug. 31, according to Nielsen Music and holds at No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs. The tune also grows at radio, lifting 11 percent to 55 million in audience for the week ending Sept. 3, which prompts a 20-17 move on the all-format Radio Songs chart. It declines, however, 4 percent in downloads in the week ending Aug. 31, but remains at No. 2 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales.
“Bodak” also marks the first song by a woman billed in a leading role to lead Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in all of 2017. Only one other woman, Rihanna, has appeared on a chart-topping tune this year, in a featured role on DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts,” which led for the seven weeks immediately preceding “Bodak.” Rihanna also boasts the last No. 1 by a leading woman before Cardi B, when her “Needed Me” topped the Sept. 24 and Oct. 1-dated charts last year.
Go Cardi, but if that weren’t enough, artists all over are performing to Cardi’s smash, and getting their crowds hype with the track. Janet Jackson who kicked off her ‘State of the World‘ Tour this, danced to the track this week and killed it.
Janet Jackson remixes “What Have You Done For Me Lately” with @iamcardib‘s #BodakYellow#StateOfTheWorldTour #SOTW pic.twitter.com/pQSeRFHphA
— #JanetsLegacyMatters (@janetslegacy) September 8, 2017
