Cardi B makes history, ‘Bodak Yellow’ moves to No 1 on Billboard charts

Posted by: b3rrilyn in Celebrity News Sep 25, 2017

Cardi B, has just hit the number one spot on Billboard Hot 100 with her hit single, Bodak Yellow, becoming the first female rapper to have a number 1 record with no features since Lauryn Hill 19 years ago.

Post Malone’s �Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, roars in at No. 2 on the Hot 100, and at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, and Portugal. The Man earns its first Hot 100 top 10, as �Feel It Still” pushes 14-10.

�Bodak,” released on The KSR Group/Atlantic Records, makes Cardi B (born Belcalis Almanzar, in the Bronx, New York) just the second female rapper to top the Hot 100 without any other billed artists, following Lauryn Hill’s first solo Hot 100 entry (apart from the Fugees), �Doo Wop (That Thing),” for two weeks beginning with its Nov. 14, 1998, debut at No. 1.

Cardi B is only the fifth female rapper ever to lead the Hot 100 at all. After Hill, Lil’ Kim ruled for five weeks in 2001 with Christina Aguilera, Mya and P!nk on �Lady Marmalade”; Shawnna reigned as featured on Ludacris’ �Stand Up,” which topped the Dec. 6, 2003, chart; and Iggy Azalea’s introductory Hot 100 hit, �Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX, led for seven weeks in 2014.

Cardi B is also the first female soloist to top the Hot 100 with a debut track unaccompanied by another artist since Meghan Trainor, whose �All About That Bass” led for eight weeks beginning Sept. 20, 2014.