Cardi B’s ‘Am I the Drama?’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

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Summary

  • Cardi B’s album Am I the Drama? debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 200,000 units
  • This is the biggest week for a female R&B/hip-hop album in 2025
  • Nine Inch Nails’ TRON soundtrack is No. 5; other artists round out the top 10

Cardi B’s Am I the Drama? takes the No. 1 spot on this week’s Billboard 200

The new album launched with 200,000 units sold in the US, making it the biggest week for a female R&B or hip-hop artist so far in 2025. This total includes 88,000 traditional album sales, plus the equivalent of 110,000 albums from streaming (representing 145.72 million song streams), and 2,000 from individual song sales. This is Cardi B’s second studio album, following her 2018 release, *Invasion of Privacy*.

Nine Inch Nails’ soundtrack for the movie *TRON* performed well, reaching No. 5 on the charts with 45,000 equivalent album units. Most of that came from actual album sales, totaling 39,000 units. Streaming accounted for another 6,000 units (based on 8.37 million song streams), and a small amount came from individual track sales.

Besides the top album this week, several others landed in the top 10. The *Kpop Demon Hunters* soundtrack came in at No. 2, followed by Morgan Wallen at No. 3 and Sabrina Carpenter at No. 4. Rounding out the top 10 are Alex Warren at No. 6, SZA at No. 7, Morgan Wallen again at No. 8, Justin Bieber at No. 9, and Bad Bunny at No. 10.

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2025-09-29 06:56