Cardi B confirmed on Centerfold Live that she is including her two #1 singles, "WAP" and "UP," on her long overdue sophomore album. This means her untitled album will be eligible/certified platinum when it drops.
Before people start to overreact, let's not forget that "Invasion Of Privacy" was certified gold on release day due to the success of "Bodak Yellow."
Cardi B's M.O. is to stall on dropping albums as her singles rack up sales/certifications. Once she drops her
project, her team of blogs plaster how she is already certified blah, blah all over social. This is a media tactic to fool the public into believing the album is that hot when, in actuality, the certification is based on one or two old hit songs.
Also, I want to clarify the certification will have nothing to do with her first-week sales. The sales are based on what you sold in that first week, not what an artist sold prior to their album release date. So, unless she does a campaign around "WAP" or drops a "UP" remix, there will be no reason for sales or streams to increase significantly for either "WAP" or "UP."
I will say, as a person who thought both songs were underwhelming and propelled by the relationships Cardi B has with the media, this is already a bad sign for her album. Neither of these songs made me interested in a Cardi B album.
Updated: 6/5 at 6:05 PM PST
Cardi B has responded to those who question why she is adding WAP and Up to her upcoming album. I am curious, which artist put someone else's song on their album? Who is Cardi trying to throw under the bus?
Cardi needs to worry about the music. Her features are not hitting and trust when I say that without that underdog storyline, "Today's Cardi B is not yesterday's Cardi B."
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It's the attempt at reverse psychology for me.
Also, this guy Cardi was arguing with tried to use Kendrick as an example of doing the same thing cause he added Heart V to his album. There is a difference in an artist putting a song that was dropped the same year as their album on a project and an artist putting a 2 year old song. Remember, KIendrick did not have a lead single for his album.
Don't artists drop whole deluxe albums within the same week they dropped the album to help with sales ( looking at you Doja Cat and Future)
I wish people would stop randoming bringing up other artists. You either can make a point about Cardi or not.
I wouldn’t do this if I was her. Hits like WAP don’t come often & she most likely won’t get that on her next album. & the difference in first week sales between the two will be drastic. Realistically she should be doing around Kendrick or Cole numbers and she’s gonna do well over that .
I was wondering how Iop went Gold as soon as it released. Interesting tactic. But also if that's the case how did megans project not immediately go Gold when she had two singles that were already platinum???
Yeah this don’t sound good. Just like when Megan added girls in the hood and savage remix to good news. it didn’t blend well. one of the reasons why it sounded like a mixtape/compilation album to me.