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Typically, it takes time for a hit album to be certified platinum.
It sells a lot of copies and racks up streams in the days and weeks after its release.
But Am I the Drama by the rapper Cardi B was already platinum the moment it came out.
That's because two of its songs were colossal hits four or five years ago.
The chart toppers WAP and UP.
Those songs had never appeared on an album before.
Now that they are on Am I the Drama, the record gets retroactive credit for billions of song streams.
Am I the Drama also features loads of new songs.
16 of them hit this week's Hot 100 singles chart, and the album itself debuts at number one.
Stephen Thompson, NPR News.
Typically, it takes time for a hit album to be certified platinum.
It sells a lot of copies and racks up streams in the days and weeks after its release.
But Am I the Drama by the rapper Cardi B was already platinum the moment it came out.
That's because two of its songs were colossal hits four or five years ago.
The chart-toppers WAP and UP.
Those songs had never appeared on an album before.
Now that they are on Am I the Drama, the record gets retroactive credit for billions of song streams.
Am I the Drama also features loads of new songs.
16 of them hit this week's Hot 100 singles chart, and the album itself debuts at number one.