Cardi B likes dollars, she likes diamonds, she likes stunting, she likes shining. So she’ll really like that her major-label debut single “Bodak Yellow” has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The New York native is the first female rapper to achieve a diamond single award, according to the RIAA, meaning “Bodak Yellow” has moved 10 million units. According to the RIAA, one equivalent song unit is equal to a single digital song sale, or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams. Cardi reached the milestone on Monday, and her hit collaboration “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, is halfway there with its 5x multi-platinum status as of March 3, according to the RIAA website.
Congratulations to @iamcardib, the first female rapper to achieve a RIAA 💎 single award! #BodakYellow @AtlanticRecords https://t.co/D4gDxJorkR
— RIAA (@RIAA) March 9, 2021
Cardi posted a video explaining how her label Atlantic Records surprised her with the plaque at a restaurant after a long, exhausting day of rehearsal. “I just want to say thank you guys so much because without you guys, it wouldn’t have happened,” she told the Bardi Gang. “It really made my day. And it really uplifted me.”
You guys are going to be so happy .I’m soo happy!!! pic.twitter.com/vJi0lORn3k
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) March 9, 2021
Many of Cardi’s peers congratulated her for the historic feat, including her “No Limit” collaborator G-Eazy, Lil Yachty, City Girls’ JT and Kodak Black, whose debut 2015 single “No Flockin'” was the original inspiration behind “Bodak Yellow.”
Congrats to my homegirl @iamcardib on being the first female in rap to have a certified diamond single. Sheeesh. Always love and appreciate ya. Keep shining💎💎💎 pic.twitter.com/UxFXCZIV0Y
— G-Eazy (@G_Eazy) March 9, 2021
Congrats 2 @iamcardib !!! History !!!
— concrete boy boat/ most hated (@lilyachty) March 9, 2021
BARDI!!!💎
— JT (@ThegirlJT) March 9, 2021
Bodak Yellow Went Diamond Dam Right @iamcardib
— Kodak Black (@KodakBlack1k) March 9, 2021
She clapped back at one Twitter user who tried to claim that she didn’t give Black the proper credit for the song’s success, writing, “He got credit on the song WE both getting rich with the song till we die ..The song is called Bodak Yellow for a reason.”
He got credit on the song WE both getting rich with the song till we die ..The song is called Bodak Yellow for a reason .You hoes get on this app saying the dumbest shit . https://t.co/3zShXV25Qx pic.twitter.com/Gt3GqoltUm
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) March 9, 2021
Cardi also made history on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Bodak Yellow.” When the single finally hit No. 1 in October 2017, she became the first female rapper to top the all-genre tally without any other credited artists in nearly 20 years, since Lauryn Hill’s first solo entry, “Doo Wop (That Thing),” with its Nov. 14, 1998, debut at No. 1.
