| Cardi B discography | |
|---|---|
 Cardi B performing at the Openair Frauenfeld in 2019 | |
| Studio albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 17 |
| Singles | 38 |
| Mixtapes | 3 |
American rapper Cardi B has released one studio album, three mixtapes, 38 singles (including 24 as a featured artist), and 17 music videos (as a lead artist). 4,376,138 albums, including 4,000,000 in the United States and 100,000 in the United Kingdom.[1] Her debut album Invasion of Privacy was the best selling female rap album of the 2010s according to The Recording Academy.[2] It also became the most streamed female rap album on Spotify history.[3] According to IFPI, "Girls Like You" was the 5th best-selling single of 2018 worldwide, selling 11.9 million units that year alone.[4]
In 2015, she embarked on a musical career, after amassing a large Internet fan base, following her appearances on VH1's Love & Hip Hop: New York. On March 7, 2016, Cardi B released her first full-length mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1 with KSR Group. On September 12, 2016, KSR Group released the compilation, Underestimated: The Album, which is a collaboration between KSR Group artists Cardi B, Hood Celebrity, SwiftOnDemand, Cashflow Harlem and Josh X. It was previously released only to attendees of their US tour.[5] On January 20, 2017, Cardi B released her second full-length mixtape as the second installment to her Gangsta Bitch Music series, which spawned the single "Bronx Season".
In February 2017, Cardi B signed her first solo major label recording contract with Atlantic Records. Cardi B's first single for Atlantic, titled "Bodak Yellow", proved to be a success, becoming a crossover hit single, when it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. On the Hot 100 chart dated October 1, 2017, Cardi B claimed the top spot becoming the first female rapper to do so with a solo song since Lauryn Hill in 1998.[6] On April 6, 2018, Cardi B released her debut studio album Invasion of Privacy, which topped the US Billboard 200, received a triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and became the longest-charting album by a female rapper.[7] She became the first female artist to have all tracks from an album certified gold or higher by the RIAA,[8] and the first artist overall to have all the tracks certified platinum or higher.[9] Her single "I Like It", with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, made her the first female rapper with multiple number one songs on the Hot 100,[10] and her collaboration with Maroon 5, "Girls Like You", extended the record, also making her the female rapper with most cumulative weeks at number one.[11][12] "Bodak Yellow" made Cardi B the first female rapper to have a song certified Diamond by the RIAA, a record which she has since extended to three Diamond-certified songs.[13] Debuting in 2017, she was Billboard's 35th Artist of the 2010s.[14][15] "WAP", the lead single of her second album, became her fourth chart-topper and made her the first female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s).[16][17] "Up", her fifth number one single on the Hot 100, made her the only female rapper to top the chart with multiple solo songs.[18]