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Cardi B’s New Single Dominates Multiple Charts As It Debuts

July 4, 2025
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Cardi B’s “Outside” debuts at No. 1 on five U.S. Billboard charts, becoming both a strong seller and a huge hit on streaming platforms simultaneously.

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Hollywood & EntertainmentCardi B’s New Single Dominates Multiple Charts As It DebutsByHugh McIntyre, Senior Contributor

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts

AuthorJul 04, 2025, 10:15am EDTCardi B’s “Outside” debuts at No. 1 on five U

Billboard charts, becoming both a strong seller and

More a huge hit on ing platforms simultaneously

WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 01: Cardi B speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee, U

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With four days until election day, Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Wisconsin. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Getty Images Fans of Cardi B have been waiting years for the rapper to der her sophomore album

Since she released Invasion of Privacy seven years ago, they have continued to support every tune she has d – and there have been quite a lot of them

The Grammy winner recently dropped the brand new single "Outside" and finally announced that her second full-length effort, Am I the Drama. , is coming in September

All the excitement around not just a just-d cut, but also a forthcoming album has helped "Outside" become a powerful seller and er, bringing Cardi back to No. 1 on multiple U. -based charts this week. “Outside” Debuts at No. 1 on Five Charts In America, the star rules five Billboard tallies as "Outside" opens in first place on rankings dedicated to both pure purchases and ing activity, as interest in the tune was incredibly high from the moment it arrived. "Outside" leads the Digital Song Sales, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales, and Rap Digital Song Sales charts, as well as both the R&B/Hip-Hop ing Songs and Rap ing Songs tallies

Cardi’ B’s History of Hitting No. 1 Cardi has already reached No. 1 on all of these lists in the past – multiple times, in fact – though the number of leaders she has accrued differs widely from one ranking to the next

She has earned half a dozen rulers on the ing tallies, eight No. 1s on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart, 13 No. 1s on the Rap Digital Song Sales ranking, and 16 smashes on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales roster

The Bestselling Song in America Luminate reports that in its first tracking frame, "Outside" sold a little more than 13,600 copies

It is the only song in America this week to have sold 10,000 or more copies at once, easily becoming the standout bestseller in the nation

MORE FOR YOU Several New Top 10 Starts In addition to the five Billboard rankings where "Outside" opens at No. 1, the single also launches on nine other lists, and begins its time inside the top 10 on several of them

That roundup includes both the ing Songs chart and the Hot 100, where Cardi B earns her lucky thirteenth top 10 as "Outside" comes inside at No

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