Cardi B is about to release her highly anticipated second studio album.
On Saturday, the superstar rapper, 31, announced via her Instagram Stories that she is actually planning to drop her follow-up to Invasion Of Privacy, which also happened to coincide with the sixth anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut album.
‘6 years ago I released my first album and it broke so many records GAH LEE!! Six years later, I’m getting ready to drop the next one this year,” she wrote in a post listing some of the accolades Invasion Of Privacy received following its release on April 6, 2018.
She added, “It’s so different than everyone expected and I’m so excited,” before sharing a healthy dose of gratitude for her devoted fans.
‘I love you and thank you for the support! I’ll talk to you soon,” she concluded. “I’ve been so busy the last few days.”
Cardi B, 31, used the sixth anniversary of her debut studio album, Invasion Of Privacy, to announce that the follow-up will be released this year; seen in 2023
Before the big announcement, Cardi (born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar), 31, made sure to share some of the accolades she received in the wake of the Invasion Of Privacy drop six years ago.
First, she reminded fans that the album “reached #1 Billboard Hot 200 with 255,000 copies sold in its first week” and earned a “2019 Grammy for Best Rap Album with 6 nominations.”
The Bronx, New York native then shared how Invasion of Privacy scored a ‘2019 BET Album Of The Year’ award.
She added that “Invasion Of Privacy is the first album by a female artist to have all songs certified platinum or higher by the RIAA.”
It also has the distinction of being the “first female rap album to have all its songs chart on the Hot 100.”
As an added bonus, the announcement featured the cartoonish image of Cardi with yellow hair and white sunglasses from the original album cover.
Invasion of Privacy eventually debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart and has since been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
It broke the record for the longest charting album by a female rapper on the Billboard 200, surpassing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and spent three full years on the chart.
‘6 years ago I released my first album and it broke so many records GAH LEE!! Six years later, I’m getting ready to drop the next one this year,” she wrote in a post listing some of the accolades Invasion Of Privacy received following its April 6, 2018 release.
“It’s so different than everyone expected and I’m so excited,” the superstar rapper shared in comparison to Invasion Of Privacy
Cardi has released a number of one-off singles since her debut album in 2018
The album, which featured guest appearances from Migos, Chance The Rapper, Kehlani, SZA, 21 Savage, Bad Bunny, J Balvin and YG, set multiple streaming records, including becoming the first album by a female artist to debut with more than 100 million admissions. streams on Apple Music.
The 13-song tracklist featured five hit singles, including Bodak Yellow, Bartier Cardi, Be Careful, I Like It and Ring.
Ultimately, Cardi’s album debut became the top female rap album of the 2010s, according to the Billboard 200 decade-end chart.
Although it has been six years since she last released a series of one-off songs such as WAP with Megan Thee Stallion, Up, Hot S**t, Girls Like You with Maroon 5, Finesse with Bruno Mars, Please Me with Bruno Mars, Press, Big Paper for DJ Khaled, Wild Side with Normani, Rumors with Lizzo, No Love with SZA and Enough (Miami), among others.
