Cardi B’s ‘Am I the Drama?’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Nine Inch Nails’ soundtrack to ‘TRON’ also lands in this week’s top 10.

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  • Cardi B’s album Am I the Drama? debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 200,000 units
  • This is the biggest week for a female R&B/hip-hop album in 2025
  • Nine Inch Nails’ TRON soundtrack is No. 5; other artists round out the top 10

Cardi B‘s Am I the Drama? takes the No. 1 spot on this week’s Billboard 200

The album debuts with 200,000 equivalent album units in the United States. This marks the biggest week for an R&B/hip-hop album by a female artist in 2025. The total number includes 88,000 in album sales, 110,000 in streaming equivalent album units (145.72 million on-demand streams of the songs), and 2,000 in track equivalent album units. This is Cardi B’s second full-length studio project, following 2018’s Invasion of Privacy.

Nine Inch Nails’ soundtrack to TRON also made a strong showing, landing at No. 5 with 45,000 equivalent album units. Album sales accounted for 39,000 units, while streaming equivalent album units contributed 6,000 (8.37 million on-demand streams of the songs), with the remaining from track equivalent album units.

Other albums in this week’s top 10 include the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack at No. 2, Morgan Wallen at No. 3, and Sabrina Carpenter at No. 4. The rest of the top 10 features Alex Warren at No. 6, SZA at No. 7, Morgan Wallen at No. 8, Justin Bieber at No. 9, and Bad Bunny at No. 10.

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