Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: How Did Cardi B’s Am I the Problem? Go Platinum the Instant It Came Out?

Cardi B’s new album was certified platinum...the moment it came out. How’s that even possible?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Cardi B's critically acclaimed
new album, am I The Drama arrived last Friday and
was instantly certified platinum by THERIAA. Normally projects take weeks
or months, if not years, to achieve that level of sales,
So how on earth did Cardi managed to fast forward
into platinum status comes down the rampant success of two
older singles Wop with Megan Thee Stallion and Up, both

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number one smashes from back in twenty twenty. She opted
to include the two songs. Massive stream numbers before the
album's released will not be factored into where debuts on
the chart, but were the main factor in the album
going platinum as they're essentially lead singles, albeit with a
whole lot of lead time, leading to criticism that it's
a fake plaque. But Cardi B ready for the haters.
Tweeting back in June she made the decision to include

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them on the album, she said, my fans have been
asking me to put them on an album. They deserve
a home. These songs don't even count for first week
of sales, so what are people even crying about at
this point? I'm only concerned with giving fans what they want. Congratulations,
it's Cardi B there on her platinum plaque. Am I
the problem streaming everywhere? That's direct from Hollywood