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

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Cardi B's critically acclaimed
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  Speaker 1: new album, am I The Drama arrived last Friday and
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  Speaker 1: was instantly certified platinum by THERIAA. Normally projects take weeks
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  Speaker 1: or months, if not years, to achieve that level of sales,
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  Speaker 1: So how on earth did Cardi managed to fast forward
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  Speaker 1: into platinum status comes down the rampant success of two
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  Speaker 1: older singles Wop with Megan Thee Stallion and Up, both
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  Speaker 1: number one smashes from back in twenty twenty. She opted
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  Speaker 1: to include the two songs. Massive stream numbers before the
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  Speaker 1: album's released will not be factored into where debuts on
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  Speaker 1: the chart, but were the main factor in the album
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  Speaker 1: going platinum as they're essentially lead singles, albeit with a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot of lead time, leading to criticism that it's
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  Speaker 1: a fake plaque. But Cardi B ready for the haters.
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  Speaker 1: Tweeting back in June she made the decision to include
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  Speaker 1: them on the album, she said, my fans have been
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  Speaker 1: asking me to put them on an album. They deserve
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  Speaker 1: a home. These songs don't even count for first week
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  Speaker 1: of sales, so what are people even crying about at
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  Speaker 1: this point? I'm only concerned with giving fans what they want. Congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: it's Cardi B there on her platinum plaque. Am I
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  Speaker 1: the problem streaming everywhere? That's direct from Hollywood