![]() ![]() Her father Carlos is Dominican and her mother Clara is a Trinidadian of African and Spanish descent Almánzar identifies as an Afro-Latina. She was the first lead artist to top the Billboard Global 200.īelcalis Marlenis Almánzar was born on October 11, 1992, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Additionally, she is the female rapper with the most songs with a billion streams on Spotify-where she also has the most-streamed female rap album. She is also the female rapper with the most diamond-certified songs (three) by the RIAA, the highest-certified female rapper of all time on their Top Artists (Digital Singles) ranking, and has 100 million certified units (album and songs) sold in the US alone. Recognized by Forbes as one of the most influential female rappers of all time, Cardi B holds various records among women in hip hop she is the female rapper with the most number-one singles (five) on the Billboard Hot 100, the only to achieve multiple solo number ones and the only to earn number ones in two decades (2010s and 2020s) on the chart. She has since released two singles: " WAP" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion) in 2020 and " Up" in 2021, both of which topped the Hot 100 and other charts worldwide. Her third Hot 100 number-one, the collaboration " Girls Like You" with band Maroon 5, made her the only female rapper to achieve multiple diamond-certified songs by the RIAA. It spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with " Bodak Yellow", its lead single, Cardi B became the first female rapper to top the Hot 100 with a solo song in the 21st century and the first to achieve a diamond-certified song by the RIAA, while " I Like It" marked the first time a female rapper attained multiple number-one songs on the Hot 100. ![]() Critically acclaimed, it made Cardi B the first female artist to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a solo artist, and marked the first female rap album in 15 years nominated for Album of the Year. Her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy (2018), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was ranked the top female rap album of the 2010s by Billboard. From 2015 to early 2017, she appeared as a regular cast member on the VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, which depicted her pursuit of her music aspirations, and earned further recognition with the release of her two mixtapes: Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. Outside of music, she became the creative director of entertainment magazine Playboy in 2022.īorn and raised in New York City, she first gained popularity through Vine and Instagram. In 2018, Time magazine included her on its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2020, Billboard honored her as Woman of the Year. She has received several accolades including a Grammy Award, eight Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, six American Music Awards, and fourteen BET Hip Hop Awards. According to various media outlets, she is regarded as one of the most commercially successful female rappers of her generation. Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus ( / ˈ b ɛ l k ə l iː z ɑː l ˈ m æ n z ɑːr/, Spanish: born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper.
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