Can you believe that it’s been FOUR YEARS since Cardi’s debut album, “Invasion of Privacy” has been released?!
Also, four years ago, Cardi had released one of her biggest smash hits, “I Like It.” “I Like It,” would be the fourth single off from “Invasion of Privacy.”
Amongst this songs accolades, “I Like It” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, was named the “Best Summer Song of ALL TIME” by Rolling Stone, is a certified DIAMOND record & was nominated for the “Record of the Year” category at the 2019 Grammy’s!
The music video for “I Like It,” now has over 1.4 BILLION VIEWS on YouTube! Keep streaming and supportingthe song on YouTube & on other music streaming platforms!
Cardi’s debut album, “Invasion of Privacy” had won her FIRST ever Grammy from the 2019 61st Grammy’s! Her album was nominated in the Hip-Hop/Rap category of ‘Best Rap Album.’
She was the first female solo artist to win the Grammy in this category. The only other female rapper that has won in this category was Lauryn Hill when she with the Fugees.
The album, “Invasion of Privacy” was nominated for other categories at the 2019 Grammy’s as well such as: Record of the Year “I Like It” that featured, Bad Bunny & J. Balvin was nominated, and Album of the Year for the in genral category. For the Rap category of this year, Cardi was also nominated for “Best Rap Performance,” with “Be Careful,” and “Best Rap Album.”
“I Like It” was nominated for the category of “Record of the Year,” at the 2019 Grammy’s“Be Careful” was nomianted for the ccategory of “Best Rap Performance” at the 2019 Grammy’s
After the 2019 Grammy’s Cardi had joined 7 other female rappers that had won the prestigious music award in the past: Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, Left Eye, Lauryn Hill, Eve, Lil’ Kim, and Missy Elliott.
Cardi’s Grammy speech now has over 16 MILLION views on the Recording Academy’s YouTube channel.
Cardi winning “Best Rap Album,” or just her wining anything at the 2019 61st Grammy’s was a BIG achievement and a monumental moement for Cardi, BardiGang, & female Hip-Hop in general. It’s been 23 years since a female rapper has won the prestigious music award. The last one to have won a Grammy before 2019, was Missy Elliott in 2004.
She became the first female rapper in HISTORY with multiple #1 HITS; the track we nominated for ‘Record of the Year’ at the 2019 Grammy Awards, and has been certified 8X PLATINUM!
This now marks Cardi’s 3rd song to do so alongside with the Maroon 5 collab Girls Like You & I Like It making her the FIRST female rapper of ALL TIME to achieve this milestone!
She along with singer Halsey, are now the only female artists to have three songs to have over 1 BILLION streams on Spotify!
.@iamcardib is the first female rapper to have three tracks reach 1 billion streams each on Spotify (Girls Like You, I Like It & Taki Taki).
“I Like It” was the song that was released almost about two years ago. It was announced on May 25th, to be the fifth single from off Cardi’s debut album, ‘Invasion of Privacy.’ I Like It” was a Latin trap song that comprises a trap beat and salsa music. It was written by the three performers along with Jordan Thorpe and Klenord Raphael, while the production was handled by J. White Did It, Tainy, Craig Kallman and Invincible.
The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cardi B’s second number one—the most for a female rapper in the chart’s history. The song ended up being very critically acclaimed, the Billboard staff, Los Angeles Times, and Apple Music’s editorial selection ranked it as the best song of the year, while Rolling Stone named it “the best summer song of all time.”
It was also nominated for Record of the Year at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. It became the first song led by a female rapper to surpass a billion streams on Spotify, also making her the first woman in hip hop with a pair of billion-streamers on the service. “I Like It” is the highest-ranked song led by a female rapper on the Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart for the 2010s. It was certified octuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2019.
BACKGROUND
“I Like It” is a Latin trap song. It is a blend of trap and salsa, and samples 1960s boogaloo song “I Like It Like That”.
As noted by a Billboard editor, the song is “heavily indebted to the world of Latin hip hop.” Bad Bunny raps in English and Spanish, while J Balvin performs in Spanish.
COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE
Prior to its release as a single, the song debuted at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cardi B’s fifth top-ten entry on the chart and the highest debut of the songs from the album, which all debuted on the Hot 100 during the album’s first week of release. Bad Bunny and J Balvin earned their first and second top 10s, respectively. Following the release of the single’s accompanying music video, the song rose to a new peak of number seven on the chart, For the chart issue dated June 16, with “I Like It” and “Girls Like You,” her collaboration with Maroon 5 charting at number four, Cardi B scored two concurrent Hot 100 top-five singles for the second time in 2018.
It reached number one in its twelfth week, earning Cardi her second chart-topper, thus making her the first female rapper in history to do so. Bad Bunny and J Balvin scored their first number one. She also became the first female soloist to reach number one with two songs from a debut album since Lady Gaga, who did it in 2009. “I Like It” reached number one on Digital Songs in its 20th chart week, claiming the sixth-longest wait to the summit since the chart began in 2004.
It also became Cardi B’s second number one song on the Radio Songs chart. Internationally, the single also charted within the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the United States, “I Like It” reigned in the charts for 51 weeks, which made Cardi B the first female rapper to have a song chart that long.
MUSIC VIDEO
he song’s accompanying music video was directed by Eif Rivera and filmed in March 2018 in Little Havana, Miami.
A preview of the clip was featured on YouTube Music’s announcement video on May 23. Released on May 29, 2018, the music video opens with Cardi B in a neighborhood, followed by scenes of Bad Bunny in the streets and J Balvin in a club. It also features scenes of the trio performing together.
“I Like It” topped YouTube’s 2018 Songs of the Summer list in the United States, and ranked fifth globally. As of March 2020, it has received over 1.1 billion views.
FINAL THOUGHTS
“I Like It” ended up being one of my favorite songs from ‘Invasion of Privacy.’ Its one of the many songs I always hear even when out in public places especially during the summer time. This song practically screams summer vibes. When it was announced as a single, I had a feeling it would end up being another big hit for Cardi under her belt.
If there is something I want to see Cardi do for her upcoming sophomore album, it’s to see more Latin trap songs. She could definitely flood that market with some good trap beats. I would also like to hope that this is was the starts of seeing more Latin mixing with Hip-Hop. It’s always been a thing, but we haven’t had a hit song that crossed over the two in a long time. This song still gets played in my rotation and is still one of my favorite songs from, ‘Invasion of Privacy!’
According to ChartData on Twitter, Cardi B’s, “I Like It” becomes Cardi’s most streamed song from this year! It has since earned over 1.35 BILLION streams in all music platforms making one of the most played songs in the U.S!
"I Like It" is @iamcardib’s most streamed song in the US this year. It has now earned over 1.35 billion on-demand all format streams total, making it one of the most played songs ever in the US.
It’s great to see that songs like “I Like It” is still getting streams and an organic #1 HIT still getting spins and are STILL being streamed after two years of the album being released. This is what happens when you make great music that everyone can listen to!
Two years ago today, Cardi B’s hit single, “I Like It” went #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts! With “I Like It” going #1, it made her the first female rapper to have 2 #1 hit songs! “I Like It” was the fourth single from the album, ‘Invasion of Privacy!”
Since, “I Like It” released, it became the first song led by a female rapper to surpass a billion streams on Spotify, also making her the first woman in hip hop with a pair of billion-streamers on the service. I Like It” is the highest-ranked song led by a female rapper on the Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart for the 2010s.
2 years ago today, "I Like It" became @iamcardib, @JBALVIN and @sanbenito's first song to debut in the Hot 100's top 10.
It eventually reached #1 and spent over 20 weeks in the top 10.
It was certified octuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2019. The music video for, “I Like It” has also accumulated over 1 BILLION views on YouTube!
Another BIG record broken for the record books! Cardi B’s song, “I Like It,” that features Bad Bunny and J, Balvin, has now surpassed 1 Billion streams on Spotify. This makes Cardi the first female rapper as a lead to reach this kind of milestone. This comes from ChartData from Twitter.
“I Like It” was the fourth single for the Cardi’s debut album, “Invasion of Privacy.” It would also later become Cardi’s second number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 since, “Bodak Yellow.”
According to Twitter music account, ChartData, “Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It” these two records are the longest running #1 hit that was lead by a female rap artist on the Hot 100’s history. “Bodak Yellow,”ranks at #4 with 3 weeks, and “I Like It,” ranks at #6 with 1 week on the charts.
Longest running #1 hits by lead female rap artists in Hot 100 history (weeks): #1 Fancy, @IGGYAZALEA 7 #2 Lady Marmalade, @LilKim 5 #2 Truth Hurts, @lizzo 5 #4 Bodak Yellow, @iamcardib 3 #5 Doo Wop (That Thing), @MsLaurynHill 2 #6 I Like It, Cardi B 1
She’s also the only female rapper to make it twice two #1’s on the charts. Other female rappers that has made it, were Iggy Azealia with “Fancy,” spending 7 weeks on the charts. Lil’ Km, with her collab song, “Lady Marmelade,” spending 5 weeks on the charts, “Truth Hurts,” by Lizzo spending 5 weeks on the charts, “Doo Wop (That Thing)” by Laryn Hill spent 2 weeks on the charts, and the sixth ranking, “I Like It,” has spent a week on the Billboard Hot 100.
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