Bodak Yellow

"Bodak Yellow"
Single by Cardi B
from the album Invasion of Privacy
ReleasedJune 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)
StudioKrematorium Studios
(Elmont, New York)
Genre
Length3:43[3]
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cardi B singles chronology
"Bronx Season"
(2016) 		"Bodak Yellow"
(2017) 		"No Limit"
(2017)
Music video
"Bodak Yellow" on YouTube

"Bodak Yellow" (alternatively titled "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)") is the major-label debut single by American rapper Cardi B. It was written alongside Pardison Fontaine, Klenord Raphael, and producers J. White Did It and Laquan Green, with an additional writing credit going to Kodak Black for the interpolation of his song "No Flockin". It was released on June 16, 2017, by Atlantic Records as the lead single from her debut studio album Invasion of Privacy (2018).[4][5][6][7]

Selected by The Washington Post and Pitchfork music critics as the best song of 2017, it was cited by many publications as one of the songs that defined the 2010s decade. The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks, making Cardi B the second female rapper to reach number one with a solo song, following Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" in 1998.[8][9][10] It was Billboard's top female rap song of the year.[11] Cardi B became the first female rapper to have a solo single certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), when "Bodak Yellow" received the certification in 2021 for selling more than 10 million units in the country.[12][13] Filmed in Dubai, its accompanying music video made her the first female rapper to have two videos on her YouTube channel with more than 1 billion views, as it joined "I Like It", and became the fastest solo female rap song to reach that mark on the platform.[14][15]

"Bodak Yellow" received nominations for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 60th Grammy Awards.[16] The song won Single of the Year at the 2017 BET Hip Hop Awards,[17] Rhythm & Bars Award at the 2017 Soul Train Music Awards,[18] and Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song at the 2018 American Music Awards.[19]

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  10. ^ Trust, Gary. "J Balvin, Willy William & Beyoncé Blast to No. 3 on Billboard Hot 100 With 'Mi Gente', Cardi B No. 1 for Third Week". Billboard. Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
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  16. ^ Grammy Nominations 2018, November 28, 2017
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  19. ^ Lewis, Hilary (September 12, 2018). "American Music Awards: Drake, Cardi B Lead 2018 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 12, 2018.