Just a few months after “Bodak Yellow” by Cardi B was certified Diamond by RIAA in March, the track reaches another milestone, this time the video for the song scores the impressive 1 billion views on YouTube.
While enjoying her pregnancy, Cardi went on Twitter to share the good news, confirmed by chart data (@chartdata) and as you can see by YouTube of course.
To celebrate the new milestone, Bardi shared a short tweet and revealed the fact that the making of the “Bodak Yellow” video cost like $15,000.
fifteen thousand dollars, A billion views later !!!!! Wow that’s crazy ! Super dope .Thank you all for all the support through out the years….. Back to the lab. Love & appreciate y’all . https://t.co/JOqz6nd5wl pic.twitter.com/vaxatTGsjZ
— iamcardib (@iamcardib) August 2, 2021
“fifteen thousand dollars, A billion views later !!!!! Wow that’s crazy ! Super dope .Thank you all for all the support through out the years….. Back to the lab. Love & appreciate y’all .” Cardi B wrote.
Directed by Picture Perfect, the video was dropped on June 25, 2017, and by now it is the first video by a female rapper to reach 1 billion views so fast.
Check it out below via YouTube.