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Cardi B, Beyonce, Mariah Carey & More: The Elite Acts With at Least Two Hot 100 No. 1s From a Debut Album

As Cardi B celebrates her second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as "I Like It," with J Balvin and Bad Bunny, rises 2-1 (on the chart dated July 7), the rapper joins a select group of artists that have notched at least two No. 1s from their debut full-length studio album.
As previously reported, Cardi B is the first act to land two No. 1s from a debut LP since Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, whose The Heist yielded two in 2013, and the first solo artist since Bruno Mars, whose Doo-Wops & Hooligans generated two in 2010-11.

In the Hot 100's 59-year history, a select 23 acts have scored at least two No. 1s from their debut LPs (15 soloists and eight duos/groups).

The only other rappers to achieve the feat? 50 Cent (with "In Da Club" and "21 Questions," in 2003) and Puff Daddy (with "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" and "I'll Be Missing You," in 1997).

George Michael, Paula Abdul and Mariah Carey hold the record for the most Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut album, with four each. Michael set the record in 1987-88, when he ruled with four consecutive singles from Faith, his first solo LP after dissolving Wham! (?Faith,? "Father Figure," "One More Try" and "Monkey").

Abdul tied Michael's mark in 1989-90, when "Straight Up," "Forever Your Girl," "Cold Hearted" and "Opposites Attract," all from her debut set Forever Your Girl, reached the Hot 100's summit. Carey also reached such lofty rookie status with her debut self-titled album and its four singles ("Vision of Love," "Love Takes Time," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry") in 1990-91.

Christina Aguilera, Fergie, Whitney Houston, Milli Vanilli and Wilson Phillips all earned three No. 1s from their debut sets.

In chronological order, here are all 23 acts that have earned at least two No. 1 songs on the Hot 100 from debut LPs:

Whitney Houston, 1985-86
"Saving All My Love for You" (one week), "How Will I Know" (two weeks) & "Greatest Love of All" (three weeks), from Whitney Houston
Houston scored a record seven consecutive No. 1s on the Hot 100 (of 11 total), and that run began with three singles from her debut self-titled album, making her the first artist to arrive with such a triple. Her follow-up album, 1987's Whitney, one-upped her debut, spinning off four No. 1 singles. Beyond earning three No. 1s from a debut set, Houston became the first of nine solo women to have tallied at least two No. 1s from a first LP, through Cardi B.

Paula Abdul, 1989-90
"Straight Up" (three weeks), "Forever Your Girl" (two weeks), "Cold Hearted" (one week) & "Opposites Attract," duet with the Wild Pair (three weeks), from Forever Your Girl
Abdul followed George Michael as only the second artist, and first woman, to earn four Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut album. Abdul scored six total No. 1s, leading again with "Rush Rush" and "The Promise of a New Day," the first two singles from her second LP, Spellbound, in 1991.

Mariah Carey, 1990-91
"Vision of Love" (four weeks), "Love Takes Time" (three weeks), "Someday" (two weeks) and "I Don't Wanna Cry" (two weeks), from Mariah Carey
Carey followed George Michael and Paula Abdul as just the third (and, to date, last) artist to score four Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut studio LP. Carey would go on to earn 18 total No. 1s on the Hot 100 to date, the second-most in the chart's history (behind The Beatles' 20) and the most among soloists.

Puff Daddy, 1997
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down," feat. Mase (six weeks) & "I'll Be Missing You," with Faith Evans & feat. 112 (11 weeks), from No Way Out
Puff Daddy earned his first two, of four, Hot 100 No. 1s from No Way Out, becoming the first rapper to achieve the feat.

Christina Aguilera, 1999-2000
"Genie in a Bottle" (five weeks), "What a Girl Wants" (two weeks) & "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (four weeks), from Christina Aguilera
Three of the four singles from Aguilera's introductory album ("I Turn to You" reached No. 3) paved the way for her two additional No. 1s, "Lady Marmalade," with Lil' Kim, Mya and P!nk, in 2001, and as featured on Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger," in 2011.

50 Cent, 2003
"In Da Club" (nine weeks) & "21 Questions," feat. Nate Dogg (four weeks), from Get Rich or Die Tryin'
50 Cent followed Puff Daddy as the second rapper with multiple Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut album. He has since earned two more chart-toppers: "Candy Shop," featuring Olivia, in 2005, and "Crack a Bottle," with Eminem and Dr. Dre, in 2009.

Beyonc?, 2003
"Crazy in Love," feat. JAY-Z (eight weeks) & "Baby Boy," feat. Sean Paul (nine weeks), from Dangerously in Love
Like George Michael before her, Beyonc? already boasted a sizable following by the time her debut solo set Dangerously in Love was released in 2003, thanks to her time in Destiny's Child. Her first solo album spawned four top five Hot 100 hits and two No. 1s, leading the way for four additional solo No. 1s: "Check On It," featuring Slim Thug, in 2006; "Irreplaceable," in 2006-07; "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" in 2008-09; and Ed Sheeran's "Perfect," on which she was featured for its first five of six weeks at No. 1 in 2017-18. Dangerously in Love earned Beyonc? her first of six solo No. 1s to date on the Billboard 200.

Fergie, 2006-07
"London Bridge" (three weeks), "Glamorous," feat. Ludacris (two weeks), and "Big Girls Don't Cry" (one week), from The Dutchess
Another group-to-solo star, Fergie had already established herself as a hitmaker as a member of The Black Eyed Peas. The Dutchess contains her only three solo Hot 100 No. 1s to date, although the Peas notched three leaders in 2009-10.

Lady Gaga, 2009
"Just Dance," feat. Colby O'Donis (three weeks), & "Poker Face" (one week), from The Fame
Until Cardi B, Lady Gaga stood as the last woman to earn multiple No. 1s from a debut album. Four tracks from The Fame reached the Hot 100's top 10, while she has since earned an additional No. 1, 2011's six-week ruler "Born This Way."

Bruno Mars, 2010-11
"Just the Way You Are" (four weeks) & "Grenade" (four weeks), from Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Mars had already ascended to the summit of the Hot 100 by the time he released his debut LP, as B.o.B's "Nothin' On You," featuring Mars, spent two weeks at No. 1 earlier in 2010. Post-Doo-Wops & Hooligans, he's since earned four more No. 1s: "Locked Out of Heaven," in 2012-13; "When I Was Your Man," in 2013; Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!," featuring Mars, in 2015; and "That's What I Like," in 2017.

Cardi B, 2017-18
"Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" (three weeks) & "I Like It," with J Balvin & Bad Bunny (one week to date), from Invasion of Privacy
Cardi B is the first female rapper, and first act overall in five years, to notch two Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut full-length studio album. In less than a year, Cardi B has earned 19 entries on the Hot 100, including six top 10s and, now, two No 1s from her debut album.

[Marilyn]

I'm so happy for Cardi

[Young]

Ack
Legendary stuff

[BAPHOMET.]

Thank god this isn?t what I thought it was going to be when I came in here

[Lazarus]

What you thought it was going to be? A collaboration?

[BAPHOMET.]

What you thought it was going to be? A collaboration?

Yes  or them teaming up for something. Like an event.

I was about to FUME

[Lazarus]

At the rate Cardi been poppin', I don't see one not too far in the future, tbh.

[Nine]

Suddenly this isn?t an accomplishment anymore.

[GLOCK]

At the rate Cardi been poppin', I don't see one not too far in the future, tbh.

!
Bey did a song with cardi
My friend produced it

[fedswatchin]

Ack
Legendary stuff

!!!

50 Cent, Fergie, Paula Abdual. She's in good company

[Gilgamesh.]

These Black Icons

[GRAND ETERNAL SUPREME]

At the rate Cardi been poppin', I don't see one not too far in the future, tbh.

!
Bey did a song with cardi
My friend produced it

the same friend that told you all the original members of DC were performing at coachella?

[GRAND ETERNAL SUPREME]

fckin liar

[Nine]

Glock is getting destroyed in here

[fedswatchin]

Ton is setting glock's wig all the way ablaze