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I just checked and Sabrina dropped a D2C version of Man's Best Friend with a bonus track in the middle of the week... I'm confused, maybe Billboard quietly revised the rule to allow 1 and let Cardi know

You're allowed one for the first week only if its available from the start to pre-order, not if it drops as a surprise in the middle of the week: Billboard rule change, effective April 4: "Digital D2C exclusive versions" cannot be put up for sale during the middle of the first week. Either need to be available for pre-order or held for a later week of release.

Guys just focus on buying the Bonus and Errtime editions, those will still count for first-week sales. Idk what her team was thinking…

The Bardigang version should've just been the voice note. Why add all the droplets to a limited digital download when anyone can find them on streaming? Also if she could add Enough despite the copyright dispute she could've added it to the first bonus edition. Not to mention the fact that Billboard doesn't count webstore exclusive albums added in the middle of the first week, so it won't count for sales…she should've waited till week 2 to drop it

I'm confused, isn't it not allowed to add a webstore-exclusive album in the middle of the first week?

They have to ship before Friday to count for the first week

ErrTime edition is up on her website now, we need to run it up. The rule is against D2C-exclusive editions, but she dropped it on all platforms (not just D2C) and on streaming too so it's allowed.

This isn't true, it's only not allowed to add new digital D2C (direct-to-consumer) exclusive versions, meaning new website-exclusive versions. It's okay to buy the new bonus version because its available on every retailer like iTunes, Amazon, etc. and not just her website. Atlantic knows what they're doing and Cardi checked everything with Billboard in advance.

She can't add Enough, the producers suing her for copyright infringement requested a court order to stop her from putting the song on the album. She won't risk first-week sales on a version that might have to be deleted. https://www.billboard.com/pro/cardi-b-lawsuit-producers-enough-miami-am-i-the-drama/

Well Savage was already top 10 before the remix so that counts as a proper solo top 10. Body was close but stalled at #12

It's better than competing with GNX, which is virtually guaranteed to sweep all the rap categories this year.

Exactly, it's a weird double standard that's applied to just K-pop artists to diminish them as "inauthentic", "robotic", and "controlled" (esp when in this case Lisa wrote and created this album under her own company). Tate McRae speaks about being a shy, reserved girl who taps into her bolder, confident alter ego Tatiana in her music and on stage. Beyoncé has an album heavily featuring Sasha Fierce, her aggressive, confident on-stage alter ego. As far back as Madonna, there's a long history of popstars channeling an on-stage persona. Anyways, this is my favorite solo album by a Blackpink member yet. It's pure fun, unbothered pop. Favorites are Chill (), Fxck Up the World (can't wait for her Harley Quinn moment in the music video), and ofc the singles Born Again and New Woman.