Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP debuts at Number 1 in America with record first-week streams

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP has made quite the splash (!) in America, debuting at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The collaboration lands at summit with 93 million US streams in its first week - the most for any song in its first week of release. The figure comfortably surpasses the previous record holder, 85.3 million for Ariana Grande's 7 Rings.

WAP earns Cardi her fourth US Number 1 after Bodak Yellow (2017), I Like It ft. Bad Bunny and J. Balvin (2018) and Girls Like You with Maroon 5 (2018). For Megan, it becomes her second following Savage earlier this year. 

The track, which also notched up 125,000 US downloads in its first week, has proved controversial with a number of Republican politicians, including James P. Bradley, who said it made him "want to pour holy water in my ears and I feel sorry for future girls if this is their role model!" Cardi's response? “I can’t believe conservatives soo mad about WAP”.

Carol Baskin from hit Netflix documentary Tiger King and founder of a big cat sanctuary criticised the song's "lurid" video in an interview with Billboard, adding: “The worst part is that it glamorizes the idea of rich people having tigers as pets.” Cardi's response? “I’m not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that. Like, that’s just ridiculous you know? Oh, Lord. Like, girl you killed your goddamn husband.”

On the UK's Official Singles Chart WAP was last week's highest new entry, debuting at Number 4. The entry marks Cardi’s fifth UK Top 10 and Megan’s second – and it’s both their strongest Week 1 debut on the UK chart.