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'{{Short description|2020 single by American rapper Cardi B}} {{good article}} {{use American English|date=August 2020}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox song | name = WAP | type = single | cover = Cardi B - WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion).png | alt = Cover art for "WAP": a portrait of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion leaning against each other, set to a hot pink background. Both of them have their eyes closed and their tongues sticking out, wearing tall, black wigs that look identical. | artist = [[Cardi B]] featuring [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | album = | released = {{Start date|2020|8|6}} | recorded = | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[dirty rap]]|[[trap music|trap]]}} <!--Sourced in "Compositon" section--> <!--Please do not add unsourced genres--> | length = 3:07 | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | writer = * [[Cardi B|Belcalis Almanzar]] * [[Megan Thee Stallion|Megan Pete]] * [[Ayo the Producer|Austin Owens]] * [[Keyz (producer)|James Foye III]] * [[Frank Ski|Frank Rodriguez]] * [[Pardison Fontaine|Jorden Thorpe]] | producer = * [[Ayo the Producer]] * [[Keyz (producer)|Keyz]] | chronology = [[Cardi B]] | prev_title = [[Writing on the Wall (French Montana song)|Writing on the Wall]] | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = [[Me Gusta (Anitta song)|Me Gusta]] | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Megan Thee Stallion]] | type = single | prev_title = [[Girls in the Hood]] | prev_year = 2020 | title = WAP | year = 2020 | next_title = [[Don't Stop (Megan Thee Stallion song)|Don't Stop]] | next_year = 2020 }}{{External music video|{{YouTube|hsm4poTWjMs|"WAP"}}}} }} "'''WAP'''" (an [[acronym]] for "Wet-Ass Pussy") is a song by American rapper [[Cardi B]] featuring [[Megan Thee Stallion]]. It was released through [[Atlantic Records]] on August 6, 2020, as the lead single from Cardi B's upcoming second studio album. "WAP" is a [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] song driven by heavy bass, hip hop drum beats, and a sample of [[Frank Ski]]'s 1993 single "Hoes in This House". In the lyrics, Cardi B and Megan discuss how they want men to please them, using numerous explicit sexual references. "WAP" received widespread critical acclaim for its [[Sex-positive movement|sex-positive]] message, with several publications ranking it as the best song of 2020; some [[Social conservatism in the United States|conservatives]] reacted negatively to its explicit lyrics. It debuted atop the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], with the largest opening streaming week for a song in the US's history. It gave Cardi B her fourth number-one single and Megan her second in the U.S. "WAP" became the first female rap collaboration to debut at number one on the Hot 100. The single spent a total of four weeks atop the chart, also spending multiple weeks at number one in several other countries. "WAP" became the first number-one single on the inaugural [[Billboard Global 200|''Billboard'' Global 200]], topping the chart for three weeks. "WAP" was certified [[RIAA certification|7× Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performed the song at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]]. The accompanying [[music video]], directed by [[Colin Tilley]], features cameos from several women, including television star [[Kylie Jenner]], singers [[Normani]] and [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]], and rappers [[Latto (rapper)|Latto]], [[Sukihana]], and [[Rubi Rose]]. "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on [[YouTube]]. The song earned the 11th position on IFPI's year-end singles chart. ==Background and release== On August 3, 2020, Cardi B revealed that she would release a collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion soon, and simultaneously unveiled its cover art on social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-announce-forthcoming-single-wap-2720675|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion announce forthcoming single, 'WAP'|last=Triscari|first=Caleb|website=[[NME (magazine)|NME]]|date=August 4, 2020|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806213609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-announce-forthcoming-single-wap-2720675|url-status=live}}</ref> Three days later on August 6, she announced via [[Instagram]] that the music video for the song would be released alongside it on August 7, but that the video would feature the censored version of the track.<ref name="pitchforkvid" /> A censored version was sent to US radio, as opposed to the original version. In it, the hook is changed from "wet ass pussy" to "wet and gushy", among other censors.<ref name="Vulture">{{cite web |last=Van Arendonk |first=Kathryn |date=August 7, 2020 |title=The 'Clean' Version of 'WAP' is Actually so Much Filthier |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/wap-music-video-explicit-version-clean-difference |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807214343/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/wap-music-video-explicit-version-clean-difference.html |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]]}}</ref> Cardi B has confirmed that the song will appear on her upcoming second studio album.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2022 |title=Cardi B responds to claim she's trying to boost numbers by putting older tracks on second album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-responds-to-claim-shes-trying-to-boost-numbers-by-putting-older-tracks-on-second-album-3241640 |access-date=July 2, 2022 |website=[[New Musical Express|NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The song marked Cardi B's first release of 2020, and Megan's first release following a highly publicized shooting incident allegedly involving her and [[Tory Lanez]], in which Megan sustained injuries from a bullet to her feet.<ref name="vulturevid" /> ==Production and composition== {{Quote box | quote = I'm talking about... maybe 50 different versions before I arrived at a place like, "Oh shit, I think I got it."... The first person I let hear it was Cardi. Cardi is one of them people like, "...let me hear it! Let's see what you got!"... The thing you're making sure you do is that they complement each other well, that they sit well on the track together and that... it feels fluid to your ear". | source = —Brooklyn Johnny in an interview with ''Billboard''<ref name="bb brooklyn">{{cite magazine |last1=Mitchell |first1=Gail |title=The Real Story Behind 'WAP': Cardi B's Business Partner Brooklyn Johnny Tells All |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9441667/wap-cardi-b-business-partner-brooklyn-johnny-story |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 29, 2020 |date=August 9, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829054506/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9441667/wap-cardi-b-business-partner-brooklyn-johnny-story }}</ref> | quoted = true | salign = center | align = right | width = 35% | border = 1px | fontsize = 90% }} WAP is an acronym for Wet-Ass Pussy.<ref name="Vulture" /> Cardi B wrote and recorded her verses for the track and reworked parts of it several times, constantly revisiting it.<ref name="bb brooklyn"/> She wrote multiple versions of the hook before deciding on the final version.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardi B - The Making of 'WAP' ft. Megan Thee Stallion |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKh26pAhn3A |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[YouTube]] |series=Vevo Footnotes}}</ref> Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion first connected through their respective wardrobe stylists. After meeting her in [[Los Angeles]], Cardi B told her team that she was considering a collaboration with her. A couple of days later, both sent tracks to each other.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ettinger |first1=Zoë |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Cardi B said that she was nervous to meet Megan Thee Stallion before collaborating on 'WAP' |url=https://www.insider.com/cardi-b-nervous-to-meet-megan-thee-stallion-2020-8 |access-date=August 29, 2020 |website=[[Business Insider|Insider]]}}</ref> Cardi B proposed the idea of sending "WAP", as her business partner Brooklyn Johnny did to Megan's manager. After receiving her verses, the song's engineers started editing and mixing vocals, as well as reworking the beat and the arrangement—particularly, the part of the arrangement of the song that, according to Johnny, "feels like a [[hook (music)|hook]]".<ref name="bb brooklyn"/> "WAP" is a "raunchy" hip hop, trap, and dirty rap song with heavy bass which heavily samples [[Frank Ski]]'s 1993 [[Baltimore club]] single "Whores in This House".<ref name="nytimes" /><ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Rossignol |first=Derrick |date=December 9, 2020 |title=Cardi B's 'WAP' And Grimes' Baby Have Topped Google Lists Of 2020's Top-Trending Searches |url=https://uproxx.com/music/cardi-b-wap-google-top-drending-searches-2020/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Uproxx]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Blanchet |first1=Brenton |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Link Up for 'WAP' |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121249/https://www.spin.com/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fu |first=Eddie |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Sample A Classic Baltimore House Song On "WAP" |work=[[Genius (website)|Genius]] |url=https://genius.com/a/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-s-wap-samples-frank-ski-s-whores-in-this-house |url-status=live |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808230651/https://genius.com/a/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-s-wap-samples-frank-ski-s-whores-in-this-house |archive-date=August 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork" /> Ski teased his involvement in a Twitter post the day before the song's release.<ref name="xxl">{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Zoe |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Drop New Song "Wap": Listen |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=en |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040733/https://www.xxlmag.com/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-new-song-wap/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing credits are given to Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, producers [[Ayo the Producer]] and [[Keyz (producer)|Keyz]], Frank Ski for the sample from "Whores in This House" and [[Pardison Fontaine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=ACE Repertory - WAP |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/909106816 |publisher=[[ASCAP]] |access-date=October 28, 2021}}</ref> Cardi B's voice in the song has been described as "throaty"<ref name="pitchfork" /> and "staccato".<ref name="latimes" /> ==Reception== ===Critical response=== "WAP" received widespread critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |last=Molanphy |first=Chris |date=August 20, 2020 |title=How "WAP" Became the Dirtiest No. 1 in Hot 100 History |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-dirtiest-number-1.html |access-date=January 30, 2021 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |quote=From newspaper columnists to pop critics, the acclaim is pretty much universal, and only the most risible right-wing clowns are bloviating against it}}</ref> For ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Lakin Starling called it "a nasty-ass rap bop, bursting with the personality of two of rap's most congenial household names".<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last1=Starling |first1=Lakin |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B 'WAP' [ft. Megan Thee Stallion] |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/cardi-b-wap-ft-megan-thee-stallion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808030409/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/cardi-b-wap-ft-megan-thee-stallion/ |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> Jon Caramanica of ''[[The New York Times]]'' deemed it "an event record that transcends the event itself", and stated that both rappers "are exuberant, sharp and extremely... vividly detailed" in the song that "luxuriates in raunch".<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Take Control, and 10 More New Songs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/music/playlist-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808002335/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/music/playlist-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rania Aniftos of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the song as a "scorching banger".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Megan Thee Stallion & Cardi B Unleash 'WAP': Watch the Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/megan-thee-stallion-cardi-b-wap-video-9430596/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Mikael Wood of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' deemed it a "savage, nasty, sex-positive triumph" and stated that "the women's vocal exuberance is the show—the way they tear into each perfectly rendered lyric and chew up the words like meat".<ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |date=August 8, 2020 |title=Review: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' is a savage, nasty, sex-positive triumph |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808025032/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-review |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> For ''The Guardian'', Dream McClinton wrote, "the hit collaboration... has become a belated song of the summer, empowering women and enraging prudes along the way... [it] should be celebrated, not scolded".<ref name="the guardian">{{cite web |last1=McClinton |first1=Dream |date=August 12, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP should be celebrated, not scolded |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/12/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-celebrated-not-scolded |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812193212/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/12/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-celebrated-not-scolded |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In [[NPR]], cultural critic Taylor Crumpton deemed both rappers "women leading the genre into [a] new era of unification between women rappers" with "an already iconic song about women sexuality". She praised the message, describing it as "if you need to come, step to me, you have to be able to fill my sexual needs, and these are what they are".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shapiro |first1=Ari |last2=Crumpton |first2=Taylor |date=August 15, 2020 |title=Hip-Hop That Made The Grown-Ups Uncomfortable: The 'Controversy' Around 'WAP' |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902659822/hip-hop-that-made-the-grown-ups-uncomfortable-the-controversy-around-wap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815010017/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/14/902659822/hip-hop-that-made-the-grown-ups-uncomfortable-the-controversy-around-wap |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[NPR]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In another article from ''Pitchfork'', Jayson Greene said that it "has become the song of this... summer—a ripe... sex jam", deeming it "joyfully explicit", and "full of... detail".<ref>{{cite web |author=Greene, Jayson |date=September 3, 2020 |title=The Summer of Quarantine Sex Jams |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/summer-quarantine-sex-jams-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-harry-styles-kehlani-haim/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830025949/https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/summer-quarantine-sex-jams-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-harry-styles-kehlani-haim/ |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[NPR]] |language=en-us}}</ref> ===Reaction from conservative figures=== "WAP" has been criticized by many [[Social conservatism in the United States|social conservatives in the United States]]. James P. Bradley, a health industry executive who was running for a California [[United States Congress|congressional]] seat on the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ticket, wrote on Twitter, "Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion are what happens when children are raised without God and without a strong father figure," adding that the song made him want to "pour [[holy water]]" in his ears.<ref name=dykhook/> August Brown of the ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that, contrary to Bradley's comments, Megan "did indeed have a strong father figure" and Cardi B "is no stranger to faith".<ref name="dykhook">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=August |date=August 7, 2020 |title=California congressional candidate slams Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-congressional-candidate-james-bradley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807221342/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-08-07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-congressional-candidate-james-bradley |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Another former congressional candidate from California, DeAnna Lorraine, expressed similar distaste for the song, writing, "Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion just set the entire female gender back by 100 years with their disgusting & vile 'WAP' song". Lorraine received backlash on social media for her statements, in part for claiming to encourage the empowerment of women while undermining a song performed by two women, which many users considered hypocritical.<ref name="complexrepub">{{cite web |last1=Mahadevan |first1=Tara C. |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Fans Drag GOP Politicians for Criticizing "WAP" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-fans-drag-gop-politicians-criticizing-wap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141017/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-fans-drag-gop-politicians-criticizing-wap |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=[[Complex (website)|Complex]] |language=en}}</ref> Megan Thee Stallion responded to her comments sarcastically in an interview with ''[[GQ]]'', saying "girl, you literally had to go listen to this song in its entirety... You must... have no WAP if you're mad at this song".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=P. Davis|first=Allison|date=December 1, 2021|title=The Year of Thee Stallion: Inside the Exuberant and Empowering Rise of Megan Thee Stallion—the Irreverent and Magnetic Rap Sensation Who's Here to Stay|magazine=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]|page=74}}</ref> Conservative political commentator [[Ben Shapiro]] criticized the song's message, sarcastically stating, "This is what [[feminism]] fought for," in a video that includes him giving a plain reading of the song's lyrics, many of which he self-censors.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Colburn |first1=Randall |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Watch, if you dare, Ben Shapiro drain every drop of sexuality out of "WAP" |url=https://news.avclub.com/watch-if-you-dare-ben-shapiro-drain-every-drop-of-sex-1844678800 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903202909/https://news.avclub.com/watch-if-you-dare-ben-shapiro-drain-every-drop-of-sex-1844678800 |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |language=en-us}}</ref> Shapiro was widely mocked across the internet for his reading of the song's lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stern |first1=Marlow |date=August 14, 2020 |title=Desus & Mero Clown on Ben Shapiro Over 'WAP' Criticism |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/desus-and-mero-clown-on-ben-shapiro-over-wap-criticism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814191818/https://www.thedailybeast.com/desus-and-mero-clown-on-ben-shapiro-over-wap-criticism |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Mamo |first1=Heran |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Ben Shapiro Reads the Censored Lyrics to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' & He Can't Handle It |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ben-shapiro-reads-censored-wap-lyrics-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-9432034/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Shapiro's claim that vaginal lubrication primarily results from "[[bacterial vaginosis]], [[yeast infection]], or [[Trichomonas vaginalis|trichomonis]] [''[[sic]]'']" rather than [[sexual arousal]] was debunked by prominent [[gynecologist]]s; the unintended implication that Shapiro was unable to sexually arouse his wife was mocked as a [[Owned (slang)|"self-own"]] by social media users.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Handler |first1=Rachel |date=August 11, 2020 |title=We Asked a Gyno About "WAP" |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/we-asked-a-gyno-about-wap.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141028/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/we-asked-a-gyno-about-wap.html |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Placido |first=Dani Di |title=The Mass Humiliation Of Ben Shapiro |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2020/08/11/the-importance-of-humiliating-ben-shapiro/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=[[Forbes]] |language=en}}</ref> Reacting to Shapiro, Arwa Mahdawi in ''The Guardian'' opined that "women taking charge of their sexuality... drives conservatives up the wall" and said that the commentator "doesn't seem particularly well acquainted with female anatomy".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahdawi |first1=Arwa |date=August 15, 2020 |title=The WAP uproar shows conservatives are fine with female sexuality – as long as men control it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/cardi-b-megan-thee-stalion-wap-conservatives-female-sexuality |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824132017/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/15/cardi-b-megan-thee-stalion-wap-conservatives-female-sexuality |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> == Music video ==<!--[[WAP (music video)]] redirects here--> The video for "WAP", directed by [[Colin Tilley]], uses the clean version of the song.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Triscari |first1=Caleb |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion drop single, 'WAP' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-announce-forthcoming-single-wap-2720675 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806213609/https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-announce-forthcoming-single-wap-2720675 |url-status=live}}</ref> Cardi B said that over $100,000 was spent getting [[COVID-19 testing]] for everyone on set.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lanigan |first1=Roisin |title=Cardi B: "The conservatives keep talking and the numbers keep going up" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |website=[[i-D]] |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=en |date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141455/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> Garnering over 26 million views in its first day, "WAP" broke the record for the biggest 24-hour debut for an all-female collaboration on YouTube.<ref name="complex">{{cite web |last1=Holt |first1=Brianna |date=August 9, 2020 |title=Why Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's Empowering Anthem 'WAP' Is So Important |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-essay |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809160050/https://www.complex.com/music/2020/08/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-essay |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |language=en-us}}</ref> While making the video for "WAP", Patience Foster, the video's co-creative director, said that Cardi B proposed the idea of "a house full of powerful women" without exclusions.<ref name="patientce">{{cite web |last1=Ju |first1=Shirley |title='WAP' Co-Creative Director: Cardi B 'Wanted a House Full of Powerful Women,' Says Kylie Jenner Petition 'Is Bulls—' |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-kylie-jenner-wap-video-1234733860/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=August 13, 2020|date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816235048/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-kylie-jenner-wap-video-1234733860/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Synopsis=== [[File:Cardi B - WAP feat Megan Thee Stallion (music video screenshot).png|thumb|Cardi B and Megan in the mansion rooms covered in [[animal print]] and [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)|Willy Wonka]]-esque design, respectively.<ref name="bet">{{cite web |last=Urquhart |first=Tira |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B Wears Leopard Print And Pasties To Join Megan Thee Stallion In Latex In Internet-Breaking WAP Video |url=https://www.bet.com/style/fashion/2020/08/07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-fashion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141456/https://www.bet.com/style/fashion/2020/08/07/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-fashion.html |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |website=[[BET]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Release 'WAP' Music Video|url=https://www.papermag.com/cardi-megan-wap-2646922525.html|first=Sandra|last=Song|date=August 7, 2020|access-date=August 12, 2020|website=[[Paper magazine|Paper]]}}</ref>]] The video shows Cardi B and Megan walking through a colorful mansion, and showcases different rooms throughout it, with water dripping through different doorways.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Marcus |title=Cardi B releases 'WAP,' her raunchy new comeback single with Megan Thee Stallion |url=https://ew.com/music/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-release-wap-song-music-video/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=EN |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807064632/https://ew.com/music/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-release-wap-song-music-video/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cardi B and Megan open the video in the mansion hallway, wearing custom [[Nicolas Jebran]] dresses, [[Evening glove|opera gloves]], and matching [[updo]]s. During Cardi B's first verse they also appear in a snake-filled room. For this transition, the door knocker comes alive as a snake and eats the camera.<ref name="genius">{{cite video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBs9UPs8SA |title=The Making Of Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" Video With Colin Tilley |date=September 2, 2020 |author=Genius |publisher=[[YouTube]] |series=Framework}} Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> The next scene shows both rappers in a green and purple room wearing [[Thierry Mugler]] outfits, composed of a corset bodice, mesh tights and sleeves, with Megan performing her first verse. [[Kylie Jenner]] then walks through to a hallway to where Cardi B is. For her second verse, Cardi B appears in a [[leopard]]-themed room, wearing a matching long-sleeved bodysuit with cut-outs in the front and [[pasties]], also by Mugler, with leopards surrounding her. Megan appears in a [[white tiger]]-themed bathroom with white tigers around her in a black-and-white Juraj Zigman garment.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 8, 2020|title=Fantastičan uspjeh domaćeg dizajnera: Njegova kreacija osvanula u spotu poznate glazbenice|trans-title=Fantastic Success of a Compatriot Designer: His Creation Appeared in a Music Video of a Famous Musician|url=https://www.gloria.hr/gl/moda/fantastican-uspjeh-domaceg-dizajnera-njegova-kreacija-osvanula-u-spotu-poznate-glazbenice-10446127|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=[[Gloria (magazine)|Gloria]]|language=hr-hr}}</ref> The pool scene includes a dance routine choreographed by [[JaQuel Knight]] and performed by both artists.<ref name="rstonevid" /> The video also includes cameos from Jenner, [[Normani]], [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]], [[Latto (rapper)|Latto]], [[Rubi Rose]], and [[Sukihana]].<ref name="pitchforkvid">{{cite web |last1=Hussey |first1=Allison |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Share Video for New Song "WAP": Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-share-video-for-new-song-wap-watch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040223/https://pitchfork.com/news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-share-video-for-new-song-wap-watch/ |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ===Critical reception=== Writing for ''Billboard'', Trevor Anderson commented that "[the] widely viewed music video transformed from just a promotional clip into a [[Popular culture|pop-culture]] phenomenon".<ref name="billboard trevor">{{cite magazine |author=Anderson, Trevor |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Is One of the Most Dominant Hot 100 No. 1s of Last 30 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8221656/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-dominant-hot-100-number-1-hits |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 8, 2020 |date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=August 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829232112/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8221656/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-dominant-hot-100-number-1-hits }}</ref> Claire Shaffer and Althea Legaspi of ''Rolling Stone'' called the video "steamy" and "sensual".<ref name="rstonevid">{{cite magazine |last1=Shaffer |first1=Claire |last2=Legaspi |first2=Althea |title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Drop Steamy 'WAP' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-1040732/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 7, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807184132/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-1040732/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Chris Murphy of ''[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]'' described the video as "very [[Dr. Seuss]], but make it [[NSFW]] in a fun way".<ref name="vulturevid">{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Chris |date=August 7, 2020 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion Show Off Their Mansion, Drip in Video for 'WAP' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/watch-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-music-video-for-wap.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809140708/https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/watch-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-music-video-for-wap.html |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref> In ''Complex'', Brianna Holt commented, "the music video couldn't be more timely." She described the set as "a mansion full of women who are demonstrative of their sexual prowess".<ref name="complex"/> Writing for ''The Guardian'', Dream McClinton deemed the video "unapologetic in celebrating the sensuality and sexuality of women," adding, "it isn't shy or coy, it's about the loud articulation of female desire for sex, as they want it, and it centres them as active participants with agency".<ref name="the guardian"/> Burr in ''The Boston Globe'' argued that the same adults "who are up in arms over Cardi B on YouTube today" due to the video's "in-your-face outrageousness" celebrated sexually charged music videos on [[MTV]] 30 years ago, questioning if people "forget the youthful yearning to be free" when they become parents. He further added that the reason why "the [[rococo]] visual matters" is that it shows what it looks like "when a woman of color takes charge, which is still taboo in many corners of this country".<ref name="burr">{{cite news |last1=Burr |first1=Ty |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Cardi B and a war over 'WAP' |language=en-us |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/13/arts/cardi-b-war-over-wap/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141120/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/13/arts/cardi-b-war-over-wap/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> Alyssa Rosenberg of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' described the video as "an ode to female sexual pleasure" that is among the most sexually explicit content she has ever seen in mainstream American popular culture, and opined that in a "weird year" like 2020 "a [[Cultural conflict|culture-war clash]] feels refreshingly normal".<ref name="washpopcult">{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Alyssa |title=We could use a lot more pop culture like it |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/18/wap-is-completely-filthy-we-could-use-lot-more-pop-culture-like-it/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 22, 2020 |language=en-us |date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141057/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/18/wap-is-completely-filthy-we-could-use-lot-more-pop-culture-like-it/ }}</ref> Micha Frazer-Carroll of ''[[The Independent]]'' deemed the "[[Absurdist fiction|absurdist]]" video "ludicrously excessive but utterly hypnotic" that "feels as if it were taking place in an alternative universe."<ref name="independent">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/wap-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-b1769487.html|title=That's a WAP: How the Cardi B anthem captured the spirit of 2020|first=Micha|last=Frazer-Carroll|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> In ''[[IndieWire]]'', Leonardo Adrian Garcia considered it "a mix of [[Hype Williams]] and [[Tim Burton]] by way of the strip club", further adding that "it's a video that demands one’s attention" and "deserves praise" despite the "lightning rod for very dumb controversy" that generated.<ref name="IndieWire">{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Steve |last2=Garcia |first2=Leonardo Adrian |date=December 15, 2020 |title=The Best Music Videos of 2020 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/best-music-videos-2020-1234604041/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref> Writing for ''Pitchfork'', Eric Torres considered it the best music video released in August 2020, writing that it is "easily one of the best of the year", also deeming it "a vibrant display of self-empowerment that could only come from two of rap's most brazenly sex-positive voices".<ref>{{cite web |author=Torres, Eric |title=The 7 Best Music Videos of August 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/7-best-music-videos-of-august-2020-cardi-b-fka-twigs-sufjan-stevens/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=September 3, 2020 |language=en-us |date=September 3, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141050/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/7-best-music-videos-of-august-2020-cardi-b-fka-twigs-sufjan-stevens/ }}</ref> In ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'', Jessica McKinney stated that the video created "an inescapable pop culture moment" that "completely dominated the conversation" with "vivid imagery, glamorous costumes, trippy effects, and dynamic choreography", further adding that it "set the standard for quality videos in 2020, calling for other artists to put more thought and effort into their visuals as we move into the new year."<ref name="complex ranking"/> ===Other responses=== Fan reactions to Kylie Jenner's cameo in the video were markedly negative.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bailey |first=Alyssa |title=Twitter Is Thrilled to See Normani (Not Kylie Jenner) in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Music Video |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a33544593/cardi-b-wap-kylie-jenner-normani-twitter-reactions/ |website=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] |access-date=August 9, 2020 |date=August 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809210601/https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a33544593/cardi-b-wap-kylie-jenner-normani-twitter-reactions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Many social media users expressed displeasure with her appearance in a video whose cast mainly consisted of Black women, especially considering her history of alleged [[cultural appropriation]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Song |first1=Sandra |date=August 8, 2020 |title=There's a Petition to Remove Kylie Jenner From Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Video |url=https://www.papermag.com/wap-kylie-petition-2646923289.html |access-date=August 9, 2020 |website=[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]] |language=en}}</ref> Cardi B later tweeted, explaining that she put Jenner in the video because Jenner (and her partner [[Travis Scott]]) were close friends of hers and [[Offset (rapper)|Offset]], further stating, "Not everything is about race."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Isobel |title=Cardi B responds after fans petition for Kylie Jenner to be removed from 'WAP' video |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cardi-b-wap-video-kylie-jenner-petition-megan-thee-stallion-normani-a9662586.html |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |language=en |date=August 10, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141107/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cardi-b-wap-video-kylie-jenner-petition-megan-thee-stallion-normani-a9662586.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Foster referred to the petition as "bullshit".<ref name="patientce" /> ''[[Tiger King]]'' star and [[Big Cat Rescue]] CEO [[Carole Baskin]] spoke out against the use of [[Pantherinae|big cats]] in the video. In a statement for ''Billboard'', she added that the video promotes wealthy individuals owning tigers as pets. That makes every ignorant follower want to imitate by doing the same," adding that, based on the posing of the cats, "they probably dealt with one of the big cat pimps, who makes a living from beating... cats to make them stand on cue in front of a green screen in a studio."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Iasimone |first1=Ashley |title=Carole Baskin Bashes Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'Lurid' Music Video for 'WAP' & 'Big Cat Pimps' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9431547/carole-baskin-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=9 August 2020 |date=8 August 2020 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809025249/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9431547/carole-baskin-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Coleman II |first1=C. Vernon |date=8 August 2020 |title=Tiger King Star Carole Baskin Says Cardi B's "Wap" Video Abused Big Cats |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/carole-baskin-cardi-b-wap-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809070817/https://www.xxlmag.com/carole-baskin-cardi-b-wap-video/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=9 August 2020 |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |language=en}}</ref> Cardi B responded in an interview with ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', saying "I'm not gonna engage with Carole Baskin on that...Like, that's just ridiculous, you know?...Like, girl [[Disappearance of Don Lewis|you killed your goddamn husband]]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lanigan |first1=Roisin |date=13 August 2020 |title=Cardi B: "The conservatives keep talking and the numbers keep going up" |url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141512/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/ep4kq4/cardi-b-onlyfans-wap-2020-interview |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=13 August 2020 |website=[[Vice (website)|Vice]] |language=EN}}</ref> Representatives from [[PETA]] similarly took issue with the use of big cats in the video, saying in another statement to ''Billboard'', "if real animals were used instead of computer-generated imagery, the message sent is that animal exploitation is ''Okurrr''—and it isn't. If Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion really care about pussy liberation, they wouldn't use suffering big cats as props."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |title=PETA respond to use of big cats in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' video |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/peta-respond-to-use-of-big-cats-in-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video-2725258 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819213536/https://www.nme.com/news/music/peta-respond-to-use-of-big-cats-in-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-wap-video-2725258 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Commercial performance== ===North America=== "WAP" debuted at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, garnering Cardi B her fourth chart-topper in the US, extending her record as the female rapper with the most number-one singles, and marked Megan's second number-one single. Cardi B became the only female rapper to achieve Hot 100 number-one singles in two different decades (2010s and 2020s).<ref name="streaming">{{cite web|author=BW Staff|date=August 18, 2020|title=Cardi B Makes History with New Single, "WAP"|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cardi-B-Makes-History-with-New-Single-WAP-20200817|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828083413/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Cardi-B-Makes-History-with-New-Single-WAP-20200817|archive-date=August 28, 2020|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=[[BroadwayWorld]]|language=en}}</ref> "WAP" became the first female rap collaboration to debut at number one on the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Revealed: Billboard's 2020 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players — In A Year of Activism |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/billboard-rb-hip-hop-power-players-list-2020-9481918/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |quote="WAP," the first female rap collaboration to debut atop the Hot 100}}. Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> The song was driven by 93&nbsp;million streams, 125,000 [[Music download|downloads]] and 11.6&nbsp;million radio airplay impressions. As the song topped the [[Digital Songs|Digital Song Sales]] and [[Streaming Songs]] charts, it became Cardi B's third chart-topper on the latter and fourth on the former, and Megan's second on both.<ref name="debut"/> The 93&nbsp;million streaming total became the largest first-week streams for a song in ''Billboard'' history, and earned the most weekly streams for a song in 2020. "WAP" generated the most weekly on-demand US audio streams among songs by female artists, with 54.7&nbsp;million streams, and earned the largest sales week for a song since [[Taylor Swift]]'s "[[Me!]]" featuring [[Brendon Urie]]. "WAP" also reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] and [[Hot Rap Songs]] charts, marking Cardi B's fifth number-one entry on the former and fourth on the latter, and Megan's second on both.<ref name="debut">{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=August 17, 2020|title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With Record First-Week Streams|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9435213/cardi-bs-wap-debuts-no-1-hot-100|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817175513/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9435213/cardi-bs-wap-debuts-no-1-hot-100|archive-date=August 17, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> ''Billboard'' called the song "one of the most dominant Hot 100 number ones of the last 30 years".<ref name="billboard trevor"/> "WAP" became the first song to spend its first two weeks at number one on the Hot 100 since Grande's "7 Rings". In between those chart-toppers, eight songs debuted at number one, each spending a single week at the summit. Of the 42 songs that have entered the chart at number one since the Hot 100 started in 1958, 19 including "WAP" remained on top in their second weeks. "WAP" also became the first song among female artists to lead the Hot 100 for multiple weeks since [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[All I Want for Christmas Is You]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=August 24, 2020|title=Cardi B's 'WAP' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week; Drake, Morgan Wallen & Gabby Barrett Hit Top 10|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9439074/cardi-b-wap-billboard-hot-100-second-week-drake|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824182012/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9439074/cardi-b-wap-billboard-hot-100-second-week-drake|archive-date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> For the chart issue dated September 26, "WAP" achieved a fourth non-consecutive week atop the chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9452973/cardi-b-wap-number-one-fourth-week-hot-100|title=Cardi B's 'WAP' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Fourth Week, The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Makes History in Top Five|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=September 21, 2020|access-date=September 21, 2020|archive-date=September 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921184506/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9452973/cardi-b-wap-number-one-fourth-week-hot-100|url-status=live}}</ref> "WAP" debuted at number one on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], becoming Cardi B's second chart-topper and Megan's first. It spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2020-09-19|title=Canadian Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=September 15, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141218/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2020-09-19|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the most streamed song of 2020 in the US by a female artist, with 732.7 million on-demand streams, ranking sixth among all.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9508037/mrc-data-2020-recap/|title=Lil Baby's 'My Turn' Is MRC Data's Top Album of 2020, Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Most-Streamed Song|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In the US, Cardi B has achieved three times the best-performing song of the year by a female artist—the only act to do so this century—with "WAP" (2020) joining "Bodak Yellow" (2017) and "[[I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin song)|I Like It]]" (2018).<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardi B Becomes Only Female Artist To Have Three Top-Selling Songs Of The Year In Total Units In The US This Century |url=https://www.hip-hopvibe.com/2021/01/09/cardi-b-becomes-only-female-artist-to-have-three-top-selling-songs-of-the-year-in-total-units-in-the-us-this-century/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=Vibe Hip Hop}}</ref> ===Europe and Oceania=== In Australia, "WAP" became the third female hip hop song to top the [[ARIA Singles Chart]], and the first since 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=August 24, 2020|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Hits No. 1 In Australia|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9438835/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallions-wap-no-1-australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824122451/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9438835/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallions-wap-no-1-australia|archive-date=August 24, 2020|access-date=August 24, 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It spent six weeks atop the chart, becoming the longest-running number one song by a female hip hop artist in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 26, 2020|title=Cardi B's WAP notches sixth week atop ARIA Singles Chart|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/news/cardi-bs-wap-notches-sixth-week-atop-aria-singles-chart|access-date=September 26, 2020|website=[[ARIA]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, "WAP" debuted at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on the August 14 – 20, 2020, weekly chart. During its fourth consecutive week on the chart, "WAP" reached the top of the UK Singles Chart on the September 4 – 10, 2020, chart―becoming both Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's first chart-topper in Britain, as well as the first female rap collaboration to top the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704182731/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ |archive-date=July 4, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |language=en}}</ref> The song spent three weeks at the top of the chart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion hold at Number 1 for a second week on Official Singles Chart with WAP|first=George|last=Griffiths|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-hold-at-number-1-for-a-second-week-on-official-singles-chart-with-wap__30966/|url-status=live|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141159/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-hold-at-number-1-for-a-second-week-on-official-singles-chart-with-wap__30966/}}</ref> In the Republic of Ireland, it became the first number one single for both artists on the [[Irish Singles Chart]], where it spent three weeks at the top.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 18, 2020|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's WAP makes it three weeks at UK Number 1|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-makes-it-three-weeks-at-uk-number-1__31010/|first=Helen|last=Ainsley|access-date=January 31, 2021|url-status=live|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141217/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-makes-it-three-weeks-at-uk-number-1__31010/}}</ref> In New Zealand, "WAP" debuted at number two on the [[Official New Zealand Music Chart]], peaking at the top of the chart the following week, becoming Cardi B's second chart-topper and Megan's first chart-topper in New Zealand. It remained atop the chart for six weeks in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart 28 SEPTEMBER 2020|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4940|website=Official NZ Music Charts|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref> ===Worldwide=== The music video for "WAP" broke the record for the most views within 24 hours for a female collaboration, with over 26.5&nbsp;million views.<ref name="complex" /> Cardi B was ranked at number one on [[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]'s August 2020 Pop Star Power Ranking due to the success of "WAP".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Shaw, Lucas|date=September 9, 2020|title=Cardi B's Sexy 'WAP' Rides Controversy to the Top|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pop-star-ranking/2020-september/cardi-b-s-sexy-wap-rides-controversy-to-the-top.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 10, 2020|website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141128/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pop-star-ranking/2020-september/cardi-b-s-sexy-wap-rides-controversy-to-the-top.html}}</ref> During the first week of the [[Billboard Global 200|''Billboard'' Global 200]] chart, which tracks the most streamed and digitally sold songs in over 200 territories, and their [[Billboard Global Excl. U.S.|Global Excl. US]] chart, which tracks the same metrics outside of the United States, "WAP" debuted at number one on the Global 200 chart, with 100.9 million global streams and 23,000 global downloads, making it the first number-one on the chart, and at number three on the Global Excl. US Chart during the charts inaugural week of September 4, 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Cardi B's 'WAP' & Maluma's 'Hawai' Rule Inaugural Billboard Global 200 & Global Excl. U.S. Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9448316/cardi-b-wap-maluma-hawai-rule-first-billboard-global-charts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=September 14, 2020 |language=en |date=September 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141125/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9448316/cardi-b-wap-maluma-hawai-rule-first-billboard-global-charts |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Curto |first1=Justin |date=September 14, 2020 |title=What Are Billboard's New Global Charts and How Do They Work? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/billboard-global-charts-explained.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915081150/https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/billboard-global-charts-explained.html |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |access-date=September 14, 2020 |website=[[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] |language=en-us}}</ref> It has topped the Global 200 chart for three non-consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Trust |first1=Gary |title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' and BTS' 'Dynamite' Lead Latest Billboard Global Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9460438/cardi-b-wap-bts-dynamite-lead-latest-global-charts/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 5, 2020 |language=en |date=September 21, 2020 }}</ref> ==Live performances== "WAP" was first performed by Megan Thee Stallion, airing via a [[Tidal (service)|Tidal Live]] performance on August 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=theestallion|number=1299736619713466369|date=August 29, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|title=HOTTIES! I'm going live on stage for a virtual concert TODAY at 6pm ET / 3pm PT! Make sure you get your tickets before the show🔥: http://MeganTheeStallion.TIDAL.com}}</ref> Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performed the song together for the first time at the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]], airing on [[CBS]] on March 14, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion To Perform "WAP" Live For The First Time At 2021 Grammys?|url=https://allhiphop.com/news/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-to-perform-wap-live-for-the-first-time-at-2021-grammys/|first=Yohance|last=Kyles|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=[[AllHipHop.com]]}}</ref> Grammys host [[Trevor Noah]] prefaced the performance with, "If you have small children in the room, just tell them it's a song about giving a cat a bath", and the chorus "wet and gushy," was changed to "wet, wet, wet".<ref>{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Lyndsey |date=March 15, 2021 |title=Grammys 2021 highs and lows: Semicensored 'WAP,' Silk Sonic's debut, Eddie Van Halen's snub and more |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/grammy-2021-highs-and-lows-a-semi-censored-wap-silk-sonics-debut-eddie-van-halens-snub-and-more-081428456.html |access-date=March 17, 2021 |website=[[Yahoo News|Yahoo!]]}}</ref> ''Billboard'' ranked it as the best performance of the ceremony, commenting that "this had to be one of the most insane television debut performances of all time."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/9540641/2021-grammys-performances-ranked/|title=All the 2021 Grammys Performances, Ranked|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Heran|last=Mamo|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref> Music critic [[Jon Caramanica]] called the performance "wildly and charmingly salacious, frisky and genuine in a way that the Grammys has rarely if ever made room for".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |last3=Coscarelli |first3=Joe |last4=Zoladz |first4=Lindsay |last5=Ganz |first5=Caryn |date=March 15, 2021 |title=The Best and Worst of the 2021 Grammy Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/arts/music/best-worst-grammys.html |access-date=March 17, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> However, the performance received criticism for being "non family-friendly".<ref>{{cite web |last=Spina |first=Ellie |date=March 16, 2021 |title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion face criticism over 'inappropriate' and 'trashy' Grammy performance |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-grammys-170343191.html |access-date=March 17, 2021 |website=[[Yahoo News|Yahoo!]]}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' has listed it among the 25 "greatest Grammy performances of all time", the only female rap act on the list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/25-classic-grammy-awards-performances-16078/cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallion-up-wap-2021-1331452/|title=The 25 Greatest Grammy Performances of All Time|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 2, 2022|accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref> ==Cover versions== On August 10, rapper [[Safaree Samuels|Safaree]] released a remix of "WAP" called "B.A.D" (an acronym for Big Ass Dick). The cover art features Cardi B and Megan on both ends, with a woman (assumed to be his wife [[Erica Mena]]) performing simulated oral sex on him in the center. The remix was widely panned by fans on social media, many of whom found the remix to be poorly timed, considering how soon after the song's original release it came.<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Twitter Has Questions About Safaree's Remix To Cardi B And Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Collab |url=https://www.bet.com/music/2020/08/11/safaree-bad-cardi-b-wap-remix.html |website=[[BET]] |access-date=August 21, 2020|date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141129/https://www.bet.com/music/2020/08/11/safaree-bad-cardi-b-wap-remix.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The same day, dancehall singer [[Vybz Kartel]] released a [[Freestyle rap|freestyle]] remix while in prison, which was met with enthusiasm from Cardi B.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Vybz Kartel shares remix of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/08/10/vybz-kartel-shares-remix-of-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141130/https://www.thefader.com/2020/08/10/vybz-kartel-shares-remix-of-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2020 |website=[[The Fader]] |language=en}}</ref> Rapper [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] released a "P-Mix" to the song on August 14,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saint-Vil |first1=Sweenie |date=August 13, 2020 |title=Plies teases "WAP" remix on social media |url=https://www.revolt.tv/news/2020/8/13/21368199/plies-teases-wap-remix-social-media |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141130/https://www.revolt.tv/news/2020/8/13/21368199/plies-teases-wap-remix-social-media |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2020 |website=[[Revolt.tv|Revolt]] |language=en}}</ref> to positive reception.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=Alexander |title=Plies Finds Himself Trending After Cardi B Promotes His "WAP" Remix |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/plies-finds-himself-trending-after-cardi-b-promotes-his-wap-remix-news.116032.html#title-comment-desktop |website=[[HotNewHipHop]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |language=en |date=August 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141136/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/plies-finds-himself-trending-after-cardi-b-promotes-his-wap-remix-news.116032.html#title-comment-desktop |url-status=live }}</ref> Country singer [[Margo Price]] performed an acoustic rendition of "WAP" on ''[[The Daily Show|The Daily Show with Trevor Noah]]'', as part of a segment on double standards about sex in music.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Aniftos |first1=Rania |title=Margo Price Breaks Down the Double Standard in Music by Covering Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9434800/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-cover |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=en |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141138/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9434800/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-cover |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s Claire Shaffer said of the cover, "Price puts her genuine all into the song, and it comes out sounding like a legitimate country ode to 'wet ass pussy.'"<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Shaffer |first1=Claire |title=Margo Price Covers Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' on 'Daily Show' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-the-daily-show-1044555/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=August 16, 2020 |language=en |date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141141/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/margo-price-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap-the-daily-show-1044555/ |url-status=live }}</ref> YouTube parody artist Lardi B posted a food-based parody of the song, changing the acronym from "Wet Ass Pussy" to "Wings and Pizza", on August 14.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morillo |first1=Alexis |title=A Kid-Friendly Version Of 'WAP' Exists And It Raps About Wings And Pizza |url=https://www.delish.com/food-news/a34149377/youtuber-wap-parody-wings-pizza/ |website=[[Delish]] |access-date=September 26, 2020 |date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> Rapper [[Qveen Herby]] released a [[baroque pop]] cover version of the song as a promotional single on August 20.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Kyann-Sian |title=The weirdest covers of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/blogs/wap-megan-thee-stallion-cardi-b-covers-biffy-clyro-2747649 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 26, 2020 |language=en |date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Drag queens [[Lady Bunny]] and Flotilla DeBarge released a parody of the song, entitled "DAP" (or Dry Ass Pussy), on August 28.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Michael |title=New York City Legends Lady Bunny & Flotilla DeBarge Present Their Take On 'WAP' |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/new-york-city-legends-lady-bunny-flotilla-debarge-present-their-take-on-wap/ |website=[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct Magazine]] |access-date=September 26, 2020 |language=en |date=September 1, 2020}}</ref> A remix set to the 1986 musical ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''{{'}}s main theme was posted to TikTok, where [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], the musical's composer, posted a video playing the piano to it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Brit |title=4 thoughts on Andrew Lloyd-Webber's bizarre, operatic 'WAP' remix |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/50313/1/4-thoughts-on-andrew-lloyd-webber-operatic-wap-remix-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion |website=[[Dazed]] |access-date=September 4, 2020 |language=en |date=September 1, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141146/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/50313/1/4-thoughts-on-andrew-lloyd-webber-operatic-wap-remix-cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion |url-status=live }}</ref> Scottish rock band [[Biffy Clyro]] performed a cover of the song for [[BBC Radio 1]]'s [[Live Lounge]] on September 3, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |title=Watch Biffy Clyro cover Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-biffy-clyro-cover-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-2744393 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 4, 2020 |date=September 3, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141147/https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-biffy-clyro-cover-cardi-b-and-megan-thee-stallions-wap-2744393 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Impact and legacy== {{blockquote|A song that has managed to balance attention-grabbing with staying power is perhaps the mother of all 2020 collaborations, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s gloriously libidinous "WAP." [It] was a powerful show of solidarity between two contemporaries who—had they emerged a generation or two ago, when plenty of people in the music industry believed the self-fulfilling lie that only one successful female rapper could exist at a time—might have been pitted against each other as rivals. Instead, "WAP" finds them showcasing their differing though complementary musical personalities and weathering the reactionary conservative backlash to the track...|Lindsay Zoladz, ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/arts/music/pop-music-duets.html|title=One Big Pop Star + One Big Pop Star = an Easier Path to No. 1|first=Lindsay|last=Zoladz|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>}} In ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', Neil Shah considered it "a big moment for female rappers" and "a historic sign that women artists are making their mark on hip-hop like never before".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shah|first=Neil|date=August 17, 2020|title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion Top the Charts in Big Moment for Female Rappers|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-top-the-charts-in-big-moment-for-female-rappers-11597700847|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141114/https://www.wsj.com/articles/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-top-the-charts-in-big-moment-for-female-rappers-11597700847|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> In ''The New York Times'', [[Ben Sisario]] commented that it "is almost certainly the most explicit song ever to reach the top".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ben|first=Sisario|date=August 17, 2020|title=Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's Raunchy 'WAP' Rockets to No. 1|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/arts/music/cardi-b-wap-billboard.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141114/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/arts/music/cardi-b-wap-billboard.html|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Similarly, ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' staff deemed it "the dirtiest and most sexually-explicit Hot 100 number one of all time".<ref>{{cite web |last=Dessem |first=Matthew |date=August 25, 2020 |title=The Dirtiest Hot 100 No. 1s of All Time Before "WAP" |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/wap-dirtiest-songs-all-time-hot-100-number-1.html |access-date=January 31, 2021 |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> Nick Levine of the [[BBC]] stated that the success of the song as "[a] celebration of female sexual agency" creates space for many more female artists "to write unselfconsciously about what they want."<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=November 19, 2020 |title=The best albums and songs of 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201119-the-best-albums-and-songs-of-2020 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> Carl Lamarre of ''Billboard'' stated that the song's success has "a deeper significance", describing it as "a clever Trojan horse for the myriad ways Cardi B influences the culture with every move she makes."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/women-in-music/9492018/cardi-b-woman-of-the-year-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020/|title=Billboard Woman of the Year Cardi B: 'I Like Justice. But I Also Like Popping My P*ssy'|first=Carl|last=Lamarre|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In an article for ''The Independent'' about what the song's commercial achievement says about the changing shape of the music industry, Micha Frazer-Carroll stated that "the undeniable smash of the year captured the spirit of 2020".<ref name="independent"/> ''Complex'' staff named it the song "that had the most pure impact" in 2020, with it being an "empowering anthem" largely because is "a record-breaking song performed by two Black women."<ref name="complex annual"/> ''Rolling Stone'' staff commented that the public outrage from conservative figures contributed to the song's "pop-cultural impact."<ref name="rollingstonebestcollab"/> ==Accolades== ===Rankings=== "WAP" appeared on many year-end best-of lists, with several critics identifying it as the best song of the year. The following is a selected list of publications. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Selected critical rankings for "WAP" ! Publication ! class="unsortable" | Accolade !Rank ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| [[BBC]] | The Best Singles of 2020 | 1 | <ref name="bbc ranking">{{cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=December 22, 2020 |title=The best albums and songs of 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55336503 |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=3| ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' |The Best Songs of 2020 |5 |<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=December 8, 2020 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-songs-2020-top-100-9494940/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |The 20 Best Rap Songs of 2020 |2 |<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2020 |title=The 20 Best Rap Songs of 2020: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-rap-songs-2020-top-20-9495070/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Billboard (website)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020 |3 |<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=December 9, 2020 |title=The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-music-videos-2020-top-25-9494943/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' |The Best Songs of 2020 |5 |<ref name="complex annual">{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |last2=Gee |first2=Andre |last3=Skelton |first3=Eric |last4=Schube |first4=Will |author5=Khal |last6=Aramesh |first6=Waiss |last7=Cardoso |first7=Deborah |date=December 16, 2020 |title=The Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-songs-2020/cardi-b-megan-thee-stallion-wap |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]}}</ref> |- |The Best Music Videos of 2020 |1 |<ref name="complex ranking">{{cite web |last1=McKinney |first1=Jessica |last2=Gee |first2=Andre |last3=Skelton |first3=Eric |last4=Schube |first4=Will |last5=Wells |first5=Eric |date=December 23, 2020 |title=The Best Music Videos of 2020 |url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-music-videos-2020/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Complex (website)|Complex]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' |The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |{{n/a|Placed}} |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=August |last2=Exposito |first2=Suzy |last3=Roberts |first3=Randall |last4=Wood |first4=Mikael |date=December 9, 2020 |title=The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-12-09/the-50-best-songs-of-2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| {{sort|New York Times|''[[The New York Times]]''}} {{small|([[Jon Caramanica]])}} |Best Songs of 2020 |7 |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon |last3=Zoladz |first3=Lindsay |date=December 7, 2020 |title=Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/best-songs.html |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[NME]]'' |The 50 best songs of 2020 |1 |<ref>{{cite web |date=December 8, 2020 |title=The 50 best songs of 2020 |url=https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-songs-of-the-year-2020-2833773 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[New Musical Express|NME]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |The 100 Best Songs of 2020 |1 |<ref>{{cite web |date=December 7, 2020 |title=The 100 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2020/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> |- |The 36 Best Rap Songs of 2020 |{{n/a|Placed}} |<ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2020 |title=The 36 Best Rap Songs of 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-songs-2020/ |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" rowspan=3| ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |1 |<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 7, 2020 |title=Year in Review: The 50 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-2020-1097442/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | The Best Pop Collaborations of 2020 |{{n/a|Placed}} |<ref name="rollingstonebestcollab">{{Cite magazine |date=December 15, 2020 |title=Year in Review: The Best Pop Collaborations of 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-song-collaborations-2020-1103729/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | The 100 Greatest Music Videos |93 |<ref name="greatest100">{{Cite magazine |date=July 30, 2021 |title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-music-videos-1194411/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' |The 10 Best Songs of 2020 |2 |<ref name="time">{{Cite magazine |title=The 10 Best Songs of 2020 |url=https://time.com/5914984/best-songs-2020/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en}}</ref> |} ===Industry awards=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Awards and nominations for "WAP" ! Year ! Organization ! Award ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="16" |2020 | rowspan=2| [[American Music Awards of 2020|American Music Awards]] | [[American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song|Favorite Song – Rap/Hip-Hop]] | {{won}} | rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/awards/american-music-awards-2020-nominations-list/|title=Roddy Ricch and the Weeknd lead American Music Awards nominations|first=Rachel|last=Yang|date=October 26, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> |- | [[American Music Award for Collaboration of the Year|Collaboration of the Year]] | {{Nom}} |- | [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Charts Awards]] | ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Number One Awards | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart dated 17 August 2020|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2020-08-17|website=[[ARIA Charts]]|date=August 17, 2020|access-date=August 17, 2020|language=pt}}</ref> |- | [[HipHopDX|HipHopDX Awards]] | Best Hip-Hop Music Video of 2020 | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2020 |title=2020 HipHopDX Award Winners |url=https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.4587/title.hip-hop-awards-2020 |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[HipHopDX]]}}</ref> |- | [[MTV Video Music Awards]] | [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer|Song of Summer]] |{{Nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vote Now – Nominees for 2020 MTV Video Music Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718235127/http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/|archive-date=July 18, 2019|access-date=September 11, 2020|website=[[MTV]]}}</ref> <!--Results of 2020 MTV VMA were published and nominees can no longer be voted, so the url status should be dead.--> |- |rowspan=2| [[MTV Europe Music Awards]] | [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video|Best Video]] | {{nom}} |rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9460815/2020-mtv-ema-nominations|title=2020 MTV EMA Nominations|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=October 6, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[National Music Publishers' Association|NMPA Awards]] | Gold Single | {{won}} | rowspan= "2" |<ref name="nmpa.org">{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum Program - National Music Publishers' Association |url=https://www.nmpa.org/gold-platinum-program/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |publisher=[[National Music Publishers' Association]]}}</ref> |- | 3x Multi-Platinum Single | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts Awards]] | Official Charts Awards for Official Singles Chart Top 100 Number One|Official Singles Chart Top 100 Number One | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart dated 4 September, 2020 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20200911/7501/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website= |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> |- | Official Charts Award for Official Singles Top 40 Number One|Official Singles Top 40 Number One | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart dated 4 September, 2020 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-chart/20200911/750140/ |access-date=September 4, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |[[People's Choice Awards]] | Song of 2020 | {{nom}} | rowspan="3" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1193078/2020-peoples-choice-awards-complete-list-of-nominees|title=2020 People's Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominees|first=Vanessa|last=Jackson|date=November 15, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2020|website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref> |- | Music Video of 2020 | {{nom}} |- | Collaboration of 2020 | {{won}} |- | [[MTV (Brazilian TV channel)|Prêmio POP Mais]] | Hit Internacional | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web|title=Confira Os Vencedores Do Prêmio POP Mais 2020|url=https://portalpopmais.com.br/vencedores-premio-pop-mais-2020/|website=[[Portal Pop Mais Brazil]]|date=December 13, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|language=pt}}</ref> |- | [[Soul Train Music Awards]] | [[Soul Train Music Award for Rhythm & Bars Award|Rhythm & Bars Award]] | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9481713/2020-soul-train-awards-nominations|title=2020 Soul Train Awards Nominations|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=November 11, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="26" |2021 | rowspan="2" |[[Gold Derby|Gold Derby Music Awards]] | Best Music Video | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Gold Derby Music Awards nominations: Lady Gaga leads with 8, followed by The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Fiona Apple |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2020/2021-gold-derby-music-awards-nominations-lady-gaga-gdmas/ |website=[[Gold Derby]] |date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Swift sweeps 2021 Gold Derby Music Awards winners list, but Blackpink, The Weeknd and Lady Gaga also prevail |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/taylor-swift-2021-gold-derby-music-awards-winners-1204081272/ |website=[[Gold Derby]] |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref> |- | Record of the Year | {{nom}} |- | [[Gaffa (magazine)#GAFFA Awards|''GAFFA'' Awards (Denmark)]] | Best Foreign Song | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=GAFFA-Prisen – og vinderne er… |url=https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/147979/gaffa-prisen-og-vinderne-er |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=[[Gaffa (magazine)|Gaffa]] |language=Danish}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |[[2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards|iHeartRadio Music Awards]] | [[IHeartRadio Music Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]] | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite web|last=Fields|first=Taylor|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-04-07-2021-iheartradio-music-awards-see-the-full-list-of-nominees/|title=2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards: See The Full List of Nominees|date=April 7, 2021|publisher=[[iHeartRadio]]|access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref> |- | TikTok Bop of the Year | {{nom}} |- | [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards]] | Winning Songs | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards |url=https://www.ascap.com/news-events/awards/2021/rs-awards |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]]}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts Awards]] | UK Specialist Number One Award for Streaming Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Streaming Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards">{{cite web |title=UK Specialist Number One Awards |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/new-official-chart-award-launched-to-celebrate-number-1-success-in-uks-genre-and-specialist-charts-including-vinyl-afrobeats-and-classical__32320/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> |- | UK Specialist Number One Award for Audio Streaming Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Audio Streaming Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards"/> |- | UK Specialist Number One Award for Hip-Hop/R&B Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Hip-Hop/R&B Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards"/> |- | UK Specialist Number One Award for Official Irish Singles Chart Number One|UK Specialist Number One Award for Official Irish Singles Number One | {{won}} | <ref name="UK Specialist Number One Awards"/> |- | rowspan="3" |[[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]] | [[Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Song|Top Rap Song]] | {{nom}} | rowspan=3| <ref>{{cite magazine |title=2021 Billboard Music Awards Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/awards/9565011/billboard-music-awards-2021-finalists-full-list |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> |- | [[Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Song|Top Selling Song]] | {{nom}} |- | Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Song|Top Streaming Song | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="4" |[[MTV Video Music Awards]] | [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] | {{nom}} | rowspan= "4" |<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Justin Bieber & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2021 MTV VMA Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/awards/9613274/2021-mtv-vma-nominations-list |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} Access date: July 4, 2022</ref> |- | [[MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Collaboration|Best Collaboration]] | {{nom}} |- | [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video|Best Hip-Hop]] | {{nom}} |- | [[National Music Publishers' Association|NMPA Awards]] | 5x Multi-Platinum Single | {{won}} | <ref name="nmpa.org"/> |- | rowspan="4" |[[BET Awards]] | Song of the Year | {{won}} | rowspan=4| <ref>{{cite magazine |title=2021 BET Awards Nominations |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9579031/megan-thee-stallion-dababy-lead-2021-bet-awards-nominations-full-list/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}} Access Date: July 4, 2022</ref> |- | Best Hip Hop Video | {{won}} |- | Best Collaboration | {{won}} |- | Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award | {{nom}} |- | [[BMI Film & TV Awards|BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards]] | Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Song | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web |date=September 20, 2021 |title=2021 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Winners |url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/2021-bmi-rb-hip-hop-awards |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=BMI}}</ref> |- | rowspan=3 | [[BET Hip Hop Awards]] | Song of the Year | {{won}} | rowspan=3 | <ref>{{cite web |title=2021 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominees Announced: Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Drake |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2021-bet-hip-hop-awards-nominees/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |work=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]}}</ref> |- | Best Hip-Hop Video | {{won}} |- | Best Collaboration | {{won}} |} ==Personnel== Credits adapted from Tidal.<ref>{{cite web |title=WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) / Cardi B |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/151171706 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141148/https://listen.tidal.com/album/151171706 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=September 7, 2020 |website= |publisher=[[Tidal (streaming service)|Tidal]] |language=en}}</ref> * [[Cardi B]] – vocals, songwriting * [[Megan Thee Stallion]] – vocals, songwriting * [[Ayo the Producer]] – production, songwriting * [[Keyz (producer)|Keyz]] – production, songwriting * [[Pardison Fontaine]] – songwriting * [[Frank Ski]] – songwriting * Evan LaRay – engineering * Shawn "Source" Jarrett – engineering * Leslie Braithwaite – mixing * Colin Leonard – mastering ==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for "WAP" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020–2021) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardargentinahot100|17|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=September 16, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=August 26, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Australia Urban ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/urban-singles-chart|title=ARIA Urban Singles Chart|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=August 23, 2020}}</ref> | 1 |- {{single chart|Austria|8|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 9, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|41|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Brazil ([[União Brasileira de Compositores|UBC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubc.org.br/publicacoes/ranking|title=Top 10 Streaming (13/09 - 19/09)|publisher=[[União Brasileira de Compositores]]|access-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref> | 9 |- {{single chart|Canada|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=August 18, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Czechdigital|10|year=2020|week=37|rowheader=true|access-date=September 14, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Denmark|7|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=October 7, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Estonia ([[Eesti Tipp-40]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/areen/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-tenet-rundab-nuud-ka-muusikaedetabeleid?id=90976571|title=EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS "Tenet" ründab nüüd ka muusikaedetabeleid|website=[[Eesti Ekspress]]|language=et|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141156/https://ekspress.delfi.ee/areen/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-tenet-rundab-nuud-ka-muusikaedetabeleid?id=90976571|url-status=live}}</ref> | 2 |- ! scope="row"| [[Euro Digital Song Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cardi-b/chart-history/ids/|title=Cardi B – Chart history (Euro Digital Songs)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=August 21, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917002620/https://www.billboard.com/music/cardi-b/chart-history/IDS|url-status=live}}</ref> | 9 |- ! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/cardi+b/wap+%28feat.+megan+thee+stallion%29/|title=Cardi B Wap (Feat. Megan Thee Stallion)|publisher=[[Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland]]|language=fi|access-date=August 30, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141150/https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/cardi+b/wap+%28feat.+megan+thee+stallion%29/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|France|30|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=Wap|rowheader=true|access-date=October 27, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Germany|12|songid=2049065|artist=Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion|song=Wap|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|1|artist=Cardi B|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=October 22, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|title=Official IFPI Charts – Digital Singles Chart (International) – Weeks: 36/2020|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|access-date=September 14, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914135907/http://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html|archive-date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> | 1 |- {{single chart|Hungarysingle|8|year=2020|week=39|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Hungarystream|2|year=2020|week=36|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=September 11, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Iceland ([[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Lög|trans-title=The Music – Songs|language=is|publisher=[[Music of Iceland|Plötutíðindi]]|access-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001055959/http://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|archive-date=October 1, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 11 |- {{single chart|Ireland4|1|date=20200828|rowheader=true|access-date=August 28, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Italy|34|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=October 7, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2020&month=09&day=21|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas|language=ja|work=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=September 7, 2020|access-date=September 16, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141151/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2020&month=09&day=21|url-status=live}}</ref> | 10 |- ! scope="row"| Lithuania ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w38/|title=Savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)|language=lt|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|date=September 18, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918085545/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w38/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 1 |- ! scope="row"| Malaysia ([[Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|RIM]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/RecordingIndustryMalaysia/photos/pcb.204519562908755.-2207520000../3868850869808921/?type=3&theater|title=Top 20 Most Streamed International & Domestic Singles In Malaysia|work=[[Recording Industry Association of Malaysia]]|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Malaysia|access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> | 8 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|16|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 18, 2020}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Norway|2|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Portugal|5|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 18, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Romania ([[Romanian record charts|Airplay 100]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-Jerusalema-face-valuri-si-in-plina-toamna-p11091|title=Top Airplay 100 - Jerusalema face valuri şi în plină toamnă!|trans-title=Top Airplay 100 – Jerusalema makes waves even in full autumn!|author=Arvunescu, Victor|date=October 12, 2020|access-date=October 12, 2020|language=ro|publisher=Un site de muzică}}</ref> | 47 |- {{single chart|Scotland|8|date=20200814|rowheader=true|access-date=August 14, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| Singapore ([[Recording Industry Association (Singapore)|RIAS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|title=RIAS International Top Charts Week 38|publisher=Recording Industry Association (Singapore)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922085216/https://www.rias.org.sg/rias-top-charts/|archive-date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|Slovakdigital|5|year=2020|week=37|rowheader=true|access-date=September 14, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| South Korea ([[Gaon Digital Chart|Gaon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL|title=2020년 38주차 Digital Chart|trans-title=Digital Chart - Week 38 of 2020|work=[[Gaon Music Chart]]|language=ko|access-date=September 25, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925161451/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=38&hitYear=2020&termGbn=week|url-status=live}}</ref> | 121 |- ! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2020/36|title=Top 100 Canciones: Semana 36|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|access-date=September 8, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141153/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2020/36|url-status=live}}</ref> | 63 |- {{single chart|Sweden|6|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 19, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|song=WAP|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2020}} |- {{single chart|UK|1|date=20200904|rowheader=true|access-date=September 4, 2020}} |- {{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=20200821|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=August 18, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=August 17, 2020}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|3|artist=Megan Thee Stallion|rowheader=true|access-date=May 12, 2022}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Cardi B|rowheader=true|access-date=September 21, 2020}} |- ! scope="row"| US [[Rolling Stone Top 100|''Rolling Stone'' Top 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-08-13|title=Top 100 Songs, August 7, 2020 - August 13, 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=August 22, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141154/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/2020-08-13/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 1 |} {{col-2}} ===Monthly charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Brazil ([[Pro-Música Brasil|Top 50 Streaming]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/top-50-streaming/?top50sPeriodo=09/2020|title=Top 50 Streaming Monthly (September)|publisher=[[Pro-Música Brasil]]|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref> | 16 |} ===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2020 year-end chart performance for "WAP" ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2020/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2020|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> | 19 |- ! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010525/|title=Ö3 Austria Top40 Jahrescharts 2020|publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|access-date=December 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231060201/https://oe3.orf.at/charts/stories/3010525/|archive-date=December 31, 2020}}</ref> | 53 |- ! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020|title=Jaaroverzichten 2020|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 37 |- ! scope="row"| Denmark (Tracklisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/top2020.asp?list=Track%20100|title=Track Top-100 2020|publisher=[[Hitlisten]]|access-date=January 13, 2021}}</ref> | 89 |- ! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2020|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2020|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=February 9, 2021}}</ref> | 168 |- ! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/lod2k0/top-100-jahrescharts-2020|title=Top 100 Jahrescharts 2020|publisher=mtv.de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=December 9, 2020}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2020|title=Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2020|access-date=February 27, 2021|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref> | 76 |- ! scope="row"| Hungary (Stream Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream_db/2020|title=Stream Top 100 - darabszám alapján - 2020|access-date=March 2, 2022|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref> | 32 |- ! scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-50-biggest-songs-of-2020__29419/|title=Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=White|first=Jack|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021}}</ref> | 16 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/index_chart?chart=4974|title=Top Selling Singles of 2020|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> | 28 |- ! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2020&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2020|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=January 20, 2021}}</ref> | 77 |- ! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2020|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2020|website=[[hitparade.ch]]|access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> | 60 |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20201231/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2020|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 5, 2021}}</ref> | 23 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 24 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 10 |- ! scope="row"| US Rhythmic (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/rhythmic-songs|title=Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> | 31 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Rolling Stone'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/songs/year-end/|title=Top 100 Songs of 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=January 6, 2021}}</ref> | 7 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+2021 year-end chart performance for "WAP" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2021/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2021|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> | 49 |- ! scope="row"| [[Billboard Year-End Global 200 singles of 2021|Global 200]] (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/billboard-global-200/|title=Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 42 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> | 42 |} {{col-end}} ==Certifications and sales== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "WAP"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=Wap|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=February 3, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=April 5, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=December 5, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=6|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=May 12, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|id=11263|accessdate=May 3, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=May 9, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Cardi B feat. Meghan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|access-date=December 2, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|title=Wap|artist=Cardi B,Megan Thee Stalion|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|certweek=24|access-date=June 21, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2020|relmonth=12|id=4940|access-date=December 25, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=single|title=Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion|award=Platinum|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|access-date=November 27, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion|title=WAP|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2021|certmonth=3|access-date=August 11, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|id=file_2020-03-31-16-40-51.pdf|access-date=December 15, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|relyear=2020|certyear=2020|id=16670-5368-1|access-date=November 9, 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|number=7|artist=Cardi B|title=WAP|relyear=2020|certyear=2022|access-date=March 24, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}} ==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Release dates and formats for "WAP" |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row"| Various | August 6, 2020 | {{hlist|[[Single (music)#7-inch format|7-inch vinyl]]|[[cassette tape]]}} | [[Warner Music Group|Warner]] | <ref>{{cite web |title=WAP Limited Edition Signed Vinyl (Pink) + Digital Single |url=https://wapstore.cardib.com/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-vinyl-pink-digital-single |website=Cardi B |access-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815082254/https://wapstore.cardib.com/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-vinyl-pink-digital-single |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=[PRE-ORDER] WAP Limited Edition Signed Cassette + Digital Single |url=https://store.warnermusic.ca/collections/cardi-b/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-cassette-digital-single |website=[[Warner Music Canada]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815082022/https://store.warnermusic.ca/collections/cardi-b/products/wap-limited-edition-signed-cassette-digital-single |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"| August 7, 2020 |{{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}} | [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] | <ref name="apple">{{Cite web|title=WAP (feat. Megan Thee Stallion) - Single by Cardi B|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wap-feat-megan-thee-stallion-single/1526746980|publisher=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807132904/https://music.apple.com/us/album/wap-feat-megan-thee-stallion-single/1526746980|url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| Italy | Radio [[airplay]] | [[Warner Music Group|Warner]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radiodate.it/radio-date/cardi-b-feat-megan-thee-stallon-wap-210920-07-08-2020-radiodate/|title=CARDI B "WAP" {{!}} (Radio Date: August 7, 2020)|website=radiodate.it|access-date=August 7, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924141221/http://radiodate.it/radio-date/cardi-b-feat-megan-thee-stallon-wap-210920-07-08-2020-radiodate/|url-status=live}}</ref> |} ==References== <!--Please add authors from news sources--> {{reflist|3}} * {{Cardi B}} {{Megan Thee Stallion}} {{BET Award for Video of the Year}} {{authority control}} [[Category:2020 singles]] [[Category:2020 songs]] [[Category:Atlantic Records singles]] [[Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles]] [[Category:Billboard Global 200 number-one singles]] [[Category:Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles]] [[Category:Cardi B songs]] [[Category:Dirty rap songs]] [[Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles]] [[Category:Megan Thee Stallion songs]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Australia]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Greece]] [[Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand]] [[Category:Obscenity controversies in music]] [[Category:Sex-positive feminism]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Ayo the Producer]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Keyz (producer)]] [[Category:Songs about telephones]] [[Category:Songs with feminist themes]] [[Category:Songs written by Cardi B]] [[Category:Songs written by Megan Thee Stallion]] [[Category:Songs written by Pardison Fontaine]] [[Category:Songs written by Keyz (producer)]] [[Category:Songs written by Ayo the Producer]] [[Category:Songs written by Frank Ski]] [[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]'