By April,Cardi Bhad already had a pretty stellar year.

“The whole week passing I was going crazy,” she says.

“Just overthinking, like, ‘Am I going to sell?

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Am I going to do good?

I hope I do good.'”

Spoiler alert: She did great.

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1 on the Hot 100 chart.

1 for a staggering 16 weeks.

But her professional highlight was performing at the American Music Awards on Oct. 9.

It was worth it."

Now Cardi is setting her sights on conquering 2019.

She’s heard Mariah Carey might be interested in collaborating, which she kind of can’t believe.

“The only thing that’ll stop me right now is time.”