Commercial performance[edit]

Prior to its release as a single, the song debuted at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100,
becoming Cardi B's fifth top-ten entry on the chart and the highest debut of the songs from the
album, which all debuted on the Hot 100 during the album's first week of release. [33] Bad Bunny and J
Balvin earned their first and second top 10s, respectively. Following the release of the single's
accompanying music video, the song rose to a new peak of number seven on the chart, [34] For the
chart issue dated June 16, with "I Like It" and "Girls Like You", her collaboration with Maroon
5 charting at number four, Cardi B scored two concurrent Hot 100 top-five singles for the second
time in 2018.[35] It ascended to number two the next week, blocked from the top by XXXTentacion's
"Sad!".[36] It reached number one in its twelfth week, earning Cardi her second chart-topper, thus
making her the first female rapper in history to do so. Bad Bunny and J Balvin scored their first
number one.[3] She also became the first female soloist to reach number one with two songs from a
debut album since Lady Gaga, who did it in 2009.[37] "I Like It" reached number one on Digital
Songs in its 20th chart week, claiming the sixth-longest wait to the summit since the chart began in
2004.[38] It also became Cardi B's second number one song on the Radio Songs chart.
[39]
 Internationally, the single also charted within the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand,
Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the United States, "I Like It"
reigned in the charts for 51 weeks, which made Cardi B the first female rapper to have a song chart
that long.
"I Like It" became the first Latin trap song to top the Hot 100. Editor Leila Cobo
for Billboard explained its notability, "it's part of an accelerated spike of Spanish and Spanish-infused
songs on the chart [...] This surge can be attributed at least in part to streaming, which has
broadened the scope for Latin music that is still shunned from major mainstream outlets. But it also
reflects the times, the moment and the new openness of the world, despite the entrenchment at the
border."[40]
"I Like It" also became the first number one single—and the first Latin trap song in this genre to do
so—on the BillboardDance/Mix Show Airplay chart for Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin, reaching
that summit in its September 1, 2018 issue, benefitting from the support from both the 80 reporting
stations (dual Top 40/CHR and Rhythmic outlets who submit their mix show hours or incorporate it in
their playlist) and the core full-time Dance/EDM stations, the latter utilizing the
remixed Danceversions of the song.[41]