After appearing on the list since 2013, Grande reigns, landing the first No. 1 debut for a woman since Adele with "Hello."
Ariana Grande scores her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 17), as "Thank U, Next" rockets onto the chart at No. 1, arriving as the top-streamed and top-selling song of the week.
The track dethrones Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B, after seven weeks on top, although the collaboration ties for the second-most weeks spent at No. 1 in the history of the Radio Songs chart.
Let's run down the top 10 Grande's first Hot 100 No. 1: "Thank U, Next," released on Republic Records, is Grande's first Hot 100 No. 1, and the 1,079th in the chart's 60-year history. She previously hit a No. 2 high with "Problem," featuring Iggy Azalea, in 2014. "Thank U, Next" also bows as her 11th Hot 100 top 10 and first since "God Is a Woman," which reached No. 8 in September.
Grande reigns at last with her 35th Hot 100 entry. Among Hot 100 chart-topping acts, she ends the longest wait for her first No. 1 (by total chart appearances from a first entry) since Justin Bieber set the mark by earning his first leader with his 47th charted title, "What Do You Mean?," in 2015.
Grande first hit the Hot 100 (debuting at No. 10) on April 13, 2013, with the eventual No. 9-peaking "The Way," featuring Mac Miller.
No. 1 in streams & sales: "Thank U, Next" launches with 55.5 million U.S. streams and 81,000 downloads sold in the week ending Nov. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Notably, the song debuts on the Hot 100 with just over five days of streaming and sales data, as it was released late Saturday, Nov. 3 (as the tracking week for those metrics runs Friday through Thursday). Grande has released two videos for the song so far: an audio clip upon its release and a lyric video Nov. 6.
With "Thank U, Next," Grande likewise earns her first No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and her fourth leader on Digital Song Sales, after "Problem," for three weeks in 2014; "Ban ," with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj (one week, 2014); and "No Tears Left to Cry" (one, this May).
"Thank U, Next" also drew 11.3 million in all-format radio audience in the week ending Nov. 11.
"God Is a Woman" and "No Tears Left To Cry" are from Grande's third Billboard 200 No. 1 album, Sweetener, which debuted atop the list dated Sept. 1, while "Thank U, Next" is, as of now, a stand-alone track, with the song's lyrics referencing past relationships with, among others, Big Sean, ex-finance Pete Davidson and the late Miller.