Republic RecordsAriana Grande has made chart history….again.
The singer has become the first artist to be #1, #2 and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously since The Beatles did it in 1964.
Ari’s “7 Rings” is #1 for a fourth week, followed by “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored,” at #2 and “thank u, next” at #3, up from #7. All three songs are from Ari’s new album Thank U, Next, which also debuted at #1 this week.
Back in 1964, The Beatles monopolized the top three for five weeks. In April of that year, the Fab Four had the entire top five songs on the Hot 100.
Ariana’s success means that women have now spent seven weeks at #1 so far in 2019: She’s been #1 with “thank u, next” and “7 rings,” while Halsey spent two weeks on top with “Without Me.” That’s pretty good, considering that in 2018, women only spent eight weeks on top over the entire year.
But wait: there’s more. Ariana has also set the record for the most simultaneous top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits by a female artist: a total of 11. In fact, all of 12 of the songs from Thank U, Next made the chart, but one of them landed outside the top 40.
That means Ari broke the record previously set by Cardi B, who sent nine songs from her album Invasion of Privacy into the top 40 when it was released in April of last year.
Drake still holds the record for most simultaneous top 40 hits among all artists: He had 21 in July of last year.
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