Ariana Grande Earned Her First Number One Song Thanks To “Thank U Next”

Author: Kristie Rohwedder / Source: Bustle

Billboard’s 2018 Woman of the Year has welcomed another impressive accomplishment to the party that is her ever-growing list of achievements. On Monday, Nov. 12, Billboard announced Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Now, if you assume reaching No. 1 must be old hat (er in this case, maybe it’s old cat ear headband?) for the Nickelodeon star-turned-pop music icon, that is a totally fair and reasonable assumption. After all, Ari G. has released a bunch of major singles over the last five years. She has to have at least a few No. 1s already, right?

Nope. Somehow, one of the greatest recording artists of our time does not already have a pile of Hot 100 No. 1s to her name. “Thank U, Next” is Grande’s first song to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100. Ever.

She has come close before: “Problem” went to No. 2, “Bang Bang” and “No Tears Left to Cry” peaked at No. 3, and “Break Free” and “Side to Side” topped out at No. 4. Grande’s ode to her ex-boyfriends is her only single (so far) to take a seat on…

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