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Ariana Grande Earns Her First Billboard #1 Entry With “Thank You, Next”

Despite personal setbacks, Ariana Grande’s impact is here to stay. 

Grande has earned her first Billboard #1 entry with her latest single, “Thank You, Next.” The single has garnered 55.5 Million streams, and 81,000 downloads sold. The highest Grande charted previously was at number 2 with “Problem” in 2014. Grande in the first female artist to score a solo number one since Cardi B with “Bodak Yellow” last year, and the first to debut at number 1 since Adele with “Hello.”

Check out her “Thank You, Next” performance on Ellen, where she performed with co-writers Victoria Monet and Tayla Parx.

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