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Ariana Grande obtains her first number one on the Hot 100 with the debut of “Thank U Next”. It is also the best selling and most streamed song of the week. “Thank You, Next” becomes the 32nd song to debut at number one – a list which includes Clay Aiken’s “This is the Night”, Fantasia’s “I Believe”, Carrie Underwood’s “Inside Your Heaven”, Taylor Hicks’s “Do I Make You Proud”, and Zayn’s “Pillowtalk”.
Maroon 5 may have had to give up the top of the chart, but their “Girls Like You” tops the radio airplay chart for another week moving into a three-way tie as the second longest at the top of the chart (16 weeks – tied with Mariah’s “We Belong Together” and No Debuts “Don’t Speak”).
1 (NEW) Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” 81K [#1], 55.5M streams [#1]. 11.3M AI
2 (1) Maroon 5 “Girls Like You” featuring Cardi B 1O9.3M AI [#1] (-4%)
3 (2) Travis Scott “Sicko Mode”
4 (3) Marshmello and Bastille “Happier”
5 (4) Juice WRLD “Lucid Dreams”
6 (9) Halsey “Without Me”
7 (5) Post Malone “Better Now”
8 (6) Kodak Black “Zeze” featuring Travis Scott and Offset
9 (10) Shrek Wes “Mo Bamba”
10 (8) Lil Baby and Gunna “Drip Too hard”
Metro Bloomin has the number one album this week with “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” – 99K equivalent albums with 5K in sales. The top 10 of the BB200 also features 2 albums from Queen.
