Grande catches her ninth Hot 100 No. 1, and second from her album Eternal Sunshine, which launches atop the Billboard 200.
Ariana Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the pop superstar’s ninth career leader on the list.
The song is the second single from Grande’s seventh LP, Eternal Sunshine, which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with the biggest week, in terms of equivalent album units earned, of 2024. “Yes, And?,” the lead single from the set, released on Republic Records, premiered at the summit in January.
Released March 8 on Eternal Sunshine, followed by the premiere of its official video the same day, “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” drew 32.6 million streams and 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending March 14, according to Luminate. Plus, as Grande wrote and produced “We Can’t Be Friends” with Max Martin and ILYA (and solely penned its lyrics), Martin extends his record for the most Hot 100 No.
Grande achieves her ninth Hot 100 No. 1. She notches her seventh No. 1 debut, surpassing Taylor Swift for the most among women; Drake leads all acts with nine chart-topping entrances.
Grande also ties Beyoncé and Katy Perry for the seventh-most Hot 100 No. 1s among solo women. Mariah Carey leads all women, and soloists, with 19 (and overall trails only The Beatles, with 20), followed by Rihanna (14), Madonna (12), Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift (11 each) and Janet Jackson (10).
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