Ariana Grande's '7 Rings' Soars In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
The song is Grande's second Hot 100 No. 1 and second to start on top, following "Thank U, Next," which debuted atop the chart dated Nov. 17, and led for seven total weeks.
"Rings," released on Republic Records, arrives as the 1,083rd No. 1 in the Hot 100's 60-year history, and launches as the week's most-streamed and top-selling song.
Grande entrance: "Rings" is the 33rd single to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, while Grande becomes just the fifth artist with multiple No. 1 starts, joining Mariah Carey, the leader with three, Justin Bieber, Drake and Britney Spears (two each).
In the Hot 100's history, Grande is the first artist whose first two No. 1s have both debuted at the pinnacle.
(Before "Next" and "Rings," no female artist had entered atop the Hot 100 since Adele with "Hello" in November 2015; seven songs then started at No. 1 until "Next.")
Back at 1: Grande collects her second Hot 100 No. 1 just two months and two weeks after "Next" opened on top. That's the quickest accumulation of leaders for an artist (in a lead role) since Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" hit No. 1 only three weeks after "Sorry" first reached No. 1 in early 2016. Among women, Grande lands the fastest succession of new No. 1s since Rihanna's "What's My Name?," featuring Drake, hit the top spot on Nov. 20, 2010, and "Only Girl (In the World)" followed just two weeks later (Dec. 4).
'Sound of' No. 1: "Rings" channels the melody of The Sound of Music's "My Favorite Things," and sports writing credits for the classic song's iconic composers, the late Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Along with Sound, the pair created beloved Broadway musicals including The King and I, Oklahoma! and South Pacific.
"Rings" dethrones Halsey's "Without Me" after two nonconsecutive weeks atop the Hot 100. The song drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100, although it takes over at No. 1 on the Pop Songs radio airplay chart. It keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (109.7 million, up 3 percent) and slides 2-3 on both Streaming Songs (41.5 million, down 12 percent) and Digital Song Sales (29,000, down 30 percent).
Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after leading the Jan. 19-dated chart. The duet spends a fourth week at No. 1 on both Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs.
Grande's "Next" rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100 and Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode," which led the Hot 100 dated Dec. 8, falls 3-5. Notably, the entire top five songs on the Hot 100 have all hit No. 1, marking the first such sweep in the bracket (of then-present or past No. 1s) since July 1, 2017.
Courtesy: Billboard.
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