With the release of the new album, Grande takes another song to the number one spot.
The first song “yes, and?” was her return single that went #1 off her new album “Eternal Sunshine” that was released March 8. The next song, “we can’t be friends (wait for your love),” was the second song that went #1 in multiple countries as well as the Billboard Hot 100 and Global 200 chart.
The album went number one and is Grande’s sixth number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 227,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the ending week of March 14 and marks the largest week of 2024 for any album.
The album’s first week sales skyrocketed due to there being 12 physical configurations with a standard digital download and a “slightly deluxe” digital download with remixes and alternative versions of a few songs.
The six vinyl editions that contributed to the album sales were ruby red and offered alternative covers for the other five versions, four were sold through her website and one was exclusive to target. Altogether, her vinyl sales resulted in 33,000 which is her largest week on vinyl sales ever, surpassing Positions with 32,000 in 2021.
For the CD editions, there were the five which were the standard CD, and the four variants with alternative cover art that was sold in her webstore. As a special thank you to her fans, she put up signed editions on her store that sold out within minutes.
Grande’s grandmother also makes history to be the oldest living person to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Marjorie Grande, who is known as Nonna, at the age of 98 made her way onto the chart being featured on her granddaughter’s song “ordinary things.” You can hear Nonna at the end of the song reflecting on her relationship with her husband while talking about relationship advice.
With two number one songs off Eternal Sunshine, will Arianators try and boost another song to the top like “the boy is mine” that was so close to top 10, or “eternal sunshine” and “supernatural” that are in the top 20?
The belief is that starting off 2024 with a successful album, she will be ranked the 2024 Artist of the Year and have the Album of the Year.