Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ariana Grande Arrives at No. 3 & J. Cole Collects Record Three Debuts in Top 10

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Ariana Grande bursts onto the Hot 100 at No. 3 with "No Tears Left to Cry." Following its April 20 release, the track premieres at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (100,000 sold), where it's Grande's third leader; No. 5 on Streaming Songs (36.9 million); and No. 35 on Radio Songs (27 million).

 

Grande earns her ninth Hot 100 top 10 and sixth to debut in the region. She ties Lady Gaga and Rihanna for sixth place among all acts for the most top 10 debuts, after Taylor Swift (14), Drake (12), Eminem (eight), Justin Bieber and Lil Wayne (seven each).

 

Also notably, while "Tears" is, as of now, a stand-alone single, should it wind up serving as the lead single from Grande's fourth proper LP, she'll extend an unprecedented honor and become the only artist to have debuted the first single from each of her first four LPs in the Hot 100's top 10. Her debut entry, "The Way," featuring Mac Miller, opened at No. 10, ushering in her first album, Yours Truly, in 2013; "Problem," featuring Iggy Azalea, launched at No. 3 (a career-best bow tied by "Tears") as the first single from 2014's My Everything; and, in 2016, "Dangerous Woman," the title cut from her most recent full-length, began at No. 10, making her the first artist to debut the lead single from each of her first three proper albums in the Hot 100's top 10.

 

J. Cole debuts an unprecedented three songs in the Hot 100's top 10 simultaneously: "ATM" at No. 6 (a new personal best), "Kevin's Heart" at No. 8 and "KOD" at No. 10. The songs start at Nos. 2 (42.6 million), 3 (39.7 million) and 6 (33.2 million) on Streaming Songs, while selling 10,000, 7,000 and 18,000 downloads, respectively.

 

Cole adds his second, third and fourth Hot 100 top 10s, all of which have debuted in the top 10; he first reached the region when "Deja Vu," from his previous LP, 4 Your Eyez Only, debuted at its No. 7 peak in December 2016.

 

Cole becomes the first artist in the Hot 100's archives to have debuted three songs in the top 10 simultaneously, surpassing two artists who doubled up with new entries in the same week. Ed Sheeran bowed with "Shape of You" (No. 1) and "Castle on the Hill" (No. 6) on Jan. 28, 2017, while Drake has scored such a twofer twice, with "Passionfruit" (No. 8) and "Portland" (featuring Quavo and Travis Scott, No. 9) on April 8, 2017, and "God's Plan" (No. 1) and "Diplomatic Immunity" (No. 7) this Feb. 3.

 

 

 

Oh wow, a solo Top 3 hit

It's what she deserves  

A solo top 3 debut. Not everyone has that!

 

She also extended her record for having all her lead singles debut inside the top 10.

 

A main pop girl ONLY!

 

A solo top 3 debut. Not everyone has that!

 

She also extended her record for having all her lead singles debut inside the top 10.

 

A main pop girl ONLY!

 

She did that  

 

I want all the OAH to seethe. Now Seethe!

They have done and handed EVERYTHING to get a top debut. Top 3 ain't bad. Hats off to her team.

Next stop #2 and then #1

Nicki plummeting  

The future of pop! 

Rememeber these pressed souls when kworb announced first predictions?  We love a legend, congrats Ari  

Young Ariana run pop  

J Cole with 3 Top 10 debut, a record!

So happy for Ari. Her Top 10 lead single debut continues. NTLTC is also a bop! 

Congrats to Ariana and J. Cole.

Edited May 2, 20188 yr by Goatseid

solo top 3  

Congrats icon  

The biggest female in pop right now  

Congratulations Ari  

Princess winning  

Wake Me Up by Avicii got a 54th week <3 RIP

so happy for her! deserved 

SOLO TOP 3 DEBUT!!! ARI DID THAT!!!  

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