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Entertainment Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Debuts At No. 1

02:30  09 november  2020
02:30  09 november  2020 Source:   etcanada.com

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Grande makes history as the first artist with five Hot 100 No . 1 debuts . She extends her lead over Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Drake and Travis Scott, each with three. Grande also becomes the first artist with three No . 1 Hot 100 debuts in a single year, as " Positions " joins "Rain on Me" and "Stuck

Ariana Grande returns to No . 1 on Billboard’ s Streaming Songs chart for the first time in 2020 with “ Positions ,” which enters atop the ranking dated Nov. “ Positions ” snaps a nine-week streak at No . 1 (10 frames in all) for Cardi B’ s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion. “WAP” falls to No. 3, its first

Ariana Grande's surprise sixth studio album has debuted on top.

Ariana Grande posing for the camera © Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Ariana Grande

Positions debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Grande only announced the album a few weeks prior to release but the unexpected surprise paid off, moving 174,000 units in the first week.

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Gallery: Happy 30th SZA: Her Career Highlights To Date (ET Canada)

  • Slide 1 of 12: In February, SZA turned heads at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones in Beverly Hills. In September, she released the acclaimed single “Hit Different” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. It was produced by The Neptunes and was her first release since “The Other Side”, her collab with Justin Timberlake for the “Trolls World Tour” soundtrack.
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    ‘Hit Different’

    In February, SZA turned heads at the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones in Beverly Hills. In September, she released the acclaimed single “Hit Different” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. It was produced by The Neptunes and was her first release since “The Other Side”, her collab with Justin Timberlake for the “Trolls World Tour” soundtrack.
  • Slide 2 of 12: Between 2012 and 2014, the up-and-coming star released a series of buzzy indie EPs. Her 2013 song
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    ‘Child's Play’

    Between 2012 and 2014, the up-and-coming star released a series of buzzy indie EPs. Her 2013 song "Teen Spirit" was followed up with a remix featuring 50 Cent. In 2014, she was featured on Schoolboy Q’s debut studio album Oxymoron , and she dropped the single "Child's Play", featuring Chance the Rapper. The pair performed it at the 2015 Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festival.
  • Slide 3 of 12: Here’s SZA in 2013 with her Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay Rock. She was Top Dawg’s first R&B signee and the first woman on the label. Her 2014 EP, Z , peaked at #9 on the hip-hop/R&B charts.
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    Top Dawg

    Here’s SZA in 2013 with her Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay Rock. She was Top Dawg’s first R&B signee and the first woman on the label. Her 2014 EP, Z , peaked at #9 on the hip-hop/R&B charts.
  • Slide 4 of 12: By 2016, SZA was writing songs for other artists like Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. She co-wrote
    4/12 SLIDES © Getty Images/Kyle Gustafson via ZUMA Wire

    For Your Consideration

    By 2016, SZA was writing songs for other artists like Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna. She co-wrote "Consideration" with Rihanna and Tyran Donaldson for Riri’s 2016 record, Anti . She’s also featured on the track and performed it live with Rihanna at the 2016 Brit Awards.
  • Slide 5 of 12: In January 2017, SZA released
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    Time Is At A Standstill

    Want to know how long 2020 has lasted? This pic was taken at the Met Gala just over two years ago. Yes, that’s Cassie, Christian Combs, his dad, Diddy, and Lewis Hamilton. Then there’s SZA, who absolutely smashed the gala’s costume theme of ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination’ with a celestial princess angel look. And beside her, that’s Hailey Baldwin and her date, Shawn Mendes. Four months later, she’d be married to Justin Bieber.
  • Slide 6 of 12: Want to know how long 2020 has lasted? This pic was taken at the Met Gala just over two years ago. Yes, that’s Cassie, Christian Combs, his dad, Diddy, and Lewis Hamilton. Then there’s SZA, who absolutely smashed the gala’s costume theme of ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination’ with a celestial princess angel look. And beside her, that’s Hailey Baldwin and her date, Shawn Mendes. Four months later, she’d be married to Justin Bieber.
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    Gramma At The Grammys

    For her first foray into the Grammys, SZA brought her mom and gramma. SZA was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Maplewood, New Jersey. Her dad was an exec at CNN and her mom was an exec at AT&T. She was raised as an orthodox Muslim and when she was a high school sophomore, she was one of the best gymnasts in the U.S. Geeze, SZA, leave some talent for the rest of us, eh?
  • Slide 7 of 12: For her first foray into the Grammys, SZA brought her mom and gramma. SZA was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Maplewood, New Jersey. Her dad was an exec at CNN and her mom was an exec at AT&T. She was raised as an orthodox Muslim and when she was a high school sophomore, she was one of the best gymnasts in the U.S. Geeze, SZA, leave some talent for the rest of us, eh?
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    ‘I Do’

    SZA invaded Cardi B’s smash hit breakout record Invasion of Privacy by collaborating on the track “I Do”. She joined Cardi onstage at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in California in 2018. No wonder why — they do whatever they like!
  • Slide 8 of 12: SZA invaded Cardi B’s smash hit breakout record Invasion of Privacy by collaborating on the track “I Do”. She joined Cardi onstage at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in California in 2018. No wonder why — they do whatever they like!
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    'What Lovers Do’

    SZA earned her first Top 10 hit with the Maroon 5 collab "What Lovers Do”. The song appeared on the pop rock band’s sixth record, Red Pill Blues in 2017. Here’s the gang performing their hit on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.
  • Slide 9 of 12: SZA earned her first Top 10 hit with the Maroon 5 collab
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    Lucky #7

    SZA returned to the Top 10 in 2018 with “All the Stars”. The collab with Kendrick Lamar was the lead single from the “Black Panther” soundtrack. It peaked at #7 and was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. It also scored four Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
  • Slide 10 of 12: SZA returned to the Top 10 in 2018 with “All the Stars”. The collab with Kendrick Lamar was the lead single from the “Black Panther” soundtrack. It peaked at #7 and was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. It also scored four Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
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    Still Standing

    She’s been nominated for nine Grammys and won zero. Even when she brought her grandma, they didn’t give her a Grammy! There should be a rule against that. But it doesn’t seem to phase SZA. Here, she shares the stage with Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Miranda Lambert, Hailee Steinfeld, Little Big Town, Alessia Cara, Neil Patrick Harris, Sam Smith and Shawn Mendes during a salute to Elton John at the Grammys in 2018. As rumours of new music swirl, we can't wait to hear what SZA creates next.
  • Slide 11 of 12: Tyler Perry hosted “Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul”, a 2019 TV special featuring Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Alessia Cara, Kelly Clarkson, Common, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Patti LaBelle and more. SZA (in that rad jacket) performed with Alicia Keys (at the piano) for the event.
    11/12 SLIDES © CP Images
  • Slide 12 of 12: She’s been nominated for nine Grammys and won zero. Even when she brought her grandma, they didn’t give her a Grammy! There should be a rule against that. But it doesn’t seem to phase SZA. Here, she shares the stage with Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Miranda Lambert, Hailee Steinfeld, Little Big Town, Alessia Cara, Neil Patrick Harris, Sam Smith and Shawn Mendes during a salute to Elton John at the Grammys in 2018. As rumours of new music swirl, we can't wait to hear what SZA creates next.
    12/12 SLIDES © Getty Images

According to Billboard, Positions is “the second-largest streaming week for a non-R&B/hip-hop or Latin album in 2020."

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Ariana Grande ' Positions ' herself atop the Billboard Hot 100 and Taylor Swift is free to re-record her first five albums. Plus, BTS, Monsta X and more are set to perform at the 2020 Fact Music Awards. Here are the top stories in music.

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Only Taylor Swift’s Folklore has had a larger week this year.

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This isn't Grande's first No. 1 debut. Yours Truly (2013), My Everything (2014), Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019) all did the same.

Her last three albums were released in the last two years and two and a half months which makes it the "fastest accumulation" of three No. 1 albums by a female artist in the last 10 years since Miley Cyrus.

14 ‘Positions’: Ariana Grande Charts Every Track From New Album on Hot 100 .
As Ariana Grande tallies her fifth career No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Positions,” all 14 songs from the set chart on the latest Billboard Hot 100.The LP’s lead single “Positions” leads her total at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after debuting at No. 1 a week ago, followed by second single “34+35,” new at No. 8. The latter earns Grande her 18th career top 10, tying her with Beyoncé for the eighth-most among women in the chart’s 62-year history. Madonna has achieved the most top 10s among women, with 38. (Drake leads all acts with 42 top 10s.

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