Ariana Grande returns to No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart for 16th week

Ariana Grande is the top music act in the US as it returns to its No.1 Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated March 23) for a 16th overall week at the top, largely thanks to her new album, Eternal Sunshine.

The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key music consumption metrics: streaming, radio play, album sales and track sales. Using a methodology that includes these metrics, the chart provides a weekly multidimensional ranking of artists' popularity.

Eternal sunshine reaches No. 1 on Billboard 200, as Grande's sixth leader, with 227,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (March 8-14), according to Luminate. The set marks the biggest weekly total of 2024. At the same time, the LP's “We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” marks its ninth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

With 16 weeks at No. 1 on the Artist 100, Grande surpasses Ed Sheeran for the sixth frames spent as a chart-topper since the chart debuted in 2014.

100 Artist, Most Weeks at No. 1:
102, Taylor Swift
38, Drake
28, The Weeknd
21, BTS
20, Adele
16, Ariana Grande
15, Ed Sheeran

Here's a breakdown of the metrics contributing to Grande's latest reign on the Artist 100.

Flow

In the tracking week of March 8-14, Grande's catalog generated 219.3 million official US on-demand streams (including songs for which the lead artist has been billed). She ranks as the third most streamed female artist during that time, trailing only Taylor Swift (286.7 million) and Drake (224.7 million).

Grande's songs that generated the most official streams (on-demand and scheduled) during the week: “We Can't Be Friends” (32.6 million, making it the most-streamed song overall), “The Boy Is Mine” (17.6 million), “Yes and?” (17.3 million), “Supernatural” (16.4 million) and “Eternal Sunshine” (15.9 million).

Radio playback

Grande's songs earned a combined radio audience of 33.7 million March 8-14. Her top-grossing songs during that time: “Die for You,” featuring The Weeknd (14.4 million), “Yes, And?” (13.7 million) and “We Can't Be Friends” (4.6 million).

Grande also ranks on the following radio charts:
Adult Pop Airplay: “Yeah, And?” (No. 11) and “We Can't Be Friends” (No. 29)
Dance/Mix Show Airplay: “Yes, And?” (No. 12)
Pop Airplay: “Yeah, And?” (No. 20) and “We Can't Be Friends” (No. 31)
Adult Contemporary: “Yes, And?” (No. 24)
Radio Songs: “Yes, And?” (No. 48)

album sales

As for Grande's album sales from March 8-14, here's a breakdown, by configuration:

Total album sales: 79,000, most among any act
Vinyl sales: 34,000, the most of any act
CD sales: 32,000, the most of any act
Digital sales: 13,000, the most of any act

Eternal sunshine sold 77,000 copies, nearly Grande's total album sales for the week. It is the best-selling album overall, as well as the best-selling on both vinyl and CD.

Meanwhile, Grande's compilations earned a total of 241,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week, the second most among all acts behind Swift (261,000).

Sales tracking

Grande's songs sold a total of 14,000 downloads from March 8-14, making her the week's third-best-selling artist in terms of digital song sales, behind Swift (26,000) and Teddy Swims (16,000).

Grande's best-selling songs of that time, all from Eternal sunshine: 'We Can't Be Friends' (9,000), 'The Boy Is Mine', 'Bye' and 'Imperfect for You' (1,000 each).