After a rough year, there's never been a more necessary sentence: Things just keep getting better for Ariana Grande. Not long after the release of her latest album, Sweetener, Grande surprise-dropped her single "Thank U, Next," which was an instant hit in particular thanks to the fact that it gave us a totally honest account of her breakup with Pete Davidson and her mourning over the death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller. Plus, it's catchy...so catchy that it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
This is notable because a woman hasn't debuted at number one since Adele's single "Hello," and Grande had never debuted at number one ever until this moment. This ranking crowns the single as the most-streamed and best-selling song of the week.
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"I'm so grateful that it's this song," Grande wrote on her Instagram story after announcing the news.
She also expressed her happiness on Twitter.
yeeeeeee baby’s first number one
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 12, 2018
Even before this accomplishment, "Thank U, Next" was raking in the accolades. Last week it broke Spotify's single-day streaming record for a female artist with 8.2 million streams and is currently number one on both global and U.S. Spotify charts. The track also hit #1 on Apple Music worldwide, making her the only female artist with a song in the top 5 most streamed singles of all time in the first week of release on Apple Music. So, if you somehow haven't heard this song yet, you know where to go.