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ariana grande’s achievements in her music career; a thread.
1. disclaimer: i’m going to try and put all of the achievements but i might miss some. also i’m going to be updating this thread through the years. k hope you enjoy.
she released her first single, "Put Your Hearts Up” in december 2011. the song was later certified gold by the RIAA.
the lead single "The Way", featuring rapper Mac Miller, debuted at #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, eventually peaking at #9 for two weeks, and spent 26 weeks on the Hot 100.
Billboard magazine ranked her at number four on their list of "Music's Hottest Minors 2013", an annual ranking of the most popular musicians under the age of 21.
the second single, "Baby I", debuted at #21 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it her second Top 40 hit.
the song also debuted at #6 on the US Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, making her the only female music artist to debut two songs in the top 10 of the Hot Digital Songs chart during the year 2013.
the third single, "Right There", featuring rapper Big Sean, debuted at #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
she recorded her first studio album “Yours Truly”, and it was released on August 30, 2013. it debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, with 138,000 copies sold in its first week.
this made Ariana the first female artist since Kesha to have her first album debut atop the charts and ranking her the 15th female artist overall.
Yours Truly also debuted in the top 10 in several other countries, including Australia, the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands. by april 2014, the album had sold over 500,000 copies in the United States, and later it became Grande's first platinum album.
Ariana kicked off her own headlining mini-tour, The Listening Sessions.
at the 2013 American Music Awards, she won the award for New Artist of the Year.
she received the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award from the Music Business Association, recognizing her achievements throughout 2013, including her number one debut on the Billboard 200 and her top 10 single on the Hot 100.
her second studio album’s lead single "Problem" features rapper Iggy Azalea, the song debuted at #3 (eventually climbing to number two) on the Billboard Hot 100.
it also debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Ariana’s first #1 single in the United Kingdom. It made British chart history as the first song to land at #1 based on sales and streams. the song was the highest debut ever for a collaboration of female soloists.
the second single, "Break Free", featuring musician and producer Zedd, peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
Ariana released her second studio album My Everything on August 25, 2014. it sold 169,000 copies in its first week and debuted atop the Billboard 200, becoming her second consecutive number one album in the US.
“Bang Bang” reached number three in the US, making it Grande's third song in the Hot 100's top 10 the same week ("Problem", "Break Free" and "Bang Bang"), and went to #1 in the UK.
in 2014, she won MTV Europe Music Awards with “Problem” for Best Song. she also won, International Breakout on the NRJ Music Awards, Newcomer Bambi and the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video for "Problem".
that year, she also earned the Favorite Breakout Artist award at the People's Choice Awards, Choice Female Artist on the Teens Choice Awards and Chart Topper at the Radio Disney Music Awards.
she joined Adele as the only female artist with three top 10 hits simultaneously as a lead artist.
the music video for "Bang Bang" has been viewed more than one billion times on YouTube.
My Everything spent 89 weeks on the Billboard 200.
the third single from My Everything, "Love Me Harder", featuring recording artist The Weeknd, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, later peaking at #7.
she later released a fifth single from My Everything, "One Last Time", which peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
in november, Ariana released a Christmas song titled "Santa Tell Me". Spending 34 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014, she had the most top 10 singles of any artist that year.
in 2015, she won an American Music Award for Favorite Female Artist. she won three awards on Radio Disney Music Awards for Most Talked About Artist, Female Artist and Song. also, Choice Single and Choice Instagrammer on the Teen Choice Awards.
that year, she also won the Kids Choice Awards for Best Song, IHeartRadio for Best Collaboration and Youtube Music Awards.
by april 2015, the album had sold over 600,000 copies in the US and is certified double platinum by the RIAA.
in early 2015, she embarked on The Honeymoon Tour, with shows in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. the tour concluded in October 2015 after a total of nearly 90 dates. It earned approximately $40 million and sold over 800,000.
in october of that year, she released the single "Focus", initially intended as the lead single from the album; the song debuted at #7 on the Hot 100. the song's music video has been viewed more than 800 million times on YouTube.
Grande also released her second Christmas EP, Christmas & Chill, which debuted at #34 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on Billboard's Holiday Albums chart.
in march 2016, Ariana released "Dangerous Woman" as the lead single from the retitled album of the same name. the single debuted at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Grande's seventh top 10 entry on that chart. the song later peaked at #8 on the Hot 100.
she is the first person in the history of the Hot 100 to have the lead single from each of her first three albums debut in the top 10.
the promotional single "Be Alright", which she released on March 18, charted at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100.
in 2016, she won Super Singer Female at the Bravo Otto Awards, Artist of The Year at the American Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Worldwide Act and Best Us Act.
that year, she also earned Choice Single and Choice Selfie Taker at the Teen Choice Awards, Best Song To Dance To at the Radio Disney Music Awards and Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist.
In may 2016, Ariana performed the second single from the album, "Into You", which peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
she released her third studio album Dangerous Woman on may 20, 2016; it debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, #1 in the UK, #2 in Japan, #1 in several other markets, including Australia, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.
in august, Ariana released a third single from the album, "Side To Side", featuring rapper Nicki Minaj, her eighth top 10 entry on the Hot 100, which peaked at #4 on that chart. the song's music video has been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.
Dangerous Woman has spent 154 weeks on Billboard 200
Ariana began her Dangerous Woman Tour in February 2017 in North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and South America. it ended in september 2017, earning more than $71 million and selling over 875,000
in 2017, she became Billboard's “Female Artist of the Year", won Choice Female Artist, Choice Changemaker, Choice Summer Tour and Choice Snapchatter at the Teen Choice Awards.
and that year she also won Best Female Artist at the Radio Disney Music Awards.
Ariana has released five fragrances with Luxe Brands since 2015, they had grossed over $150 million in global sales by 2017.
on april 20, 2018, "No Tears Left To Cry" was released as the lead single from her fourth studio album, Sweetener, and debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“No Tears Left To Cry” became Ariana's ninth single to reach the top ten in the United States, which made her the only artist to have debuted the first single from each of her first four albums in the top ten of the Hot 100.
in 2018, she won at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video, at the IHeartRadio Music Awards for Cutest Musician Pet and Teen Choice Award for Choice Snapchatter.
that year she also won NRJ Music Award for International Female Artist, NME Award for Hero of the Year and Billboards Woman of the Year.
on june 20th, she released her promotional single “The Light Is Coming” for Sweetener that peaked at #89 on Billboard Hot 100.
the album's second single, "God Is A Woman", was released on July 13, 2018. it peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 and was Grande's 10th song to reach the top 10 on that chart.
Sweetener was released on August 17, 2018, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed 89 weeks on the charts.
Sweetener saw seven of its 15 songs on the Streaming Songs chart.
she did The Sweetener Sessions, a promotional concert tour in support of her fourth studio album, Sweetener.
on november 3, 2018, Ariana released "thank u, next" from her fifth studio album of the same name. the song reached #1 in the United States and stayed 69 weeks on the charts.
“thank u, next”, surpassed 100m streams on the service within 11 days in November, making it the fastest song in history to reach a nine-figure play count.
it also reached #1 in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore and South Korea.
on november 7th, she released “breathin” as the fourth and last single from Sweetener. the song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed on the charts for 11 weeks.
“thank u, next” music video is the fourth most viewed video in 24 hours on Youtube.
on december 14th, 2018, she released the promotional single from thank u, next “imagine”, which peaked at #21 on Billboard Hot 100.
on january 3, 2019, it was announced that she would be headlining the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. she made history as the youngest artist to ever headline the event and just the fourth female.
on january 18th, 2019, she released her third single "7 Rings" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning her second #1 single (and second number one debut), where it spent 8 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, becoming her longest running #1 single to date.
in addition, the single is also Ariana's longest chart runner on the Hot 100 to date, spending 33 consecutive weeks before dropping out. the song also topped the charts in 19 countries, and reached the top 10 in 10 countries.
also, Ariana has smashed the all-time Spotify 24 hour record with nearly 15 million streams of her new track, “7 Rings”.
on february 8th, she released thank u, next. the album broke multiple streming records upon release, and was certified double platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for earning two million album-equivalent units in the US.
the 12 songs from the album occupied the first 15 spots on spotify’s top 200 it’s release day.
on the Billboard 200 Year-End chart, it became the second best-selling album, while globally, it was the eighth best-selling album of 2019 and fourth best-selling album by a female artist.
thank u, next stayed for 70 weeks on the Billboard 200.
alongside the album, she released her fourth and last single “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored” peaked at #2 on Billboard Hot 100.
she's the first artist to occupy the #1, #2 and #3 positions simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart since The Beatles did it in 1964. she did it with her singles "7 Rings," "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored," and "Thank U, Next" respectively.
all 12 of the album's songs have hit the charts, with one falling short of making the top 40.
Ariana becomes first female artist with 3.5 billion Spotify streams on three separate albums (My Everything, Dangerous Woman and thank u, next)
on march 18, Ariana embarked on her fourth concert tour, the Sweetener World Tour, which had three legs - North America, Europe, and North America again. it was attended by an audience of 1.3 million and grossed $146.6 million from 97 shows.
Ariana Grande is the third woman to see two singles accrue one billion streams on Spotify with “thank u, next” and “7 rings”.
in 2019, she won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album, a Billboard Music Award for Top Female Artist and Chart Achiever and a Shorty Award for Storyteller of the Year.
that year she also several won MTV Video Music Awards for Best Song of the Summer, Best Art Directioner and for Artist of the Year, a NRJ Award for International Female Artist and a Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist.
and that same year she won, a Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Song, an IHeartRadio for Female Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year and a Teen Choice Award for Choice Pop Song.
Ariana released her live album “k bye for now” on december 23rd, 2019, which peaked at 97 on Billboard 200.
Ariana along with Justin Bieber, released “stuck with u” on may 8th, 2020 as a charity single. the song debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, her third US #1 single.
"stuck with u” also made Ariana the first-ever artist to debut at #1 for three consecutive years, after "Thank U, Next" in 2018 and "7 Rings" in 2019.
in 2020, for now, she won a Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist.
on may 22nd, 2020, “Rain On Me” by Ariana and Lady Gaga was released as a single for Lady Gaga’s “Chromatica”. the song peaked at #1 on Billboard Hot 100.
"Rain On Me" is the first all-female collaboration to debut at #1 in Hot 100 history.
Ariana is now the first artist in history to have four songs arrive in the top spot, and the only artist to have all four of her #1 singles debut on top.
since her Justin Bieber collaboration "stuck with u” debuted at #1 just two weeks ago, she is now the artist with the fastest back-to-back #1 debuts.
"Rain On Me" also makes her the first female artist in history with multiple #1 debuts on the Hot 100 in the same calendar year, tying Drake's overall record.
Ariana Grande is now the third artist with more monthly listeners on Spotify with 59 million + monthly listeners, and the first female artist.
she is also the most followed female artist on Spotify, Instagram and Youtube.
