Billboard Hot 100: 03/23/2024

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Spotify US:

#2. bye 1.94M
#3. we can’t be friends 1.9M
#4. the boy is mine 1.85M
#5. eternal sunshine 1.83M
#7. don’t wanna break up again 1.74M
#8. intro (end of the world) 1.72M
#9. supernatural 1.6M
#10. yes, and? 1.57M
#11. true story 1.5M
#19. Saturn Returns Interlude 1.3M
#21. i wish i hated you 1.29M
#23. imperfect for you 1.2M
#28. ordinary things 1M

overall: 20,8M

Global Spotify:

#5. we can't be friends (wait for your love) 5.6M
#6. yes, and? 5.55M
#7. bye 5.35M
#9. the boy is mine 4.91M
#10. eternal sunshine 4.9M
#13. don't wanna break up again 4.74M
#14. intro (end of the world) 4.65M
#15. supernatural 4.62M
#16. true story 4.43M
#23. Saturn Returns Interlude 3.63M
#24. i wish i hated you 3.51M
#29. imperfect for you 3.28M
#35. ordinary things  2.94M

[peachorino]

Here's how "Eternal Sunshine" stacks up to the opening day Spotify streams of Ariana's other recent albums.

Thank U, Next (2019):      31,911,537
Positions (2020):              24,898,840
Eternal Sunshine (2024): 20,814,911
Sweetener (2018):           15,106,656

Fairly weak performance imo, especially for an A-lister with deep industry ties and such massive hype for the album. But hey, that's what happens when you disappear for so long, eventually your fanbase just moves on.

[jenglisbe]

Yeah that's basically a flop unless it holds really well. It's also hilarious that "yes and?" is only #10 on U.S. Spotify. I've never seen a lead single be behind so many album tracks on the debut day. This project just did not have much hype.

[jasper0102]

Those are some pretty solid numbers for Ari. Idt this means she gets a debut in the top 10 but a sizable album bomb will do.

[edward]

Mar 9, 2024 8:02:17 GMT -5 peachorino said:

Here's how "Eternal Sunshine" stacks up to the opening day Spotify streams of Ariana's other recent albums.

Thank U, Next (2019):      31,911,537
Positions (2020):              24,898,840
Eternal Sunshine (2024): 20,814,911
Sweetener (2018):           15,106,656

Fairly weak performance imo, especially for an A-lister with deep industry ties and such massive hype for the album. But hey, that's what happens when you disappear for so long, eventually your fanbase just moves on.

Agreed, except that there really wasn't hype for this album, if there were any anticipation from the gp, it was basically all gone after "yes, and" dropped.

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Mar 9, 2024 8:04:53 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Yeah that's basically a flop unless it holds really well. It's also hilarious that "yes and?" is only #10 on U.S. Spotify. I've never seen a lead single be behind so many album tracks on the debut day. This project just did not have much hype.

ME! was the 16th most streamed track behind Daylight and It's Nice To Have A Friend 

[fridayteenage]

her highest track ww is lower than a Tate McRae song. what a 2024

[wavey.]

Here we go.

[Choco]

The Ari numbers are terrible. I blame "yes, and?"

[eagle27]

Never underestimate how much the lead single sets the tone for the entire era. On the bright side, there are some songs that could be hits and prevent the album from underperforming in the long run.

[Choco]

Honestly with the way Ariana has been approaching this album I wouldn't be shocked if the numbers encourage her to give less of a f*ck about it and wrap it up after the second single.

[king_billboard_100]

The boy is mine & True Story are smash hits

[The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷]

Mar 9, 2024 9:10:34 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Here we go.

I literally had this same though not even 10 seconds before reading your post lol

[wavey.]

Mar 9, 2024 10:01:45 GMT -5 The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 said:

Mar 9, 2024 9:10:34 GMT -5 wavey. said:

Here we go.

I literally had this same though not even 10 seconds before reading your post lol

Like it's always SOMETHING. It's only one day🙃 we don't know what can happen over the week.

[Choco]

How often does an established act beat the one day comments though? She certainly didn't with "yes, and?", Miley didn't do it with Doctor, etc... Even Adele with 30 they said "it's ok it'll have legs" and then it didn't (for her huge standrads).

People know these releases are coming so they're by nature frontloaded. If your debut number is frontloaded and you're 99% certain to drop from those then you better hope the debut is big. And Ariana is suppossed to be the streaming force of her generation. These A Listers aren't Dua Lipa or Tate McRae where people do not check them on debut and find them later on.

[whaleblubber]

Eternal Sunshine is actually the Ariana album I've enjoyed the most in a hot while, so it's a damn shame it's underperforming by her standards.

We blame yes, and?

[musiclife]

Mar 9, 2024 8:02:17 GMT -5 peachorino said:

Here's how "Eternal Sunshine" stacks up to the opening day Spotify streams of Ariana's other recent albums.

Thank U, Next (2019):      31,911,537
Positions (2020):              24,898,840
Eternal Sunshine (2024): 20,814,911
Sweetener (2018):           15,106,656

Fairly weak performance imo, especially for an A-lister with deep industry ties and such massive hype for the album. But hey, that's what happens when you disappear for so long, eventually your fanbase just moves on.

The problem is that it's just not a good album no matter how many people say it is. It had 3 shining moments and the rest of it is an absolute dud.

[omieethehomieee]

I was expecting the album to not do that well but she’ll still debut at number one on BB 200 and have a cute album bomb on BB hot 100.

[wavey.]

Mar 9, 2024 10:23:03 GMT -5 Choco said:

How often does an established act beat the one day comments though? She certainly didn't with "yes, and?", Miley didn't do it with Doctor, etc... Even Adele with 30 they said "it's ok it'll have legs" and then it didn't (for her huge standrads).

People know these releases are coming so they're by nature frontloaded. If your debut number is frontloaded and you're 99% certain to drop from those then you better hope the debut is big. And Ariana is suppossed to be the streaming force of her generation. These A Listers aren't Dua Lipa or Tate McRae where people do not check them on debut and find them later on.

Totally agree! I'm also saying things can improve, which we've witnessed before.

[thegreatdivine]

I don't think people saying the album will underperform (at least streaming-wise) are being premature with that conclusion. Ariana is one of the giants of the streaming era and fans have known this album was coming for months now. Not to mention, it's her first album in 4 years (the longest she's ever gone without a new album since she began releasing albums).

The best she can hope for is for another song that's not yes, and? to magically take off somehow but I don't see how that happens knowing that she's a UMG artist and so none of her songs will be available on TikTok (which is also running the risk of being banned in the US).

I think she should be satisfied with a #1 debut on the Billboard 200 and a decent album bomb. She should announce a tour and have no issues selling out shows so she'll be fine regardless (money-wise) regardless of how poorly the album performs long-term.

Outside of say Taylor Swift/Morgan Wallen/Harry Styles (whenever he drops his next album), this should be the expectation for many of the established mainstream acts moving forward, especially those returning from long hiatuses. They won't be met with earth-shattering lead singles or massive albums and that's okay because no one can be successful at that height forever (SOS is SZA's sophomore album and her follow-up to a very successful debut album era so you can't really use her as an example in comparison to someone like Ariana, who has like half a dozen successful album eras under her belt already).

[fridayteenage]

idk if she likes touring anymore.
she'll also be busy later this year promoting wicked.

[clsvltn]

She's probably going to be focused more on WIcked, I think her music days are done. THe album was probably label contract requirements at this point. I think nowadays a lot of artists get bored or just don't care to stay in one lane anymore. See some of the other biggest pop stars of our generation that went into TV/movies/etc. Gaga, Rihanna, Katy Perry, etc. These artists keep having these looooooong gaps between albums and in the TIKTOK generation, that isn't going to let you keep your star status anymore so they try other avenues as well to fulfill themselves

[wavey.]

Isn't this her first major movie role? I applaud her for working on music while filming.

Idk what she has booked for these next few months but I'll be glued regardless. She's been more mum this go around(I honestly don't blame her), so I hope something will brew for us Ari fans.

[ontopofthis]

Mar 9, 2024 11:49:57 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

I don't think people saying the album will underperform (at least streaming-wise) are being premature with that conclusion. Ariana is one of the giants of the streaming era and fans have known this album was coming for months now. Not to mention, it's her first album in 4 years (the longest she's ever gone without a new album since she began releasing albums).

The best she can hope for is for another song that's not yes, and? to magically take off somehow but I don't see how that happens knowing that she's a UMG artist and so none of her songs will be available on TikTok (which is also running the risk of being banned in the US).

I think she should be satisfied with a #1 debut on the Billboard 200 and a decent album bomb. She should announce a tour and have no issues selling out shows so she'll be fine regardless (money-wise) regardless of how poorly the album performs long-term.

Outside of say Taylor Swift/Morgan Wallen/Harry Styles (whenever he drops his next album), this should be the expectation for many of the established mainstream acts moving forward, especially those returning from long hiatuses. They won't be met with earth-shattering lead singles or massive albums and that's okay because no one can be successful at that height forever (SOS is SZA's sophomore album and her follow-up to a very successful debut album era so you can't really use her as an example in comparison to someone like Ariana, who has like half a dozen successful album eras under her belt already).

Why can’t you compare it to SOS? They are both their most recent albums put out in a similar climate. Olivia Ridrigo’s and Billie Eilish’s sophomore projects have not performed anywhere near to the level of SOS, and they have huge debut projects also. Ariana Grande’s numbers are not bad with everything taken into consideration, but why was anyone expecting a huge debut when even Ariana Grande at her peak was only enough for 360,00? You are only going to see another SOS or Midnights by a female artist if Taylor Swift & SZA repeat that success or a new girl emerges onto the scene. None of the “pop girls” posted about by stans are going to have that, though

[ontopofthis]

Unless SZA puts out a project this year, Taylor Swift is going to be carrying “pop girls” on her back again. Beyoncé is a potential surprise given the singlet’s success, but who really wants her singing country on a project from the first song to the last song? The musical landscape has clearly changed. The Miley Cyrus album performing how it did even with a huge single needed to have taught people that

[lazer]

Let’s see if Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Sza, etc will be successful in their next era. I don’t want Taylor Swift to be the only pop girl this year.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

y'all are overreacting. These numbers are just fine for Ariana's standards, basically positions numbers minus the successful lead single. They're not if you compare it to Taylor, she's on another level, and I don't even think people should be surprised by that, Taylor has released almost 7 albums (4 TVs) since Ariana's positions, those numbers didn't come overnight.

also, I really like ES, but like someone said it's basically sweetener without those great singles (and without Pharrell lol), there are no typical Ariana/Max Martin bops on the album, so I won't be surprised if she fails to achieve bigger hits than yes, and? (on the Hot 100) in this era...but we'll see.

[andrebra]

Especially when you consider there’s only really 11 full songs, these numbers aren’t that bad.

[Choco]

Mar 9, 2024 13:04:23 GMT -5 lazer said:

Let’s see if Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, Sza, etc will be successful in their next era. I don’t want Taylor Swift to be the only pop girl this year.

Camila wasn't even big with her last era and all I see about her little teasers is hate lmao.

SZA and Billie are set to have good launches. Tate McRae, Dua Lipa and Beyoncé are all doing good. I would read this as an Ariana thing because girlies overall are doing well.

[higilo]

I wouldn't worry about pop girls doing well this year - one of them doing slightly worse than normal right now isn't that bad of a sign. Especially because of all her drama recently that I think turned people off.