Ariana Grande's Single "Yes, And?" Secures No. 1 Spot on Billboard Hot 100

Grande's scandalous lyrics and danceworthy production have made "Yes, And?" a chart-topper.

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Ariana Grande has a new number-one single.

According to Billboard, "Yes, And?" is Grande's latest song to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 and the eighth single overall to land at No. 1 on the chart. Co-written and produced by Grande, Max Martin and ILYA, the house music-oriented track pulls inspiration from Madonna's 1990 hit "Vogue," while its accompanying music video homages Paula Abdul's 1988 video for "Cold Hearted."

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Upon the Jan. 12 release of "Yes, And?" the track received 27. 2 million streams and sold 41,000 digital downloads, having 14 digital versions, including an extended mix, a cappella iteration, along with slowed and sped-up mixes.

The single will appear on Grande's seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, due to release on Mar. 8. The LP will follow Grande's 2020 release, Positions, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. On Nov. 27, Grande will star opposite Cynthia Erivo in the musical fantasy Wicked, where the 2-time Grammy Award winner will play Glinda Upland/Glinda the Good.

On the film's set, Grande met her new boyfriend, actor Ethan Slater, who plays Boq, a Munchkin who falls for Glinda in Wicked. The new relationship occurred following Grande and Slater's splits from their respective former spouses, Dalton Gomez and Lilly Jay, with whom Slater shares a 1-year-old son.


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