This is officially my favourite song by Ariana :wub: It's just so catchy :cheeseblock:

 

She should have worked more with London On Da Track on the album.

Edited November 8, 20204 yr by Gerald

#1 in the First Look Chart and still topping Spotify/Apple so a third week at #1 looks likely *.*

I am getting more and more obsessed with this as time goes on. :blush: It's absolutely brilliant and painfully catchy for me now :music:

This is track #1 on Now 107 *.* with ‘Rain On Me’ as track #7 also! Definitely going to get this one ^_^

This is track #1 on Now 107 *.* with ‘Rain On Me’ as track #7 also! Definitely going to get this one ^_^

 

Same! That track listing looks the best in a while!

 

Super happy it's looking like another week at #1 for positions! :heart:

Could this secure a 4th week?

Could this secure a 4th week?

It does still have a great lead over #2 *.* I guess hurdles would be...

 

- A push for 'Sweet Melody' - discount on iTunes, higher placing on Hot Hits

- The Radio 2 All-stars charity single taking off - Live Lounge All-Stars showed that there is a place for these charity ensembles in 2020, but still so unpredictable...

- New Billie Eilish being big - if she has more of a 'bad guy' up her sleeve rather than a 'my future'

 

Not sure if anything else of note is out next week :thinking:

 

Shall be an interesting week!! But yeah 3rd week at #1 definitely seems to be in the bag at least judging by today's mids:

 

1 Ariana Grande - positions (26.2k)

2 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade (21.5k)

3 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (19.9k)

 

Smash :cheer:

Announced just now that 'positions' has spent a third week at #1 for Ariana - fantastic, congrats to her :wub:

Announced just now that 'positions' has spent a third week at #1 for Ariana - fantastic, congrats to her :wub:

 

I can see her managing at least five weeks, I was so underwhelmed with this at the start but it’s so infectious, I think my biggest problem is I want another one last time but I appreciate the direction she’s going in as an artist

I can see her managing at least five weeks, I was so underwhelmed with this at the start but it’s so infectious, I think my biggest problem is I want another one last time but I appreciate the direction she’s going in as an artist

Glad that it's grown on you!

 

Ariana has already overtaken Billie to #1 on Spotify so potentially another week at #1 depending on the success of the charity single.

1 BBC Radio 2 Allstars - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (20.4k) *

2 Ariana Grande - positions (15.8k)

3 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am (15.6k) *

4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (13.3k)

5 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade (12.1k)

 

Small gap but she's overtaken Billie since the First Look Chart now!

Hope this can nab a 4th week at #1 ahead of the Radio 2 single.

 

It's looking good so far. :cheer:

Fingers crossed! Would be her second longest consecutive run at #1 ever after 'thank, u next', now that is wild :o ('7 rings' had 4 weeks too but non-consecutively)

 

#2 in the U.S. this week, good to see it stable outside of album release week.

4 weeks at the top would be incredible, I certainly wasn't anticipating it to manage this! :o What a bop :wub:

4 weeks at the top would be incredible, I certainly wasn't anticipating it to manage this! :o What a bop :wub:

Me neither! People were writing it off as a 'one week wonder' yet here we are, still holding up so well both here and in the U.S.

 

Ariana has extended her lead over Billie to 600 copies in today's mids but Billie is back ahead on Spotify today - eek it's going to be close!

1 Ariana Grande - positions (27.9k)

2 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am (27.3k) *

3 BBC Radio 2 Allstars - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (23.9k) *

4 Little Mix - Sweet Melody (22.2k)

5 Internet Money & Gunna feat. Don Toliver & NAV - Lemonade (20.7k)

 

#1 in the mids now and still 600 copies ahead of 'Therefore I Am'! Billie's lead dropped to just 3k on Spotify today. #streampositions

 

(I am a fan of the Billie song too - would be an amazing top 3 if Little Mix are up there as well in the end)

An Ari, Billie & LM top 3? :cheeseblock:

yeah this is really hitting.

Flipped back over today - Ari now has a 6k lead over Billie on Spotify! Looking good for her #1 chances, as Billie not only needed a lead but a substantial one today.

 

An Ari, Billie & LM top 3? :cheeseblock:

Taste :cheeseblock:

I never got around to commenting in here for some reason so belatedly noting that this has rapidly become one of my favourite Ariana songs (definitely her 2nd best lead single for me, though that's not saying much as 'no tears left to cry' is untouchable and I'm not a big fan of any of her other leads lol), it's a shame that it's got a relatively lukewarm reception - one of her catchiest hooks and I love the breezy production as well. I had pretty low expectations from an R&B era Ariana as well so it's really a pleasant surprise that I've ended up being such a fan of this. Great that it's managed to be such a huge success anyway, wouldn't have called it potentially having 4 weeks at #1 based on its progress during the first week! (And at least holding up pretty solidly on the Hot 100 even if it was limited to just the one week at #1 there).