Ariana Grande Storms To #1 On iTunes With ‘Problem’…After 1 Hour

Published: Monday 28th Apr 2014 by Sam
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Pop girls, you have a ‘Problem’ and her name is Ariana Grande.

The 20-year-old belter has bulldozed the competition with new single just hours its release.

Details after the jump…

Already #9 on the main iTunes US chart prior to officially being available to buy (based on pre-orders alone), the Iggy Azalea assisted cut rocketed straight to #1 within an hour of its official release at 12am today.

As at writing, the high-octane cut remains in the top spot — ahead of Pharrell Williams’ mega-hit ‘Happy’.

The feat comes as quite the coup for singer, who recently enlisted Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun and is prepping her hotly anticipated sophomore album for roll-out later this Summer.

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Entirely deserved! At this rate, the track is almost guaranteed to blast into the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 next week — which, too, is totally deserved. It’s such a banger!

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  1. FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

    SLAY!

    Was this Mariah’s surprise??

    • CherylSoldier April 28, 2014

      DEATH

      • RihNaj April 28, 2014

        Mariah is so pissed right now! Haha!!!

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  2. Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

    Girl when will Ciara slay a chart?

    • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

      “Perfection is a disease of a nation, Pretty FLOPS, Pretty FLOPS!!!”

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        You wanna talk about flops? im out,got me good,sorry,speechless, gimme dat etc lol. Beyonce will always be superior to the ugly non singing flop you stan for.

      • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

        Yes lets talk FLOPS hawny….
        Pretty Flops, XO, FLOPtition, Drunken H**, Standing On The Flop, Bow Down AND All the singles from “4”

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        when was the last time your t***** had a top 10 hit or sold 3.5 million with an album? ???

      • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

        Just last Summer 2013……

    • Sleazy April 28, 2014

      Girl when will beyonce stop buyin her sh!t and stealing

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        Beyonce doesn’t buy her albums but maybe Keshit should has warrior gone gold yet??

    • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

      When will Beyonce comb her daughters hair???

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        When Ciara gets some relevancy talent and common sense.

  3. Sleazy April 28, 2014

    How does this sound like Talk Dirty? Just the trumpets but who hasn’t done that it don’t sound similar at ALL!!! Lol haters gon hate but hey go on ariana I’m behind you girl one of the best songs this year

  4. FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

    Finally somebody chopped Pharrell’s insanely annoying HAPPY!!!

    • Yea ok April 28, 2014

      Only truly miserable people find a song about being joyous annoying. Lol go do some soul searching girl.

      • Mark111 April 28, 2014

        ^That what I said! How can people hate such a positive song? Must be some hate inside.

      • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

        Ok so your just completely going to misconstrue my comment like that!!!!

        Get A Fukkin life!!!!

        Having “Hate” for something is completely different than being annoyed!!!

        Yes the song is positive indeed, but when its repetitiveness goes overboard, Its natural for someone to get annoyed by the lyrics and not want to hear it for a while….
        How do you twist and turn that around to being miserable and hateful towards a great song… If anything something is wrong with you all for jumping to those nasty conclusions! Ive shown much love to my husband Pharrel and his highly successful song, But ofcourse you want to pick on the comment where i am showing disinterest in it months later………………

        BYE!

  5. Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

    Happy for Ariana she’s not a hardcore flop like Mimi and Cici.

    • Adrian April 29, 2014

      Don’t ever put Queenriah in the same context with Ciara. Love her, but just don’t do it. Secondly, how is your dumbass gonna shade someone who your FAV loves? Get a f****** clue.

  6. Memo Memz April 28, 2014

    B****** celebrating and it’s not even a full day. Flopriana won’t stay on top.

  7. Check Your Lipstick Before You Come & Talk To Me April 28, 2014

    Congrats to her! The song is great, fun and perfect for summer. Her vocals are solid, the beat bumps in the car, and Iggy’s verse is great! No sense in comparing her to anyone, she is doing her thing for only being 20, and in no way is this song “generic”.

    • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

      I beg to differ….

      This song is NOT Summer enough!

      • Essa April 28, 2014

        It will sell more and chart MUCH higher than “Body Party” did.

      • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

        Ok gr8….. and?

      • Adrian April 29, 2014

        Sit your ass down somewhere. This song is summer, back to scjool, and EVERYTHING else exciting. It’s f****** fire!

  8. Rosie April 28, 2014

    Kii at it trying to drag anyone when they can’t get their fave to outsell Alt-J in the US.
    Congrats Ariana. The song is kind of growing on me. And at Iggy having two songs in the top 5. Who would’ve thought that in 2012?

    • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

      Girl these flopara fans are such jokes like she getting outsold by k.Michelle and August alsina hahaha

      • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

        Dont try to unite now!!!

        I will drag you separately or together, You choose….

      • Rosie April 28, 2014

        A mess really. I have no idea who those two are. Can’t wait for them to go back into hiding when UV outsells both Cedric and Future’s first weeks combined sometime this spring/summer.

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        @Rosie its so sad Ciara and her man are untalented flops Lmao like im sure i can outsell those 2 flops ill die if iggy sells more then 57kara

      • Rosie April 28, 2014

        The fact that Iggy, a debut white rapper with no hits until very recently, is outselling Future, undoubtedly the biggest (feature) artist in hip-hop/urban music right now, is a drag in itself.

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        @Rosie Right haha shows no one takes future seriously

  9. LTM April 28, 2014

    This could hit #1 on the Hot 100 if they keep the top spot. The meltdowns if Iggy Azalea hits #1 on Billboard before the record holder for most chart entries……

  10. FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

    Has Flop Coast sold more than Walking On Air?
    Or has the Remix re-entered the top 150 yet?

    • Rosie April 28, 2014

      Once again kii at you coming for anyone when Cedric has yet to sell 200K in the US after 9 months with more promo than Lana has ever had in the US. Stay clinging to WC even though it already outsold every Cedric single from his last era except for Local Party, which took over half a year to go gold with multiple televised performances and at least 30-40 million AI.

    • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

      girl how are you calling west coast a flop when it outpeaked bodybuilding party lol

      • H2O April 28, 2014

        Not Bodybuilding Party BYEEE

  11. Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

    FloptureCierror lol b**** you’ve been dragged you stan for the biggest flop in music.
    Lana and Beyonce s*** on Ciara Lana outsold Ciara whole flop discography with one album loser.

    • H2O April 28, 2014

      Is Ciara’s total really under 5 million?

      • Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

        Yes shes bearly sold 4 million albums her last 3 albums haven’t even equaled 500k so sad

  12. H2O April 28, 2014

    Wow, really impressive! Hopefully her album will go platinum too

  13. Rosie April 28, 2014

    The fact that Cedric’s worldwide total to date still doesn’t come close to Born To Die’s first week worldwide.
    It’s not worth my time. I’m about to go to sleep.

    • CherylSoldier April 28, 2014

      But it’s the same with every cheryl single and
      Cambodian number 1/global hit west coast.

  14. Yea ok April 28, 2014

    I have to admit Ariana isn’t in my age bracket of artists I pay attention to but I listened to this song out of curiosity and this is coming from a member of the hive. The song is cute. Will I buy it? No. I’m too old to be driving down the street in my BMW blasting Ariana grande. If she is still around at 25 I’ll check her out. Lol

  15. Dance for Yonce April 28, 2014

    lol why hasnt fantasy ride sold 200k after 5 years?? ahahahahahahahaha

  16. There once was a pimp and his h**…. April 28, 2014

    “Urban pop”? What kind of fuckery?

  17. There once was a pimp and his h**…. April 28, 2014

    Ciara stans are hilarious lol.

    • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

      Lol, Love you baby

  18. NICKI IS QUEEN OTHER B****** TAKE A SEAT April 28, 2014

    I like the song.

    • ChrisTUNA AguiHAHA April 28, 2014

      It has peaked today and will disappear the other day. Her glory is always instant noodle. Remind me of your truly, one of the worst debut album ever. no originality, mariah wannabe, full of copy & paste, generic songs, shitloads, non-factor. still, outsell ciara last summer album

  19. FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

    The fact that Ciara is once again the main topic!!!

    #JobWellDone

    Meanwhile Ciara’s pregnancy photo shoot for W Magazine has been dubbed by the W Mag Editor & Writer (Stefano Tonchi & Sarah Leon ) as #ICONICMaternityFashionShootEVER (Source: http://www. wmagazine .com/people/celebrities/2014/04/ciara-pregnancy-fashion/photos/slide/1)

    But lets stay on topic and not make Ciara and her fans the just of every comment in this Ariana post!!

    • NICKI IS QUEEN OTHER B****** TAKE A SEAT April 28, 2014

      your fave is a flop my dear.

      • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

        Oh how we love to stan for flops right?? The irony…. Still seething over Nicki’s competition Iggy’s success!?

      • NICKI IS QUEEN OTHER B****** TAKE A SEAT April 28, 2014

        seething? who? me? b**** please the queen will drop her album to remind you f*** why she is the queen of rap. It’s good Iggy has this time to shine.. the queen is coming….

  20. Mark111 April 28, 2014

    This is Thrift Shop mixed with Talk Dirty. Pop music really nows how to take something and run it in the ground. And she need to re-record this and work on her enunciation, can’t understand a word she’s saying. I thought the LIVE video was just the sound itself, not the recording sounds like s***. I’m not hating, but she can do better.

    • NICKI IS QUEEN OTHER B****** TAKE A SEAT April 28, 2014

      i see no lies

  21. FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

    Ciara This, Ciara that………….. Csquad this Csquad that…… The #Pressation is LIVE!!!!

    Im glad you know every album title of hers though!

    Some of yall know more stats about Ciara than I do!!

    Kiiiiiii

  22. Stephy April 28, 2014

    *Wakes Up & Listens To The Song. Goes Back To Sleep*

  23. CherylSoldier April 28, 2014

    Robyn slays this.

    • FutureCIARA April 28, 2014

      No Lies

  24. CherylSoldier April 28, 2014

    But west coast didn’t go top 10 in any of the
    European markets that Lana “slays.” Maybe slayriah
    Can see if it went to number 1 on iTunes Malaysia since
    She’s always perched there looking for drags.

  25. Kelly Kelly April 28, 2014

    Guys, how funny though, payola Perry didn’t even win “her” kids choice award last night lol.

    #GrammylessPerry

    • ChrisTUNA AguiHAHA April 28, 2014

      even her childish clown birthday cake cant save her generic pop music. payola perry is a joke

      • Kelly Kelly April 28, 2014

        I must admit, i’m just like the monsters around Grammy time. I too hold my breath when they announce the winner of a category that payola perry is in.

  26. ChrisTUNA AguiHAHA April 28, 2014

    It has peaked today and will disappear the other day. Her glory is always instant noodle. Remind me of your truly, one of the worst debut album ever. no originality, mariah wannabe, full of copy & paste, generic songs, shitloads, non-factor. still, outsold ciara last summer album

  27. Kelly Kelly April 28, 2014

    Hahaha but yes! Slay bit Ariana! I was here for all of it. Snatch Those wigs b****

  28. Kelly Kelly April 28, 2014

    Rosie you shouldn’t talk about being flavour of the moment.
    Didn’t I call out that flop coast wouldn’t sell applause numbers? It might not have been number 1 but it was number 3/2 and stayed in the top 10 for 3 months, longer that payola perry’s roar!

    So while Ariana grande scalpted lana drunk rey, take that parking lot of seats lana will be performing at because if anyone is flavour of the week, it’s floppy del ray.
    #gross

    • Rosie April 28, 2014

      Oh hi again. Is Kelly Kelly’s net worth past what Zooey Deschanel makes for less than a single season of New Girl yet?

  29. rihanna is bigger than beyoncea April 28, 2014

    LOL LOL did u say Ariana is number 1? but RITA WHORA dropped her single in the USA last week, surely she would be number, she was on the tonight show, with some guy throwing paint on her!

    SO, rita gonna end ARIANA GRANDE or RIHANNA? U was talking that Rita was big s*** and no one could f*** withwith her.

  30. royalkev April 28, 2014

    I have no PROBLEM with this girl at all! I’m so glad she’s winning. This industry really needs her kind of talent and none of her peers have more!

  31. Navy Commander(Al Sheikh ABeech) April 28, 2014

    Of course she did go #1 ! all them little kids from the radio disney awards went and brought her song like they always do.

  32. lola April 28, 2014

    Everyone is claiming she is slaying, but the Disney awards are nit that big. This is payola at it’s finest. That. audiences for those awards are no where near that big. The viewers are no where near as bg. This is payola and industry wizards at work.

    • Absolved April 28, 2014

      How is this payola? This isn’t about airplay, it’s sales…

  33. Queen Navy April 28, 2014

    Ouch Mariah. This has got to sting a bit!

  34. Breece April 28, 2014

    I don’t think it’s a summer song I think they did right releasing
    it in late spring ,
    the verses serve spring and with proper pr etc and promo
    it could roll into early mid may , she just can’t let up .
    By June we should have another single . Radio worthy.
    Up tempo . If not then the song needs to be on radio
    within the next week , video within the next two .
    But depending on how well it does by that point they
    might be able to space it out .
    Congrats Ari!

    • Proctor April 28, 2014

      This song IS “uptempo.”

      • Breece April 28, 2014

        I’m aware @ proctor but being that it’ll still be summer
        by the time the next single or song will be released ,
        the follow up needs to be uptempo as well or atleast mid .
        Like how she followed up the way with right there .
        Then by the 3rd single , a ballad will be perfect cuz
        summer will be winding down Into autumn. Good pr and
        Promo and song selection could make this a #1 album for her

  35. LOL April 28, 2014

    LOL NOT ARIANA GOING STRAIGHT TO #1 WHILE FLOPTITION NOSEDIVES!LOL

    • XoMoDe April 28, 2014

      Yeah and how is “G.U.Y.” doing on the charts this week? It is even still in the top 1000? How about that ARTPOP album? Still struggling to good wood?

  36. Auntie_Jackie April 28, 2014

    Everyone knows she’s following Mariah’s blueprint. Many have tried before and failed, but she has the voice, looks and talent to do it. There’s no argument about who is better. Mariah Carey, at her age, was slaying charts, songwriting, album sales, single sales and vocals.

    Ariana Grande is lovely, but in her upper range she’s SCREAMING notes Mariah did in her sleep.

    STOP with the delusions and stan wars. Ariana is a compliment to Mariah, and Lambs should be proud of that!

  37. Jessica Anderson April 28, 2014

    Omgg Ari you slayyyyy every time :O

  38. Rosie April 28, 2014

    Always the same three f*** coming for Lana. What makes it so hilarious is that all four of the nonfactors they stan for are even bigger flops than Lana on a worldwide scale. They can stay pressed.

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