Ariana Grande may be well on her way to having 2024’s biggest first-week sales thanks to the impressive figures attached to her March 8-released studio album, ‘Eternal Sunshine,’ but the Billboard 200 won’t be the only place her name is glowing as ‘We Can’t Be Friends‘ – the LP’s latest single – is on pace to top next week’s Hot 100.

Already a fan favorite from its parent project, interest in the Max Martin-produced cut skyrocketed over the weekend thanks to Grande’s soaring debut live performance during a stint on ‘SNL‘ on Saturday (March 9).

Before that, the GRAMMY winner lifted the lid on her tribute to Jim Carrey‘s 2004 film ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind‘ for the tune’s official music video.

Now, her bid to ensure ‘Friends’ lands atop the updated Hot 100 comes courtesy of three new versions: string, a capella, and instrumental.

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Rihanna and SZA are the only Black women in the nearly 78-year history of Billboard’s all-genre album chart to own projects that have charted for over 300 weeks (the equivalent of nearly 6 years).

While Rih leads the pack with the 410-week stay of her last LP, the 2016-released ‘Anti,’ the ongoing success of SZA’s 2017 debut album, ‘CTRL,’ puts it in a unique Billboard club due to its extended tenancy on the chart.

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Victoria Monet‘s breakout hit, ‘On My Mama,’ continues to birth “firsts” for the multi-talented songstress.

As if becoming her first Billboard #1 hit wasn’t enough to boast, the D’Mile-produced tune also owns the title of being her first Hot 100 top 40 hit and it helped lead to the capture of her inaugural trio of GRAMMYs at this year’s ceremony.

Most recently, ‘Mama’ was met with news from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) that it had become her first Platinum-certified hit.

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Halle Bailey is aiming to blaze with her brand new single, ‘In Your Hands.’

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Dua Lipa has officially announced her third studio album – and it’ll see her serve up a hearty helping of ‘Radical Optimism.’

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Zayn is zooming forward with the release of his fourth studio album, which he has officially announced is titled ‘Room Under the Stairs.’

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Chris Brown is expanding his latest album, ’11:11,’ will a special deluxe edition.

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Megan Thee Stallion is set to turn up the heat this summer.

For, the chart-topping rapper has announced her aptly titled live trek, the ‘Hot Girl Summer Tour.’

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Jennifer Lopez takes centerstage new Netflix epic, ‘Atlas.’

Set to premiere May 24 on the streamer, the Brad Peyton-directed film sees the multihyphenate star as the titular character – Atlas Shepherd.

A decorated data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, she boards a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. However, when those plans take a sharp left, her sole hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to… trust it.

Ahead of the arrival of ‘Atlas,’ check out the first-look trailer…

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Megan Thee Stallion has had a busy year so far, and it looks as though it will continue with her hinting at the possibility of more new music.

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Ariana Grande‘s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ is doing better than expected on the sales front.

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Kehlani‘s new album is almost done and they have shared an update as to where the project stands.

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