Chart Commentary — JUNE 13, 2026

“hate that” I DEBUTED AT #1

Ariana Grande’s “hate that i made you love me” bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the pop superstar’s milestone 10th career leader on the chart. She ties for the 10th-most No. 1s over the survey’s history.  Grande earns her 10th Hot 100 No. 1. She tallies her eighth No. 1 debut, tying Taylor Swift for the most among women; Drake leads all acts with 10 chart-topping entrances.

Ariana Grande’s Hot 100 No. 1s:

• “hate that i made you love me,” one week at No. 1 to date, June 13, 2026*
• “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” one, March 23, 2024*
• “Yes, And?,” one, Jan. 27, 2024*
• “Die for You,” with The Weeknd, one, March 11, 2023
• “Save Your Tears,” with The Weeknd, two weeks, beginning May 8, 2021
• “Positions,” one, Nov. 7, 2020*
• “Rain on Me,” with Lady Gaga, one, June 6, 2020*
• “Stuck With U,” with Justin Bieber, one, May 23, 2020*
• “7 Rings,” eight, beginning Feb. 2, 2019*
• “Thank U, Next,” seven, beginning Nov. 17, 2018*

*No. 1 debut

Grande ties for the 10th-most Hot 100 No. 1s all-time, joining a dozen other acts with double-digit totals. Here’s the leaderboard:

• 20, The Beatles
• 19, Mariah Carey
• 14, Drake
• 14, Rihanna
• 14, Taylor Swift
• 13, Michael Jackson
• 12, Madonna
• 12, The Supremes
• 11, Whitney Houston
• 10, Ariana Grande
• 10, Janet Jackson
• 10, Bruno Mars
• 10, Stevie Wonder

Meanwhile, dating to Grande’s first Hot 100 leader, she passes Swift’s nine for the most among all acts in that span.

“hate that” THE FIRST SINGLES FROM MY ALBUMS GO TOP 10

With “hate that i made you love me” ushering in Grande’s album Petal, she extends her unprecedented streak of debuting the first single from each of her proper studio albums in the Hot 100’s top 10. Here’s a rundown.

Album, Lead single, Hot 100 debut/peak if different, Year:

• Petal, “hate that i made you love me,” No. 1, 2026
• Eternal Sunshine, “Yes, And?,” No. 1, 2024
• Positions, “Positions,” No. 1, 2020
• Thank U, Next, “Thank U, Next,” No. 1, 2018
• Sweetener, “No Tears Left To Cry,” No. 3, 2018
• Dangerous Woman, “Dangerous Woman,” No. 10/8, 2016
• My Everything, “Problem,” feat. Iggy Azalea, No. 3/2, 2014
• Yours Truly, “The Way,” feat. Mac Miller, No. 10/9, 2013

In addition to being Grande’s 10th Hot 100 No. 1, “hate that i made you love me” is her 24th top 10. She last added to her total in December 2024 with “Santa Tell Me”; her 2014 carol hit a No. 5 best this past holiday season.

“hate that” HATE HAS ITS FIRST #1

Grande has the two of the last three Hot 100 No. 1s with the word “love” in their titles, with “hate that i made you love me” following Morgan Wallen’s “Love Somebody” (in November 2024) and her “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).”

The word “hate” appears in a leading Hot 100 song title for the first time. It outperforms “Hate It or Love It,” by The Game featuring 50 Cent, a No. 2 hit in 2005. (Plus, Johnny Hates Jazz sent its pop classic “Shattered Dreams” to No. 2 in 1988.)

The score for songs with a form of “love” in their names vs. songs with “hate” atop the Hot 100? It’s 124 to one (with even the first such latter No. 1 also including “love,” thanks to Grande).

The word “love” first contributed to the title of a Hot 100 leader when the Teddy Bears’ “To Know Him, Is to Love Him” notched three weeks at No. 1 in December 1958, four months after the chart began.

Jarrett Nolan

I was born a poor Black child into a family that put the “fun” in dysfunction. But through that fun, there was A LOT of music. At a very young age, my parents introduced me to everything ranging from Doo Wop to the British Invasion to Motown to Philly Soul to Psychedlic Rock to Funk.

Since I’m a Jersey boy born-n-bred, I landed a job at WHTZ (Z100) as a producer. I gave the DJs info about artists to read on-air – most of mine were chart-related, naturally.

I did double duty at WSBG, a small market radio station in the Poconos, as a DJ because I have a face for radio.

Through a random twist of fate, I wound up at BMG Distribution in Times Square. Shortly after, I ended up at Arista (shouldn’t have done that!). My career in the music industry ended with a stint at being a personal assistant to alterna-rap act PM Dawn.

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