Meaning she is the #1 artist in the country this week.
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Ariana Grande Crowns Billboard Artist 100
NEWS
By Gary Trust | August 21, 2014 9:00 AM EDT
Ariana Grande is the top artist in the U.S. this week, as she vaults 4-1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart, marking her first week atop the ranking. She also becomes the first female artist to lead the list.
The Artist 100 (which launched six weeks ago) provides the first weekly ranking dedicated to measuring artist activity across Billboard's most influential charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Social 50, among others. The Artist 100 is modeled after the formula utilized to compile Billboard's annual Year in Music Top Artist list (as well as the Billboard Music Awards Artist of the Year category), blending information from album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Grande takes over at the Artist 100 summit with a 54 percent surge in overall points, and with digital song sales the biggest driver (47 percent) of her total weekly activity. She boasts three songs in the Digital Songs chart's top six: "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj; 131,000 sold in the week ending Aug. 17, according to Nielsen SoundScan); "Break Free" (featuring Zedd), which blasts 14-4 with a 54 percent gain to 116,000 after its video premiered on Aug. 12; and "Best Mistake" (featuring Big Sean), which bows at No. 6 with 104,000 sold in its first week.
Grande is the only woman to claim three of the top six titles on Digital Songs simultaneously, and the first artist to manage the feat since Michael Jackson following his death in 2009. She also rebounds 15-11 on Digital Songs with her former three-week No. 1 "Problem" (featuring Iggy Azalea) (83,000, up 12 percent).
A fairly even split of streaming, radio airplay and social activity follow Grande's song sales, with sales of her nearly year-old debut album Yours Truly rounding out her points total. Her second album, My Everything, arrives Monday(Aug. 25). (The standard edition features all of the songs above except for "Bang Bang"; the deluxe version includes the triple-diva treat.)
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The entire top 100:
This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 4 4 7 #1 1 wk Ariana Grande, Republic 1
2 1 2 7 Sam Smith, Capitol 1
3 2 3 7 Iggy Azalea, Turn First/Hustle Gang | Def Jam 2
4 7 12 7 Luke Bryan, Capitol Nashville | UMGN 4
5 13 20 5 Meghan Trainor, Epic 5
6 5 7 7 MAGIC!, Latium | RCA 3
7 8 10 7 Katy Perry, Capitol 7
8 6 6 7 5 Seconds Of Summer, Hey Or Hi | Capitol 1
9 12 11 7 OneRepublic, Mosley/Interscope | IGA 6
10 10 8 7 Florida Georgia Line, Republic Nashville | BMLG 4
11 9 5 7 Maroon 5, 222/Interscope | IGA 5
12 14 13 7 Charli XCX, Neon Gold/Atlantic | AG 12
13 15 14 7 Ed Sheeran, Atlantic | AG 5
14 3 17 7 Nicki Minaj, Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 3
15 19 19 7 Sia, Monkey Puzzle | RCA 5
16 20 22 7 Drake, Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 16
17 16 18 7 Jason Aldean, Broken Bow | BBMG 10
18 17 16 7 Nico & Vinz, Warner Bros. 12
19 18 15 7 Pharrell Williams, i am other | Columbia 9
20 0 Re-Entry 2 Troye Sivan, Capitol 20
21 23 26 7 Eminem, Web/Shady/Aftermath/Interscope | IGA 20
22 32 40 7 Wiz Khalifa, Rostrum/Atlantic | AG 22
23 25 27 7 Coldplay, Parlophone/Atlantic | AG 23
24 22 23 7 John Legend, G.O.O.D. | Columbia 15
25 40 30 7 Lorde, Lava | Republic 21
26 91 92 5 Sam Hunt, MCA Nashville | UMGN 26
27 49 38 7 Chris Brown, RCA 27
28 0 New 1 The Gaslight Anthem, Island 28
29 53 49 7 Kenny Chesney, Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville | SMN 29
30 35 28 7 Trey Songz, Songbook/Atlantic | AG 1
31 28 24 7 Jason Derulo, Beluga Heights | Warner Bros. 9
32 33 31 7 Bruno Mars, Atlantic | AG 26
33 37 36 7 Enrique Iglesias, Universal Music Latino/Republic | UMLE 33
34 29 43 7 One Direction, SYCO | Columbia 29
35 26 32 7 Imagine Dragons, KIDinaKORNER/Interscope | IGA 22
36 50 37 7 Michael Jackson, MJJ | Epic 30
37 21 25 7 Beyonce, Parkwood | Columbia 21
38 36 29 7 Justin Timberlake, RCA 20
39 31 45 7 Miranda Lambert, RCA Nashville | SMN 18
40 41 39 7 Becky G, Kemosabe | RCA 32
41 44 41 7 Dierks Bentley, Capitol Nashville | UMGN 35
42 48 58 7 Demi Lovato, Hollywood 42
43 34 35 7 Brantley Gilbert, Valory | BMLG 28
44 54 52 7 Blake Shelton, Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 27
45 38 33 7 Calvin Harris, deConstruction/Fly Eye/Ultra/Roc Nation | Columbia 18
46 30 42 7 Miley Cyrus, RCA 25
47 55 60 5 Clean Bandit, Atlantic | AG 47
48 47 44 7 Disclosure, Method/PMR/Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA 36
49 43 48 7 Lady Antebellum, Capitol Nashville | UMGN 39
50 93 84 7 Linkin Park, Machine Shop | Warner Bros. 49
51 45 47 7 Lana Del Rey, Polydor/Interscope | IGA 16
52 11 – 2 Godsmack, Republic 11
53 42 34 7 Justin Bieber, SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun | Island 34
54 63 65 4 Rita Ora, Roc Nation | Columbia 54
55 52 50 7 ScHoolboy Q, Top Dawg/Interscope | IGA 49
56 57 79 7 Cole Swindell, Warner Bros. Nashville | WMN 56
57 62 68 4 Echosmith, Warner Bros. 57
58 60 63 7 KONGOS, Tokoloshe | Epic 42
59 27 1 3 Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Reprise | Warner Bros. 1
60 58 56 7 Lee Brice, Curb 56
61 51 66 7 Eric Church, EMI Nashville | UMGN 51
62 39 21 3 Eric Clapton, Bushbranch | Surfdog 21
63 79 70 5 Tove Lo, Island 63
64 61 59 7 Bastille, Virgin | Capitol 45
65 59 67 7 Zac Brown Band, Southern Ground 59
66 92 95 5 Childish Gambino, Glassnote 66
67 77 94 3 Jeremih, Mick Schultz | Def Jam 67
68 89 89 5 Zedd, Interscope | IGA 68
69 0 Re-Entry 3 Taylor Swift, Big Machine | BMLG 69
70 56 54 7 Pitbull, Mr. 305/Famous Artist/Polo Grounds | Sony Music Latin/RCA/RCA 48
71 0 New 1 Tank, MoGame/Sound Base/Atlantic | AG 71
72 73 74 7 YG, Pushaz Ink/CTE | Def Jam 69
73 69 72 6 Tim McGraw, Big Machine | BMLG 69
74 66 64 7 Avicii, PRMD | Island 50
75 76 86 4 Chase Rice, Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville | SMN 75
76 70 88 5 T.I., Grand Hustle | Columbia 70
77 64 75 7 Arctic Monkeys, Domino 64
78 75 69 7 American Authors, Dirty Canvas | Island 61
79 0 Re-Entry 5 August Alsina, NNTME MuCo. | Def Jam 54
80 81 80 7 Ingrid Michaelson, Cabin 24 | Mom + Pop 79
81 78 96 4 Brad Paisley, Arista Nashville | SMN 78
82 83 57 3 Jessie J, Lava | Republic 57
83 67 61 7 Paramore, Fueled By Ramen | AG 35
84 82 99 7 Ellie Goulding, Cherrytree/Interscope | IGA 81
85 68 55 5 Kidz Bop Kids, Razor & Tie 21
86 80 83 7 Rihanna, SRP | Def Jam 68
87 65 62 7 MKTO, Columbia 43
88 88 78 7 Lil Wayne, Young Money/Cash Money | Republic 55
89 90 81 7 Kid Ink, Tha Alumni Group/88 Classic | RCA 66
90 86 91 4 Tinashe, RCA 86
91 72 9 3 Shawn Mendes, Island 9
92 71 87 7 Adele, XL | Columbia 71
93 0 New 1 Kiesza, Lokal Legend/4th & Broadway | Island 93
94 0 Re-Entry 2 Passenger, Black Crow | Nettwerk 94
95 97 – 2 Rich Homie Quan, Rich Homiez | Thinkitsagame 95
96 85 71 7 Usher, RCA 64
97 0 New 1 G-Eazy, G-Eazy/RVG | BPG 97
98 94 93 7 P!nk, RCA 82
99 74 73 7 Jake Owen, RCA Nashville | SMN 41
100 0 New 1 Porter Robinson, Sample Sized | Astralwerks 100