Ariana Grande Stars In Sixth Episode Of Spotify’s ‘The Billions Club’
The “thank u, next” singer’s new album ‘eternal sunshine’ will arrive on March 8.
Spotify revealed that Ariana Grande is the star of the sixth episode of “Billions Club: The Series” – the digital franchise featuring artists celebrating the career milestone of surpassing one billion streams on Spotify.
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The new episode focuses on Grande becoming the first female artist to have 14 songs pass one billion streams in Spotify history. Taking a break from recording at Jungle City Studios in New York City, Ariana received all fourteen plaques for “One Last Time,” “Bang Bang (with Jesse J & Nicki Minaj),” “Santa Tell Me,” “Dangerous Woman,” “Side To Side,” “Into You,” “no tears left to cry,” “God is a woman,” “thank u, next,” “7 rings,” “Stuck with U (with Justin Bieber),” “Rain On Me (with Lady Gaga),” “positions,” and “Save Your Tears (with The Weeknd).”
While paying homage to each single by sharing behind the scenes anecdotes and suppling each plaque with a memento of the music video, Ariana Grande said, “We have crammed so much into the last ten years, and I am so grateful for the love and support of the people who listen to these songs. This really shook me a little.”
Last month, Grande announced her highly anticipated seventh full length album, eternal sunshine, which will be released on March 8 via Republic Records.
A week before the announce (January 10), Grande released the album’s lead single “yes, and?” – written and produced by the singer, along with Max Martin, and Ilya Salmanzadeh. The song was accompanied by an official video directed by Christian Breslauer, which intentionally channels Paula Abdul’s 1988 clip for “Cold Hearted.” The buzz around the song was so strong on Friday that Abdul was trending on Twitter for much of the day.
“WOW! Waking up to see Ariana Grande pay homage to ‘Cold Hearted’ in her new music video ‘yes, and?’ was EVERYTHING!!!,” Abdul wrote on social media. “What an honor! What was your favorite part of the video? I love you, Ari!!!”
