Ariana Grande is officially in full bloom on the Billboard 200.

For, the superstar’s eighth studio album ‘Petal’ has premiered atop the coveted count, delivering huge numbers in the process.

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Ariana Grande’s ‘Petal’ First-Week Sales

First-Week Sales [SPS]: 295,000 units
First-Week Sales [Pure]: 168,000 units
Billboard 200 Debut: #1

As reported, early forecasts had Grande eyeing a launch around the 300,000 mark.

Now, the final numbers are in and ‘Petal’ has officially opened with 295,000 equivalent album units.

The tally delivers Grande her seventh #1 album on the Billboard 200 and her biggest overall opening of the 2020s. It’s her sixth consecutive winner.

Of its total, a mighty 168,000 came from traditional album sales, just 1,000 shy of the career-best 169,000 pure copies ‘My Everything’ sold during its opening week in 2014.

Streaming accounted for a further 126,000 units, powered by 128.83 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs.

Grande also moved a career-best 96,000 copies of ‘Petal’ on vinyl.

With seven Billboard 200 chart-toppers, the songbird now ties Janet Jackson and Lady Gaga for the fifth-most #1 albums among solo women in the chart’s history.

The feat arrives after lead single ‘Hate That I Made You Love Me’ earned Grande her milestone 10th Billboard Hot 100 #1.

And while the songbird may be gearing up for a hiatus, it’s clear that her music is taking residence in pole position.

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