Ariana Grande has secured her seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as her latest release, Petal, debuted atop the chart dated August 15, according to Billboard. The 12-track album opened with 295,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the tracking week ending August 6, marking her biggest weekly performance by units this decade .

The debut also delivered Grande's strongest pure album sales week in more than a decade, with 168,000 copies sold . That figure trails only her 2014 album My Everything, which moved 169,000 copies in its opening week . Vinyl sales were a significant driver of the album's success, totaling 96,000 copies—Grande's best-ever week on the format and the fifth-largest vinyl sales week of 2026 overall .

The album's streaming performance was equally impressive, generating 128.83 million on-demand official streams, translating to 126,000 streaming equivalent album units . Petal was released across an extensive array of formats, including ten vinyl variants, five CD editions, two cassette versions, and more than ten digital variants featuring bonus content such as live recordings, voice notes, a cappellas, and instrumentals .

The album arrived without any featured artists and was preceded by the lead single "Hate That I Made You Love Me," which gave Grande her ninth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it debuted atop the chart in June . With this achievement, Grande now ties for the fifth-most No. 1 albums among solo women in Billboard 200 history alongside Janet Jackson and Lady Gaga, trailing only Taylor Swift (15), Barbra Streisand (11), Madonna (10), and Beyoncé (eight) .

Why this matters

Grande's seventh chart-topping album underscores her sustained commercial dominance nearly a decade after her first No. 1, positioning her among the most successful solo female artists in Billboard history. The album's massive vinyl sales also reflect the ongoing resurgence of physical music formats, a trend that has reshaped the industry's revenue streams over the past several years.

She is currently in the midst of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, which runs through September 1.