Ariana Grande’s Chart Comeback Involves Four Bestselling Smashes

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentAriana Grande’s Chart Comeback Involves Four Bestselling SmashesByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorJun 02, 2026, 09:25am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Four singles by Ariana Grande — "Positions, "Hampstead," "Twilight Zone" and "34+35" — return to the charts in the U.K., as do a pair of albums. US singer-songwriter Ariana Grande attends the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesFor a while, it seemed like Ariana Grande was planning to step away from her music career. She found great success as a movie actress with the two Wicked films, and it felt like overnight, Grande morphed from one of the world's hottest pop stars into not just a commercially viable, but a critically acclaimed actress – one who even earned her first Academy Award nomination thanks to the musical. Grande quickly signed on to star in Focker-in-Law, the fourth installment in the comedy series, which is coming later this year, but thankfully, she is not walking away from the medium that turned her into a household name. On July 31, Grande will drop Petal, her eighth album. Lead single "Hate That I Made You Love Me" arrived in late May and is headed for lofty debuts on charts all around the world in just a few days. The excitement around a new Grande era beginning seems to have reminded fans in the United Kingdom to not only return to some of her most popular – and relatively recent – singles, but to purchase them in large enough numbers to turn them into smashes once more.Ariana Grande Returns With Four SmashesFour songs by Grande reappear...