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American pop star, Ariana Grande has officially matched a chart record that was previously achieved by The Beatles thanks to her new album, Thank U,Next.

After numbers came in for her album, which went No. 1, Grande made history by occupying the top-three spots on the Hot 100 chart with her latest singles: “7 Rings,” “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” and “Thank U, Next” (in that exact order).

The Beatles were the last musicians to achieve this back in 1964, when they ruled the charts with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout,” and “Do You Want to Know a Secret.” It’s worth noting that Grande is the first solo artist to set this record, too.

“Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” was only just released on Feb. 7, but it’s already climbing the chart in a way that suggests it’ll reach No. 1 status soon. Meanwhile, “Thank U, Next” was No. 1 for seven weeks, and “7 Rings” has held the No. 1 spot for the last four weeks. Naturally, the popularity of her music has crowned Thank U, Next as the most-streamed pop album ever, and Grande as pop music’s indisputable queen.

 

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According to pop star, Mel B, she once attempted suicide in 2014 to escape her marriage to Stephen Belafonte.

Mel B reveals all this and more in her upcoming memoir titled ‘Brutally Honest’ which she shared excerpts with The Sun.

In the memoir, she writes that the suicide attempt happened as she took nearly 200 aspirin pills on December 11, 2014, while she was in the midst of shooting the live shows for The X Factor in the U.K.

As each pill goes into my mouth, I ask myself: ‘Are you sure?’ And I take another one. Ten, 20, 50, 100. ‘Are you sure?’ One hundred and 20. ‘Are you sure?’ 150. Are you sure?’

Behind the glitter of fame, I felt emotionally battered, estranged from my family. I felt ugly and detested by the very man who once promised to love and protect me, my husband and manager Stephen.

When she got to the 200th pill, however, she stopped saying

I knew I didn’t want to go anywhere. … Suicide was not the answer. I had to make my life count. I had to get to a hospital. I had to get those pills out of my stomach before anything happened.

The Spice Girl and Stephen are now officially divorced.

 

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