Ariana Grande’s “hate that i made you love me” has become the fastest song by a woman to reach 600 million streams on Spotify in 2026, according to Music Mundial’s report published on November 10. The track, released in late May as the lead single from her album Petal, continues to show remarkable strength months after its release — and the milestone puts it ahead of every other song by a woman released this year.
The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Grande her 10th career chart-topper, according to the same report. It has since held strong in the top 10 for multiple weeks and also reached number one on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. It was officially named Song of the Summer at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards — a title that, in a year of heavy competition, says as much about the song’s staying power as its opening week did.
A summer song that did not fade
Most Songs of the Summer fade when the season ends. This one has not. The 600 million streams have arrived in under six months, and the song remains strong on the Billboard Hot 100 and on US pop radio, according to Music Mundial. Early tracking information suggests the single could rise again on the next Hot 100, with some projections pointing to a possible return to the top six — though that is a projection, not a result, and the publisher should treat it as such.
The speed of the milestone is the story. Six hundred million streams is a figure that takes most songs a year or more to reach. Grande’s track has done it in under six months, and it has done it as the fastest by a woman in 2026 — a year in which the streaming charts have been dominated by long-running hits, from Ella Langley’s 27-week Hot 100 record to Jennie’s 58-week climb to the top three.
Ten number ones and counting
The Hot 100 debut at number one gave Grande her 10th career chart-topper, a figure that puts her among the most successful chart artists of her generation. The song’s continued strength on pop radio, where it reached number one on the Pop Airplay chart, suggests the milestone is not a streaming-only phenomenon. It is a song that has worked on every format — streaming, radio and sales — and the 600 million streams are the latest evidence of it.
