Better With U

"Better With U" is the lead single and second track from BJAYE's sixth studio album, My One. It was released through Republic Records on April 28, 2034. The song features recording artist Ariana Grande. 
The song is about knowing you would be better with someone that you truly love so much and want to spend the rest of your life with. "Better With U" debuted at #1 the Billboard Hot 100, becoming BJAYE's ninth No. 1 with combined sales and track-equivalent streams of 9 million units. (See Chart Performances)
==Background==
In Early 2032, BJAYE began working on My One with producers from his previous album as well as some new producers. It was announced on April 3, 2034, that BJAYE would be releasing the first single from his upcoming sixth studio album, and that i will feature someone that's been featured on multiple albums of his. After recording multiple songs for the album, BJAYE stated that he had chosen the first single from his album. On April 7, 2014, it was officially announced that "Better With U" would be the title of the lead single from the album. Initially while recording songs for the album. On April 9, 2034, Grande posted a story that says "better with u". Then fans started speculating after BJAYE quoted and said "someone that's been featured on multiple albums of mines". They automatically knew that she would be featured on BJAYE's lead single.
==Promotion and release==
BJAYE posted a snippet of the song on April 2, 2034. Following his song release Instagram Live, the song was released at midnight on iTunes on April 28, 2034. 20 minutes after its release "Better With U" shot to number one on the iTunes singles charts in over 30 countries, including the United States.
==Music video==
The official music video for "Better With U" was filmed 1 month before its release on March 28, 2034. On April 8, 2034, BJAYE previewed photos from the songs video shoot, which features BJAYE on top a building while Grande rocks big blonde hair. The official music video was released on April 28, 2034, along with the song. The video shows BJAYE dancing with his backup dancers, interlacing with him hanging out with Grande.
===Lyric video===
The video was released onto BJAYE's official channel on May 1. The video features both Grande & BJAYE. As of December 2036, the lyric video has over 49 million views on YouTube.
==Commercial performance==
Upon its release, the song debuted at number one position on the US iTunes Store song chart in 5 minutes, breaking the previous record, which reached number one within 1 minute. In the United States, "Better With U" debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which spent 8 consecutive weeks at No. 1 & projected over 595,000 units in its first week, following his previous single "Breakup Dreams", which was 300,000 sales away from surpassing as his most sold single in it's first week. This became BJAYE's fourth best-selling single. The song is certified 9x platinum, which is now eligible for Diamond.
===Spotify Records===
"Better With U" debuted at number one on the US Spotify Top 50 (5.5m) & Global (23.5m), in it's first day it projected over 23.5 million streams, and projeced over 156m streams in it's first week becoming BJAYE's second highest song to project the most streams in its first week behind Breakup Dreams (238m). It surpassed 100 millions streams in 5 days becoming BJAYE’s third fastest song to surpass 100m. 
===Billboard Hot 100===
"Better With U" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, on the week dated May 13, 2034, becoming BJAYE's thirteenth number one and Grande's fifteenth number one. The song spent 7 consecutive weeks at number one and spent 22 consecutive weeks in the Top 10. On April 29, 2034, Billboard reported that "Better With U" would most likely sell more than 500,000 copies by the end of its first week of availability in the United States, as well as that the song could easily debut at number 1 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart regardless of any added airplay or streaming points. In addition to its sales, which accounted for the majority of its debut chart points on the Hot 100, "Better With U" began receiving early radio support. The song drew 393 first-day plays on 87 stations on the day of its release, according to Nielsen BDS. Pop Songs reporter KIIS Los Angeles led all stations with 27 first-day plays. Among all stations, "Better With U" garnered 13.8 million in opening-day radio audience.
On Billboard Pop Songs, the song debuted at number 28 and reached number 21 in its second week on the chart. It debuted at number 24 on Billboard Rhythmic Songs chart, it moved up eight places to number 16 in its second week on the chart and peaked at number one. It eventually reached number one on both the Billboard Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs charts, becoming Grande's first number one single on both charts. "Problem" just missed the entry into the Billboard Radio Songs chart in its first week of availability. It officially entered in at number 30 on the chart, up 70% in audience impressions from 24 million to 41 million. It rocketed 14 spots to number 16 in its second week, granting it the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award. It reached the top 10 of the Radio Songs chart at number 10 in its third week on the chart, up 30% in audience impressions from 56 million to 73 million. The song reached a peak of Number 2 in its 7th week and remained there for 3 weeks. In addition to this, the track also debuted on the Streaming Songs chart at number nine in its first week and moved five spots to number four in its second week, with a weekly peak of 4.4 million and 6.5 million, respectively. It has since peaked at number two in its third week on the chart.
"Problem" debuted atop the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart at number one, selling 438,000 copies in its opening week, thus earning Grande the highest first-week sales numbers of 2014 at the time and also her biggest digital song sales week ever, breaking her previous record held by "The Way", which sold 219,000 digital copies for the week ending April 5, 2013. It is Grande's first number-one single on that chart. It is the overall 9th biggest debut for a digital song and is the 5th largest by a female artist, behind Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (2012), Katy Perry's "Roar" (2013), Swift's "Shake It Off" (2014) and Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (2011). Further, at 20 years old, Grande became the youngest woman to debut with more than 400,000 downloads. "Problem" also became the highest debut for a collaboration of only female soloists since "Give Me All Your Luvin'" by Madonna, Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. debuted at number 13 on the chart following Madonna's Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show performance in February 2012. "Problem" spent a second week at number one on the Digital Songs chart with an additional 235,000 units sold, despite a 46% drop. The song topped the chart again in its third week selling 248,000 units, before slipping one spot to number two in its fourth week on the chart, despite a 15% growth of 284,000 units. The song reached its first million sales mark in the United States on May 28, 2014. On May 29, 2014, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, becoming Grande's second song to be certified platinum. As of April 2018, "Problem" has sold 3.7 million copies in the United States.
In Canada, "Better With U" debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 on May 13, 2034, becoming his twelfth number one in that country, making him the third male artist with the most number ones in Canada Hot 100 History. In its second week on the chart the song stayed stable at number one. It kept at this for eight weeks.
=== Europe and Oceania ===
In the United Kingdom, "Problem" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on July 6, 2014 ― for the week ending date July 12, 2014 ― becoming Grande's fourth charting single and first chart-topper in Britain and Azalea's seventh and first respectively. According to the Official Charts Company, "Problem" made British chart history upon its debut as the first song to top the charts in Britain based on both sales and streaming, with a combined 'chart sales' figure of 113,000. In the Belgian Ultratop 50, "Problem" peaked at number 26 in Flanders and number 40 in Wallonia. It also debuted at number 22 in Switzerland, becoming Grande's first charting single in that country. It also appeared in the Netherlands at number 10, in Spain at number 11, in Austria at number 31, in Germany at number 25 and in Brazil at number 87.
In New Zealand, "Problem" made its first chart appearance on the New Zealand Singles Chart on the issue dated May 5, 2014. It debuted at the number-one spot on the chart, becoming the highest debut of the week, making it Grande's first single to top the charts in New Zealand, first top debut and her second top forty single. In its second week on the chart, the song dropped two spots to number three being replaced by the songs featured artist Iggy Azalea, whose single "Fancy" featuring Charli XCX took over the top spot. In Azalea's native Australia, "Problem" gave Grande her first top 10 hit after it debuted at number four on the Australian Singles Chart, and eventually ascended to number two in its second week on the chart. It stayed in the top two for two consecutive weeks, Grande's previous best effort on the chart was "The Way" which peaked at number 37 in April 2013 and also became her second top 40 effort there. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), "Problem" has achieved global sales of 9 millions of units (combined sales plus streaming data) as of 2015, ranking as the eighth best-selling single of 2014 and making it one of the best-selling singles worldwide.
==Live performances==
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