snippet of "Best Mistake" onto her Instagram profile. The song finally came out on August 12, and the release added more speculation to the relationship rumors between Grande and Big Sean. Commercial performance In the United States, shortly after its release, the song reached number two on the weekly Billboard Twitter Real-Time chart and topped the iTunes singles chart. It sold 104,000 digital downloads in its first week, landing at number six on the Digital Songs chart. This made Grande the first female to have three songs in the top ten on that chart, the other two being "Bang Bang" and "Break Free." The last artist to do this was Michael Jackson, shortly after his death, on the issue dated July 18, 2009. The sales of "Best Mistake" also helped it land at number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100 In Canada, the track appeared on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 39. In European nations, "Best Mistake" debuted at number 49 and 10 on the Flanders Ultratop 50 and Urban chart respectively, number 29 on the Danish Tracklisten chart, 23 on the Finnish Singles Chart, 103 on the French SNEP chart, 5 on the Billboard Greek Digital chart, 67 on the Netherlands Mega Single Top 100, 35 on the Spain PROMUSICAE chart, and number 154 on the UK Singles Chart. In Oceania, it reached number 45 and 19 on the Australian ARIA pop and urban songs chart respectively, and 29 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart. On the Billboard Japan Hot 100, it peaked at the 74th spot. As of Year-End 2016, Best Mistake has sold 684,337 digital downloads in South Korea, according to Gaon Music Chart. Critical reception Evan Sawdey of PopMatters called it the second best song from My Everything, coming close to "Love Me Harder", and Bustle writer Kadeen Griffiths called it "one of Grande's best love songs so far." HollywoodLife's Caitlin Beck said it was "sure to be another hit!" Carolyn Menyes of the Music Times applauded Grande for her calming vocals and transition into a more mature sound of music. Billboard's Jason Lipshutz called the production "impressive" and said the song "rows stickier upon each listen". Digital Spy writer Lewis Corner and Entertainmentwise's Shaun Kitchener noted the song showed her R&B roots, the latter stating that it "wouldn't have sounded out of place on Kelly Rowland's under-rated last album [Talk a Good