:Sweetener (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Sweetener

| type = studio

| cover = Sweetener album cover.png

| alt = A portrait of Ariana Grande, shown upside down. Looking to the right side of the image, she wears a sleeveless shirt, a white wig, and a nude lipstick, the latter of which matching the color of the background and the shirt. At the bottom of the cover art, small text that reads "Sweetener" is displayed in black.

| released = {{Start date|2018|8|17}}

| recorded = July 2016 – May 2018{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004781006283366400|via=Twitter|title=Ariana Grande on Twitter|access-date=June 7, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115073920/https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1004781006283366400|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004781113414332416|via=Twitter|title=Ariana Grande on Twitter|access-date=June 7, 2018|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217033558/https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004781113414332416|url-status=live}}

| studio =

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| genre =

| length = 47:25

| label = Republic

| producer =

| prev_title = The Best

| prev_year = 2017

| year = 2018

| next_title = Thank U, Next

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sweetener

| type = studio

| single1 = No Tears Left to Cry

| single1date = April 20, 2018

| single2 = God Is a Woman

| single2date = July 13, 2018

| single3 = Breathin

| single3date = September 18, 2018

}}

Sweetener is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande. It was released on August 17, 2018, through Republic Records. Grande co-wrote all the songs on the album except for the first track, and its production was handled by Pharrell Williams, Charles Anderson, Hit-Boy, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Max Martin, with guest features from Williams, Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliott.

The album explores themes of romance, sexual intimacy, unhealthy relationships, womanhood, anxiety, and perseverance through hardships. Primarily a pop, R&B and trap record, it also incorporates elements of house, funk, neo soul and hip hop music, mainly consisting of uptempo tunes and downtempo ballads, which heavily incorporate harmonies. Sweetener received critical acclaim upon its release, favoring the experimental nature of its production. Some critics considered it a vital record in Grande's career due to its subject matter. It won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, scoring Grande her first Grammy Award. Sweetener featured in numerous publications' year-end music lists of the best albums of 2018, and was subsequently inducted in decade-end lists of the 2010s.

Three singles were released from Sweetener, all of which reached the top-fifteen of the US Billboard Hot 100. The lead single, "No Tears Left to Cry", debuted and peaked at number three, while the second and third singles, "God Is a Woman" and "Breathin", reached numbers eight and twelve, respectively. Sweetener debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making it Grande's third album to reach the summit. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and topped charts in other countries including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Grande ventured on a four-show promotional tour, The Sweetener Sessions, following the album's release. To further support both Sweetener and its successor, Thank U, Next (2019), Grande embarked on the Sweetener World Tour in 2019.

Background and recording

On May 20, 2016, Grande released her third studio album Dangerous Woman, which was met with positive reviews and commercial success. Work on Sweetener commenced around early July of that year, the first song created being the title track, co-written and produced by Pharrell Williams.{{Cite web|title=sometime in 2016 (maybe early july?) & it was sweetener|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004781006283366400|last=Grande|first=Ariana|date=June 7, 2018|website=@ArianaGrande|language=en|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115073920/https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1004781006283366400|url-status=live}} On November 13, 2016, Grande stated on Snapchat that she had finished her fourth album. Later, she clarified by saying, "I didn't mean to make an album, and I don't know if it's done at all, but I just have a bunch of songs that I really really like. I've been working a lot and have been creating and feeling inspired."{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7650926/ariana-grande-fourth-new-album|title=Ariana Grande Is Already Working On Her Fourth Album|date=November 13, 2016|website=Idolator|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115175506/https://www.idolator.com/7650926/ariana-grande-fourth-new-album|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2954454/ariana-grande-almost-done-fourth-album/|title=Ariana Grande's Been So 'Inspired' That She Already Made Her Next Album|publisher=MTV|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=September 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917182859/http://www.mtv.com/news/2954454/ariana-grande-almost-done-fourth-album/|url-status=dead}} Further confirmation came in December 2017, when Grande confirmed that she was still working on the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8070707/ariana-grande-confirms-working-fourth-studio-album|title=Ariana Grande Confirms She's Working On Her Fourth Studio Album|magazine=Billboard|last=Rice|first=Nicholas|date=December 15, 2017|access-date=May 5, 2018|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909230838/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8070707/ariana-grande-confirms-working-fourth-studio-album|url-status=live}}

Grande's manager Scooter Braun told Variety that the album has a more mature sound: "It's time for [Ariana] to sing the songs that define her... Whitney, Mariah, Adele – when they sing, that's their song. Ariana has big vocal moments; it's time for her song."{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/music/features/scooter-braun-acts-bieber-kanye-1202620913|title=From Ariana to Watt: Catching Up With Scooter Braun's 20 Clients as SB Projects Turns 10|date=November 22, 2017|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128104310/https://variety.com/2017/music/features/scooter-braun-acts-bieber-kanye-1202620913/|url-status=live}} Williams told Los Angeles Times: "The things that [Ariana] has to say on this album, it's pretty next-level."{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-chanel-pharrell-sneakers-20171122-story.html|title=Pharrell Williams' latest Adidas Originals collaboration is a super-exclusive pair of co-branded Chanel kicks|first=Joelle|last=Diderich|date=November 22, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 3, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204095924/https://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-wwd-chanel-pharrell-sneakers-20171122-story.html|url-status=live}} Producers Max Martin and Savan Kotecha were later confirmed to have collaborated with Grande in the album.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/ariana-grande-to-drop-first-single-from-new-album-on-april-27-1202747183/|title=Ariana Grande to Drop First Single From New Album on April 27|first=Jem|last=Aswad|date=April 9, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-date=March 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315143520/https://variety.com/2018/music/news/ariana-grande-to-drop-first-single-from-new-album-on-april-27-1202747183/|url-status=live}} On December 28, 2017, Grande shared several pictures of her in the studio throughout the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/t131kv/is-ariana-grande-collaborating-with-aretha-franklin|title=Is Ariana Grande Collaborating With Aretha Franklin? - MTV UK|publisher=MTV|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909230838/http://www.mtv.co.uk/ariana-grande/news/is-ariana-grande-collaborating-with-aretha-franklin|url-status=live}} On December 31, 2017, Grande shared a snippet from the album on her Instagram, with the caption "see u next year"; it was later revealed that the track was the closing track on the album, titled "Get Well Soon".{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/BdZINXLHo9T |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BdZINXLHo9T |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=See you next year|via=Instagram|last=Grande|first=Ariana|date=December 31, 2017}}{{cbignore}}

In April 2018, it was reported that Grande was planning on releasing the album's lead single on April 27, 2018. The following week, on April 16, 2018, it was reported that Grande had moved up the lead single release to April 20, 2018, due to label-mate Post Malone's album Beerbongs & Bentleys being released on April 27.{{cite web|url=http://headlineplanet.com/home/2018/04/16/ariana-grandes-new-single-may-actually-arrive-april-20/|title=Ariana Grande's New Single "No Tears Left to Cry" Arrives On April 20 (Update)|date=April 16, 2018|work=Headline Planet|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205041107/https://headlineplanet.com/home/2018/04/16/ariana-grandes-new-single-may-actually-arrive-april-20/|url-status=live}} The following day, Grande announced the album's lead single, "No Tears Left to Cry" and revealed the release date to be April 20, 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8344382/ariana-grande-announces-new-song-no-tears-left-to-cry|title=Ariana Grande Announces New Song 'No Tears Left to Cry' Out Friday|magazine=Billboard|date=April 18, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911231514/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8344382/ariana-grande-announces-new-song-no-tears-left-to-cry|url-status=live}}

Grande appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she announced that her album was titled Sweetener and that it would be released that summer. She further explained the meaning behind the title is "It's kind of about like bringing light to a situation, or to someone's life, or somebody else who brings light to your life, or sweetening the situation."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8438443/ariana-grande-tonight-show-new-album-sweetener|title=Ariana Grande Dishes On New Album 'Sweetener' as She Takes Over 'The Tonight Show'|magazine=Billboard|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226211600/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8438443/ariana-grande-tonight-show-new-album-sweetener|url-status=live}} A May 2018 cover article in Time magazine by Sam Lansky noted that, for the first time with this album, Grande "took the lead on writing".{{cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |url=https://time.com/collection/next-generation-leaders/5277962/ariana-grande-next-generation-leaders/ |title=Ariana Grande Is Ready to Be Happy |magazine=Time |date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129075310/https://time.com/collection-post/5277962/ariana-grande-next-generation-leaders/ |url-status=live }} In late May 2018, she announced that the album would feature fifteen tracks and three collaborations, which are Missy Elliott, Nicki Minaj and Williams.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1001518620894085120|title=fifteen ☁️|date=May 29, 2018|via=Twitter|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322185133/https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1001518620894085120|url-status=live}}

In early June 2018, Grande announced during her set at Wango Tango that the album would be available for pre-order on June 20, and "The Light Is Coming" would be released as a promotional single along with it. The second single, "God Is a Woman", was announced to be released on July 20, 2018,{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1017257355560542208|via=Twitter|title=Ariana Grande on Twitter|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127183353/https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1017257355560542208|url-status=live}} however, on July 12, Grande surprised fans by announcing that the single would be released the following day.{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8465136/ariana-grande-pushes-god-is-a-woman-release-date-tweets| title=Ariana Grande Pushes 'God Is A Woman' Release Date Up: 'Surprise'| last=Tornow| first=Sam| date=July 12, 2018| magazine=Billboard| access-date=July 12, 2018| archive-date=July 28, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728063043/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8465136/ariana-grande-pushes-god-is-a-woman-release-date-tweets| url-status=live}} Prior to the album's release, Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic commented that the first three singles from the album "sparked with a sense of defiance and rattled mortality ... [a] trifecta of pseudo-spiritualism and sneaky innovation. ... Grande's music and videos radiate [intoxicating, unworried confidence]".Kornhaber, Spencer. [https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/07/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-singles/565307 "What Is Ariana Grande Doing?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505072250/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/07/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-singles/565307 |date=May 5, 2020 }}, The Atlantic, July 18, 2018

Music and lyrics

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Musically, Sweetener is a pop, R&B and trap record{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grandes-sweetener-proves-that-trap-is-the-new-pop-712838|title=Ariana Grande's Sweetener Proves That Trap Is the New Pop|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004042008/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grandes-sweetener-proves-that-trap-is-the-new-pop-712838/|url-status=live}} that includes elements of house, funk, neo soul and hip hop music on its beats and productions. The melodies and harmonies on the album are diverse and include uptempo songs and many different downtempo, sentimental ballads. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic stated that the album "deepens the R&B inclinations of 2016's Dangerous Woman." In an interview with Zach Sang, Grande said: "The thing that I love most about this project sonically, is that all I really did was sing in my sweet lower register".{{cite web|url= https://omny.fm/shows/zach-sang-show/ariana-grande-talks-sweetener-pete-davidson-and-ni|title= Ariana Grande Talks Sweetener, Pete Davidson & Nicki Minaj|publisher= Zach Sang|date= August 17, 2018|access-date= September 20, 2018|archive-date= September 4, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190904131656/https://omny.fm/shows/zach-sang-show/ariana-grande-talks-sweetener-pete-davidson-and-ni|url-status= dead}}

= Songs =

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The album begins with 38-second a cappella intro, "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)",{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5KOu62BJwwCJTfyyAaEbZk|title=Sweetener by Ariana Grande on Spotify|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|work=Spotify|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219231849/https://open.spotify.com/album/5KOu62BJwwCJTfyyAaEbZk|url-status=live}} written by Bob Gaudio, and originally performed by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. "Blazed" is a high tempo funk-influenced song.{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/arianagrande/2018/8/17/ariana-grandes-sweetener-track-track-review|title=Ariana Grande's Sweetener: A Track-by-Track Review|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|first=Taylor|last=Henderson|work=Pride|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912071433/https://www.pride.com/arianagrande/2018/8/17/ariana-grandes-sweetener-track-track-review|url-status=live}} It features vocals and background vocals by Pharrell Williams, who also produced the track.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8470827/pharrell-on-working-with-ariana-grande-on-sweetener|title=Pharrell on Working With Ariana Grande on 'Sweetener': 'She Really Unzipped'|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912234835/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8470827/pharrell-on-working-with-ariana-grande-on-sweetener|url-status=live}} She first admitted the name of the song on her Twitter account.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1001901634916466695|title=the one with P isss called Blazed|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|first=Ariana|last=Grande|work=Twitter|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322185202/https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1001901634916466695|url-status=live}} Lyrically, it is about "loving someone and being with them."{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} "The Light Is Coming" is a new wave and dance song with hip hop and R&B elements.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2018/05/30/ariana-grande-cover-story|title=Cover Story: Ariana Grande|publisher=The Fader|last=Tanzer|first=Myles|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Daramola |first1=Israel |title=Ariana Grande's "The Light Is Coming" Is Hypnotic and Wonderfully Bizarre |url=https://www.spin.com/2018/06/ariana-grande-the-light-is-coming-nicki-minaj-review/ |website=SPIN |access-date=29 January 2020 |date=22 June 2018}}{{cite web| url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/ariana-grande-links-with-nicki-minaj-on-the-light-is-coming| title=Ariana Grande Links With Nicki Minaj On 'The Light Is Coming'| website=Clash Music| date=June 20, 2018| access-date=September 20, 2018| archive-date=December 6, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206113339/https://www.clashmusic.com/news/ariana-grande-links-with-nicki-minaj-on-the-light-is-coming| url-status=live}} Grande sings the lyrics "The light is coming / to give back everything the darkness stole", over a "jittery beat" used with quick drums and synths,{{Cite news|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/ariana-grande-taps-nicki-minaj-for-new-song-the-light-is-coming-listen/|title=Ariana Grande Taps Nicki Minaj for New Song "The Light Is Coming": Listen|date=June 20, 2018|work=Pitchfork|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203074542/https://pitchfork.com/news/ariana-grande-taps-nicki-minaj-for-new-song-the-light-is-coming-listen/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-ariana-grande-tap-nicki-minaj-for-snappy-the-light-is-coming-w521757|title=Hear Ariana Grande Tap Nicki Minaj for Snappy 'The Light Is Coming'|date=June 20, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620074213/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-ariana-grande-tap-nicki-minaj-for-snappy-the-light-is-coming-w521757|url-status=dead}} and a heavily sampled CNN archive clip of a man shouting at former senator Arlen Specter at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania in 2009 concerning healthcare ("You wouldn't let anybody speak for this and instead!").{{cite web|url= https://www.popbuzz.com/music/artists/ariana-grande/news/the-light-is-coming-sample-voice|title= Who Is The Man Sampled On Ariana Grande's 'The Light Is Coming'?|work= PopBuzz|access-date= September 20, 2018|archive-date= October 15, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191015070156/https://www.popbuzz.com/music/artists/ariana-grande/news/the-light-is-coming-sample-voice/|url-status= live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8462197/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-the-light-is-coming-vocal-sample|title=Ariana Grande's 'The Light Is Coming' Contains a Prominent Voice Sample With a Political Message|magazine=Billboard|date=June 21, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911225952/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8462197/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-the-light-is-coming-vocal-sample|url-status=live}} Israel Daramola described the song as a "glitchy, thumping" dance record with a sample that highlights Grande's "nursery rhyme-style melody"Daramola, Israel. [https://www.spin.com/2018/06/ariana-grande-the-light-is-coming-nicki-minaj-review "Ariana Grande's 'The Light Is Coming' Is Hypnotic and Wonderfully Bizarre"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406172903/https://www.spin.com/2018/06/ariana-grande-the-light-is-coming-nicki-minaj-review |date=April 6, 2020 }}, Spin, June 22, 2018 "R.E.M." is an R&B song that is built over a smooth doo-wop beat. The song's title stands for "rapid eye movement", which is where memorable and vivid dreams occur.{{cite web|url= https://www.howsleepworks.com/types_rem.html|title= REM SLEEP – TYPES AND STAGES OF SLEEP|work= How Sleep Occurs|access-date= September 20, 2018|archive-date= December 14, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191214040042/https://www.howsleepworks.com/types_rem.html|url-status= live}} In an interview with Jimmy Fallon for the Tonight Show, she admitted that "R.E.M." was her favorite song.{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wu-UMKSATc|title= Ariana Grande Predicted She Would Marry Pete Davidson Three Years Ago|work= YouTube|access-date= September 20, 2018|archive-date= March 12, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200312051918/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wu-UMKSATc&app=desktop|url-status= live}} She later confirmed on Twitter that "R.E.M." is a song based on Beyoncé's demo titled "Wake Up", a leftover from the singer's 2013 self-titled album.{{cite web|url= https://www.thefader.com/2018/07/30/ariana-grande-rem-flips-beyonce-wake-up|title= Ariana Grande's "REM" is a flip of a leaked Beyoncé song|work= Fader|access-date= September 20, 2018|archive-date= August 29, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190829184224/http://www.thefader.com/2018/07/30/ariana-grande-rem-flips-beyonce-wake-up|url-status= live}}

The fifth track "God Is a Woman" contains lyrics about female sexual empowerment{{cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |title=Watch Ariana Grande's Cosmic New Lyric Video for 'God Is a Woman' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-ariana-grandes-cosmic-new-lyric-video-for-god-is-a-woman-698681/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821161109/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-ariana-grandes-cosmic-new-lyric-video-for-god-is-a-woman-698681/ |url-status=live }} and spirituality;{{cite web |last=Neid |first=Mike |title=Ariana Grande's "God Is A Woman" Is A Sexually Liberated Bop |url=http://www.idolator.com/7682674/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-listen?chrome=1 |website=Idolator |date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115175507/https://www.idolator.com/7682674/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-listen?chrome=1 |url-status=live }} Time described the song as "an anthemic, sultry banger."{{cite magazine |last=Lansky |first=Sam |url=https://time.com/collection/next-generation-leaders/5277962/ariana-grande-next-generation-leaders/ |title=Ariana Grande Is Ready to Be Happy |magazine=Time |date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129075310/https://time.com/collection-post/5277962/ariana-grande-next-generation-leaders/ |url-status=live }} A trap-pop song,{{cite web |last=Hugh |first=McIntyre |title=Ariana Grande Raps And Sings On Cool New Hip-Hop/Pop Hybrid Single 'God Is A Woman' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/07/13/ariana-grande-releases-cool-new-single-god-is-a-woman/#473ca8137b7e |website=Forbes |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225100829/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/07/13/ariana-grande-releases-cool-new-single-god-is-a-woman/#473ca8137b7e |url-status=live }} "God Is a Woman" contains influences of reggae{{cite web |last=Rolli |first=Bryan |title=Review: Ariana Grande's 'God Is A Woman' Might Just Be The Song Of The Summer |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2018/07/13/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-review/#1df4e8e57a70 |website=Forbes |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=July 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712060444/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2018/07/13/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-review/#1df4e8e57a70 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ariana Grande Reminds Us That 'God Is a Woman' |url=http://www.papermag.com/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-2586359195.html |website=Paper Magazine |date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225221736/https://www.papermag.com/ariana-grande-god-is-a-woman-2586359195.html |url-status=live }} whilst "Sweetener" was the first song that Grande recorded for the album, and it features Williams vocals in the background similar to "R.E.M.". Being a trap-inspired song, it symbolises empowerment. "Successful" is a 90s-esque neo soul song that has elements of gospel and trap. Lyrically, it's about "girls feeling good about their own individual success."{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004780130034565125/|title=girls feeling good about their own individual success.|website=Twitter|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127142719/https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004780130034565125|url-status=live}} "Everytime" is a "trap-pop" song that contains a pop-rap chorus. "Breathin" is a dance-pop song that contains influences of synth-pop.{{cite web|title=Premature Evaluation: Ariana Grande Sweetener|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2010700/ariana-grande-sweetener-review/franchises/premature-evaluation/|website=Stereogum|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=February 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202060733/https://www.stereogum.com/2010700/ariana-grande-sweetener-review/franchises/premature-evaluation/|url-status=live}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Sweetener|title-link=Sweetener (album)|others=Ariana Grande|year=2018|page=5|type=CD|publisher=Republic Records|id=B0028815-02}} The Independent called the song an "emotional highlight" and that it is a "mental health bop over a good, solid pop beat."{{cite web|title=Ariana Grande, Sweetener review: A portrait of an artist in flux|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-tracks-pete-davidson-manchester-a8494496.html|website=The Independent|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910053129/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-tracks-pete-davidson-manchester-a8494496.html|url-status=live}} Lyrically, it is about Grande's overcoming growth from anxiety.{{cite web|title=Ariana Grande Predicted She Would Marry Pete Davidson Three Years Ago|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wu-UMKSATc|website=YouTube|date=August 16, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312051918/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wu-UMKSATc&app=desktop|url-status=live}}

"No Tears Left to Cry" is a dance-pop and disco song with a UK garage beat.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/arts/music/playlist-prince-ariana-grande-taylor-swift.html|title=The Playlist: Prince's Own 'Nothing Compares 2 U,' and 12 More New Songs|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|date=April 20, 2018|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912154531/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/arts/music/playlist-prince-ariana-grande-taylor-swift.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8390286/ariana-grande-every-song-ranked|title=Every Ariana Grande Song, Ranked|last=He|first=Richard S.|date=April 27, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405160929/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8390286/ariana-grande-every-song-ranked|url-status=live}} It was served as the album's lead single.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43821227|title=No Tears Left To Cry: Ariana Grande's uplifting new single alludes to Manchester|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=April 20, 2018|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=March 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313163432/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43821227|url-status=live}} Lyrically, it is about overcoming a tragic event and trying to turn it into a positive and uplifting experience. Many listeners interpret this as her way of addressing the Manchester Arena bombing that took place at her Dangerous Woman Tour concert in May 2017.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7981657/ariana-grande-hong-kong-in-48-hours|title=48 Hours in Hong Kong With Ariana Grande|last=Briones|first=Issis|date=September 27, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913131054/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7981657/ariana-grande-hong-kong-in-48-hours|url-status=live}} "Borderline" is a 90s contemporary R&B song that features American rapper Missy Elliott. It's one of Grande's favorites on the album.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1008506995190747136|title=Replying to @sweetaner @bedwithgrande|date=June 17, 2017|website=Twitter|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226093622/https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1008506995190747136|url-status=live}} "Better Off" is a "retro-fied" ballad that discusses a toxic relationship.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sweetener/1399202539|title=Sweetener by Ariana Grande on Apple Music|date=August 17, 2018|website=Apple Music|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418075326/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweetener/1399202539|url-status=live}} "Goodnight n Go" is an EDM song with deep house and tropical influences. It contains a sample of "Goodnight and Go", written and performed by Grande's inspiration Imogen Heap.{{cite web|url=https://www.pride.com/arianagrande/2018/8/17/ariana-grandes-sweetener-track-track-review|title=Ariana Grande's Sweetener: A Track-by-Track Review|last=Henderson|first=Taylor|date=September 17, 2018|website=Pride|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912071433/https://www.pride.com/arianagrande/2018/8/17/ariana-grandes-sweetener-track-track-review|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004779044376678400|title=issa remix & a cover w a few new parts|last=Grande|first=Ariana|date=June 7, 2018|website=Twitter|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=February 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200209074152/https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1004779044376678400|url-status=live}} In an interview with Billboard, Heap said that "it feels like a gift". She went on saying: "When somebody that famous picks up on a song that has had its day and gives it a second life, it's a real gift. I think she's done a lovely version of it."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8472130/imogen-heap-ariana-grande-goodnight-and-go|title=Imogen Heap Talks Ariana Grande's Version of 'Goodnight and Go': 'It's a Real Gift'|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|date=August 24, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912152755/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8472130/imogen-heap-ariana-grande-goodnight-and-go|url-status=live}} "Pete Davidson" is an interlude of the album and has a trap and hip hop production. Lyrically, it is about her then-fiancé, Pete Davidson.{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/8/17/tack-track-review-ariana-grandes-sweetener-does-not-disappoint|title=Track-by-Track Review: Ariana Grande's Sweetener Does Not Disappoint|last=Hinzman|first=Denis|date=August 17, 2018|website=OUT|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904001932/https://www.out.com/entertainment/2018/8/17/tack-track-review-ariana-grandes-sweetener-does-not-disappoint|url-status=live}} "Get Well Soon" is a soul-ballad that has a laid back R&B melody with lyrics that talk about Grande's personal anxiety and trauma following the Manchester Arena bombing. At the end of the song, 40 seconds of silence are played as a tribute to the twenty-two victims of the bombing, bringing the duration of the track to 5:22, a reference to the date of the bombing, May 22.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a22759009/ariana-grande-get-well-soon-song-manchester-bombing/|title=Fans Think Ariana Grande's New Song "Get Well Soon" Is a Tribute to the Manchester Bombing Victims|last=Barbour|first=Shannon|date=August 17, 2018|work=Cosmopolitan|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008135308/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a22759009/ariana-grande-get-well-soon-song-manchester-bombing/|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8470760/fans-speculate-ariana-grande-get-well-soon-honors-manchester|title=Fans Speculate Ariana Grande's Sweetener Track "Get Well Soon" Is 5:22 Long to Honor Manchester Attack|last=Rincón|first=Alessandra|date=August 17, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830025345/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8470760/fans-speculate-ariana-grande-get-well-soon-honors-manchester|url-status=live}}

In a 2018 interview with Zach Sang, Grande mentioned she had recorded over 30 songs for the album that did not make the final cut,Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/PviZLT7HPys Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180817220514/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PviZLT7HPys&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PviZLT7HPys| title = Ariana Grande Talks Sweetener, Pete Davidson & Nicki Minaj | website=YouTube| date = August 17, 2018 }}{{cbignore}} including "On Top of Everything".

Title and artwork

Grande hinted the album title to be Sweetener in an Instagram post on November 5, 2016.{{Cite instagram |user=arianagrande |postid=BMaOF_HB9YE |title=sweetener |date=November 5, 2016}} On May 1, 2018, Grande appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where she formally announced the title, and further explained: "It's kind of about like bringing light to a situation, or to someone's life, or somebody else who brings light to your life, sweetening the situation."

The artwork for Sweetener consists of colorful, upside-down and other-worldly visuals. The cover of the album's lead single, "No Tears Left to Cry", features Grande's side profile lit by a rainbow and the title of the song written in rotated, upside-down text.{{Cite web|title=Ariana Grande Reveals The Cover Of "No Tears Left To Cry"|url=https://www.idolator.com/7678453/ariana-grande-no-tears-left-cry-cover?view-all|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=idolator|date=April 19, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115175509/https://pixels.ad.gt/api/v1/getpixels?tagger_id=a6cdf361ea1d5a8ff8892d9b2e19e401&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idolator.com%2F7678453%2Fariana-grande-no-tears-left-cry-cover%3Fview-all%26chrome%3D1&code=%27none%27|url-status=live}} In the song's music video, Grande is seen walking on walls and ceilings. The cover of the album's only promotional single, "The Light Is Coming", which features Nicki Minaj, is an upside-down picture of Grande.{{Cite web|last=Clark|first=Anne Victoria|date=June 20, 2018|title=Listen to Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's New Single 'The Light Is Coming'|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/ariana-grande-and-nicki-minaj-drop-the-light-is-coming.html|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Vulture|language=en-us|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030174647/https://www.vulture.com/2018/06/ariana-grande-and-nicki-minaj-drop-the-light-is-coming.html|url-status=live}} After her performance of "No Tears Left To Cry" on The Tonight Show, where the set was inspired by the song's music video and photo shoot, Grande took to Instagram to reveal that the film was one of the inspirations for the aesthetic.{{Cite instagram |user=arianagrande |postid=BiRuSdPHuUv |title=my Labyrinth meets Escher meets Truman Show dream come true performance set 💧☁️ thank you Roy, Loren & Wally so much for this beautiful n trippy set and content ! 🙏🏼🙈 |date=May 2, 2018}}

Grande revealed on Twitter that the inspiration for the upside-down theme was when she showed a friend sitting opposite her a picture, and "he said 'I even love it upside-down' and that was kind of it for me. At the time I had been feeling very 'upside-down' for a while & the simplicity of that was like, 'oh duh, wow, my bestie a genius.' Everything clicked after that."{{Cite web|title=@ArianaGrande on Twitter: i showed aaron a photo...|url=https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1008519030108540933|url-status=live|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030174649/https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1008519030108540933}} The album artwork of Sweetener is a simplistic upside-down portrait of Grande with grey hair on a cream-colored background with the title of the album written in dark brown at the bottom. It was shot by Dave Meyers, who directed the music videos for the album's first two singles, "No Tears Left to Cry" and "God Is a Woman", and the promotional single "The Light Is Coming". It was revealed piece by piece on a separate Instagram account, named after the album, starting on June 12, 2018, leading up to the release of the album's pre-order on June 20, 2018.{{Cite web|title=Ariana Grande is revealing her Sweetener album cover, piece-by-piece|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/06/12/ariana-grande-sweetener-album-cover-instagram|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=The FADER|date=June 12, 2018 |language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030174647/https://www.thefader.com/2018/06/12/ariana-grande-sweetener-album-cover-instagram|url-status=live}} The artwork was the first in her discography to be in color, which she said was because it was "a new chapter. For the first time, my life is in color, as well."{{Cite web|title=@ArianaGrande on Twitter: issa new chapter ☁️ for the first time my life is in color as well|url=https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1008517165832654848|url-status=live|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030174647/https://twitter.com/arianagrande/status/1008517165832654848}} In 2023, Joe Lynch of Billboard named it the 98th best album cover of all time.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/best-album-covers-of-all-time-6715351/3-ariana-grande-sweetener/ |title=The 100 Best Album Covers of All Time |first=Joe |last=Lynch |date=2023-08-07 |accessdate=2023-08-08 |magazine=Billboard}}

Promotion and release

Grande went silent on all social media after sharing a snippet of a song from the album on December 31, 2017. On April 17, 2018, Grande broke her silence by sharing a teaser of the album's lead single, "No Tears Left to Cry", which was released on April 20, 2018, alongside its music video. In the music video, she teased the album by writing some of the song names, including "God Is a Woman", "Breathin", "R.E.M.", "Successful", "Sweetener", "Borderline" and the first 3 letters of "Blazed", which was teased again in a behind-the-scenes video.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} She first performed the song at Coachella later that night, as a guest during the performance of DJ Kygo. Grande announced the title of the album and several song titles on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 1, 2018, shortly before performing "No Tears Left to Cry".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-ariana-grande-cover-kendrick-in-the-style-of-evanescence-on-fallon|title=Watch Ariana Grande Cover Kendrick in the Style of Evanescence on "Fallon"|work=Pitchfork|last1=Blais-Billie|first1=Braudie|last2=Minsker|first2=Evan|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703235947/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-ariana-grande-cover-kendrick-in-the-style-of-evanescence-on-fallon/|url-status=live}} She also opened the 2018 Billboard Music Awards with a performance of the song on May 20, 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456882/ariana-grande-performance-billboard-music-awards-2018-video|title=Ariana Grande Opens the Billboard Music Awards With Fiery Performance of 'No Tears Left to Cry'|magazine=Billboard|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=May 20, 2018|access-date=May 28, 2018|archive-date=September 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909080819/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8456882/ariana-grande-performance-billboard-music-awards-2018-video|url-status=live}} On June 2, 2018, Grande performed at Wango Tango in California, closing her set with a performance of "No Tears Left to Cry" and also sharing a snippet of "The Light Is Coming".{{cite magazine |title=Ariana Grande Performs 'The Light is Coming' for the First Time Live: Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8459013/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-collaboration-the-light-is-coming-live |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 3, 2018 |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226213813/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8459013/ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-collaboration-the-light-is-coming-live |url-status=live }} On August 8, 2018, three dates were announced for a series of promotional concerts in the United States, titled The Sweetener Sessions, in partnership with American Express.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8469316/ariana-grande-sweetener-sessions|title=Ariana Grande Announces Intimate 'Sweetener Sessions' in New York City, Los Angeles & Chicago|magazine=Billboard|last=Thompson|first=Rita|date=August 8, 2018|access-date=August 9, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912045625/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8469316/ariana-grande-sweetener-sessions|url-status=live}} Sweetener was released on August 17, 2018.{{Cite web|date=June 20, 2018|title=Ariana Grande Taps Nicki Minaj for New Song "The Light Is Coming": Listen|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/ariana-grande-taps-nicki-minaj-for-new-song-the-light-is-coming-listen/|access-date=June 20, 2018|work=Pitchfork|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203074542/https://pitchfork.com/news/ariana-grande-taps-nicki-minaj-for-new-song-the-light-is-coming-listen/|url-status=live}}

Grande also announced a world tour in support of the album and its successor Thank U, Next (2019). Titled the Sweetener World Tour, it began on March 18, 2019, and concluded on December 22, 2019.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8481638/ariana-grande-sweetener-tour-dates|title=Ariana Grande Announces 'Sweetener' World Tour: See the Dates|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 25, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329110149/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8481638/ariana-grande-sweetener-tour-dates|url-status=live}} A concert film titled Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You, is based on the tour and was released on Netflix on December 21, 2020.{{cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|title=Ariana Grande Announces New Sweetener Concert Film for Netflix|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/ariana-grande-announces-new-sweetener-concert-film-for-netflix|website=Pitchfork|access-date=December 9, 2020|language=en-us|date=December 9, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626220731/https://pitchfork.com/news/ariana-grande-announces-new-sweetener-concert-film-for-netflix/|url-status=live}}

Singles

The album's lead single, "No Tears Left to Cry", was released on April 20, 2018, alongside its music video. The track debuted at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's ninth Hot 100 top-ten and sixth to debut in the top-ten, tying Grande with Lady Gaga and Rihanna in sixth among acts with the most top 10 debuts on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8413365/ariana-grande-ninth-billboard-hot-100-top-10-no-tears-left-to-cry|title=Ariana Grande Scores 9th Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 With 'No Tears Left to Cry'|magazine=Billboard|last=Zellner|first=Xander|date=April 30, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018|archive-date=May 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502023957/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8413365/ariana-grande-ninth-billboard-hot-100-top-10-no-tears-left-to-cry|url-status=live}} The single made Grande the first artist in the chart's 60-year history to debut in the top 10 with a lead single from each of her first four albums.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8412480/drake-nice-for-what-hot-100-number-one-ariana-grande-j-cole|title=Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100, Ariana Grande Arrives at No. 3 & J. Cole Collects Record Three Debuts in Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 30, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329054545/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8412480/drake-nice-for-what-hot-100-number-one-ariana-grande-j-cole|url-status=live}} The song also topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart in July 2018, reached number one in nine countries and top-ten in twenty others. It was later certified sextuple Platinum by the RIAA, for earning over six million units in the United States.

"God Is a Woman" was released as the albums second official single on July 13, 2018, with its music video premiering 12 hours after the song's release. The single debuted at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number eight, making it Grande's tenth top-ten song on the chart and placing her as the twelfth overall artist and seventh female artist with the most Hot 100 top-tens in the 2010s decade.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=July 16, 2018|title=Drake's 'In My Feelings' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week With Record-Breaking 116.2 Million U.S. Streams|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8466563/drake-in-my-feelings-number-one-best-streaming/|url-status=live|access-date=August 28, 2018|magazine=Billboard|quote=Just outside the Hot 100's top 10, Ariana Grande launches at No. 11 with "God Is a Woman," the official follow-up single to "Tears" from her album Sweetener, due Aug. 17. Following the July 13 premiere of its official video, "God" starts at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (42,000) and No. 8 on Streaming Songs (26.5 million).|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205233604/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8466563/drake-in-my-feelings-number-one-best-streaming}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472354/drake-in-my-feelings-hot-100-number-one-seventh-week|title=Drake's 'In My Feelings' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Ariana Grande's 'God Is A Woman' Hits Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Anderson|first=Trevor|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904063247/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472354/drake-in-my-feelings-hot-100-number-one-seventh-week|url-status=live}} The song also became Grande's second single to top the US Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart from Sweetener, and third overall. It was later certified quadruple Platinum by the RIAA, for earning over four million units in the United States.

"Breathin" was released to US contemporary hit radio as the third and final single from the album on September 18, 2018.{{cite web|date=September 18, 2018|title=Top 40/M Future Releases|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918211427/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-date=September 18, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018|website=All Access}} The song debuted at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and later peaked at number 12. Its music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis premiered on November 7, 2018, on her YouTube account.

= Promotional single =

"The Light Is Coming", featuring Nicki Minaj, was released on June 20, 2018, along with the pre-order of the album as the only promotional single from the record.{{cite web|url=https://995theriver.iheart.com/content/2018-06-02-ariana-grande-reveals-sweetener-album-pre-order-date/|title=Ariana Grande Reveals 'Sweetener' Album Pre-Order Date|publisher=iHeartRadio|last=Criswell|first=Josh|date=June 2, 2018|access-date=June 3, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904001923/https://995theriver.iheart.com/content/2018-06-02-ariana-grande-reveals-sweetener-album-pre-order-date/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=June 20, 2018|title=Ariana Grande And Nicki Minaj Release Another Collaborative Single, The Light Is Coming|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/06/20/ariana-grande-and-nicki-minaj-release-a-second-collaborative-single-the-light-is-coming/?sh=4ebb37a12391|url-status=live|website=Forbes|accessdate=February 17, 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522174318/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2018/06/20/ariana-grande-and-nicki-minaj-release-a-second-collaborative-single-the-light-is-coming/?sh=4ebb37a12391}} The song debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at number 89, following the release of the parent album.

Critical reception

= Reviews =

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9495/Ariana-Grande-Sweetener-.aspx|title=Sweetener by Ariana Grande reviews|work=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907030632/http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9495/Ariana-Grande-Sweetener-.aspx|url-status=live}}

| MC = 81/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/sweetener/ariana-grande|title=Sweetener by Ariana Grande Reviews and Tracks|work=Metacritic|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713142434/https://www.metacritic.com/music/sweetener/ariana-grande|archive-date=July 13, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweetener-mw0003187762|title=Sweetener – Ariana Grande|work=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=November 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621205024/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweetener-mw0003187762|archive-date=June 21, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-dark-came-sweetness/amp/|title=Ariana Grande, Sweetener review: Out of the darkness came sweetness|work=The Daily Telegraph|last=McCormick|first=Neil|author-link=Neil McCormick|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902052957/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-dark-came-sweetness/amp/|url-status=live}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A−{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/music/2018/08/20/ariana-grande-sweetner-ew-review/|title=Ariana Grande's Sweetner is a sneakily complex pop album|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|date=August 20, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820184247/https://ew.com/music/2018/08/20/ariana-grande-sweetner-ew-review/|archive-date=August 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/17/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-pops-ponytailed-paragon-gets-weird|title=Ariana Grande: Sweetener review – pop's ponytailed paragon gets weird|work=The Guardian|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=August 19, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602040137/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/17/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-pops-ponytailed-paragon-gets-weird|archive-date=June 2, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-tracks-pete-davidson-manchester-a8494496.html|title=Ariana Grande, Sweetener review: A portrait of an artist in flux|work=The Independent|last=Solomon|first=Kate|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718065710/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-tracks-pete-davidson-manchester-a8494496.html|archive-date=July 18, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = The Irish Times

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ariana-grande-sweetener-celebrating-the-art-of-being-okay-1.3599455|title=Ariana Grande: Sweetener – celebrating the art of being okay|newspaper=The Irish Times|last=Bruton|first=Louise|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522145147/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ariana-grande-sweetener-celebrating-the-art-of-being-okay-1.3599455|archive-date=May 22, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-2367159|title=Ariana Grande – 'Sweetener' review|work=NME|last=Greenwood|first=Douglas|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525233247/https://www.nme.com/reviews/ariana-grande-sweetener-review-2367159|archive-date=May 25, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8score = 8.1/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ariana-grande-sweetener/|title=Ariana Grande: Sweetener|work=Pitchfork|last=Mapes|first=Jillian|date=August 21, 2018|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527192801/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ariana-grande-sweetener/|archive-date=May 27, 2022|url-status=live}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-ariana-grande-finds-serenity-and-has-some-fun-on-sweetener-713404|title=Review: Ariana Grande Finds Serenity and Has Some Fun on Sweetener|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|date=August 20, 2018|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206125651/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-ariana-grande-finds-serenity-and-has-some-fun-on-sweetener-713404/|url-status=live}}

| rev10 = Vice (Expert Witness)

| rev10score = A−{{cite web|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/vbwkxd/robert-christgau-on-ariana-grandes-garden-of-sonic-delights|title=Robert Christgau on Ariana Grande's Garden of Sonic Delights|work=Vice|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 23, 2019|access-date=March 23, 2019|archive-date=April 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405021126/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/vbwkxd/robert-christgau-on-ariana-grandes-garden-of-sonic-delights|url-status=live}}

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Sweetener received critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sweetener has an average score of 81 based on 20 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Reviewing for Vice, Robert Christgau called the album a "garden of sonic delights" and wrote: "Grande is pleasant in such a physically uncommon and technically astute way. Her pure, precise soprano is warm without burr or melisma, its mellow sweetness never saccharine or showy". In The New York Times, Jon Pareles said the singer's voice "can be silky, breathy or cutting, swooping through long melismas or jabbing out short R&B phrases; it's always supple and airborne, never forced. […] Ms. Grande sails above any fray, past or present. Her aplomb is her triumph."{{Cite news| last=Pareles| first=Jon| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/arts/music/ariana-grande-sweetener-review.html| title=Ariana Grande Sails Above Sorrow on Sweetener| work=The New York Times| date=August 29, 2018| access-date=August 30, 2018| archive-date=August 29, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829230135/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/arts/music/ariana-grande-sweetener-review.html| url-status=live}} Brittany Spanos of Rolling Stone called the album "a refreshing, cohesive package. … [The producers' approach lets] Grande's easy way with trap phrasing find a home next to her flair for Broadway-esque dramatic runs"; it combines "the sensual romance of the album's plentiful love songs and the aching heartbreak of the others." Spanos concludes that it is Grande's "best album yet, and one of 2018's strongest pop releases to date. Kate Solomon of The Independent commented that with music that is "often unexpected, sometimes in a good way, it is an album by an artist in flux – trying to move forward while reluctant to fully relinquish old ideas." Some critics dubbed Sweetener an important album in Grande's catalogue.{{Cite web|title=Ariana Grande: Sweetener|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ariana-grande-sweetener/|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125024250/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ariana-grande-sweetener/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Today|first=Maeve McDermott {{!}} USA|date=August 23, 2018|title=Ariana Grande's 'Sweetener' is her most interesting, and confounding, album yet|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/8/23/18424782/ariana-grande-s-sweetener-is-her-most-interesting-and-confounding-album-yet|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519065402/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/8/23/18424782/ariana-grande-s-sweetener-is-her-most-interesting-and-confounding-album-yet|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Sweetener is Ariana Grande's Best Album.|url=https://wrvu.org/sweetener-is-ariana-grandes-best-album-in-this-essay-i-will/|url-status=live|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=wrvu.org|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519065403/https://wrvu.org/sweetener-is-ariana-grandes-best-album-in-this-essay-i-will/}}{{Cite web|title=Ariana Grande's 'Sweetener' is a sneakily complex pop album: EW review|url=https://ew.com/music/2018/08/20/ariana-grande-sweetener-ew-review/|access-date=May 19, 2021|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519065402/https://ew.com/music/2018/08/20/ariana-grande-sweetener-ew-review/|url-status=live}}

Writing for NME, Douglas Greenwood deemed the album "[a] confident, accomplished, sometimes left-field collection of pop bangers, proving that she's not shy of experimentation." He also commented that "there are a couple of songs on Sweetener that you'd happily leave on the shelf." Similarly, in The Guardian, Alexis Petridis said that "her collaborations with Pharrell really push the boundaries. But they make the rest of this album seem formulaic." He considered the album "uneven", with its attempts to balance out what Grande called a "weird" record. Petridis felt that "the world could use more pop music as imaginative as Sweetener{{'}}s highlights."

Neil McCormick in The Daily Telegraph felt that "the quality of the songs is high, although there are moments when they might be trying too hard to demonstrate that the teen queen is all grown up now," and argued, "as modern, branded, blockbuster pop albums go, Sweetener is a delightful confection." He commented less favorably about guest rappers Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliott, who "sound like they dialled in clichéd verses for a pay cheque."

= Rankings =

In December 2018, Billboard placed Sweetener at the top of their year-end list for the best albums of 2018. Complimenting Grande's take on the sadness, they said "she didn't let her past define her, and she didn't dwell on what her future may hold, either" and praised Grande that "while most fans couldn't possibly relate to her extraordinary circumstances, Grande still ended the year seeming more approachable and human than ever".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/8489227/best-albums-2018-staff-picks|title=50 Best Albums of 2018: Staff Picks|date=December 10, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=March 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307172431/https://www.billboard.com/photos/8489227/best-albums-2018-staff-picks|url-status=live}} Sweetener alongside its followup Thank U, Next placed on Billboard's decade end album's list "The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s" at numbers 38 and 8 respectively. They called Sweetener her most personal sound and "a radiant, pure snapshot of what stumbling upon happiness sounds like". They said that Grande had "found herself -- and graduated to a new level of pop superstardom". On their rankings of the Grammy's Best Pop Vocal Album winners, Yardbarker ranked Sweetener number 15 on their list.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/ranking_the_grammy_winners_for_best_pop_vocal_album/s1__30848735#slide_13|date=December 19, 2019|title=Ranking the Grammy Winners for Best Pop Vocal Album|website=Yardbarker|access-date=June 7, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607185324/https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/ranking_the_grammy_winners_for_best_pop_vocal_album/s1__30848735#slide_13|url-status=live}} Sweetener landed a number two position on Paper's "Top 20 Albums of 2018".{{cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/top-25-albums-2018-2623655747.html?rebelltitem=104#rebelltitem104?rebelltitem=104|title=PAPER's Top 20 Albums of 2018|date=December 17, 2018|website=PAPER|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126215352/https://www.papermag.com/top-25-albums-2018-2623655747.html?rebelltitem=104#rebelltitem104?rebelltitem=104|url-status=live}}

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The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s \| {{center\|38}} \| {{center\|{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100\|title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 20, 2019\|archive-date=December 18, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218234627/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100\|url-status=live}}}}
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rowspan=2\|Pitchfork \| The 50 Best Albums of 2018 \| {{center\|11}} \| {{center\|{{cite web\|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-2018/\|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2018\|work=Pitchfork\|date=December 11, 2018 \|access-date=December 11, 2018\|archive-date=March 7, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307172417/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-2018/\|url-status=live}}}}
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s \| {{center\|100}} \| {{center\|{{cite web\|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/\|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s\|work=Pitchfork\|date=October 8, 2019\|access-date=October 8, 2019\|archive-date=January 31, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131001047/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/\|url-status=live}}}}
rowspan="2" \| Rolling Stone \| The 50 Best Albums of 2018 \| {{center\|5}} \| {{center\|{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-2018-764071/\|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2018\|magazine=Rolling Stone\|date=December 13, 2018\|access-date=December 14, 2018\|archive-date=December 7, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207184305/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-2018-764071/\|url-status=live}}}}
The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2018 \| {{center\|2}} \| {{center\|{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-pop-albums-2018-ariana-grande-768311/\|title=20 Best Pop Albums of 2018\|magazine=Rolling Stone\|date=December 14, 2018\|access-date=December 14, 2018\|archive-date=May 7, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507025337/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-pop-albums-2018-ariana-grande-768311/\|url-status=live}}}}
Slant \| The 25 Best Albums of 2018 \| {{center\|20}} \| {{center\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-25-best-albums-of-2018/\|title=The 25 Best Albums of 2018\|author=\|website=Slant Magazine\|date=December 11, 2018\|access-date=November 17, 2019\|archive-date=March 14, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314133847/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-25-best-albums-of-2018/\|url-status=live}}}}
rowspan="2" \| Stereogum \| The 50 Best Albums of 2018 \| {{center\|3}} \| {{center\|{{cite web \|last1=Gray \|first1=Julia \|title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 \|url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/ \|website=Stereogum \|access-date=December 8, 2018 \|date=December 4, 2018 \|archive-date=January 27, 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127031948/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/ \|url-status=live }}}}
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s \| {{center\|42}} \| {{center\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-of-the-2010s-list/\|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s\|date=November 4, 2019\|website=Stereogum\|access-date=November 12, 2019\|archive-date=December 29, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229152506/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-of-the-2010s-list/\|url-status=live}}}}

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! Accolade

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rowspan="2" | Billboard

| 50 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|1}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine |title=50 Best Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/8489227/best-albums-2018-staff-picks |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213171709/https://www.billboard.com/photos/8489227/best-albums-2018-staff-picks |url-status=live }}}}

The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s

| {{center|38}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100|title=The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 20, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218234627/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8543722/best-albums-of-the-2010s-top-100|url-status=live}}}}

Entertainment Weekly

| The 20 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|3}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine |last=Suskind |first=Alex |title=The 20 best albums of 2018 |url=https://ew.com/music/2018/12/06/the-20-best-albums-of-2018/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206192623/https://ew.com/music/2018/12/06/the-20-best-albums-of-2018/ |url-status=live }}}}

The Guardian

| The 50 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|20}}

| {{center|{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/04/best-albums-of-2018|title=The 50 best albums of 2018: the full list|date=December 21, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 17, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221224631/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/04/best-albums-of-2018|url-status=live}}}}

The Line of Best Fit

| The Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|13}}

| {{center|{{cite web|first=Abigail|last=Firth|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/listomania/best-albums-of-2018|title=The Best Albums of 2018|work=The Line of Best Fit|date=December 3, 2018|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-date=December 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219014233/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/listomania/best-albums-of-2018|url-status=live}}}}

NME

| Albums of the Year 2018

| {{center|21}}

| {{center|{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/best-greatest-albums-of-the-year-2018-2419656|title=Best albums of the year 2018|last=NME|date=December 17, 2018|website=NME|language=en-US|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190111173128/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/best-greatest-albums-of-the-year-2018-2419656|url-status=live}}}}

NPR

| The 50 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|22}}

| {{center|{{cite web |last1=McKenna |first1=Lyndsey |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/671206650/the-50-best-albums-of-2018-page-3 |website=NPR |date=December 4, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302165239/https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/671206650/the-50-best-albums-of-2018-page-3 |url-status=live }}}}

rowspan=2|Pitchfork

| The 50 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|11}}

| {{center|{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-2018/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2018|work=Pitchfork|date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307172417/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-2018/|url-status=live}}}}

The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s

| {{center|100}}

| {{center|{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s|work=Pitchfork|date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2019|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131001047/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live}}}}

rowspan="2" | Rolling Stone

| The 50 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|5}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-2018-764071/|title=The 50 Best Albums of 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 13, 2018|access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207184305/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-2018-764071/|url-status=live}}}}

The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2018

| {{center|2}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-pop-albums-2018-ariana-grande-768311/|title=20 Best Pop Albums of 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 14, 2018|access-date=December 14, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507025337/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-pop-albums-2018-ariana-grande-768311/|url-status=live}}}}

Slant

| The 25 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|20}}

| {{center|{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-25-best-albums-of-2018/|title=The 25 Best Albums of 2018|author=|website=Slant Magazine|date=December 11, 2018|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314133847/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-25-best-albums-of-2018/|url-status=live}}}}

rowspan="2" | Stereogum

| The 50 Best Albums of 2018

| {{center|3}}

| {{center|{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Julia |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2018 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=December 8, 2018 |date=December 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127031948/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/the-best-albums-of-2018/ |url-status=live }}}}

The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

| {{center|42}}

| {{center|{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-of-the-2010s-list/|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s|date=November 4, 2019|website=Stereogum|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229152506/https://www.stereogum.com/featured/best-albums-of-the-2010s-list/|url-status=live}}}}

=Legacy=

Grande's embrace of trap music on the album was praised by some critics for showcasing the contemporary influence of hip hop on pop music.{{Cite web|title=Ariana Grande's 'Sweetener' is a sneakily complex pop album: EW review|url=https://ew.com/music/2018/08/20/ariana-grande-sweetener-ew-review/|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=EW.com|language=en|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519065402/https://ew.com/music/2018/08/20/ariana-grande-sweetener-ew-review/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=February 11, 2019|title=Believe It Or Not, Ariana Grande's Artist DNA Has Always Contained Hip-Hop|url=https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/ariana-grande-discography-hip-hop-634012/|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=VIBE.com|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521040350/https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/ariana-grande-discography-hip-hop-634012/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=August 20, 2018|title=Premature Evaluation: Ariana Grande 'Sweetener'|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2010700/ariana-grande-sweetener-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=Stereogum|language=en|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521040348/https://www.stereogum.com/2010700/ariana-grande-sweetener-review/reviews/premature-evaluation/|url-status=live}} Elias Leight of Rolling Stone declared that Sweetener "proved trap was the new pop" with the collaborations with Williams, Martin and Salmanzadeh. Leight stated "the mass embrace of the trap template demonstrates the remarkable extent to which a once-niche style now rules modern production".{{Cite magazine|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=August 17, 2018|title=Ariana Grande's 'Sweetener' Proves That Trap Is the New Pop|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grandes-sweetener-proves-that-trap-is-the-new-pop-712838/|access-date=May 19, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206102529/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ariana-grandes-sweetener-proves-that-trap-is-the-new-pop-712838/|url-status=live}} In Billboard{{'}}s opinion, "while [Grande's] peers and predecessors find themselves victim to changing tastes and trends within the pop landscape, Ariana continues to rise untouched above them".{{cite magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=August 28, 2018|title=Ariana Grande's Success With 'Sweetener' Marks a Rare New Peak for a Late-'10s Pop Star|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8472304/ariana-grande-sweetener-pop-star-success/|access-date=May 14, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514193423/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8472304/ariana-grande-sweetener-pop-star-success/|url-status=live}} Sweetener{{'s}} message of love, positivity, and resilience has been noted by media outlets as one of its signature traits.{{Cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=August 29, 2018|title=Ariana Grande Sails Above Sorrow on 'Sweetener'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/arts/music/ariana-grande-sweetener-review.html|access-date=May 21, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829230135/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/arts/music/ariana-grande-sweetener-review.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Spanos|first=Brittany|date=August 20, 2018|title=Review: Ariana Grande Finds Serenity and Has Some Fun on ' Sweetener'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-ariana-grande-finds-serenity-and-has-some-fun-on-sweetener-713404/|access-date=May 21, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004133307/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-ariana-grande-finds-serenity-and-has-some-fun-on-sweetener-713404/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Courtney E.|title=Sweetener Review: Ariana Grande Explores The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Happy|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/207817/ariana-grande-sweetener-album-review|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=www.refinery29.com|language=en|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521040350/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/207817/ariana-grande-sweetener-album-review|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2018|title=Ariana Grande Celebrates the Power of Healing on 'Sweetener'|url=https://www.papermag.com/ariana-grande-sweetener-2596691690.html|access-date=May 21, 2021|website=PAPER|language=en|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521040347/https://www.papermag.com/ariana-grande-sweetener-2596691690.html|url-status=live}} Evening Standard named Grande "the most important artist of 2018" due in part to the positivity she expressed in the album.{{cite news |last=Fletcher|first=Harry|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/sweetener-how-ariana-grande-became-the-most-important-artist-of-2018-a3928241.html|title=Sweetener: How Ariana Grande became the most important artist of 2018|date=September 5, 2018|work=Evening Standard|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514193423/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/sweetener-how-ariana-grande-became-the-most-important-artist-of-2018-a3928241.html|url-status=live}} Paper paralleled the album with Beyoncé's Lemonade (2016), saying "like Beyoncé who made Lemonade from her own life's lemons just two years ago, Sweetener{{'}}s legacy will be its resoundingly positive message about true love's grace and its ability to help us cope with loss".{{Cite news |url=https://www.papermag.com/paper-top-100-songs-2018-2623667609.html?rebelltitem=132#rebelltitem132?rebelltitem=132|title=2018 Top 100 Songs|date=December 21, 2018|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-date=August 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807210642/https://www.papermag.com/paper-top-100-songs-2018-2623667609.html?rebelltitem=132#rebelltitem132?rebelltitem=132|url-status=live}}

Awards and nominations

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|+Awards won by Sweetener

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

2018

| Break the Internet Awards

| Music Drop of the Year

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |title=Here Are the PAPER Break the Internet Awards 2018 Winners |url=https://www.papermag.com/break-the-internet-awards-2018-winners-2623304297.html?rebelltitem=27#rebelltitem27 |website=Paper Magazine |date=December 13, 2018 |access-date=26 June 2022 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626111238/https://www.papermag.com/break-the-internet-awards-2018-winners-2623304297.html?rebelltitem=27#rebelltitem27 |url-status=live }}

2018

| People's Choice Awards

| Album of 2018

| {{Nominated}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|last=Macki|first=Johnni|date=September 5, 2018|title=2018 People's Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominations|url=https://www.eonline.com/shows/peoples_choice_awards/news/963752/2018-people-s-choice-awards-complete-list-of-nominations|url-status=live|access-date=December 7, 2018|work=E!|location=United States|archive-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905154343/https://www.eonline.com/shows/peoples_choice_awards/news/963752/2018-people-s-choice-awards-complete-list-of-nominations}}

2019

| Grammy Awards

| Best Pop Vocal Album

| {{Won}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|date=February 10, 2019|title=Grammys 2019: Ariana Grande Wins First Grammy|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-2019-ariana-grande-wins-best-pop-vocal-album/|url-status=live|access-date=February 10, 2019|website=Pitchfork|language=en|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125024153/https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-2019-ariana-grande-wins-best-pop-vocal-album/}}

2019

| iHeartRadio Music Awards

| Pop Album of the Year

| {{Won}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8502606/heartradio-music-awards-2019-winners-list |title=Here Are All the Winners From the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2019 |date=March 14, 2019 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407132752/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8502606/heartradio-music-awards-2019-winners-list |url-status=live }}

Commercial performance

= United States =

According to Billboard, as of 2022, Sweetener is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=June 23, 2022|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-albums-21st-century-number-ones/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-2000/|title=15 of the Biggest 21st Century Albums That Never Scored a Hot 100 No. 1 Hit|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 27, 2022|archive-date=June 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627163020/https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-albums-21st-century-number-ones/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-2000/|url-status=live}} Sweetener debuted at number-one on the US Billboard 200 with 231,000 album-equivalent units, of which 127,000 represented traditional album sales. It marked Grande's third number one album in the US and her fastest-selling album to date. Among female artists, Sweetener scored the third-largest US sales debut of 2018, behind Carrie Underwood's Cry Pretty (266,000 album-equivalent units) and Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy (255,000 album-equivalent units).{{Cite magazine|title=Ariana Grande Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Sweetener'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472196/ariana-grande-sweetener-number-one-billboard-200-chart|access-date=August 20, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911225938/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472196/ariana-grande-sweetener-number-one-billboard-200-chart|url-status=live}}

The album's songs recorded 126.7 million on-demand audio US streams through its first week, constituting the largest streaming week ever for a non-hip hop album by a woman, a record later bested by Grande's Thank U, Next.{{Cite magazine|title=Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Streaming Week Ever for a Pop Album|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8498762/ariana-grande-thank-u-next-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-album|access-date=August 20, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|archive-date=January 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105210938/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8498762/ariana-grande-thank-u-next-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-album|url-status=live}} It was also the fourth non-hip hop record ever to cross 125 million on-demand first-week streams. Billboard noted Sweetener's strong performance on streaming services was remarkable for a pop album at the time, since streaming was dominated by rap music.

On the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, issue dated September 1, 2018, ten of Grande's songs (nine of which are from Sweetener) charted simultaneously, placing Grande as the fourth female artist with the most simultaneous entries on the chart for a female soloist, behind Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and Cardi B.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472538/ariana-grande-10th-top-10-hit-10-songs-billboard-hot-100-chart|title=Ariana Grande Earns 10th Top 10 Hit, Lands 10 Songs on Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|last=Zellner|first=Xander|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=August 29, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614121011/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472538/ariana-grande-10th-top-10-hit-10-songs-billboard-hot-100-chart|url-status=live}} The same week, Grande ascended to number one on the Artist 100 chart, due to strong album sales and song streams.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472655/ariana-grande-returns-to-no-1-artist-100-chart|title=Ariana Grande Returns to No. 1 On the Artist 100 Chart, Aretha Franklin Reaches No. 2|date=August 28, 2018|access-date=September 30, 2018|first=Xander|last=Zellner|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218192210/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8472655/ariana-grande-returns-to-no-1-artist-100-chart|url-status=live}} In its second week, Sweetener descended to number four, moving 75,000 equivalent album units,{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield|first1=Keith|title=BTS Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Love Yourself: Answer'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8473245/bts-love-yourself-answer-album-debuts-No1-billboard-200-chart|access-date=September 2, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=September 2, 2018|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331060638/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8473245/bts-love-yourself-answer-album-debuts-No1-billboard-200-chart|url-status=live}} while in its third week, it fell one position to number five, with a furthered 56,000 units earned.{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield|first1=Keith|title=Eminem Earns Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Kamikaze'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474185/eminem-kamikaze-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart|access-date=September 9, 2018|magazine=Billboard|date=September 9, 2018|archive-date=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909233907/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8474185/eminem-kamikaze-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart|url-status=live}}

Sweetener was ranked 38th on the 2018 year-end Billboard 200 chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 2018 Year End Charts|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=December 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204224411/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}} The succeeding year, on the 2019 year-end Billboard 200 chart, Sweetener was ranked as 32nd most popular album of the year. On August 17, 2023, the fifth anniversary of its release, Sweetener was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over two million units in the US. As of June 2020, the album has sold 321,000 copies in the country.{{Cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=June 26, 2020|title=Ariana Grande's Careers Streams & Sales: From 'The Way' to 'Rain on Me'|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9409079/ariana-grande-career-streams-sales-2020-ask-billboard|access-date=June 27, 2020|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627051256/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9409079/ariana-grande-career-streams-sales-2020-ask-billboard|url-status=live}}

= Other territories =

Sweetener topped the record charts of 22 territories, and reached the top 10 in six other markets. In the United Kingdom, Sweetener debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, moving 45,000 album-equivalent units.{{Cite web|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=August 24, 2018|title=Ariana Grande hits album chart sweet spot: "I'm so grateful!"|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ariana-grandes-sweetener-earns-her-a-second-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-im-so-grateful-__23727/|url-status=live|website=Official Charts Company|language=en|access-date=May 24, 2021|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524204115/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ariana-grandes-sweetener-earns-her-a-second-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-im-so-grateful-__23727/}} It became her second number-one album in the UK, and her fastest selling album to date.{{Cite web|date=August 24, 2018|title=Ariana Grande Lands Her 2nd UK Number 1 Album With 'Sweetener'|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/wmj5ph/ariana-grande-sweetener-uk-album-chart-number-1|url-status=live|website=MTV UK|language=en|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812132519/http://www.mtv.co.uk/ariana-grande/news/ariana-grande-sweetener-uk-album-chart-number-1}} Following its release, two album tracks entered the UK Singles Chart as "Breathin" debuted at number eight, and "Sweetener" landed at number 22, while the single "God Is a Woman" ascended six places to number six.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20180824/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100: 24 August 2018 – 30 August 2018|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206085137/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20180824/7501/|url-status=live}} Sweetener was the best-performing album of 2018 by a foreign female artist in the UK.{{Cite web |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20180101/37502/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=www.officialcharts.com |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115195107/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20180101/37502/ |url-status=live }} It has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for shipments of over 300,000 units in the country.

In Australia, the album became Grande's third number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/sweetener-lands-ariana-grande-third-1-album|title=Sweetener lands Ariana Grande third #1 album|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=August 25, 2018|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215035903/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/sweetener-lands-ariana-grande-third-1-album|url-status=live}} All 15 of the album's tracks placed on the ARIA Singles Chart simultaneously, becoming Grande's first album to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/8/aria-chart-watch-487/|title=ARIA Chart Watch #487|work=auspOp |date=August 25, 2018|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912083257/https://www.auspop.com.au/2018/8/aria-chart-watch-487/|url-status=live |author1=Auspop }} It ranked as the country's fourth-best-selling album by a female soloist in 2018.{{Cite web |title=ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2018/albums-chart |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=www.aria.com.au |language=en |archive-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122205111/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2018/albums-chart |url-status=live }} Additionally, two Sweetener singles, "No Tears Left to Cry" and "God Is a Woman", landed in ARIA's annual top singles chart for the same year.{{Cite web |title=ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2018/singles-chart |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=www.aria.com.au |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811104849/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2018/singles-chart |url-status=live }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Standard edition{{Cite AV media notes |title=Sweetener |others=Ariana Grande |year=2018 |type=booklet |publisher=Republic Records |id=B002881502 |location=New York City }}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 47:25

| title_width = 32%

| writing_width = 43%

| extra_width = 25%

| title1 = Raindrops (An Angel Cried)

| lyrics1 = Bob Gaudio

| music1 = Ariana Grande

| extra1 = {{hlist|Ilya|Max Martin}}

| length1 = 0:37

| title2 = Blazed

| note2 = featuring Pharrell Williams

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Grande|Pharrell Williams|Maxine Ashley}}

| music2 = Williams

| extra2 = Williams

| length2 = 3:16

| title3 = The Light Is Coming

| note3 = featuring Nicki Minaj

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Grande|Onika Maraj}}

| music3 = Williams

| extra3 = Williams

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = R.E.M.

| lyrics4 = {{hlist|Grande|Williams}}

| music4 = Williams

| extra4 = Williams

| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = God Is a Woman

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Grande|Savan Kotecha}}

| music5 = {{hlist|Ilya Salmanzadeh |Max Martin|Rickard Göransson}}

| extra5 = Ilya

| length5 = 3:17

| title6 = Sweetener

| lyrics6 = {{hlist|Grande|Williams}}

| music6 = Williams

| extra6 = Williams

| length6 = 3:28

| title7 = Successful

| lyrics7 = Grande

| music7 = Williams

| extra7 = Williams

| length7 = 3:47

| title8 = Everytime

| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Grande|Kotecha}}

| music8 = {{hlist|Salmanzadeh|Martin}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Ilya|Martin}}

| length8 = 2:52

| title9 = Breathin

| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Grande|Kotecha}}

| music9 = {{hlist|Salmanzadeh|Peter Svensson}}

| extra9 = Ilya

| length9 = 3:18

| title10 = No Tears Left to Cry

| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Grande|Kotecha}}

| music10 = {{hlist|Salmanzadeh|Martin}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Ilya|Martin}}

| length10 = 3:25

| title11 = Borderline

| note11 = featuring Missy Elliott

| lyrics11 = {{hlist|Grande|Melissa Elliott}}

| music11 = Williams

| extra11 = Williams

| length11 = 2:57

| title12 = Better Off

| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Grande|Kim Krysiuk}}

| music12 = {{hlist|Tommy Brown|Chauncey Hollis|Brian Malik Baptiste}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Brown|Hit-Boy|Baptiste}}

| length12 = 2:51

| title13 = Goodnight n Go

| lyrics13 = {{hlist|Imogen Heap|Grande|Victoria Monét}}

| music13 = {{hlist|Heap|Brown|Charles Anderson|Michael Foster}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Brown|Anderson|Foster}}

| length13 = 3:09

| title14 = Pete Davidson

| lyrics14 = Grande

| music14 = {{hlist|Brown|Anderson|Monét}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Brown|Anderson}}

| length14 = 1:13

| title15 = Get Well Soon

| lyrics15 = Grande

| music15 = Williams

| extra15 = Williams

| length15 = 5:22

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition (bonus tracks){{cite web |url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICU-9094 |title=CDJapan: Sweetener Special Price Edition [Limited Edition] Ariana Grande Album |publisher=CDJapan |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728045852/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICU-9094 |url-status=live }}

| total_length = 54:07

| title16 = No Tears Left to Cry

| note16 = instrumental

| length16 = 3:25

| title17 = God Is a Woman

| note17 = instrumental

| length17 = 3:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese deluxe edition (bonus DVD){{cite web |url=https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/ariana-grande/sweetener/ |title=アリアナ・グランデ『Sweetener』特設サイト |publisher=Universal Music Japan |access-date=August 17, 2018 |archive-date=September 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913201121/https://sp.universal-music.co.jp/ariana-grande/sweetener/ |url-status=live }}

| extra_column = Director(s)

| total_length = 7:52

| title1 = No Tears Left to Cry

| note1 = music video

| extra1 = Dave Meyers

| length1 = 3:59

| title2 = The Light Is Coming

| note2 = music video, featuring Nicki Minaj

| extra2 = Meyers

| length2 = 3:53}}

Notes

"Raindrops (An Angel Cried)" is an a cappella cover of "An Angel Cried", a 1964 song written by Bob Gaudio and performed by The Four Seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/198045/ariana-grande-sweetener-new-album-announcement|title=Everything We Know About Ariana Grande's New Album Sweetener|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|first=Rebecca|last=Farley|work=Refinery29|archive-date=October 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003143205/https://www.refinery29.com/2018/05/198045/ariana-grande-sweetener-new-album-announcement|url-status=live}}
"Goodnight n Go" contains a sample of and incorporates lyrics from "Goodnight and Go" (2006), written and performed by Imogen Heap.
"Get Well Soon" contains 40 seconds of silence at the end of the track, which brings the total playtime of the track to 5:22 - something speculated by fans to align with the date of the Manchester Arena bombing, which took place on May 22, 2017 (5/22).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8470760/fans-speculate-ariana-grande-get-well-soon-honors-manchester|title=Fans Speculate Ariana Grande's Sweetener Track 'Get Well Soon' Is 5:22 Long to Honor Manchester Attack|last=Rincón|first=Alessandra|date=August 17, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 29, 2018}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sweetener.

Performers and musicians

Ariana Grande – vocals
Pharrell Williams – featured artist {{small|(2)}}, additional vocals {{small|(4, 6)}}
Nicki Minaj – featured artist {{small|(3)}}
Missy Elliott – featured artist {{small|(11)}}
Rickard Göransson – guitar {{small|(5)}}
Peter Lee Johnson – strings {{small|(12, 14)}}
Max Martin – bass {{small|(8, 10)}}, drums {{small|(8, 10)}}, keyboards {{small|(8–10)}}, percussion {{small|(10)}}
Ilya Salmanzadeh – background vocals {{small|(5, 9)}}, drums {{small|(5, 8–10)}}, guitar {{small|(5, 9)}}, keyboard {{small|(5, 8–10)}}, bass {{small|(8–9)}}, percussion {{small|(10)}}

Production

Charles Anderson – production {{small|(13–14)}}
Brian Malik Baptiste – production {{small|(12)}}
Cory Bice – recording engineer assistance {{small|(1, 8–10)}}
Scooter Braun – executive production
Tommy Brown – production {{small|(12–14)}}
Andrew Coleman – recording {{small|(2, 4, 6–7, 11)}}, digital editing {{small|(2, 4, 6–7, 11)}}, arrangement {{small|(2, 4, 6–7, 11)}}
Kris Crawford – recording assistance {{small|(3)}}
Thomas Cullison – recording assistance {{small|(2, 6–7, 11, 15)}}
Aubrey "Big Juice" Delaine – vocals recording {{small|(3)}}
Jacob Dennis – recording engineer assistance {{small|(3, 6)}}
Scott Desmarais – mix assistance {{small|(3)}}
Corte Ellis – recording {{small|(11)}}
Missy Elliott – recording {{small|(11)}}
Iain Findlay – recording assistance {{small|(6)}}
Robin Florent – mix assistance {{small|(3)}}
Michael Foster – production {{small|(13)}}
Chris Galland – mix assistance {{small|(3)}}
Şerban Ghenea – mixing {{small|(5, 8–14)}}
Ariana Grande – executive production, vocal production
Hart Gunther – recording assistance {{small|(7)}}
John Hanes – mix assistance {{small|(5, 8–14)}}
Hit-Boy – production {{small|(12)}}
Sam Holland – recording {{small|(1, 8–10)}}
Chris Khan – recording assistance {{small|(6)}}
David Kim – recording assistance {{small|(6)}}
Mike Larson – recording {{small|(2–4, 6–7, 11, 15)}}, digital editing {{small|(2–4, 6–7, 11, 15)}}, arrangement {{small|(2–4, 6–7, 11, 15)}}, additional programming {{small|(3–4)}}
Guillermo Lefeld – recording assistance {{small|(4)}}
Jeremy Lertola – recording engineer assistance {{small|(1, 8–10)}}
Manny Marroquin – mixing {{small|(3)}}
Max Martin – production {{small|(1, 8, 10)}}, programming {{small|(8, 10)}}
Randy Merrill – mastering
Brendan Morawski – recording engineer assistance {{small|(3)}}
Manny Park – recording assistance {{small|(3)}}
Noah Passovoy – recording {{small|(9)}}
Ramon Rivas – recording engineer assistance {{small|(3)}}
Ilya Salmanzadeh – production {{small|(1, 5, 8–10)}}, mixing {{small|(1)}}, programming {{small|(5, 8–10)}}
Ben "Bengineer" Sedano – recording assistance {{small|(2–3, 6, 11)}}
Jon Sher – recording assistance {{small|(4)}}
Phil Tan – mixing {{small|(2, 4, 6–7, 11, 15)}}
Pharrell Williams – production {{small|(2–4, 6–7, 11, 15)}}
Bill Zimmerman – additional engineering {{small|(2, 4, 6–7, 11, 15)}}

Artwork

Dave Meyers – photography
Jessica Severn – art direction, design

Charts

= Weekly charts =

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{{album chart\|Australia\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 25, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Austria\|4\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 30, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Flanders\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Wallonia\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCanada\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 28, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web \|url=http://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-37-tjedan-2018/ \|title=Lista prodaje 37. tjedan 2018. \|date=September 25, 2018 \|publisher=HDU \|language=hr \|access-date=February 12, 2022 \|archive-date=February 12, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212113213/http://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-37-tjedan-2018/ \|url-status=live }} \| 1
{{album chart\|Czech\|1\|date=201834\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 28, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Denmark\|2\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 29, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40){{cite news\|url=https://ekspress.delfi.ee/areen/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-entel-tentel-trika-trei-on-nadala-kovim-uus-eesti-plaat?id=84493035\|title=EESTI TIPP-40 MUUSIKAS Queenil läheb väga hästi!\|last=Nestor\|first=Siim\|date=August 28, 2018\|access-date=August 28, 2018\|work=Eesti Ekspress\|language=et\|archive-date=November 21, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121022051/https://ekspress.delfi.ee/areen/eesti-tipp-40-muusikas-entel-tentel-trika-trei-on-nadala-kovim-uus-eesti-plaat?id=84493035\|url-status=live}} \| 1
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Finland\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 26, 2018}}
{{album chart\|France\|2\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 27, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|3\|id=363204\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Greece\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 27, 2022}}
{{album chart\|Hungary\|6\|year=2018\|week=34\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 30, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Ireland2\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 25, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Italy\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 25, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan){{cite web\|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2018&month=08&day=27\|title=Japanese Hot Albums\|website=Billboard Japan\|language=ja\|access-date=September 3, 2018\|archive-date=April 1, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105259/http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2018&month=08&day=27\|url-status=live}} \| 4
{{album chart\|Oricon\|5\|M\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-08-27/\|date=August 27, 2018\|title=Ariana Grande\|publisher=Oricon\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON){{cite web \|url=http://centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php \|title=Los más vendidos 2018\|access-date=January 24, 2019\|language=es\|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124113504/http://centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php\|archive-date=January 24, 2019}} \| 1
{{album chart\|New Zealand\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Poland\|1\|id=1157\|rowheader=true\|refname=Poland\|access-date=August 30, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Portugal\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 30, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Scotland\|1\|date=20180824\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 25, 2018}}
scope="row"\| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web\|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=36&sec=c35644e049e948b731493b1478b0a4ce\|title=SK – ALBUMS – TOP 100: 201834\|publisher=ČNS IFPI\|access-date=April 29, 2019\|archive-date=June 6, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606220024/http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=36&sec=c35644e049e948b731493b1478b0a4ce\|url-status=live}} \| 1
scope="row"\| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web\|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=36&hitYear=2018&termGbn=week&yearTime=3\|language=ko\|title=Circle Albums Chart: Week 36 2018\|publisher=Gaon Music Chart\|access-date=March 1, 2025}} \| 24
scope="row"\| South Korean International Albums (Gaon){{cite web\|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?serviceGbn=&termGbn=week&hitYear=2018&targetTime=36&nationGbn=E&year_time=\|language=ko\|title=Circle International Albums Chart: Week 36 2018\|publisher=Gaon Music Chart\|access-date=March 1, 2025}} \| 2
{{album chart\|Spain\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 28, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 24, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|1\|artist=Ariana Grande\|album=Sweetener\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 29, 2018}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|1\|date=20180824\|rowheader=true\|access-date=August 25, 2018}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|1\|rowheader=true\|artist=Ariana Grande\|access-date=December 29, 2018}}

= Monthly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=36&sec=c35644e049e948b731493b1478b0a4ce|title=SK – ALBUMS – TOP 100: Měsíc201811|publisher=ČNS IFPI|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606220024/http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=36&sec=c35644e049e948b731493b1478b0a4ce|url-status=live}}

| 44

scope="row"| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=36&sec=c35644e049e948b731493b1478b0a4ce|title=SK – ALBUMS – TOP 100: Měsíc201809|publisher=ČNS IFPI|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606220024/http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?a=hitparada&hitparada=36&sec=c35644e049e948b731493b1478b0a4ce|url-status=live}}

| 4

scope="row"| South Korean Albums (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=09&hitYear=2018&termGbn=month|title=South Korean Albums – September 2018|publisher=Gaon|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802041158/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=09&hitYear=2018&termGbn=month|url-status=live}}

| 56

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2018/albums-chart|title=2018 Annual ARIA Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 10, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102193909/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2018/albums-chart|url-status=live}}

| 16

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2018&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2018|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041314/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2018&cat=a|url-status=live}}

| 33

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2018&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2018|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 21, 2018|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220231108/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2018&cat=a|url-status=live}}

| 90

scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-canadian-albums|title=Canadian Albums – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 5, 2018|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205062654/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-canadian-albums|url-status=live}}

| 35

scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten){{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/2018_album_t100.html|title=Album Top-100 2018|publisher=Hitlisten|language=da|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116100303/http://hitlisten.nu/2018_album_t100.html|url-status=live}}

| 48

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2018&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2018|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=January 5, 2019|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043451/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2018&cat=a|url-status=live}}

| 20

scope="row"| Dutch CombiAlbum Chart (MegaCharts){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2018&cat=ac|title=JAAROVERZICHTEN – COMBIALBUM 2018|publisher=MegaCharts|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322185346/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2018&cat=ac|url-status=live}}

| 21

scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2018|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2018|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228020640/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2018|url-status=live}}

| 101

scope="row"| Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-plotur-2018/|title=Tónlistinn – Plötur – 2018|publisher=Plötutíóindi|language=is|access-date=January 3, 2022|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115131318/https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-plotur-2018/|url-status=live}}

| 45

scope="row"| Irish Albums (IRMA){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-40-biggest-albums-of-2018__25261/|title=Ireland's Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2018|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 5, 2019|archive-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104175730/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-40-biggest-albums-of-2018__25261/|url-status=live}}

| 13

scope="row"| Italian Albums (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://fimi.it/news/classifiche-annuali-top-of-the-music-fimigfk-2018-protagonista-la-musica-italiana|title=Classifiche Annuali Top of the Music FIMI/GfK 2018: Protagonista La Musica Italiana|language=it|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2019|format=Download the attachment and open the albums file|archive-date=January 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126044746/http://fimi.it/news/classifiche-annuali-top-of-the-music-fimigfk-2018-protagonista-la-musica-italiana|url-status=live}}

| 64

scope="row"| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)

| 19

scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2018-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2018|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-date=December 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214170829/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4568|url-status=live}}

| 26

scope="row"| South Korean International Albums (Gaon){{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=E&targetTime=2018&hitYear=2018&termGbn=year&yearTime=3|language=ko|title=Circle International Albums: Year-End 2018|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=March 1, 2025}}

| 34

scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2018|title=Top 100 Albumes 2018|publisher=PROMUSICAE|access-date=May 8, 2019|archive-date=February 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013148/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2018|url-status=live}}

| 50

scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20180001|title=Årslista Album – År 2018|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=January 15, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115023144/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=83&dfom=20180001|url-status=live}}

| 48

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2018|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2018 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=December 31, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065636/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2018|url-status=live}}

| 88

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 3, 2019|archive-date=February 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204185059/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/|url-status=live}}

| 16

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204224411/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=December 4, 2018|url-status=live}}

| 38

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2019)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/albums-chart|title=2019 Annual ARIA Albums Chart|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=March 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315024115/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2019/albums-chart|url-status=live}}

| 43

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2019&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2019|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222160730/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2019&cat=a|url-status=live}}

| 56

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2019&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2019|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 20, 2019|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222203209/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2019&cat=a|url-status=live}}

| 170

scope="row"| Canadian Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-canadian-albums|title=Top Canadian Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205180940/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/top-canadian-albums|url-status=live}}

| 34

scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten){{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/top2019.asp|title=Album Top-100 2019|publisher=Hitlisten|language=da|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114175340/http://hitlisten.nu/top2019.asp|url-status=live}}

| 66

scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2019|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2019|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222203215/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2019|url-status=live}}

| 167

scope="row"|Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-plotur-2019/|title=Tónlistinn – Plötur – 2019|publisher=Plötutíóindi|language=is|access-date=1 April 2022|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210112114032/https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-plotur-2019/|url-status=live}}

| 60

scope="row"| Irish Albums (IRMA){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-50-biggest-albums-of-2019__28107/|title=Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-date=March 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312113437/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/irelands-official-top-50-biggest-albums-of-2019__28107/|url-status=live}}

| 28

scope="row"| Latvian Albums (LAIPA){{cite web|url=https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/muzikas-paterina-tops-latvija-2019-8292|title=Digitālās Mūzikas Tops 2019|publisher=LAIPA|language=lv|access-date=January 3, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415065339/https://www.parmuziku.lv/muzikas-zinas/latvija/muzikas-paterina-tops-latvija-2019-8292|url-status=live}}

| 67

scope="row"| Mexican Albums (AMPROFON){{cite web|url=http://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/rankings/top-album.php|title=Top 100 México – Los más vendidos 2019|access-date=January 25, 2020|language=es|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200125050400/http://centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofonanual/100.php|archive-date=January 25, 2020|url-status=live}}

| 62

scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2019-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2019|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-date=March 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314102022/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=4790|url-status=live}}

| 31

scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2019&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album, 2019|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=January 14, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322185410/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2019&dspp=1|url-status=live}}

| 97

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20190101/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 4, 2020|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117150529/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20190101/37502/|url-status=live}}

| 50

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 5, 2019|url-access=subscription|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213193358/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}

| 32

scope="row"| US Rolling Stone 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/albums/year-end/|title=Top 200 Albums of 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114195900/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/albums/year-end/|url-status=dead}}

| 58

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2020)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2020|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222205127/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2020&cat=a|url-status=live}}

| 190

scope="row"| US Rolling Stone 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/albums/year-end/|title=Top 200 Albums of 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-date=January 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114195900/https://www.rollingstone.com/charts/albums/year-end/|url-status=dead}}

| 176

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Polish Albums (ZPAV){{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=2008|title=sanah podbija sprzedaż fizyczną w Polsce|publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry|language=pl|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=February 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201145112/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=2008|url-status=live}}

| 37

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2022)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Polish Albums (ZPAV){{cite web|url=http://www.zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=2064|title=OLiS 2022 – roczne podsumowanie sprzedaży płyt na nośnikach fizycznych|publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry|language=pl|access-date=February 17, 2023}}

| 95

= Decade-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (2010–2019) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200\|title=Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 15, 2019\|archive-date=March 20, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320084752/https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200\|url-status=live}} \| 137

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (2010–2019)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200|title=Decade-End Charts: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 15, 2019|archive-date=March 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320084752/https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/billboard-200|url-status=live}}

| 137

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=November 12, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|title=Sweetener|artist=Ariana Grande|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|access-date=June 25, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|access-date=December 22, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=2018|relmonth=8|certyear=2025|access-date=March 13, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=9060|access-date=March 24, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=January 4, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2025|access-date=February 11, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2021|source=radioscope|access-date=2025-01-10}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=October 2, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2023|access-date=April 19, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|title=Sweetener|artist=Ariana Grande|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|id=file_2024-04-11-09-50-55.pdf|access-date=April 10, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|award=Platinum|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|access-date=November 24, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=ariana-grande-nicki-minaj-sweetener|access-date=November 11, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|award=Gold|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|certweek=39|access-date=October 7, 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|access-date=January 31, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Sweetener|type=album|artist=Ariana Grande|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|award=Platinum|id=15148-3975-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Ariana Grande|title=Sweetener|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2023|relyear=2018|access-date=March 1, 2025|refname="US Certs"}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Region ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Format ! scope="col" \| Label ! scope="col" \| Ref.
scope="row"\| Various \| August 17, 2018 \| {{hlist\|CD\|digital download\|streaming}} \|Republic \|{{Cite web\|title=Sweetener CD – Ariana Grande {{!}} Shop\|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cd\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140309/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cd\|archive-date=August 8, 2018\|access-date=May 24, 2021\|website=Ariana Grande Official Store}}{{Cite web\|title=Sweetener Digital Album – Ariana Grande {{!}} Shop\|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-digital-album\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222181243/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-digital-album\|archive-date=February 22, 2019\|access-date=May 24, 2021\|website=Ariana Grande Official Store}}
scope="row"\| United Kingdom \| August 21, 2018 \| rowspan="2" \|Cassette \|Island \|{{cite web\|url=http://store.universalmusic.com/arianagrande//secret/Sweetener-Cassette-UK-EXCLUSIVE/5XH90ILE000\|title=Ariana Grande – Sweetener\|publisher=Universal Music Group\|access-date=August 19, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820043828/https://store.universalmusic.com/arianagrande//secret/Sweetener-Cassette-UK-EXCLUSIVE/5XH90ILE000\|archive-date=August 20, 2018\|url-status=dead}}
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| Various \| October 15, 2018 \| rowspan="2" \| Republic \|{{cite web\|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cassette-album\|title=Sweetener Cassette + Album – Ariana Grande Official Store\|publisher=Universal Music Group\|access-date=August 21, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822113406/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cassette-album\|archive-date=August 22, 2018\|url-status=dead}}
November 2018 \| LP \|{{Cite web \|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-vinyl-album \|title=Sweetener Vinyl + Album – Ariana Grande Official Store \|access-date=August 21, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822050033/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-vinyl-album \|archive-date=August 22, 2018 \|url-status=dead }}

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scope="col" | Region

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Format

! scope="col" | Label

! scope="col" | Ref.

scope="row"| Various

| August 17, 2018

| {{hlist|CD|digital download|streaming}}

|Republic

|{{Cite web|title=Sweetener CD – Ariana Grande {{!}} Shop|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140309/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cd|archive-date=August 8, 2018|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=Ariana Grande Official Store}}{{Cite web|title=Sweetener Digital Album – Ariana Grande {{!}} Shop|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-digital-album|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222181243/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-digital-album|archive-date=February 22, 2019|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=Ariana Grande Official Store}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| August 21, 2018

| rowspan="2" |Cassette

|Island

|{{cite web|url=http://store.universalmusic.com/arianagrande/*/secret/Sweetener-Cassette-UK-EXCLUSIVE/5XH90ILE000|title=Ariana Grande – Sweetener|publisher=Universal Music Group|access-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820043828/https://store.universalmusic.com/arianagrande/*/secret/Sweetener-Cassette-UK-EXCLUSIVE/5XH90ILE000|archive-date=August 20, 2018|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Various

| October 15, 2018

| rowspan="2" | Republic

|{{cite web|url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cassette-album|title=Sweetener Cassette + Album – Ariana Grande Official Store|publisher=Universal Music Group|access-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822113406/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-cassette-album|archive-date=August 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}

November 2018

| LP

|{{Cite web |url=https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-vinyl-album |title=Sweetener Vinyl + Album – Ariana Grande Official Store |access-date=August 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822050033/https://shop.arianagrande.com/products/sweetener-vinyl-album |archive-date=August 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}