All twelve songs from the album appeared simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending February 23, 2019, and eleven of the tracks appeared in the top 40 of the chart. It broke the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album. The album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 360,000 album-equivalent units being Grande's fourth number-one album in the United States. Sal Cinquemani, writing on behalf of Slant Magazine, gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated that Thank U, Next is "easily Grande’s most sonically consistent effort to date, even if that means some of the album’s sleek R&B tracks tend to blur together." Commercial performanceĪfter the release of Thank U, Next, it reached the top on US iTunes in just 5 minutes, becoming the fastest album in history to hit #1 on US iTunes. He noted the difference between Thank U, Next with Grande's previous album Sweetener saying that "this time Grande is swaggering with the confidence that comes with unquestioned stardom." He added that "the album feels slighter than Sweetener." Erlewine gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine made an early review of the album. The album received universal acclaim from music critics. The tour began on March 18, 2019, in Albany, New York and ended on December 22, 2019, in Inglewood, California. The dates for the North American leg of the Sweetener World Tour were announced on October 25, 2018. Grande confirmed that the tour for her album Sweetener would be combined with the tour for Thank U, Next. The third and final single, " Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", was released along with the album on February 8, 2019. The second single, " 7 Rings", was released on January 18, 2019. The lead single and title track, " Thank U, Next", was released on November 3, 2018. While the physical version, revealed two days later, features a black background. It features a pink background and an upside down photo of Grande in the middle, shot by Alfredo Flores, with the title of the album painted on her neck by Brian Nicholson. The digital version of the cover was revealed on Januand Grande stated that this was her favorite one yet. Grande revealed that there would be a different version for the physical and digital album cover art. The following is a list of known dates on which Grande was in the studio: A day later, she uploaded more photos and revealed that at least nine songs were recorded, tagging songwriters and producers Kaydence, Victoria Monét, Tayla Parx, Tommy Brown, Scootie and Mikey (from Social House). On October 1, 2018, Grande uploaded a photo at studio on her Instagram story. It was revealed on Grande's official Japanese Twitter account that a Deluxe Edition of the album would be released on June 26, Ariana's birthday, featuring the "7 Rings" remix featuring 2 Chainz, " Monopoly" with Victoria Monét, and a DVD with the music videos for "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings" and "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored". The album was made available for pre-order on January 25, 2019. Its track listing was revealed on Januon Instagram. On January 3, 2019, Grande confirmed on Twitter that " 7 Rings" would be the second single from the album. In an interview with Billboard, the album was described as "deep, bass-driven bangers with trap beats alternating with airy, sad ballads". On December 4, 2018, Grande revealed on Twitter that the album was finished. Grande also teased "Imagine", "7 Rings" and "Needy" in the music video for the album's title track, " Thank U, Next", released in November 2018. The song titles "Make Up", "7 Rings", "Ghostin" and "Remember" could be seen. Also, another short scene shows the board in the background blurred. In the video, a short scene shows a departures board, where some possible tracks from Thank U, Next are listed, including " NASA", " Imagine" and " Needy". Ī music video for Grande's single " Breathin", from her previous album Sweetener, was released on November 7, 2018. On November 3, 2018, Grande confirmed the title of the album, Thank U, Next. On November 1, 2018, Grande revealed on Twitter that she was finishing the album, but she later deleted the tweet. Later that day, Grande shared a 45-second-snippet of a song on her Instagram with the caption "tell me how good it feels to be needed" which are lyrics from a song, later revealed to be titled " Needy". Tommy Brown shared a short snippet of a song on his Instagram story on October 4, 2018. During the Sweetener livestream on August 16, 2018, Grande confirmed that she would start working on her next album in September 2018.
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