• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Feb 8, 2019
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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3536 Ratings

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  1. Aug 29, 2020
    10
    A solid album from one of pop's best is the best way to describe it. A must listen.
  2. Jul 24, 2020
    10
    amazing album, 0 skips, ariana did this in only 6 months and didn’t disappoint, GORGEOUS
  3. Jul 29, 2020
    0
    This album is a candy pop sound track full of showing off money riches and no depth, sounds pretty generic, and the albums just bad, this might be her worst album ever, I hope those kids understand that and the
  4. Jul 27, 2020
    10
    This album is so good, all of the songs in are BOP, I list en it at least 150 times.
  5. Jul 28, 2020
    0
    Pandering to the hip hop trend taking over the charts but very unimpressive and forgettable for me.
  6. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Este álbum es una obra de arte es un álbum divertido y a la vez profesional
  7. Aug 28, 2020
    9
    Icônico!
    Ariana explora novas sonoridades, passeando por referência Trap e Hip-hop, ainda mantendo sua base no pop. Com composições realistas, ela mostra que a vida pode ser dura, mas que podemos gritar de peito cheio e celebrar a vida. Revigorante, genial e bem construído. A fórmula do sucesso (?)
  8. May 7, 2021
    10
    Very entertaining from the very beginning to the end, you can feel every track for the lyrics and the vocals but the music production it’s even better. A Perfect Album without a doubt.
  9. Oct 28, 2020
    10
    Amazing. This album is pure art. I loved. Ariana is the best singer in the world.
  10. Mar 16, 2021
    2
    She has incredible voice but the lyrics are not The most meaningful .. she has been doing the same is nothing new or challenge
  11. Nov 17, 2020
    0
    This is one of the most overrated musical projects I have ever heard. It feels like musical McDonalds.
  12. Nov 23, 2020
    1
    Ariana is very overrated in the music industry, She has a good voice but the whiny, cat like tone she approaches most of the time is a big turn off for me.
  13. Nov 30, 2020
    0
    such a shame she has a good voice but her songs are all the same... this could easily be stweetener pt 2 or positions pt 2 and I wouldn't realize it.
  14. Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Musicas legais, porem, tudo cliche, menina ariana ta errando feio e parece que ta distante de saber acertar
  15. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Hello as these I don't know what to put here for my critic to count So I'll just put words to tell me the review
  16. Nov 30, 2020
    0
    This whole album is one of the most overrated ever. You can see how desesperate for numbers she was, releasing album after album just cause she was on her peak. I rather quality over cuantity.
  17. Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Seems like she doesn’t care about her image maturing. Same thing over and over. I just don’t like it. Feel like I’m listening to the same song all over with different lyrics.
  18. Dec 11, 2020
    10
    Perfection! Endless bops and unforgettable lyrics and beats! Queeeennnnn!
  19. Dec 12, 2020
    6
    Cet album me montre la vérité: Ariana Grande ne pourra pas produire un grand album comme Sweetener. Cependant, dans cet album, il y a encore de très bonnes chansons.
  20. Jan 6, 2021
    0
    For me, this is the definition of an overrated and over hyped album. Because of this I feel like in 10-20 years, it will not be remembered. Small shelf life for this one.
  21. Mar 20, 2021
    1
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  22. Mar 20, 2021
    0
    This album is so bad. This album is not good. Sorry but are reals.
  23. Mar 21, 2021
    9
    talking in billie’s words: Thank u, next brings some **** Ariana’s 5 album is smash and probably the peak of her career. The production of this album is a masterpiece. However, some songs seems very similar, but generally it’s incredible. A very positive point: Fake Smile is one of the best Ariana’s songs.
  24. Mar 29, 2021
    7
    With this album, Ariana showed herself what she is capable of setting a bunch of new records that have not yet been broken
  25. Mar 29, 2021
    10
    Fake smile is the song on there, this album is so good, the lyrics there is so good and I love this album so so much
  26. Apr 26, 2021
    10
    Her best album 100% not a single bad song in sight. Even the weaker sad songs, are still at the very least am 8/10.
  27. May 8, 2021
    10
    ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS EVER. This is like Ariana's diary so it has great songwriting. The album is mostly a mixture of pop, R&B, reggae, hip hop, soul, EDM and trap. My favorites are all of them!
  28. May 23, 2021
    0
    I did try to like this album but unfortunately it lacks something that makes it standout if i'm being honest. Each track borrows chords from sounds we have heard before in the last 20 years and strangely each track sounds like rushed takes of her previous music in her catalogue. In some tracks, the forced Mariah Carey-esque sound takes a toll on the song and is honestly laughable to beI did try to like this album but unfortunately it lacks something that makes it standout if i'm being honest. Each track borrows chords from sounds we have heard before in the last 20 years and strangely each track sounds like rushed takes of her previous music in her catalogue. In some tracks, the forced Mariah Carey-esque sound takes a toll on the song and is honestly laughable to be frank. 7 rings borrowed sample somehow manages to thankfully save the song from it's awful capatalist message. Expand
  29. Jun 1, 2021
    10
    I adore how ariana brought the r&b/trap influences on her pop songs this album, sounds so good and there were no skips for me.
  30. Oct 15, 2021
    0
    Appropriated the Black culture for the entire era. Awful lyrics, awful sound, awful singer.
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Feb 25, 2019
    90
    Occasionally, rarely, a record comes along that restores our faith. If this is the future of pop-music, then sign me up.
  2. Feb 20, 2019
    90
    thank u, next builds on Sweetener by switching modes of scale. It’s less about looking at the world than being by yourself, more focused on the textures of memory than our actions stemming from it. ... thank u, next is also Ariana’s most stunning vocal album.
  3. Feb 19, 2019
    60
    [7 Rings] is a hit, but isn’t actually all that great, using Rodgers and Hammerstein’s My Favourite Things as its sing-song musical base. The rest of the album remains of interest for its evolutions in sound, delivery and attitude.