Sweetener (album)

Sweetener
Number One Hit Album by Ariana Grande
Artist	Ariana Grande
Released	August 17, 2018
Genre	Pop
Length	47:25
Warz Score
Chart Overview
Peak	1³
Debuted	Week 1
Last Seen	Week 146
Rank	13 (as of July 19, 2026)
Certification	8x Platinum ▲
Plays	2,393
Weeks	55

Sweetener is Ariana Grande’s fourth studio album, released on August 17, 2018, through Republic Records. It is a #1 album, which peaked at #1 in Week 103.

The album peaked at #1 during Week 87. The album produced the number-one hit "Goodnight N Go", along with top-five hits "Sweetener (song)" and "Breathin". The album was featured as an Album of the Week during Week 130.

Chart Summary

Sweetener by Ariana Grande debuted on the King Warz Albums chart at #16 in Week 1 and has spent 55 total weeks on the chart. It has spent 3 weeks at #1 across 3 separate visits, each a single-week stay (Week 87, Week 90, Week 130), the tenth-most weeks at #1 in chart history. It stands as the fifteenth album ever to top the chart and the fifth official #1 album of 2025. It became Ariana Grande's fifth #1 album.

The album earned its highest weekly points total, 633, in Week 130 at #1, re-entering the chart directly at that position. Its longest unbroken run on the chart lasted 6 weeks, from Week 85 to Week 90. The album has re-entered the chart 31 times, with gaps of 1 to 13 weeks between appearances; the first re-entry came in Week 3 and the most recent in Week 146. Of its 55 chart weeks, 11 have come inside the top 5, 26 inside the top 10 and 55 inside the top 20.

Among the 143 albums that have charted, it ranks #13 all-time. Across its charted weeks alone it has moved 7,598 units from 2,131 plays and 3,336 chart points, its chart presence driven 56% by raw streams and 44% by chart points; its certification also counts streaming from weeks off the chart.

During 2021, the album appeared 3 times, peaking at #10, averaging #12, earning 142 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 5 (62 points), and it finished 15th on the 2021 year-end chart with 240 units. 2022 brought 6 chart weeks, peaking at #10, averaging #15, earning 261 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 19 (60 points), and it finished 30th on the 2022 year-end chart with 549 units. In 2023, the album charted 3 times, peaking at #4, averaging #12, earning 202 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 28 (130 points), and it finished 35th on the 2023 year-end chart with 334 units. In 2024, the album charted 3 times, peaking at #4, averaging #10, earning 107 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 47 (69 points). 2025 brought 34 chart weeks, peaking at #1 (2 weeks on top), averaging #10, earning 1,991 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 90 (354 points), and it finished 10th on the 2025 year-end chart with 5,295 units. 2026 brought 6 chart weeks, peaking at #1, averaging #13, earning 633 points, anchored by its biggest week in Week 130 (633 points), and it has moved 1,403 units so far, currently sitting 19th on the year-end chart.

Notable Achievements

• The album topped the chart, earning Number One Hit Album status.
• The album is Ariana Grande's fifth #1 album on the King Warz Charts.
• It is the fifteenth album ever to top the chart, and the fifth official #1 album of 2025.
• Its 3 weeks at #1 are the tenth-most in chart history.
• The album ranks #13 all-time on the King Warz Charts albums ranking.
• The album is certified 8x Platinum on the King Warz Charts.

Certifications

Certification	Achieved	Units required	Time to reach
Gold	March 18, 2022 (Week 11)	500	510 days
Platinum	January 13, 2023 (Week 29)	1,000	811 days
2× Platinum	January 21, 2025 (Week 71)	2,000	1,550 days
3× Platinum	April 13, 2025 (Week 83)	3,000	1,632 days
4× Platinum	May 27, 2025 (Week 89)	4,000	1,676 days
5× Platinum	July 9, 2025 (Week 95)	5,000	1,719 days
6× Platinum	November 2, 2025 (Week 112)	6,000	1,835 days
7× Platinum	January 27, 2026 (Week 124)	7,000	1,921 days
8× Platinum	April 24, 2026 (Week 137)	8,000	2,008 days

Listening Milestones

• First streamed on October 24, 2020 (Week 1).
• Biggest listening day: March 6, 2026 (109 plays).
• Reached 500 plays on January 19, 2025 (Week 71).
• Reached 1,000 plays on May 4, 2025 (Week 86).
• 2,392 total plays across 346 different days.

Chart Performance

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Tracklist

#	Song	Peak	Weeks	Plays	Cert	From
1	raindrops	11	18	265	4× Platinum	—
2	blazed	9	12	191	3× Platinum	—
3	the light is coming	6	22	312	5× Platinum	—
4	R.E.M	6	28	304	6× Platinum	K Bye For Now
5	God is a woman	14	26	286	5× Platinum	—
6	sweetener	3	54	446	12× Diamond	K Bye For Now
7	successful	17	18	244	3× Platinum	—
8	everytime	6	49	464	11× Diamond	K Bye For Now
9	breathin	3	54	546	13× Diamond	K Bye For Now
10	no tears left to cry	15	17	245	4× Platinum	—
11	borderline	16	3	135	Platinum	—
12	better off	18	3	132	Platinum	—
13	goodnight n go	1	54	538	13× Diamond	K Bye For Now
14	pete davidson	15	3	136	Platinum	—
15	get well soon	5	34	376	9× Platinum	K Bye For Now

Chart History

Date	Week	MV	Album	Artist	TW	LW	OC	UTS	PLS	PK	PTS
October 07, 2021	Week 1	NEW	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	16	-	1	40	2	16	36
December 02, 2021	Week 3	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	10	-	2	72	14	10	44
December 30, 2021	Week 5	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	11	-	3	78	8	10	62
January 27, 2022	Week 7	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	10	-	4	84	15	10²	54
February 10, 2022	Week 8	▼10	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	20	10	5	36	2	10²	32
April 28, 2022	Week 15	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	14	-	6	61	11	10²	39
May 26, 2022	Week 16	▼3	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	17	14	7	46	7	10²	32
July 14, 2022	Week 19	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	11	-	8	72	6	10²	60
September 29, 2022	Week 22	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	18	-	9	64	10	10²	44
January 12, 2023	Week 28	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	4	-	10	194	32	4	130
February 23, 2023	Week 31	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	11	-	11	76	12	4	52
June 22, 2023	Week 40	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	20	-	12	26	3	4	20
March 21, 2024	Week 47	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	4	-	13	97	14	4²	69
May 23, 2024	Week 50	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	6	-	14	63	17	4²	29
September 19, 2024	Week 55	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	20	-	15	29	10	4²	9
January 09, 2025	Week 69	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	3	-	16	332	81	3	170
January 16, 2025	Week 70	▼9	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	12	3	17	98	49	3	0
January 23, 2025	Week 71	▲4	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	8	12	18	145	62	3	21
January 30, 2025	Week 72	▼9	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	17	8	19	55	22	3	11
February 13, 2025	Week 74	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	10	-	20	122	44	3	34
February 20, 2025	Week 75	▲2	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	8	10	21	157	68	3	21
March 06, 2025	Week 77	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	8	-	22	162	81	3	0
March 20, 2025	Week 79	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	7	-	23	160	45	3	70
March 27, 2025	Week 80	▲1	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	6	7	24	149	66	3	17
April 10, 2025	Week 82	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	5	-	25	155	69	3	17
April 17, 2025	Week 83	▼11	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	16	5	26	66	33	3	0
May 01, 2025	Week 85	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	12	-	27	98	49	3	0
May 08, 2025	Week 86	▼2	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	14	12	28	90	45	3	0
May 15, 2025	Week 87	▲13	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	1	14	29	441	63	1	315
May 22, 2025	Week 88	▼2	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	3	1	30	278	58	1	162
May 29, 2025	Week 89	▼1	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	4	3	31	238	78	1	82
June 05, 2025	Week 90	▲3	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	1	4	32	496	71	1²	354
June 19, 2025	Week 92	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	11	-	33	90	45	1²	0
June 26, 2025	Week 93	=	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	11	11	34	113	48	1²	17
July 10, 2025	Week 95	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	5	-	35	216	43	1²	130
July 17, 2025	Week 96	▼9	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	14	5	36	77	26	1²	25
August 07, 2025	Week 99	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	6	-	37	190	59	1²	72
August 21, 2025	Week 101	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	18	-	38	66	33	1²	0
September 04, 2025	Week 103	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	10	-	39	131	45	1²	41
September 11, 2025	Week 104	▼8	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	18	10	40	72	28	1²	16
September 18, 2025	Week 105	▼2	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	20	18	41	36	18	1²	0
September 25, 2025	Week 106	▲11	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	9	20	42	122	42	1²	38
October 02, 2025	Week 107	▼1	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	10	9	43	52	26	1²	0
October 09, 2025	Week 108	▼6	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	16	10	44	62	31	1²	0
October 23, 2025	Week 110	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	16	-	45	50	25	1²	0
November 27, 2025	Week 115	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	2	-	46	469	73	1²	323
December 11, 2025	Week 117	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	7	-	47	122	55	1²	12
December 18, 2025	Week 118	▼2	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	9	7	48	151	54	1²	43
December 25, 2025	Week 119	▼9	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	18	9	49	60	30	1²	0
January 01, 2026	Week 120	▲4	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	14	18	50	84	42	1²	0
January 15, 2026	Week 122	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	16	-	51	94	47	1²	0
March 12, 2026	Week 130	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	1	-	52	875	121	1³	633
March 26, 2026	Week 132	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	20	-	53	44	22	1³	0
May 07, 2026	Week 138	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	12	-	54	82	41	1³	0
July 02, 2026	Week 146	RE	Sweetener	Ariana Grande	15	-	55	60	30	1³	0

Year End Chart Appearances

The album has appeared on 5 year-end charts.

Year	Position	Weeks	Units	Plays	Peak	Peak Weeks
2026	19	6	1,403	385	1	—
2025	10	34	5,295	1,652	1	2
2023	35	3	334	66	4	—
2022	30	6	549	104	10	—
2021	15	3	240	43	10	—

Note: The 2026 year-end position is tentative and subject to change as the year has not concluded.

Month End Chart Appearances

The album has appeared on 20 month-end charts.

Month	Year	Position	Weeks	Units	Plays	Peak	Peak Weeks
March	2026	4	2	917	142	1	—
December	2025	15	3	367	156	7	—
November	2025	10	1	459	68	2	—
September	2025	16	4	309	107	9	—
July	2025	18	2	335	90	5	—
June	2025	7	3	751	190	1	—
May	2025	3	5	1,137	289	1	—
April	2025	15	2	335	159	5	—
March	2025	14	3	395	154	6	—
February	2025	18	2	267	106	8	—
January	2025	8	4	624	211	3	—
May	2024	13	1	63	17	6	—
March	2024	5	1	101	16	4	—
January	2023	11	1	200	35	4	—
July	2022	10	1	72	6	11	—
May	2022	17	1	50	9	17	—
February	2022	19	1	40	4	20	—
January	2022	18	1	84	15	10	—
December	2021	13	2	160	27	10	—
October	2021	17	1	38	1	16	—