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86

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3536 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth full-length studio release for the pop singer features production from Charles Anderson, Tommy Brown, Michael Foster, Max Martin, Happy Perez, Ilya Salmanzadeh, and Andrew "Pop" Wansel.
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ghostin
[Verse 1] I know you hear me when I cry I try to hold it in at night While you're sleeping next to me But it's your arms that I need this time (This... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Feb 15, 2019
    91
    Of course, the album is a highly polished product and not some diary page. But it feels lived in, truthful, authentic.
  2. Feb 7, 2019
    90
    A singer who not only knows what she wants but knows that she's wanted, and that attitude unites and propels thank u, next through its ballads and R&B jams, turning it into an album that embodies every aspect of Ariana Grande, the grand pop star.
  3. 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.
  4. 80
    An album that ultimately serves as both an emancipation and a proclamation, Grande fully bending her collaborators to her will instead of merely playing in their sandboxes, and creating a blissful fusion of pop and R&B that is entirely her own.
  5. Feb 12, 2019
    80
    This is one of the year’s best pop albums so far, even in a 2019 that’s already turning out to be a great one for new music. Thank U, Next makes you suspect that the best Ariana is yet to come.
  6. Feb 8, 2019
    80
    Her strongest body of work to date.
  7. 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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Feb 18, 2019
    10
    Nesse álbum vemos um amadurecimento incrível por parte da ariana,as musicas com arranjos e vocais perfeitos,essa menina teve uma evoluçãoNesse álbum vemos um amadurecimento incrível por parte da ariana,as musicas com arranjos e vocais perfeitos,essa menina teve uma evolução incrível.Tenho que concordar com a crítica,Ariana Grande é definitivamente a nova princesa do pop. Expand
  2. Feb 9, 2019
    10
    Amzing! Ariana show us a new type of music, thank u, next is very good album and it deserve a score up to 80 like sweetener and Yours Truly
  3. Nov 2, 2019
    10
    Her most cohesive,real,emotional and mature album to date! This album doesn’t have any skips at all and you can tell these tracks mean a lot to her.
  4. Dec 25, 2020
    10
    amazing! Ariana sounds amazing! her music is always good and just because you stan another female pop star, doesn't make Ariana a badamazing! Ariana sounds amazing! her music is always good and just because you stan another female pop star, doesn't make Ariana a bad person/bad singer. y'all just wish your faves was just as talented as her Expand
  5. Aug 23, 2019
    10
    IT IS HER BEST ALBUM YET ♥️ It is one of the best albums in the music industry ! 7 rings and thank u next the huge singles that spawned aIT IS HER BEST ALBUM YET ♥️ It is one of the best albums in the music industry ! 7 rings and thank u next the huge singles that spawned a number one were so new with a change of style that made her even more successful . Let’s not forget about the songs that are slow that added to the album a mix off bops and slow songs . Which is a great mixture. Expand
  6. Jun 17, 2020
    7
    Ariana trouxe um álbum eclético, fresco, dançante .. thank u next veio para a consolidar como uma das Melhores cantoras pop da atualidade!
  7. Aug 31, 2019
    0
    The album aged like milk its the worst ariana grade album ive ever heard. I can only listen to 3 songs the rest are terrible

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