2018-2019: Sweetener and Thank U, Next
In November 2018, Grande announced that her fifth studio album would be titled Thank U, Next.[165][166] The lead single, "Thank U, Next", was released on November 3, 2018.[167] The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's first number one single in the United States.[168] It was quickly certified platinum in the United States,[169] and the song's music video broke records for the most-watched music video on YouTube within 24 hours of release[170] and fastest Vevo video to reach 100 million views on YouTube.[171] On Spotify, the song became the fastest song to reach 100 million streams in 11 days and most-streamed song by a female artist in a 24-hour period with 9.6 million streams, before surpassed with her own song "7 Rings" with nearly 15 million streams.[172] Later the same month, Grande released, in collaboration with YouTube, a four-part docuseries titled Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries. It shows behind the scenes and concert footage from Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour, including moments from the One Love Manchester concert, and follows her professional life during the tour and the making of Sweetener. The series debuted on November 29, 2018.[173]
In January 2019, it was announced that Grande will be headlining the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[174] Grande will become the youngest artist ever to headline and just the fourth female headliner of the festival.[175] It is set to take place from April 12–14 and April 19–21.[176] Grande's second single from Thank U, Next, "7 Rings", was released on January 18, 2019, and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of February 2, becoming her second single in a row (and overall) to top the charts.[177] It also made Grande the third female artist with multiple number-one debuts after Mariah Carey (3) and Britney Spears (2) and fifth artist overall after Justin Bieber and Drake.[178] The song broke several streaming and recording industry records.[179] Thank U, Next was released on February 8, 2019, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 while receiving acclaim from critics.[180] It broke the records for the largest streaming week for a pop album and for a female album in the United States with 307 million on-demand streams.[181] Grande became the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 with "7 Rings" at number one, her third single "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" debuting at number two, and her lead single "Thank U, Next" rose to number three, and the overall second artist to do so since The Beatles did in 1964 when they occupied the top five spots.[182] In the United Kingdom, Grande became the second female solo artist to simultaneously hold the number one and two spots and the first musical artist to replace herself at number one, twice consecutively.[183] On February 20, 2019, Grande won a Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist.[184]