The Making Of The SWEETENER Album - 2016 / 2017 / 2018

Sweetener (abbreviated as “SW” or “SWT”) is Ariana Grande's fourth studio album. It was released on August 17, 2018, through Republic Records, Ariana's record label. The album was recorded and produced between May 6th 2016 and May 2018.

The album won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 61st ceremony, marking Grande's first career Grammy win.

She posted on her Snapchat and tweeted that she was in the studio on May 6, 2016 - June 29, 2016 - July 13, 2016. She wasn’t able to record between May 28, 2016 and early June 2016 due to throat and sinus infections.

On December 13, 2017, old photos of Grande recording surfaced on Twitter. To shut down rumors about them being recent, Grande posted actual photos of herself working on the album on her Instagram story.

On December 28, 2017, Grande posted four photos and two videos of her in the studio.

On June 7, 2018, Grande revealed that the first song recorded for the album was its title track "Sweetener", in early July 2016. She also revealed that the last song to be recorded was an interlude (later revealed to be titled "Pete Davidson"), in May 2018.