Ghostin

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Ghostin is the 5th studio album by Ariana Grande. It was released on February 8, 2019, through Republic Records. The album was recorded between October and December 2018. It was originally going to be an album called "*thank u, next*" but Ariana decided to scrap the album. A few snippets of songs from the scrapped album [thank u, next], were released by Grande via Instagram.

## ***ghostin*** album by Ariana Grande

* Standard Cover
* Deluxe Cover

## General Information

### Released

February 8, 2019 (Standard Edition)
June 26, 2019 (Deluxe Edition)

### Producer(s)

Ariana Grande (exec.), Scooter Braun (exec.), Tommy Brown (also exec.), London on da Track, Mr. Franks

## Singles

1. ghostin
Released: November 3rd 2018
2. break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored
Released: January 18th 2019
3. imagine one last time
Released: February 8th 2019

## Promotional Singles

1. NASA
Released: November 3rd 2018

Five singles were released from the album, two of which debuted at number one on the US *Billboard* Hot 100. With this, *Ghostin* joined *Daydream* by Mariah Carey as the only albums by female artists to have multiple songs debut at number one. Grande also joined Carey and Britney Spears as the only female artists with multiple number-one debuts; overall she is the fifth artist after Justin Bieber and Drake.

Ghostin received criticism about the original deluxe cover. Due to that Grande changed the cover on June 30, 2019.

## Background

During the *Sweetener* livestream on August 16, 2018, Grande confirmed that she would start working on her next album in September 2018. Tommy Brown shared a short snippet of a song on his Instagram story on October 4, 2018. Later that day, Grande shared a 45-second-snippet of a song on her Instagram with the caption "god forbid something happens, at least this song is a smash" which are lyrics from a song, later revealed to be titled "Thank U, Next". On November 1, 2018, Grande revealed on Twitter that she was finishing the album, but she later deleted the tweet. On November 3, 2018, Grande confirmed the title of the album, *Ghostin*.

A music video for Grande's single "Breathin", from her previous album *Sweetener*, was released on November 7, 2018. In the video, a short scene shows a departures board, where some possible tracks from Ghostin are listed, including "Does Time Heal Ya?", "Imagine One Last Time" and "Thank U, Next". Also, another short scene shows the board in the background blurred. The song titles ""Ghostin" and "Angel's Death" could be seen. Grande also teased "Thank U, Next", "My Riches (Yuh)" and "Confused" in the music video for the album's title track, "Ghostin", released in November 2018.

On December 4, 2018, Grande revealed on Twitter that the album was finished. In an interview with *Billboard*, the album was described as "deep, bass-driven bangers with trap beats alternating with airy, sad ballads". On January 3, 2019, Grande confirmed on Twitter that "Does Time Heal Ya?" would be the second single from the album. Its track listing was revealed on January 22, 2019 on Instagram. The album was made available for pre-order on January 25, 2019

### Recording

Known dates when Ariana was in the studio.

* October 1, 2018
* October 2, 2018
* October 3, 2018
* October 4, 2018
* October 5, 2018
* October 6, 2018
* October 7, 2018
* October 8, 2018
* October 9, 2018
* October 10, 2018
* October 11, 2018
* October 12, 2018
* October 22, 2018
* October 24, 2018
* October 26, 2018
* October 30, 2018
* November 9, 2018
* November 11, 2018
* November 27, 2018
* November 28, 2018
* November 29, 2018
* December 4, 2018

### Cover Art

Grande revealed that there would be a different version for the standard and deluxe album cover art. The deluxe version of the cover was revealed on January 23, 2019 and Grande stated that this was her favorite one yet. It features an upside down photo of Grande in the middle, shot by Alfredo Flores, with the title of the 1st single Thank U, Next painted on her neck by Brian Nicholson. The standard album cover released two days later shows Ariana wearing pink and lying down on her arm.

## Singles

The lead single and title track, "Ghostin", was released on November 3, 2018.

The second single, "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", was released on January 18, 2019.

The third and final single, "Imagine One Last Time", was released along with the album on February 8, 2019.

### Promotional Singles

"NASA" was released with Ghostin (Song) as a promotional single.

## Tour

*Main Article: Sweeter Ghosts Tour*

Grande confirmed that the tour for her album *Sweetener* would be combined with *Ghostin*. The dates for the North American leg of the Sweetener World Tour were announced on October 25, 2018. The tour began on March 18, 2019, in Albany, New York and ended on December 22, 2019, in Inglewood, California.

## Trivia

* The first song recorded on the album was "Ghostin".
* The last song recorded on the album was "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"
* The longest song on the album is "Does Time Heal Ya?" being 5 minutes and 23 seconds.
* The shortest song on the album is "Angel's Death" being 2 minutes and 31 seconds
* Ghostin (Album) has now surpassed 4.9 billion streams on Spotify, its Grande’s first album to achieve this.
* It is Grande's only album with no collaborations.
* The most streamed song from Ghostin (Album) on Apple Music/iTunes is Ghostin with over 5.3 billion streams.
* The least streamed song from Ghostin (Album) on Apple Music/iTunes is Does Time Heal Ya? with approximately 2 billion streams.
* The most streamed song from Ghostin (Album) on Spotify is Thank U, Next with over 6 billion streams, though Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored (with 5.9 billion streams) and My Riches (Yuh) with (5.8 billion streams) are close.
* The least streamed song from Ghostin (Album) on Spotify is Bad To You/Bad 2 U with approxiamtely 1.3 billion streams.

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