Ariana Adds Dates to Sweetener Tour

Ariana Grande has added extra dates to her upcoming Sweetener world tour due to overwhelming demand. The trek will now include more arena shows in major cities like New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. Tickets for the new shows go on sale Friday.

The North American leg of the tour will kick off March 18th in Albany, New York and run through June 26th. Additional international tour dates have yet to be announced.

Normani and hip-hop duo Social House will be supporting acts on the tour.

Meanwhile, Ariana’s video for “thank u, next” broke all kinds of viewing records, and now its success has translated into chart success for the actual song. Thanks to the video, “thank u, next” has returned to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It racked up 93.8 million streams last week, according to Nielsen Music, the biggest weekly total ever for a track by a female artist. The previous record of 84.5 million was held by Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made me Do.” The only songs that have had more streams in a week are “In My Feelings” and “God’s Plan,” by Drake, and “Harlem Shake” by Baauer. Ariana’s song.s also now the first No. 1 hit by a woman to be on top for four weeks total. The last time that happened was in 2016 with Sia’s “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul. “Thank u, next” is the longest-running Hot 100 No. 1 by a woman without any guest artists since Adele’s “Hello,” which started a 10-week run on top in November of 2015.