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My Everything
	Ariana Grande
	Republic Records
 
As far as super-mainstream pop goes, Ariana Grande's second album, My Everything, is incredibly polished.
Grande may look about half of her 21 years, but she's a vocal powerhouse and a musical mogul in the making.
Often compared to Mariah Carey, Grande wastes no time proving the connection with airy melisma and girly curlicue vocals. But she's no Disney princess: there's an unusual strength and artfulness in her performance that both marks her as a genuine heir to Carey's legacy, and distinguishes her as somehow tougher.
She may have begun her career with boring bubblegum ballads, but My Everything pushes far beyond, with a collection of hits that echoes a lineage of famous divas while maintaining a sharp, fresh and distinctive personality of its own.
Grande has a sophisticated image sense: the album's cameos (Iggy Azalea, The Weeknd and Childish Gambino, although only Azalea adds much) bespeak a canny understanding of the "now". More importantly, there's an ease to Grande's charm that doesn't come around often.
The album has its throwaway ballads ( Be My Baby, Break Your Heart Right Back) but they are outnumbered by tracks that make you flip back for more ( Problem, Why Try). There's something irresistibly and timelessly endearing about Grande's voice when she sings "I'll give you all I have/And nothing less I promise" to the gentle beat of steel drums.
Thematic breakthroughs? No, it's all hope and heartbreak, but Grande makes it all sound new.


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Album of the Week: My Everything by Ariana Grande

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As far as super-mainstream pop goes, Ariana Grande's second album, My Everything, is incredibly polished.


Ariana Grande

Album of the Week: My Everything by Ariana Grande

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}As far as super-mainstream pop goes, Ariana Grande's second album, My Everything, is incredibly polished.

As far as super-mainstream pop goes, Ariana Grande's second album, My Everything, is incredibly polished.