Both are their fourth studio albums that were their most experimental as well. Which is the better album?

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried)

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams)

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. Nicki Minaj)

X Dreams vs R.E.M

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is the greatest

Manicure vs Sweetener

Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) vs successful

ARTPOP vs everytime

Swine vs breathin

Donatella vs no tears left to cry

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott)

Mary Jane Holland vs better off

Dope vs goodnight n go

Gypsy vs Track 14

Applause vs get well soon

ARTPOP sweetie...

They're about even for me.

Honestly I think these have the highest highs for both discographies.

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried)

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams)

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. Nicki Minaj)

X Dreams vs R.E.M

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is a WOMAN

Manicure vs Sweetener

Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) vs successful

ARTPOP vs everytime

Swine vs breathin

Donatella vs no tears left to cry

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott)

Mary Jane Holland vs better off

Dope vs goodnight n go

G*psy vs Track 14

Applause vs get well soon

Edited July 6Jul 6 by Sheep

artpop has: dwuw, sexxx dreams, applause

sweetener has: better off, get well soon, ntltc

I haven't listened to either album in so long. Let me go listen to both to decide.

Be right back….

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried)

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams)

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. Nicki Minaj)

X Dreams vs R.E.M

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is the greatest

Manicure vs Sweetener

Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) vs successful

ARTPOP vs everytime

Swine vs breathin

Donatella vs no tears left to cry

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott)

Mary Jane Holland vs better off

Dope vs goodnight n go

Gypsy vs Track 14

Applause vs get well soon

Both excellent but ARTPOP just edges it out for me

ARTPOP clears but Sweetener is good still

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried) - AURA

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams) - VENUS

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. Nicki Minaj) - BOTH 10/10 THE LIGHT IS COMING

X Dreams vs R.E.M - SEXXX DREAMS

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is the greatest - JEWELS N DRUGS

Manicure vs Sweetener - MANICURE

Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) vs successful - SUCCESSFUL

ARTPOP vs everytime - ARTPOP

Swine vs breathin - SWINE

Donatella vs no tears left to cry - DONATELLA

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott) - FASHION!

Mary Jane Holland vs better off - MARY JANE HOLLAND

Dope vs goodnight n go - DOPE

Gypsy vs Track 14 - TRACK 14

Applause vs get well soon - GET WELL SOON

Ariana wins for all I fear. The upside down cover is genius and chilling when you realize the context ("her world was turned upside down").

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried)

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams)

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. MAGA Minaj)

X Dreams vs R.E.M

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is the greatest

Manicure vs Sweetener

Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) vs successful

ARTPOP vs everytime

Swine vs breathin

Donatella vs no tears left to cry

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott)

Mary Jane Holland vs better off

Dope vs goodnight n go

(both are absolutely atrocious tho )

Gypsy vs Track 14

Applause vs get well soon

Gaga

Gaga

Ari

ARTPOP album

Sweetener singles

ARTPOP cover

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried) (i did replace the album version with the original "Burqa" version)

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams)

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. Nicki Minaj)

Sexxx Dreams vs R.E.M

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is a Woman

MANiCURE vs Sweetener

Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly) vs successful (neither, but i would go with the solo or Xtina version of DWYW)

ARTPOP vs everytime

Swine vs breathin

Donatella vs no tears left to cry

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott)

Mary Jane Holland vs better off

Dope vs goodnight n go

Gypsy vs Pete Davidson

Applause vs get well soon

what sucks is that all the good songs on Sweetener are paired against my fav ARTPOP songs lol. Swine might be one of my fav songs of all time. especally the extended demo mix)

Aura vs raindrops (an angel cried)

Venus vs blazed (feat. Pharrell Williams)

G.U.Y. vs the light is coming (feat. Nicki Minaj)

X Dreams vs R.E.M

Jewels n' Drugs (feat. T.I., Too Short, and Twista) vs God is the greatest

Manicure vs Sweetener

Do What U Want (feat. Christina Aguilera) vs successful

ARTPOP vs everytime

Swine vs breathin

Donatella vs no tears left to cry

Fashion! vs borderline (feat. Missy Elliott)

Mary Jane Holland vs better off

Dope vs goodnight n go

Gypsy vs Track 14

Applause vs get well soon

8:5

Artpop is a total mess. Sweetener is cute

Both albums are high highs but inconsistent due to some lows

I prefer Artpop because it has a more fleshed out and committed concept. While Sweetener, like most Ariana albums prior to TUN, are just a loose collection of songs with no unified theme.

Sweetener has the better singles tho - it's hard to beat the NTLTC-GIAW combo.

Edited July 7Jul 7 by aesthetic bih

album wise gaga, singles wise ariana