Ariana Grande breaks down in tears on final night of 101-date Sweetener world tour

Ariana Grande thanked fans and cried on stage as the final date of her Sweetener tour took place in California.

The popstar, 26, praised her support act ,Social House, before addressing the thousands of audience members present at the Inglewood venue.

She told the crowd: "I just wanna thank my fans, for everything, because..."

As they started to cheer, Grande began to cry as she continued: "I love you...thank you for travelling around the world, flying all over the f***ing place to see me. How? Why? Thank you.

"You've been amazing, thank you so much."

The 101-date tour has been an emotional one for the singer.

In June, she broke down in tears while performing in the hometown of her late ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller, who died aged 26 after an accidental drug overdose in September last year.

In July, a video of Grande unable to sing while performing REM began circulating on the internet, prompting her to release a statement saying she was “still processing” her “humanness”.

She explained: “I’m grateful for the opportunity to sing to thousands of people every night. It’s a dream come true.

“No matter how hard it gets or how many feelings come up that are screaming at me to be processed and sorted through one day, I’m grounded by gratitude and promise not to give up on what I’ve started."

Grande's tour took place two years after the Manchester bomb attack, which saw 22 people killed after one of her concerts in the city.

It also came shortly after the end of her engagement to comedian Pete Davidson.

The tour took its name from Grande's fourth studio album, but just six months after its August 2018 debut, she released another record, Thank U, Next.

To mark the end of the mammoth Sweetener tour, she released her first live album, K Bye for Now (swt live).