Ariana Grande

The RC-20 Plug-in was used on Ariana Grande's hit "Thank U, Next", at 1:45 One of the producers mentions using "Some retro effects from XLN audio", RC-20 is the only "retro-effects" from XLN audio that there is.

In this video at 1:37 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 1:50 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 1:50 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 1:50 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 1:50 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 2:00 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 2:15 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 2:26 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 2:26 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 2:40 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 3:01 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Fantasize" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 1:28 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "All That" shows the use of this plugin

In this video at 0:59 the protools analysis of her unreleased song "Sweet Dreams" shows the use of this plugin

Ariana Grande uses the Waves C6 Multiband Compressor Plugin, as confirmed by her engineer, who stated, "I use a lot of layers of compression. I use the Waves C6 on Ari’s vocal, then go into a group with the onboard three-band compressor and take her vocal and the background vocals and compress them together there. It sounds so polished." This information is supported by an article from AVNetwork titled "DiGiCo SD7 Mixing Console at Ariana Grande Tour".