Ariana Grande Early Life, Age, Career, Boyfriend, Wiki, Facts, Personal Life, Sweetener, Artistry, Bio, Filmography, Stage, Biography

Nick Name: Ari, Little Red, Riri

Birthday: June 26, 1993

Nationality: American

Famous: Actresses Pop Singers

Also Known As: Ariana Grande-Butera, Riri, Little Red, Ari

Sun Sign: Cancer

Age: 25 Years

Born In: Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.

Famous As: Singer, Actress

Height: 1.53 M

Father: Edward Butera

Mother: Joan Grande

Siblings: Frankie J. Grande

Personality: ESFJ

City, States, Provinces & Districts: Florida

Biography

Ariana Grande-Butera born June 26, 1993) is an American singer and actress. She began her career in 2008 in the Broadway musical 13, before playing the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and in the spinoff Sam & Cat (2013–2014). She has also appeared in other theatre and television roles and has lent her voice to animated television and films.

Grande's music career began in 2011 with the soundtrack Music from Victorious. In 2013, she released her first studio album Yours Truly, which entered atop the US Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "The Way", debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with critics comparing her wide vocal range to that of Mariah Carey.

Grande's second studio album, My Everything (2014), entered at number one in the US and charted in the top 10 in 24 other countries. With the lead single "Problem" and several other singles, she was continuously in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 34 weeks and had the most top 10 singles of any artist in 2014. The next year, Grande gave her first world tour, The Honeymoon Tour, to promote My Everything. In 2016, she released her third studio album Dangerous Woman, which charted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its title track debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Grande the first person in the history of that chart to have the lead singles from each of their first three albums debut within the top 10 in the US. In 2017, Grande gave her international Dangerous Woman Tour. She released her fourth studio album, Sweetener, in August 2018. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and in a number of foreign markets.

As of June 2018, Grande's music videos had been viewed a total of more than ten billion times online. Her accolades include three American Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards and four Grammy Award nominations. Grande has sold 30.5 million digital singles in the US.  All three of her albums have been certified platinum by the RIAA. She has supported a range of charities and has a large following on social media. In 2016, Time named Grande one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.

Life and career

Early life and career

Ariana Grande-Butera was born in Boca Raton, Florida. She is the daughter of Joan Grande, the Brooklyn-born CEO of Hose-McCann Communications, a marine communications equipment company, and Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton. Grande is of Italian descent, and her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat: The Movie. She has an older half-brother, Frankie Grande, an entertainer and producer, and she has a close relationship with her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Grande. Grande's family moved from New York to Florida when her mother was pregnant with her, and her parents separated when she was around 8 or 9 years old.

As a child, Grande performed with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, playing her first role as the title character in Annie. She also performed in the musicals The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast. At the age of 8, she performed at a karaoke lounge on a cruise ship and with various orchestras such as South Florida's Philharmonic, Florida Sunshine Pops and Symphonic Orchestras, and she made her first national television appearance singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Florida Panthers. She attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School.

By age 13, she became serious about pursuing a music career, though she still concentrated on theater. When she first arrived in Los Angeles to meet with her managers, she expressed a desire to record an R&B album: "I was like, 'I want to make an R&B album,' They were like 'Um, that's a helluva goal! Who is going to buy a 14-year-old's R&B album?!'"In 2008, Grande was cast in the supporting role of cheerleader Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway, for which she won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she joined the musical, Grande left North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled; the school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors. She also sang various times at the New York City jazz club Birdland.

Sweetener

Grande began working on songs for the album with Pharrell in 2016, but "the events in Manchester gave a hard reset to the project's expectations". On April 20, 2018, Grande released "No Tears Left to Cry" as the lead single from her upcoming fourth studio album, together with a music video for the song. The song debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it became Grande's ninth single to reach the top ten in the United States and made Grande the only artist to have debuted the first single from each of her first four albums in the top ten of the Hot 100. She performed "No Tears Left to Cry" on the Tonight Show on May 1, where she revealed the title of the album, Sweetener. The album was made available for pre-order on June 20, 2018, along with the promotional single "The Light Is Coming", featuring rapper Nicki Minaj. The album's second single, "God Is a Woman", was released on July 13, 2018. It peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 and was Grande's 10th song to reach the top 10 on that chart. The album was released on August 17, 2018. Grande gave three concerts to promote the album, billed as The Sweetener Sessions, at New York City's Irving Plaza, The Vic Theatre in Chicago, and Los Angeles' Ace Theater between August 20 and 25, 2018.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Artistry

Grande's music is generally described as pop and R&B with elements of EDM and hip hop. Grande said she grew up mainly listening to urban pop and 90s music. Grande's debut album, Yours Truly was complimented for recreating the R&B "vibe and feel of the 90s" with the help of songwriter and producer Babyface. The follow-up, My Everything, has been described as an evolution from her first album with a new sound exploring EDM and electropopgenres. The Los Angeles Times review of her third album, Dangerous Woman, commented that it is "impressive how fully she inhabits the emotional environment of each song here, even when one directly contradicts another. ... She's ... deft [at] adapting to different styles".

Grande has cited Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as her major vocal influences, saying: "I love Mariah Carey. She is literally my favorite human being on the planet. And of course Whitney [Houston] as well. As far as vocal influences go, Whitney and Mariah pretty much cover it." She describes Gloria Estefan as the person who inspired her to pursue a career in the music industry, after Estefan complimented a performance she saw Grande give on a cruise ship when she was eight years old. She has also cited Fergie, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, India.Arie and Brandy as influences or inspirations. She has praised Imogen Heap's "intricate" song structure and cited Judy Garland as being a childhood influence, admiring Garland's ability to tell "a story when she sings".

Grande has a four octave soprano vocal range, and the whistle register. With the release of Yours Truly, critics compared Grande with Mariah Carey because of her wide vocal range, sound and musical material. Julianne Escobedo Shepherd of Billboard wrote that both Carey and Grande have "the talent to let their vocals do the talking ... that's not where the similarities end. ... Grande is subverting it with cute, comfortable, and on-trend dresses with a feminine slant." Grande responded to the comparisons, "[I]t's a huge compliment, but when you hear my entire album, you'll see that Mariah's sound is much different than mine." Steven J. Horowitz of Billboard wrote in 2014, "With her sophomore album, the "Problem" singer no longer resembles [Carey] – and that's okay."

Grande's vocals have gained praise from Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga and Chris Martin. Katy Perry said that Grande delivers "the best female vocal in pop music today. She has literally ... the best voice live." Mark Savage commented in BBC News: "Ariana Grande is one of pop's most intriguing and gifted singers. A magnetic performer with unrivalled vocal control". Composer and playwright Jason Robert Brown addressed Grande in a 2016 Timemagazine article:

No matter how much you are underestimated. you are going to open your mouth and that unbelievable sound is going to come out. That extraordinary, versatile, limitless instrument that allows you to shut down every objection and every obstacle. That voice – powered by nothing but your remarkable empathy, your ravenous intelligence, your cool discipline and your voracious ambition.

Personal life

Grande was raised a Roman Catholic but abandoned Catholicism during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, citing opposition to the church's stance on homosexuality, noting that her half-brother Frankie is gay. She has followed Kabbalah teachings since the age of twelve, along with Frankie, believing "the basis lies in the idea that if you're kind to others, good things will happen to you."A few of her songs, such as "Break Your Heart Right Back", are supportive of LGBT rights.

Grande met actor Graham Phillips in the cast of the musical 13 in 2008 and dated him until 2011. After recording "The Way" with Mac Miller in 2012, the two began dating in 2016. The relationship ended by May 2018.

In May 2018, Grande began dating actor and comedian Pete Davidson. In June 2018, Davidson confirmed that he and Grande are engaged.

Stage

• 13 (2008)
• Cuba Libre (2010)
• A Snow White Christmas (2012)

Filmography

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	The Battery's Down	Bat Mitzvah Riffer	Episode: "Bad Bad News"
2010–13	Victorious	Cat Valentine	Main role (56 episodes)
2011	iCarly	Cat Valentine	Episode: "iParty with Victorious"
2011–13	Winx Club	Princess Diaspro (voice)	Recurring role (specials, seasons 3 & 5)
2013	Swindle	Amanda Benson	Nickelodeon original movie
2013–14	Sam & Cat	Cat Valentine	Co-lead role (35 episodes)
2014	Family Guy	Italian Daughter (voice)	Episode: "Mom's the Word"
2014	Saturday Night Live	Herself/musical guest	Episode: "Chris Pratt/Ariana Grande"
2015	RuPaul's Drag Race	Herself/guest judge	Episode: "Ru Hollywood Stories"
2015	Knock Knock Live[116]	Herself	Unaired episode
2015	Scream Queens[115]	Sonya Herfmann / Chanel #2	Recurring role, season 1 (4 episodes)
2016	Saturday Night Live	Host and musical guest	Episode: "Ariana Grande"
2016	The Voice	Performer – Duet with Christina Aguilera	Air date: May 26, 2016 (Season 10 finale)
2016	Hairspray Live![277]	Penny Pingleton	Special
2016	The Voice	Performer – Duet with Stevie Wonder	Air date: December 13, 2016 (Season 11 finale)
2017	One Love Manchester	Organizer and performer	Special
2017	Carpool Karaoke: The Series[175]	Herself	Episode: "Seth MacFarlane & Ariana Grande"

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Snowflake, the White Gorilla	Snowflake (voice)	English dub
2016	Underdogs	Laura (voice)	English dub; direct to video
2016	Zoolander 2	Woman in bondage outfit	Cameo

Discography

• Yours Truly (2013)
• My Everything (2014)
• Dangerous Woman (2016)
• Sweetener (2018)

Tours

Headlining

• The Listening Sessions (2013)
• The Honeymoon Tour (2015)
• Dangerous Woman Tour (2017)
• The Sweetener Sessions (2018)

Festivals (various artists)

• Jingle Ball Tour 2013 (2013)
• Jingle Ball Tour 2014 (2014)
• Jingle Ball Tour 2016 (2016)

Opening act

• Justin Bieber – Believe Tour (2013)