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Who Is Ariana Grande?: Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019)
Who Is Ariana Grande?: Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019)
Ariana Grande began performing onstage when she was a child. Her
involvement in a Broadway play at age 15, followed by some small TV parts,
helped her land the role of Cat on TV's Victorious. She followed that with the
spinoff Sam & Cat and then dove headfirst into a chart-topping musical
career, releasing five albums: Yours Truly (2013), My
Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018) and Thank
U, Next(2019).
Early Years
Grande was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, to Edward
Butera, a graphic designer, and Joan Grande, a businesswoman. She took to
singing and acting at a young age and made her way onto the local theater
scene before she was a teenager. Her first big break came in 2008 when the
15-year-old landed the role of Charlotte in the Broadway production of 13, a
play focusing on life growing up in New York City. The early role led to
accolades, and Grande won a National Youth Theatre Association Award.
Two years later, she appeared in the musical Cuba Libre and had a small role
on a TV show called The Battery’s Down.
Television Roles
“The Way” was the first single from Grande’s debut album, Yours Truly, a
record that also featured the hits "Baby I" and "Right There." The album,
produced by super-producer Babyface, showed a maturing Grande, and
1990s soul influences from pop diva Mariah Carey. The 2014 release My
Everything sold 169,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 1. The single
“Problem,” featuring Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, preceded the album
release and debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, selling more than
400,000 copies upon its release. “Break Free” with Zedd and “Love Me
Harder” with The Weeknd followed, each climbing toward the top of the
charts.
'Dangerous Woman'
In 2015 Grande released Christmas & Chill, a holiday album, and the single
"Focus," which debuted at number seven on the Billboard's Hot 100. In
February 2016, she released her third album Dangerous Woman, and the title
track debuted at number 10 on the Hot 100 that March. She made music
history with the track's success, becoming the first artist to have the lead
singles from her first three albums debut in the Top 10. Dangerous Woman,
which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, also features
collaborations with Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Macy Gray and Future.