ARIANA GRANDE

one of the most successful singer in

the world

ALINA PEREKHOD
Ariana Grande is a
sitcom-star-
turned-pop music
sensation, known
for such hit songs
as "Problem,"
"Bang Bang,"
"Dangerous
Woman" and
"Thank U, Next."
Who Is Ariana
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 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).
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 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.

 Grande landed her breakout role in the Nickelodeon

series Victorious. Victorious was set at a performing
arts high school, and Grande was cast as a goofy
aspiring singer-actress named Cat Valentine. While busy
with the show, Grande nevertheless pursued a musical
career, making her first appearance on a record with
the Victorious soundtrack. And in 2011, Grande released
the single "Put Your Hearts Up," a pop song aimed at the
hearts of her young Victorious audience. The show's
devoted fan base voted Victorious Favorite TV Show at
the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
When Victorious went off the air in 2012, Grande's
character Cat Valentine survived. She went to star in
the Nick spin-off Sam & Cat, co-starring iCarly’s
Jennette McCurdy. Sam & Cat wasn’t on long when
rumors began to swirl that Grande wasn’t particularly
enjoying the experience, and the show came to an
abrupt end after 35 episodes (2013-14).

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 ” THE” 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's 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
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 During the summer of 2014,
Grande teamed up with
Jessie J and Nicki Minaj on
the single “Bang Bang,” a
track that debuted at No. 6
and peaked at No. 3 in the
United States. The album
spawned another hit single
“One Last Time,” which
reached number 13 on the US
Billboard Hot 100. Grande
had three hit singles from
My Everything on the
Billboard chart at the same
time.
 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.

no tears left to cry

 Grande returned to the charts in April 2018
with "No Tears Left to Cry," the catchy,
upbeat response to the previous year's
Manchester concert bombing. She followed in
June with the dance track "The Light Is
Coming," featuring Minaj; dropped the sultry
"God Is a Woman" in mid-July; and delivered
"Breathin" in September. The four releases
were included in her highly anticipated
album Sweetener, which debuted in mid-
August, as was a track about her whirlwind
romance with Saturday Night Live star Pete
Davidson. The overall success of Sweetener
led to her first Grammy win, for Best Pop
Vocal Album, in February 2019.
 Grande quickly returned to the
studio to produce her fifth album,
Thank U, Next. The title track hit
airwaves in early November 2018,
and another chart-topper, "7 Rings,"
arrived in January 2019. The album
debuted in February to strong
praise, alongside a new single,
"Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm
Bored."
In April 2019 the 25-year-old songstress
demonstrated her drawing power by
becoming the youngest performer ever
to headline Coachella, as well as just
the fourth woman to earn the honor. Her
collaborations from around this time
include "Rule the World," with 2 Chainz,
"Monopoly," with Victoria Mon é t, and
"Boyfriend," with Social House. Later
that year Grande joined Miley Cyrus and
Lana Del Rey for the single "Don't Call
Me Angel," from the Charlie's Angels
soundtrack.
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Grande continued with the

collaborations into 2020, her
joint effort with Justin Bieber
on "Stuck With U" hitting the
Billboard top spot in May
before she joined Lady Gaga
for "Rain on Me" later in the
month.