Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande was born in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1993, to a graphic-designer

father and CEO mother. 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. But that was all it took for Grande to land a
meaty role on the new 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
making her first appearance on a record with the Victorious soundtrack. And in 2011,
Grande released the single "Put Your Hearts Up," one that voted Victorious Favorite
TV Show at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards.
When Victorious went off the air in 2012, she went on to form half of the core
of a new Nick show called Sam & Cat.
Meanwhile, Grande’s 2013 single “The Way” made it into the top 10 in the
United States and went triple platinum, showing that music might represent her
future path.
“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 such
as Mariah Carey were evident.
The 2014 release My Everything sold 169,000 copies in its first week, debuting
at No. 1. The album was preceded by the single “Problem,” featuring Australian
rapper Iggy Azalea, which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, selling more than
400,000 copies upon its release. “Break Free” and “Love Me Harder” followed, each
climbing toward the top of the charts.
 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.