Ariana Grande Butera
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Ariana Grande launched her career on Nickelodeon’s Victorious before becoming a pop star with albums like Yours Truly and Dangerous Woman. She survived the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing and organized the OneLoveManchester benefit concert. Her singles 7 Rings, Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored, and Thank U, Next held the top three Billboard spots simultaneously, a feat unseen since The Beatles in 1964. She has won a Grammy, multiple American Music Awards, and Billboard Music Awards.
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At age 15, Ariana Grande starred in the Broadway musical 13 in 2008, where she met Elizabeth Gillies, her longtime friend and later co-star on Victorious. She was born Ariana Grande Butera on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, to Joan Grande, a CEO, and Edward Butera, a graphic designer. Both of her parents are of Italian descent, with roots in Sicily, Abruzzo, and Basilicata. She attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School.
Ariana Grande’s music career kicked off in 2011 with the soundtrack for Victorious. Her debut studio album Yours Truly topped the Billboard 200 in 2013. The lead single The Way debuted in the top 10, and critics compared her to Mariah Carey. Her second album, My Everything 2014, also hit number one, and its singles kept her in the top 10 for 34 consecutive weeks. In 2016, Dangerous Woman debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. Its title track made her the first artist to have the lead singles from her first three albums debut in the top 10.
During her Dangerous Woman Tour in 2017, a terrorist attack at her Manchester Arena concert killed 22 people. Grande canceled the tour temporarily and organized the OneLoveManchester benefit concert on June 4, 2017, raising over £2 million. She returned to touring on June 7, 2017. In 2018, she released Sweetener, which won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. Her 2019 album Thank U, Next produced the singles 7 Rings, Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored, and Thank U, Next. These singles simultaneously held the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist to do so since The Beatles in 1964.
On May 15, 2021, Ariana Grande married Dalton Gomez in a small ceremony at their Montecito home. She was previously engaged to Pete Davidson from June to October 2018 and dated Mac Miller from August 2016 to April 2018. She has a half-brother, Frankie Grande, and owns several dogs including Toulouse, Ophelia, and Coco. A vegan, she advocates for animal rights and urged fans to stop supporting SeaWorld after watching Blackfish. Grande has over 60 tattoos and wears a ponytail extension due to hair damage from years of dyeing for her role on Victorious.
Ariana Grande’s four-octave coloratura soprano and chart dominance mark her impact on pop music. She became the first artist since The Beatles to hold the top three Billboard Hot 100 spots simultaneously with 7 Rings, Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored, and Thank U, Next. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. After the Manchester bombing, Manchester made her an honorary citizen for her response and the OneLoveManchester concert. Her powerful voice, genre-defining pop hits, and resilience in the face of tragedy define her legacy.
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You Have to Be Thankful and I Think Being in This Business Is One of the Most Important Things Is to Give Back Because There’s No Better Feeling Than Knowing That Your Work Is Being Appreciated by People.
One of the Most Terrible Feelings in the World Is Knowing That Someone Else Doesn’t Like You. Especially When You Don’t Know What You’ve Done to Deserve It.
I Never Really Expected to Be Taken Seriously as an Artist, and It’s Just Been the Ultimate, Proudest Achievement. I’ve Dealt with a Lot of People Not Knowing What to Expect from Me Because of My Age and My Personality. People Often Mistake My Kindness for Weakness, and They Didn’t Expect Much from Me, Because at the End of the Day, I’m Just a Nice Italian Girl from Boca.
SNL Was the Most Fun I’ve Ever Had in My Entire Life. I Love Being Able to Make Fun of Myself. I Love Being Able to Put on a Different Mask. I Love Singing, of Course, but I Think That Making People Laugh and Feel Like They Don’t Have to Take Everything so Seriously Is Even More Fulfilling to Me.
I’ve Never Looked at Love as Something That I Need to Complete Me. I Would Like to Be Complete on My Own First and Fall in Love with Somebody Who Is Also Complete. You Can Still Celebrate and Be Totally Obsessed with Each Other, but I Want to Feel a Hundred Percent Myself so That I Can Love That Person Better.
I Hate Americans. I Hate America.
As an Advocate for Healthy Eating, Food Is Very Important to Me and I Sometimes Get Upset by How Freely We as Americans Eat and Consume Things Without Giving Any Thought to the Consequences That It Has on Our Health and Society as a Whole. the Fact That the United States Has One of the Highest Child Obesity Rate in the World Frustrates Me. We Need to Do More to Educate Ourselves and Our Children About the Dangers of Overeating and the Poison That We Put into Our Bodies.
Seeing a Video of Yourself Behaving Poorly, That You Have No Idea Was Taken, Is Such a Rude Awakening, That You Don’t Know What to Do I Was so Disgusted with Myself.
I Think We Should Be Gentler and Less Comfortable Commenting on People’s Bodies, No Matter What. There Are Ways to Compliment Someone, or to Ignore Something That You See That You Don’t Like, That I Think We Should Help Each Other Work Towards. We Should Aim Toward Being Safer and Keeping Each Other Safer.
Little-known facts about Ariana Grande — origins, oddities, and behind-the-scenes details from a public life.
A natural brunette, she dyed her hair velvet red for the role of Cat Valentine on Victorious because the rest of the cast were brunette and creator Dan Schneider didn’t want everyone to have brown hair.
Her light coloratura soprano vocal range spans 4 octaves.
Her name Ariana was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat 1958.
She is best friends with her Victorious co-star Elizabeth Gillies; they have known each other since starring in the Broadway musical 13 in 2008.
She does impressions of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Shakira, and Jennifer Lawrence.
She wears a ponytail extension because her hair was destroyed from constant bleaching and dyeing every other week for the first 4 years of playing Cat on Victorious.
On May 27, 2017, she announced a benefit concert for the victims of the Manchester attack, which took place on June 4, 2017 at Old Trafford Cricket Ground as OneLoveManchester, featuring Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, and Liam Gallagher, raising over £2 million.
As of June 2019, she has around 43 known tattoos.
Her role model is Judy Garland.
She is a vegan; after watching Blackfish 2013, she urged her fans to stop supporting SeaWorld.
While a guest on The Tonight Show, she performed a Jennifer Coolidge impression; Coolidge later credited that moment for the resurgence in her career.
She is of Italian descent from Sicily, Abruzzo, and Basilicata.
Her favorite horror film is Midsommar 2019; she threw a birthday party themed after the movie and tried unsuccessfully to buy the May Queen gown at auction.
She became the first artist since The Beatles to hold the top 3 Billboard chart positions simultaneously in March 1964 with 7 Rings, Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored, and Thank U, Next.
On May 22, 2017, a terrorist attack at her Manchester Arena concert killed 22 people; she canceled the tour and later returned to complete it on June 7, 2017.
Frankie Grande is her younger half-brother.
She has 5 pet dogs: Toulouse, Ophelia, Coco, Cinnamon, and Sirius; she had a sixth dog, Fawkes, but had to rehome him due to incompatibility.
Her first hit single The Way featuring Mac Miller became number 1 after 7 hours of its release on March 26, 2013; she released Yours Truly on September 3, 2013, which also hit number 1.
When on Victorious, she had to dye her hair every two weeks.
She is a great fan of Helena Bonham Carter.
She shares the same birthday as co-star Jennette McCurdy.
She turned 21 in 2014 but was still prominently featured on teen magazine covers.
Her album Sweetener won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2019, her first Grammy win out of 11 nominations.
She filmed a cameo in Jem and the Holograms 2015 that was cut but included as a deleted scene on DVD/Blu-ray.
She is allergic to tomatoes.
On May 15, 2021, she married Dalton Gomez at their Montecito, California home in front of less than 20 guests.
She is a massive Jim Carrey fan.
She appears in two Best Picture Oscar-nominated films: Don’t Look Up 2021 and Wicked 2024.
She is the daughter of Joan Grande and Edward Butera.
Playwright-composer Jason Robert Brown is a longtime friend and mentor; he wrote Jason’s Song Gave It Away for her 2016 album Dangerous Woman.
She attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School in Boca Raton.
She was engaged to Pete Davidson from June 2, 2018 to October 14, 2018.
She has no middle name.
Her grandfather Frank Grande passed away from cancer on July 22, 2014.
She dated Mac Miller from August 2016 to April 2018.
She bleached her hair and eyebrows to play Glinda in the Wicked movies; she also wore wigs for Glinda’s voluminous hairstyles.
On December 20, 2020, she got engaged to boyfriend of 11 months, Dalton Gomez.
She dated Big Sean from July 2014 to April 2015.
The character Auriana from the French animated series LoliRock 2014 was designed after her.
She is the sister-in-law of Hale Grande.
As of March 2020, she had 176 million Instagram followers.
She was born at 9:16pm EDT.
She has over 60 tattoos.
She is a big fan of Gossip Girl 2007.
She dated Jai Brooks from July 2012 to August 2013 and from May 2014 to July 2014.
She dated Nathan Sykes from August 2013 to December 2013.
She dated Graham Phillips from September 2008 to December 2011.
She dated Ricky Alvarez from June 2015 to July 2016.
She dated Jordan Viscomi from December 2011 to February 2012.
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