Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande-Butera (; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. From 2010 to 2013, she played Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious. She played that role again on the spin-off Sam & Cat (2013–14). 

In 2013, she released her first studio album, Yours Truly. It became her first number one album in the United States. Her second studio album, My Everything was released on August 25, 2014. Her concert was bombed in the 2017 Manchester attacks in England.

In 2021, Ariana Grande first season of the new coach The Voice.

Career

2008–2012: Beginnings and Victorious

Before her appearance on Nickelodeon, Grande played in the musical 13 as Charlotte in 2008 and later won an award for playing that role. From 2010 to 2013, Grande played the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon show Victorious. In August 2012, it was announced that Victorious would not be returning after three seasons. However, later that month, Nickelodeon announced a spin-off show called Sam & Cat. It would pair Grande from Victorious with Jennette McCurdy from iCarly. They would replay their roles as Cat Valentine and Sam Puckett.

Even though Sam & Cat was a success for Nickelodeon, the show was cancelled on July 13, 2014 because of Grande's musical career and other problems. The final episode aired on July 17.

2013–2014: Yours Truly and My Everything
Grande spent three years recording her debut album, Yours Truly. She completed the album, originally titled Daydreamin, in June 2013; it was released on August 30, 2013 In September 2013, it officially debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart—with 138,000 copies sold in its first week—making Grande the first female artist, since Kesha, to have her first album debut at the top of the charts—and the fifteenth female artist overall. The first single from the album, "The Way", featuring Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, was released on March 26, 2013. It sold 120,000 units in the first 48 hours of its release, and then it went on to sell over 219,000 units in its opening week. "Baby I" and "Right There" were also released as singles from her first album.

In January 2014, Grande started working on her second studio album. She finished the album in late March 2014. The first single from the album is "Problem", and it features Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. It premiered at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards on April 27. The second single from the album, called "Break Free", featuring Russian-German producer Zedd, premiered on July 2 during a one-day revival episode of the MTV show Total Request Live, named Total Ariana Live. On June 28, 2014, Grande announced that the title of her second studio album to be My Everything, which was released on August 25.

2016–2017: Dangerous Woman
Her third studio album, Dangerous Woman, was released May 20, 2016. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, earning 175,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 129,000 coming from pure sales. It was her first album to not hit number-one in the country. The lead single "Dangerous Woman" was released on March 11, 2016, and peaked at number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100. The second and third singles, "Into You" and "Side to Side", have both reached peaks at numbers 13 and 4 on the chart, respectively. The album received generally positive reviews from critics. To promote the album, Grande performed at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. She also appeared on an episode of Saturday Night Live as both the host and musical guest. Grande embarked on a concert tour, the Dangerous Woman Tour in 2017 that went to North and South America, Europe, and Asia. On May 22, 2017, numerous reports surfaced of explosions at a concert featuring Grande at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom. Police confirmed 22 fatalities and many injuries. They urged people to stay away from the area as they rescued and investigated.

2018-present: Sweetener, thank u, next, & Positions
In April 2018, Grande released "No Tears Left to Cry", the lead single from her upcoming fourth studio album, Sweetener, which was released on August 17, 2018. The song entered at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. With this, she became the only act to have all four lead singles from her studio albums enter the top ten of the Hot 100 in each song's first week on the chart. "The Way" (from Yours Truly), "Problem" (from My Everything), "Dangerous Woman" (from Dangerous Woman), and "No Tears Left to Cry" entered at numbers 10, 3, 10, and 3, respectively. "Problem" later reached number two on the Hot 100. 6 months after the release of Sweetener, Grande released her 5th studio album Thank u, next. Then, in 2020, she released her 6th studio album, Positions.

Personal life
Ariana Grande began dating comedian Pete Davidson in May 2018 and on June 11, 2018, multiple news outlets reported that Davidson and Ariana Grande were engaged.  Their engagement was called off in October 2018.

In November 2019, Grande announced her support for Senator Bernie Sanders's second presidential bid.

In December 2020, Grande became engaged to real estate agent Dalton Gomez. They married in mid-May 2021.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Television
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2009
|The Battery's Down
|Bat Mitzvah riffer
|Episode: "Bad Bad News|-
|2010–2013
|Victorious|rowspan="2"|Cat Valentine
|Main role, 56 episodes
|-
|2011
|ICarly|Episode: "IParty with Victorious"
|-
|2011–2013
|Winx Club|Princess Diaspro
|Voice role, 5 episodes
|-
|2012
|Figure it Out|Herself
|Panelist
|-
|2013–2014
|Sam & Cat|Cat Valentine
|Lead role, 36 episodes
|-
|2014
|Family Guy|Italian girl
|Voice role, episode: "Mom's the Word"
|-
|2014–2016
|Saturday Night Live|Sister Maria
|Celebrity guest star
|-
|rowspan="2"|2015
|RuPaul's Drag Race|Herself
|Guest judge
|-
|Scream Queens|Sonya "Chanel #2" Herfmann
|Recurring role, 5 episodes
|-
|2016
|Hairspray: Live!|Penny Lou Pingleton
|NBC special
|-
|2017
|Carpool Karaoke: The Series|Herself
|Episode: "Seth MacFarlane & Ariana Grande"
|-
|2018
|Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries|Herself
|Docuseries
|-
|2020
|Kidding|Piccola Grande
|Episode: "Episode 3101"
|}

Discography
 Yours Truly (2013)
 My Everything (2014)
 Dangerous Woman (2016)
 Sweetener (2018)
 Thank U, Next (2019)
  Positions (2020)

 References 

Other websites

 

 
 
 Grande as Judy Garland starring in Up We Go in Our Fantastic Rocket, Saturday Night Live'' (2016)

 

 
1993 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
American stage actors
American singer-songwriters
Actors from Florida
Singers from Florida
American R&B singers
American pop singers
American hip hop singers
American soul musicians
American dance musicians
People from Boca Raton, Florida