Y/N

* Current
* Brown
* Blonde
* Pink
* Black

### Occupation

Singer, actress, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, record executive, media proprietor, model, businesswoman

### Family

 Father - Unknown (alive)
 Mother - Unknown (alive)
Adopted Brother - Unknown (alive)
 Biological Brother - Zuzu (nickname)

## Musical career

### Label

Republic Records
Dream Records

**Y/N** (born July 10, 1993) is an Japanese singer and songwriter. Following her debut at 8 years old, she gained popularity when she wrote Crazy In Love for Beyoncé. Following her contract deal with Republic Records in 2001, Y/N wrote more songs for more artists like Rihanna, Kesha, and Mariah Marey. She also sings while sounding exactly like the singer without a slight difference in voice. In 2014, she released her first songs (*Only 1, You Don’t Know Me, and Too Close*) made for her friends’s album, My Everything.

In 2016, Y/N released her fourth single, *Jason's Song (Gave It Away) made for her friend’s album, Dangerous Woman, as a promotional single.* In 2018, Y/N released her fifth single, Get Well Soon made for her friend’s album, Sweetener. Get Well Soon was also used as paying respect to the Manchester bombing attack at Ariana’s concert*.* Y/N released her US chart-topper debut studio album *Thank U, Next* in 2019, while the lead single "Thank U, Next", with Ariana Grande, charted Number 1 on Billboard Hot 100. Thank U, Next was met critical acclaim, with music critics praising Y/N's wide vocal range. With the singles of *Thank U, Next*–"Thank U, Next, "7 Rings", and "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"–Y/N and Grande became the first artists to occupy the top three spots on the *Billboard* Hot 100 simultaneously.

Y/N's second studio album, *Positions* (2020) debuted at number-one on the *Billboard* 200, and spawned three singles, all of which were international successes. The lead single, "positions", peaked at number 1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100, and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in April 2021. In 2021, Y/N released her third studio album *Planet Her*, which charted at number two on the *Billboard* 200. The album spawned four singles including the *Billboard* Hot 100 top-ten's "Kiss Me More" peaking at number 3, "Woman" peaked at number 7, "Need To Know" peaking at number 8, while “You Right” peaked at number 11, in the US, respectively. Y/N's fourth studio album, *In The Moment* (2022) debuted at number-one on the *Billboard* 200, and spawned three singles, all of which were international successes. The lead single, "In The Moment", peaked at number 1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100, and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 2022. The album also took the top ten spots on *Billboard* Hot 100, making her the first person ever to take the top-10 spot on *Billboard* at one time.

Since her debut in 2003, Y/N has been certified for 90.7 million units in the U.S.—making her the seven most RIAA-certified woman of all time. Having amassed 90 billion consumed streams thus far, Y/N is the second most streamed female artist ever. She is also the most streamed female artist on Spotify. She has amassed 40 chart entries on the *Billboard* Hot 100—including eight number ones and 22 top-10 hits. Y/N holds several *Billboard* Hot 100 chart records; she is the only artist to have three number one-debuts in one calendar year, and to have all lead singles from each of her first four studio albums debut in the top ten. As of 2020, Y/N has been the most followed woman on Instagram, with over 396 million followers.

## Early Life

Y/N was born in Tokyo, Japan but raised in both Japan and America. Y/N is Japanese-Native American . Her name was inspired by hearing someone say it. Her name mean your name, which she found interesting. She has an two younger brothers, the oldest brother was born April 4, 2000 (age 23) and the youngest was born July 15, 2006 (age 17). When she was 8 years old in America, she on a addition for a show but was rejected but (Monte Lipman), CEO of Republic Records was on the set and wanted to sign her. Not even a month later she was signed to Republic Records. She also signed an exclusive publishing contract with Universal Music Publishing Group.

## Career

### 2003–2013: *Breakthrough by writing*

Y/N made several recordings of herself singing a cover of songs Mariah Carey uploaded them to YouTube. A friend of Monte Lipman, CEO of Republic Records, came across the videos of Y/N. Impressed by her vocals, he sent the links to Lipman, who signed her to a recording contract after she rejected a movie role. She also signed an exclusive publishing contract with Universal Music Publishing Group. She was writer on Beyoncé debut album, Dangerously in Love. When people found out, it was the talk that made her famous. She premiered on the red carpet in March 2004. Her song writing credits and movie roles helped propel Y/N to teen idol status, but she was more interested in a music career, stating that acting is "fun, but music has always been first and foremost with me."

After the a few movie roles, Y/N wanted to focus on her music career and began working on writing songs. To strengthen her vocal range, she began working with vocal coach, Eric Vetro. She wrote her friend’s first single, "Put Your Hearts Up", in December 2011, which was recorded for a teen-oriented pop album that was not issued. She later said she “hates the track” for its bubblegum pop sound, saying that she had no interest in recording music of that genre. The song was later certified gold by the RIAA.

### 2014-2015: *My Everything & Writing*

By January 2014, Y/N had begun doing backing vocals on the songs she writes. In March 2014, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited Y/N to perform at the White House for the Easter Egg Roll event.

On August 25, 2014, Grande released her second studio album *My Everything*. It sold 169,000 copies in its first week and debuted atop the *Billboard* 200. Three song on the album (Only 1, You Don’t Know Me, and Too Close) was under Y/N’s name making these songs her first songs she’s recorded since she was signed in 2001.

*My Everything* spent 88 weeks on the *Billboard 200*. *Rolling Stone* magazine wrote, "*My Everything* is where the 21-year-old starlets grows up. It's a confident, intelligent, brazen pop statement, mixing bubblegum diva vocals with EDM break beats".

### 2016–2017: *One Love Manchester & Writing*

In May 2016, Y/N released "Jason’s Song (Gave It Away)" as the promotional from the album, Dangerous Woman. Y/N performed the song live on *The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon* on September 19, 2016, which gained recognition to the song. The song charted at number 27 on *Billboard Hot 100*. Y/N garnered positive reviews for her appearance on the show, including praise for voice. Jonathon Dornbush of *Entertainment Weekly* wrote that Y/N "not only nailed her musical performances, but also shone as the best part of some of the night's sketches".

A televised benefit concert, One Love Manchester, on June 4 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, helping to raise $23 million to aid the bombing victims and affected families. Y/N, Grande, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and other artists performed. To recognize her efforts, the City Council named Y/N the second honorary citizen of Manchester.

### 2018–2019: *Thank U, Next*

In 2018, Y/N released her the fourth single, Get Well Soon. It payed respect to the Manchester bombing attack at Ariana’s concert in 2017. There is also 40 seconds of silence at the end of the track, to commemorate those who lost their lives

On November 3, 2018, Grande and Y/N released "Thank U, Next" from her fifth studio album of the same name. The song reached number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore and South Korea.

On January 3, 2019, it was announced that Grande and Y/N would be headlining the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Y/N made history as the youngest artist to ever headline the event and just the fourth and fifth female. On March 18, Grande embarked on her fourth concert tour with Y/N make this her her first concert tour, the Sweetener World Tour, which had three legs - North America, Europe, and North America again.

On June 27, 2019, Y/N announced that she co-executive produced the soundtrack to the 2019 film *Charlie's Angels*.

On December 22, 2019, Grande and Y/N concluded her Sweetener World Tour in Inglewood, California, and released a live album of the tour, titled *K Bye For Now (SWT Live)*.

### 2020-2021: *Positions*

Grande and Y/N began working on their second studio album together in January 2020. On October 14, 2020, Grande and Y/N announced that her sixth studio album would be released the same month. On October 23, 2020, Grande and Y/N released "Positions" from her sixth studio album of the same name.

34+35 was released as the second single from the album on October 30, 2020. A deluxe version of *Positions* was released on February 19, 2021, with four new songs and a remix of "34+35" featuring Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion.

Y/N opened the 2021 iHeart Radio Music Awards alongside The Weeknd, performing "Save Your Tears".

### 2021-2022: *Planet Her*

Back in September 2020 Doja Cat & Y/N said that her third studio album was complete and "all ready" for release, although in March 2021, Doja revealed to *V Magazine* that it was "nearly done". In this same interview, Doja Cat revealed the album's official title, *Planet Her*, and its prospective release window of summer 2021. On April 22nd, Y/N revealed that the song "You Right" featuring Canadian singer The Weeknd will serve as the second single from *Planet Her.* This was proven false when Y/N announced the second single off the album, "Need To Know" on June 8th, by tweeting "need to know 6/11", hinting at it being released on June 11th.

### 2021-2023: *In The Moment*

On August 8, 2021, Y/N released "In The Moment" as the lead single from the retitled album of the same name. The single debuted at number 1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 and was Y/N's fourth number 1 hit. She is the second person in the history of the Hot 100 to have the lead single from each of her first four albums debut in the top 10. The song stayed on Billboard Hot 100 for 73 weeks . On October 19, Y/N debuted the second single of the album "Like That”, which she released on October 23, 2021. The song charted at number 1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100. “Like That” top her first single “In The Moment”. On February 15 2022, Y/N released the third single from the album, "No Love For The Lonely", with Ed Sheeran which peaked at No. 1 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.

Y/N released her fourth studio album In The Moment on June 20, 2022; it debuted at number one on the *Billboard* 200, number one in the UK, number one in Japan, and number one in several other markets, including Australia, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand. Nolan Feeney commented in *Entertainment Weekly* that Y/N "pulls off pop, R&B, reggae, and house – all without overextending herself or pandering to trends". Mark Savage, writing for *BBC News*, called the album "a place where a relationship starts and the worries about it". In May, Y/N released a promational single from the album, "More", featuring rapper BIA, her seventh number 1 hit on the Hot 100. As of October 2025, *In The Moment* has spent a total of 185 weeks on the *Billboard 200*.

## Personal life

### Relationships

In 2014, Y/N started dating The Weeknd. They were in a relationship for two years before they broke up in October 2016, but remained close friends.

In December 2016, Y/n began dating Jacob, a famous singer after meeting through Twitter. However, Grande and Jacob broke up in August 2018, but remained close friends.

In November 2018, after weeks of speculation, Y/N and Lucas confirmed their relationship on Twitter. In late March 2019, Y/N confirmed in a interview that she and Lucas had decided to end their four-month long relationship.

In September 2020, it was reported that Y/N had been dating a underground hero, Shota Aizawa, known as Eraserhead, for three months. In December 2020, Y/N confirmed the relationship on Instagram. In November 2021, Y/N announced that she and Aizawa are engaged. Y/N and Aizawa married in a private ceremony on June 8, 2022.

## Discography

Main article: Discography

* *Thank U, Next* (2019)
* *Positions* (2020)
* *Planet Her* (2021)
* *In The Moment* (2022)
* *咲く花 (Blooming Flower)* (2024)

## Trivia

* Y/N’s original name was supposed to be Rose.
* Y/N’s four albums all have reached 1 billion streams on the platform.
* Y/N is the most followed woman and the first woman to have 395 million followers on Instagram.
* Y /N is the second female artist to surpass 1 billion streams in South Korea on all listening platforms.
* Y/N becomes the seventh artist to simultaneously hold the top 2 positions on the US Pop Songs airplay chart. (34+35 and Positions)
* Y/N is the 5th most subscribed channel on YouTube.
* Y/N has now garnered over 1.2 billion lead-credit streams on Spotify in 2021.
* Y/N is the second female act in history to surpass 25 billion streams (across all credits) on Spotify.
* Y/N is the second most-followed artist.
* Y/N is the 3th most followed artist on Spotify with 63 million followers.
* Y/N is the fastest artist to accumulate eight no. 1s on the Hot 100 in the 2000’s decade.
* Y/N surpassed 500 million streams on Spotify in the month of march 2021. She’s the second most streamed female artist of the year so far with over 3 billion streams.
* Y/N has surpassed 90 billion global streams. She is the second most streamed female artist of all time.
* Each of Y/N’s studio albums have been certified platinum or higher in the U.S.
* Y/N becomes the second female artist in Spotify history to have 20 songs with over 400 million streams.
* Y/N is the 3th most streamed artist on Spotify.
* Y/N has the most #1 hits of the 2020 decade on the Billboard Hot 100. (6)
* Y/N is the first artist to have five Billboard Hot 100 #1’s in less than a year.
* Y/N is the third artist in history with three #1 duets on the Billboard Hot 100.
* Y/N is also the first artist in history to simultaneously fill the top 10 entries of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
* Y/N has spent 20 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
* Y/N’s wedding post is the most-liked post by a celebrity in Instagram history, with over 29 million likes.
* Y/N has over 100 million subscribers on YouTube.

## External links

* Y/N on Facebook
* Y/N on Instagram
* Y/N on TikTok
* Y/N on YouTube
* Y/N on Snapchat