ariana grande wiki : Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained popularity when she played the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon TV series, Victorious, and afterwards portrayed the same character on the spin-off, Sam & Cat. She broke out musically in 2013 with her debut single, "The Way" from her No. 1 debut album, Yours Truly.
In 2014, Grande achieved worldwide success with "Problem" which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and released her sophomore album, My Everything on August 25, 2014. Grande received the honorable nickname, Princess of Pop.
In March 2016, Grande released her lead single "Dangerous Woman" for her third studio album Dangerous Woman. The song debut to No. 10 in the Billboard Hot 100 making her the first artist in the history of the chart to have all her lead singles from her first three albums debut in the top ten. She went on the Dangerous Woman Tour in 2017, and the tour grossed $71M. She has officially been made a honorary citizen of Manchester after organising and performing at the One Love Manchester benefit concert.
Curently, Grande is doing a partnership with Reebok, and released the lead single, "No Tears Left To Cry", from her fourth studio album, Sweetener, on April 20, 2018.
Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande and Edward Butera.Grande is of Italian descent. Her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat and the shortened name of an Italian Car manufacturer Ferrari. She has an older half-brother, Frankie, who is a performer and producer. When she was 8 years old, she went on a cruise with her family and she sang karaoke when Gloria Estefan (a famous Latin singer) was listening to her sing. She told Grande to follow her dreams, which inspired Grande to do singing and acting. Grande then did musicals at her local theater, her first being Annie, before taking music seriously when she was 13.
On May 6, 2016, Grande began working on her fourth studio album. On March 2, 2018, the album was reported to be finished.
On March 24, 2018, Grande performed at March For Our Lives, a student-led demonstration in support of tighter gun control, which was organized in response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed and 17 others injured.
On April 17, 2018, Grande announced that the lead single, "No Tears Left To Cry", from her fourth studio album, Sweetener, would be released April 20, 2018.
On August 17, 2018, Grande released her fourth studio album, Sweetener. It received positive reviews. The album was released through Republic Records.
In 2008, Grande started dating Graham Phillips. They were in a relationship for three years before they broke up in December 2011.
She and her back-up dancer Jordan Viscomi started dating. A few months later, they broke up. They dated from December 2011 to mid 2012.
On October 7, 2012, Grande began dating Jai Brooks, a member of the Australian YouTube group "The Janoskians" after meeting through Twitter. They had a long distance relationship until December 2012, when they met for the first time in New York City. However, Grande and Brooks broke up in August 2013 for unknown reasons. Shortly after, Brooks accused Grande of cheating on him.
In September 2013, after weeks of speculation, Grande and Nathan Sykes from the British boyband "The Wanted" confirmed their relationship on Twitter. In late January 2014, Grande confirmed in a radio interview that she and Sykes had decided to end their approximately five month long relationship, but insisted that they remain close friends.
In August 2016, Grande started dating rapper Mac Miller, who was previously featured in her 2013 hit single "The Way" and on a remix of her 2016 hit single "Into You". She is also on Miller's album, The Divine Feminine, with the track "My Favorite Part" as a feature. Mac Miller featured in several performances at Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert held after the Manchester attack. On May 10, 2018, Grande announced that she and Miller had broken up, although they remain close friends.
In May 2018, it was reported that Grande had begun "casually dating" actor and comedian Pete Davidson. They first met in March 2016 when Grande hosted and performed on Saturday Night Live, on which Davidson is a cast member. In June 2018, Grande confirmed that she and Davidson are engaged.
A song dedicated for Davidson titled "Pete Davidson", is featured on Grande's fourth studio album, Sweetener, as an interlude.
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