Ariana Grande

She is the daughter of Joan Grande, the Brooklyn-born CEO of Hose-McCann Communications, a manufacturer of marine communications equipment owned by the Grande family since 1964, ; ; and ; ; and Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton.

Grande is of Italian descent and has described herself as an Italian American with Sicilian and Abruzzese roots.

She has an older half-brother, Frankie Grande, who is an entertainer and producer.

Her family moved from New York to Florida before her birth, and her parents separated when she was eight or nine years old.

Grande has a close relationship with her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Grande.

Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

Regarded as a pop icon, she is noted as an influential figure in popular music and as one of the most prominent vocalists of her generation for her four-octave vocal range and signature whistle register.

Grande has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including one Brit Award, two Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 35 Guinness World Records.

Rolling Stone ranked her amongst the greatest singers of all time.

Ariana Grande-Butera was born on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida.

On October 9, 1998, during the inaugural regular-season hockey game of the Florida Panthers at National Car Rental Center, Grande became the first child to ever ride a Zamboni in the brand-new arena during the first intermission, the result of her parents' $200 winning bid at an auction.

A photograph of her on the Zamboni was featured in the South Florida SunSentinel the next day.

At age 8, she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Panthers' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on January 16, 2002.

As a young child, Grande performed with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater, playing her first role as the title character in the musical Annie.

She also performed in their productions of The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast.

At age eight, she performed at a karaoke lounge on a cruise ship and with various orchestras such as South Florida's Philharmonic, Florida Sunshine Pops and Symphonic Orchestras.

During this time, she attended the Pine Crest School and later North Broward Preparatory.

By age 13, Grande became serious about pursuing a music career, although she still concentrated on theater.

Grande began her career at age 15 by appearing in the Broadway musical 13 (2008).

When she first arrived in Los Angeles, California to meet with her managers, she expressed a desire to record an R&B album: "I was like, 'I want to make an R&B album,' They were like 'Um, that's a Helluva goal! Who is going to buy a 14-year-old's R&B album?!'" In 2008, Grande was cast as cheerleader Charlotte in the Broadway musical 13.

When she joined the musical, Grande left North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled; the school sent her materials to study with tutors.

She also sang various times at the New York City jazz club Birdland.

Grande was cast in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious along with 13 co-star Elizabeth Gillies in 2009.

She rose to prominence for her performance as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013), and signed with Republic Records in 2011.

She was the most-streamed female act of the 2010s and has the most songs with over a billion streams for a woman, with 14 on Spotify.

Grande also has a large social media following; with over 380 million followers, she is the sixth-most-followed individual on Instagram and one of the most-subscribed and most followed musicians on YouTube and Spotify.

Grande's debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), incorporated retro-pop and R&B elements and yielded the successful single "The Way".

My Everything (2014), her second album, experimented with EDM and catapulted her to worldwide stardom through the singles "Problem", "Break Free", and "Bang Bang".

Grande further explored pop and R&B with her third album Dangerous Woman (2016), which solidified her critical and commercial success.

Personal struggles influenced Grande's trap-infused fourth and fifth albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019).

The former won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, while the latter broke several streaming records and was nominated for Album of the Year.

Thank U, Next garnered two Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs with its title track and "7 Rings", and made Grande the first solo artist to simultaneously occupy the top three positions on the chart.

She was named Woman of the Year (2018) and the most successful female artist to debut in the 2010s by Billboard, featured in listicles such as Time 100 (2016 and 2019), Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019–2020), and ranked the highest-paid female musician of 2020 by Forbes.

Outside of music and film, Grande has worked with many charitable organizations and advocates for animal rights, mental health, and gender, racial, and LGBT equality.

Her business ventures include R.E.M. Beauty, a cosmetics brand launched in 2021, and a fragrance line that has earned over $1 billion in global retail sales.

She broke the record for the most number-one debuts in Hot 100 history with the title track of her sixth album, Positions (2020), and the collaborations "Stuck with U" with Justin Bieber and "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga, which won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Grande achieved three further number-ones with two The Weeknd collaborations and "Yes, And?" from her seventh album, Eternal Sunshine (2024).

She returned to acting with the political satire Don't Look Up (2021), and will star as Glinda in the upcoming two-part film adaptation of Wicked (2024–2025).

Among the world's best-selling music artists, Grande has sold over 90 million records; all of her studio albums have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Having amassed 98 billion streams thus far, Grande is one of the most-streamed artists of all time and the most-streamed female artist, as of 2021.