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> Ariana Grande
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> Ariana Grande
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> Grande at the Tribeca Film Festival 2010
> Background information
> Birth name Ariana Grande-Butera
> Born June 26, 1993 (age 20)
> Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
> Genres Pop, R&B[1]
> Occupations Actress, singer, songwriter
> Instruments Vocals, piano
> Years active 2008–present
> Labels Republic
> Website arianagrande.com
> Ariana Grande-Butera[2][3] (born June 26,
> 1993),[4][5] known professionally as Ariana
> Grande, is an American actress, singer, and
> songwriter. Ariana grew up in Boca Raton, Florida
> where she attended North Broward Preparatory
> School. Grande made her acting debut in 2008 in
> the role of Charlotte in 13 on Broadway. From 2010
> until 2013, she played Cat Valentine on the
> Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious, iCarly (2011) and
> is reprising the role on the spinoff Sam &
> Cat.[6]
>
> In March 2013, Grande reached mainstream success
> after her single "The Way" from her debut studio
> album Yours Truly (2013) became a top-ten hit on
> the Billboard Hot 100.[7][8] The album debuted at
> number one on the Billboard 200.
>
> Contents [hide]
> 1 Childhood
> 2 Career
> 2.1 2008–12: Beginnings and acting
> 2.2 2013: Debut studio album Yours Truly
> 3 Artistry
> 3.1 Musical style and voice
> 3.2 Influences
> 4 Personal life
> 4.1 Philanthropy
> 5 Filmography
> 6 Stage
> 7 Discography
> 8 Tours
> 9 Awards and nominations
> 10 References
> 11 External links
> Childhood
>
> Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida;
> the daughter of Joan Grande and Edward Butera. She
> has an older brother, Frankie, who is also an
> actor.[9][10] She is of Italian descent.[11]
> Growing up, she took part in children's and
> community theater and attended North Broward
> Preparatory School.[12][13]
>
> Career
>
> 2008–12: Beginnings and acting
>
>
> Grande performing with the Victorious Cast.
> In 2008, Grande played the role of Charlotte in
> the musical 13 on Broadway, for which she won a
> National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she
> joined the musical, Grande left her high school,
> North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to
> be enrolled. The school sent materials to her so
> she could study with tutors.[12][13] In 2010, she
> created the original role of Miriam in the reading
> of the new musical, Cuba Libre, written and
> produced by Desmond Child.[12] Grande played the
> character Cat Valentine, who is sweet, naive,
> bubbly and almost always happy. She has a very
> short attention span, and has bright red hair dyed
> to resemble her favorite snack, a red velvet
> cupcake. Despite her ditziness, she is very
> intelligent and empathetic in the Nickelodeon
> television show Victorious, which premiered in
> March 2010. It ended on February 2, 2013. Grande
> was also featured in Dream Magazine as the cover
> girl for the August 2011 issue.[14] In 2011,
> Ariana voiced an animated fairy, Princess Diaspro,
> on the Nickelodeon series Winx Club and starred as
> Snow White along with Charlene Tilton and Neil
> Patrick Harris in the Pasadena Playhouse
> production of A Snow White Christmas from December
> 13–23, 2012.[15]
>
>
>
> Grande in July 2011
> In the following month it was also announced that
> Victorious's current season (Season 3, which was
> split to a fourth season) will be the last.[16]
> Grande tweeted stating that she wasn't hoping for
> it to end and was looking forward to being on both
> shows. It was announced during the network's
> presentation at the Television Critics Association
> Summer Press Tour on August 3, 2012 that Sam &
> Cat, which would pair Grande from Victorious and
> Jennette McCurdy from iCarly together in a
> traditional "buddy sitcom" setting, where they
> would reprise their roles as Cat Valentine and Sam
> Puckett.[17] Sam & Cat was picked up by
> Nickelodeon on November 29, 2012.[18] On July 11,
> 2013, Nickelodeon doubled Sam & Cat's season one
> twenty episode order, leading to season one having
> forty episodes.[19]
>
> Grande sang as a soloist in various symphonies,
> such as South Florida’s Philharmonic, Pops and
> Symphonic Orchestras.[4] She has sung various
> times in NYC's Birdland.[4] Grande rendition of
> "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the first-ever
> broadcast of the national anthem for the Florida
> Panthers.[4][12] Grande has performed covers of
> songs such as Mariah Carey's "Emotions" and "All I
> Want For Christmas Is You",[20][21] and Whitney
> Houston's "I Believe in You and Me".[22] The third
> soundtrack for Victorious was released on November
> 6, 2012, titled as Victorious 3.0. The first
> single was called "LA Boyz" (which was performed
> by Grande and Justice) and the music video was
> released October 18, 2012. In 2012, Grande also
> sang a duet with MIKA on the single version of his
> track Popular Song.[23]
>
> 2013: Debut studio album Yours Truly
> "They can expect a lot of honesty. It's like a
> direct... you know, it's like it used to be pages
> from my diary, instead of keeping diary, I would
> write songs about what was happening in my life.
> So it's really personal. It's a Motown throwback
> and pop at the same time, so it's '50s and '60s
> inspiration mixed with today."
> — Ariana Grande, on the album.[24]
> Grande completed her first studio album, Yours
> Truly, in June 2013.[25] It was released on
> September 2, 2013 in the UK,[citation needed] and
> a day later in the US.[26] The album was inspired
> by artists like Amy Winehouse, Mariah Carey,
> Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera,
> Katy Perry, Madonna, Sky Blue from LMFAO, 3OH!3,
> Kool Kojak, and Pebe Sebert.[27][28][29] On March
> 26, 2013, Ariana's first single from her debut
> album, "The Way" featuring Pittsburgh rapper Mac
> Miller, was released.[30][31][32] It became a Top
> 40 hit[7][8] and also received certifications of
> Platinum in US (RIAA)[33] and Gold in Australia
> (ARIA).[34] The album's second single, "Baby I",
> was released on July 22, 2013.[35] The album
> debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200
> selling 138,000 copies in its first week.[36]
> Grande is the first female artist to debut at
> number one on the chart with her first album since
> Ke$ha’s Animal (2010) and the fifteenth female
> artist in the charts history to do so.[37][38]
>
> Grande played Amanda Benson "The Mountain Climber"
> in Swindle, an adaptation of the novel of the same
> name, by Gordon Korman, along with Sam & Cat
> co-star Jennette McCurdy.[39][40] On August 25,
> 2013, Ariana made her MTV Video Music Awards debut
> performing her singles "Baby I" and "The Way."
>
> Artistry
>
> Musical style and voice
> Vocally, Grande is a soprano, with a four octave
> range and semitone Eb3-E7, and also has a whistle
> register.[41] Grande is considered an agile singer
> with a light voice that is resonant and well
> supported throughout her vocal range.[41] With
> great technique Grande is capable of singing all
> the way down to an Eb3 with ease, exhibiting a
> smoky vocal texture. Her full range is easily
> accessed, being able to seamlessly blend into her
> head voice for her upper register.[41] Her voice
> has been compared to that of Mariah Carey and
> Whitney Houston.[42][43] Her music is generally
> pop and contemporary R&B, and has features of
> funk, dance, and hip hop.[1][44]
>
> "I love Mariah Carey. She is literally my favorite
> human being on the planet. And of course Whitney
> [Houston] as well. As far as vocal influences go,
> Whitney and Mariah pretty much cover it. I love
> Fergie as well. She’s just so fun and
> passionate. I love that she raps as well. Like,
> she has a fantastic voice and she can belt Gs and
> As and she doesn’t have to do it all the time.
> She just has swag and I think that’s really
> cool.
> — Ariana Grande, on her musical influences.[45]
> Influences
> Grande is mainly influenced by Mariah Carey,
> India.Arie and Whitney Houston.[12][45][46] She is
> also influenced by English singer, composer and
> songwriter Imogen Heap.[46] Grande is a big fan of
> Fergie describing her as "fun and
> passionate".[45][46] She grew up mainly listening
> to urban pop and 90s music.[44][46] Grande also
> describes Big Sean as her favorite rapper, with
> whom she is good friends.[44]
>
> Personal life
>
> From August 2012 to July 2013, Grande dated Jai
> Brooks, a member of the Australian YouTube group
> the Janoskians.[47][48][49]
>
> In September 2013, after much speculation, Grande
> confirmed on twitter that she was in a
> relationship The Wanted's Nathan Sykes. Sykes also
> tweeted out the news to his fans and thanked
> everyone for being so lovely about it.[50]
>
> Philanthropy
> At the age of 10, Grande co-founded the youth
> singing group, Kids Who Care, in South Florida,
> which performed for charitable fund-raising
> events, raising over $500,000 for charities in
> 2007 alone.[12] In the summer of 2009, as a member
> of the charitable organization, Broadway in South
> Africa, Grande performed and taught music and
> dance to children in Gugulethu, South Africa along
> with her brother Frankie.[5][9][51] Grande is also
> partnering with Kleenex on its "Shield Sneeze
> Swish" campaign.[24]
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