Ariana Grande Wiki, Bio, Net worth, Education and Interesting facts

Introduction

Surprisingly, the pop superstar who has a lot of awards and fans is everywhere, is Ariana Grande. So here are a few things perhaps you did not know about her. Introduction Ariana Grande is an American singer, songwriter, and actress known for playing the roles of Cat Valentine and Dani, the daughter of the character Gigi Gorgeous in television shows produced by the Nickelodeon channel. Her career eventually propelled to greater heights when she launched her singing career, producing hit singles such as Problem, Break Free, Thank U Next, and 7 rings. She’s an artist with impressive voice quality, sweet songs as well as trademark hair in ponytail style.

Name

Apparently, her full name is Ariana Grande-Butera. The origin of Arianas name stemmed from an animated film ‘Felix the Cat’, where a character named Princess Oriana appeared. Grande (the last name) in Italian means great or large. 

Birth details

Ariana Grande was born on 26 June 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida. She is a Cancer zodiac sign. A pearl is her birthstone.

Education

Ariana Grande studied at Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School, Florida. She finished her studies after her first year of university as she wanted to focus on acting. She completed her studies after being taught at home.

Family

Ariana Grande’s father is Edward Butera, and her mother, Joan Grande. Their marriage ended in divorce when she was eight years old. Frankie Grande, her older half-brother, works and is known as a social media influencer as well. A lovable dog named Toulouse is her pet and actively features in her pictures and videos.

Personal details

In height, Ariana Grande is 1.6m tall and in weight, she measures 47 kg only. She has brown hair, her natural hair color, that is easily changed into blonde and other colors by her. Brown is the color of her eye. Lavender is her color of choice. Sushi is her food of choice. She loves ‘Bruce Almighty’ the most. Favorite TV show: SpongeBob SquarePants.

Career

Ariana Grande began as a child actor in several local drama clubs. She got her first break on Broadway in the year 2008 in a musical called 13. In 2010, she got cast in the Nickelodeon series Victorious as Cat Valentine. She returned to her role in the spin-off Sam & Cat in 2013. She was also cast in other series and movies including iCarly, Winx Club, Hairspray Live! And Scream Queens.

In 2013, Ariana Grande made her debut with her album Yours Truly, which produced the single called The Way and topped the Billboard 200.

## Top works

While still in the teenage years, she made her first steps in the musical industry during which, she performed actively on Broadway as well as in shows on Nickelodeon. However, as time went by, her calling on the stage crystalized- she focused on pursuing a music career. In 2013, Ariana came out with her debut album called Yours Truly, which rapidly topped the single charts and even the Billboard 200, due to the success of its title songs featuring rap by Mac Miller. She was said to have given a wide voice to her stage style that was reminiscent of her Idol, Mariah’s.

However, she was able to quickly capitalise on the success, and in a 2014 released her second album My Everything, that not only opened at first in the world charts, but also included songs along with The Weeknd, Iggy Azalea, and Childish Gambino. The follow-up included three successful singles like: “Problem”, “Break Free”, and “Bang Bang (with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj)”.

In 2016 her third album Dangerous Woman was released and headlined various songs that songs focused on maturity and “confidence” from the artist side. The audience was further been treated with different styles of songs ranging from “Into You”, “Side to Side”, and even “Dangerous Woman” which helped to highlight various forms of vocal range.

In 2018, Ariana dropped her fourth album Sweetener which was apparently about her issues and traumas.  This album went on to receive a Grammy Award for Best Pop—Vocal Album, and included songs like “No Tears Left to Cry,” “God is a Woman,” and “Breathin”.

Her fifth album Thank U, Next was released in 2019 and it was only the sixth month after Sweetener.  This album went relatively well and broke many records and most critics pronounced it a good album.  The album contained songs such as “Thank U, Next,” “7 Rings,” and “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” which were representative of the kind of treatment in general regarding Ariana and allowing her power.

In 2020, she managed to come out with her sixth album which went by the name Positions and talked about intimacy and love.

Awards

Ariana Grande has achieved great success in her music career and has been the recipient of numerous awards. She was nominated for six Grammys and won one for Best Pop Vocal Album for Sweetener in 2019. There are also 22 Billboard Music Awards, 12 MTV Video Music Awards, and 8 Guinness World Records among others. In fact, she is now the first artist in history to have her first five debut singles chart in the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Achievements

Ariana Grande has earned a lot of achievements over the course of her career. She is one of the most streamed female musicians on both Spotify and Youtube with an impressive total of more than 80 million streams and 23 billion views respectively. She currently boasts the record of most followers on instagram for any female with more than 270 million followers. She has sold more than 150 million records worldwide making her one of music’s best selling artists of all time. In addition, Ariana has acted in several TV shows and films including the shows Victorious, Sam & Cat, Scream Queens and Hairspray Live.

Net worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ariana Grande has a net worth of 180 million dollars as of the year 2021. She derives the majority of her income from sales of her music, streaming, royalties, tours, endorsements and selling her merchandise. She also owns a perfume line, Ari by Ariana Grande, that has made more than $150 million in sales. In regard to earnings diversity in the showbusiness, she is on the list of world’s highest-paid celebrities and reached an income of $72 million in 2020 only.

Interesting facts

Here are some interesting facts about Ariana Grande that you may not know:

• – She is a vegiterian and is an animal lover. In her spare time, she owns 10 dogs and a pet pig called Piggy Smallz.

• – She has an intense allergy towards bananas, shell fishes, cats and some perfumes.

• – And, she is multilingual as she can speak English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese.

• – When it comes to entertainment, she is a hardcore Harry Potter and Star Wars fan. She has got a Rebel Alliance tattoo on her ankle and a tattoo Quote of Dumbledore “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times” on ribcage.

• – She possesses a four-octave vocal range and the ability to achieve whistle register which is the highest pitch made by humans.

Rumors

The singer and actress Ariana Grande has been the subject of a number of rumors and controversies throughout her career. Some of them are:

• – She was accused of cultural appropriation due to the use of Japanese kanji symbols as well as black hair styles.

• – In a video that went viral in 2015, she stirred up controversy by licking a donut and stating: ‘I hate America’.

• – It was alleged that she has had affairs with several known personalities like Big Sean, Mac Miller, Pete Davidson, Ricky Alvarez, Mikey Foster, and Dalton Gomez.

• – She was accused in a court of law for plagiarising the works of several artists including Soulja Boy, Josh Stone and Tracy Chapman.

• – Some fans and Trollers hold her responsible for her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller’s death.

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