Ariana Grande

Ariana GrandeButera born June 26 1993 is an American singer songwriter and actress Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music Grande is known for her fouroctave vocal range which extends into the whistle register Her accolades include two Grammy Awards a Brit Award two Billboard Music Awards three American Music Awards 39 Guinness World Records and ten MTV Video Music Awards She began her career as a teenage actress by appearing in the Broadway musical 13 2008 She rose to fame as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious 20102013 and its spinoff series Sam Cat 20132014 Grande signed with Republic Records and released her retropop and RBinfluenced debut studio album Yours Truly 2013 which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 She blended pop RB and electronic on her second and third albums My Everything 2014 and Dangerous Woman 2016 which both achieved international success and contained the singles Problem Break Free Bang Bang One Last Time Into You and Side to Side Personal struggles influenced Grandes trapinfused albums Sweetener 2018 and Thank U Next 2019 The former won Grande her first Grammy award while the latter garnered US numberone singles Thank U Next and 7 Rings and made her the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100 She subsequently achieved the most numberone debuts in Hot 100 chart history with the title track of her sixth album Positions 2020 as well as the collaborations Stuck with U and Rain on Me After a musical hiatus Grande released her seventh album Eternal Sunshine 2024 which yielded the US numberone singles Yes And and We Cant Be Friends Wait for Your Love She returned to film acting with the political satire Dont Look Up 2021 and received critical praise for her portrayal of Glinda in the fantasy musical Wicked 2024 earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress