Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande-Butera (/,a:ri'a:n@ 'gra:ndeI/ AR-ee-AH-n@ GRAHN-day; [note 1] born June 26th 1993) is an American musician, singer, and actress. Her vocal range of four notes and signature use of the whistle register have been praised by both critics and the media. Grande has been awarded numerous times throughout her career which include two Grammy Awards and one Brit Award. She also took home three American Music Awards, three Billboard Music Awards and nine MTV Video Music Awards.

Her musical journey began at 15 years old with the Broadway musical "13". She rose to fame for the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious (2010-2013) and Sam & Cat (2013-2014). Grande was signed to Republic Records in 2011 after label executives viewed YouTube videos of her singing songs. Her 1950s doo-wop-influenced pop and R&B debut album, [2] You're Truly (2013) it was the top album of the US Billboard 200, while its lead single, "The Way", reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100. The album was instantly compared to Mariah Carey's duet voice and whistle register.

The second and third studio albums, My Everything (2014) & Dangerous Woman (2016), continued her exploration of pop and R&B. My Everything experimented with EDM and became a huge hit due to its hit singles "Problem", "Break Free" and "Bang Bang" as well as Dangerous Woman became her first of four consecutive albums that reached the top spot in the UK. Sweetener (2018) as well as Thank U, Next (2019) was her fourth and fifth studio albums, respectively, that featured trap music. Both of these albums were commercial and critically appreciated. Sweetener earned her the Grammy Award as Best Pop Vocal Album. Thanks U Next was nominated to be the Album of the Year and broke the record for streaming for the largest pop album. The singles "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", and "Break up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" helped make Grande the first solo artist to be in the top three positions on the Hot 100 simultaneously and the first woman to succeed herself at the top of the UK Singles Chart. The collaborations she made with Justin Bieber in 2020 "Stuck with U" with Justin Bieber and "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga helped her break record for the highest number of number one debuts on the Hot 100, the latter being awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop duo or group performance. Grande extended her trap sound with her sixth studio album Positions (2020), where both the album's title track and the album's title track debuted at number 1 in the UK. Grande collaborated with The Weeknd for the remix of "Save Your Tears" in 2021. It was her sixth no.1 US single.