Artist Birthday :	26/06/1993 (Age 27)
Born In / Hometown :	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s) :	Singer, songwriter, actress
Genres :	Pop, R&B
Labels :	Republic

Ariana Grande-Butera (/ˌɑːriˈɑːnə ˈɡrɑːndeɪ/; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer and actress. Born in Boca Raton, Florida, Grande began her career at age 15 in the 2008 Broadway musical 13. She rose to fame for her role as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and Sam & Cat (2013–2014). She subsequently signed with Republic Records in 2011 after the label’s executives discovered YouTube videos of her covering songs. Her 1950s doo-wop-influenced pop and R&B debut album, Yours Truly (2013), topped the US Billboard 200 chart, while its lead single, “The Way”, charted in the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100.

Grande maintained her pop and R&B sound on her second and third studio albums, My Everything (2014), and Dangerous Woman (2016), with the former exploring EDM and producing the UK number-one singles “Problem” and “Bang Bang” and the latter becoming her first of four consecutive number-one albums in the UK. Her trap-infused fourth and fifth studio albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019), were both critical and commercial successes. The former won Grande a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, while the latter was nominated for the Album of the Year. The singles “Thank U, Next”, “7 Rings”, and “Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” made Grande the first solo artist to hold the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, and the first female to succeed herself at the top of the UK Singles Chart. Her 2020 collaborations “Stuck with U” and “Rain on Me”, helped her break the record for the most number-one debuts on the Hot 100. Grande’s R&B-influenced sixth studio album, Positions (2020), and the eponymous title track, debuted at number-one in the U.K. and U.S., with the single becoming her record-extending fifth number-one debut on the Hot 100.