Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande-Butera, known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer, songwriter and actress whose four-octave vocal range extends into the whistle register. Born June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, she began performing as a teenager in the Broadway musical 13 in 2008. She later became widely known as Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, which ran from 2010 to 2013, and its spin-off Sam & Cat.

After signing with Republic Records, Grande released her debut album, Yours Truly, in 2013. Its retro-minded pop and R&B sound sent it to the top of the Billboard 200. She brought more electronic elements into My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), albums that produced singles including “Problem,” “Break Free,” “Bang Bang,” “One Last Time,” “Into You” and “Side to Side.”

Her later work has moved between pop, R&B, trap and dance music. Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019) drew on personal struggles and incorporated trap, with the latter producing the US number-one singles “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings.” The R&B-infused Positions arrived in 2020; its title track, along with her collaborations “Stuck with U” and “Rain on Me,” debuted at number one in the United States. Following a musical hiatus, she released the dance-oriented Eternal Sunshine in 2024, which included the US chart-toppers “Yes, And?” and “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love).” Her electronic-influenced 2026 album Petal includes the US number-one single “Hate That I Made You Love Me.”

Grande has also continued acting, appearing in the political satire Don’t Look Up in 2021 and playing Glinda in the 2024 film adaptation of Wicked. Her work in the role earned an Academy Award nomination, and she reprised it in Wicked: For Good in 2025. She has sold an estimated 90 million records worldwide and has earned three Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, forty Guinness World Records and thirteen MTV Video Music Awards. Outside entertainment, she has supported charitable organizations and advocated for animal rights, mental health, and gender, racial and LGBT equality. Her ventures include R.E.M. Beauty and a fragrance line that has generated more than $1 billion in global retail sales.