Featuring collaborations with Macy Gray, Future, and Nicki Minaj, the album appeared in May 2016 and debuted at number two. The song hit number eight on the Hot 100, making Grande the first artist to have the lead single from each of her first three albums debut in the Top Ten. That February, she announced her third album, Dangerous Woman, and released the album's title track as a single in March. In October 2015, Grande released the single "Focus," which debuted at number seven on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum the following January.
By the time fifth single "One Last Time" charted in early 2015, My Everything had sold nearly 600,000 copies.Ĭhristmas & Chill As that album's cycle wound down, Grande guest-starred on Ryan Murphy's campy slasher series Scream Queens and she also recorded another holiday EP, Christmas & Chill. At one point in 2014, three of her songs were in the Billboard Top Ten at the same time, a feat matched only be Adele. Subsequent singles featured assists by Zedd ("Break Free"), Jessie J and Nicki Minaj ("Bang Bang"), and the Weeknd ("Love Me Harder"). It was released at the end of August 2014, hitting number one on charts across the globe. charts and was certified double platinum - the album featured a host of different producers, including Max Martin, Shellback, Ryan Tedder, and Benny Blanco.
Preceded by the single "Problem" - a song that featured a guest spot from Iggy Azalea, the "it girl" of the summer of 2014 it peaked at two on the U.S. It was the first single from her 2013 debut, Yours Truly, which also featured hits in "Baby I" and "Right There."Ĭhristmas Kisses At the end of the year she released a seasonal EP called Christmas Kisses, but her real efforts went into the recording of her second album, My Everything.
This signaled a mature direction and audiences responded, taking it to the Top Ten in the U.S., where it was eventually certified triple platinum.
Grande felt much more comfortable with "The Way," her 2013 single featuring Mac Miller. In 2011, she released the single "Put Your Hearts Up," which was cut during sessions for a teen-oriented pop album she later disowned the single due to its kiddie feel. She frequently made appearances at sporting events and with symphonies, and she made her first appearances on record via the soundtracks to Victorious.
Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show As she kept herself busy with television, Grande began to pursue a musical career.
The show ran until 2012, at which time Grande's Cat Valentine was spun off into a show called Sam & Cat, which also starred Jennette McCurdy of iCarly. Following an appearance in the 2010 Desmond Child-written musical Cuba Libre, Grande was cast as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television program Victorious. In 2008, when she was 15 years old, she landed the role of Charlotte in the Broadway production of 13 her performance was well-received, winning a National Youth Theatre Association Award.
Nevertheless, her music was flexible enough to incorporate hip-hop and EDM, as proved by her 2014 smash hit single "Problem," featuring Iggy Azalea.Ī native of Boca Raton, Florida, where she was born in 1993 to graphic designer Edward Butera and Joan Grande (the CEO of Hose-McCann Communications), Grande began singing and acting at an early age, appearing in local theater productions. Blessed with powerful vocals that belied her petite frame, Grande had greater singing chops than many of her peers, and her Babyface-produced 2013 debut, Yours Truly, underscored her debt to '90s soul. A television star turned pop diva, Ariana Grande emerged in the mid-2010s as an heir to the throne of Mariah Carey.