Ariana Grande is an inspirational, beautiful and incredibly talented actress, singer and dancer who won more than 218 awards in 2022. Ariana Grande-Butera is her full name. She was born on June 26,1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, United States.
Ariana’s family moved from New York to Florida just before her birth. Ariana’s father Edward Butera is a Graphic Designer and the founder of IBI Designs Inc. Her mother Joan Grande-Butera is a business woman and owner of a company that manufactures communications equipment for the Navy & Marines. Her parents chose Ariana’s name after being inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat. She also has a older half brother Frank James Michael Grande Marchione aka Frankie who is a musical theater actor and producer. He was contestant on the 16th series of Big Brother in 2014.
Ariana left her school to pursue her music career; however, she continued to be enrolled so that her tutors could send her materials and help her study. When she was 10 she co-founded the South Florida youth singing group “Kids Who Care,” which performed for charitable fund-raising events.
Ariana played role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon TV sitcom Victorious and the same role on the Spin-off Sam & Cat – a role for which she had to dye her naturally brunette locks red.
Ariana began her music career at age 15 in the 2008 Broadway musical. She also sang various times at the New York City jazz club Birdland. She made her first musical appearance on the track “Give It Up” from the Victorious soundtrack in August 2011.
19 minutes after the release of “Yours Truly”, the album came in first position on the iTunes Store charts in more than 30 countries, including the USA.
She won two MTV Millennial Awards in 2015 for the “Global Instagrammer of The Year” and “International Hit of The Year” with her single “One Last Time.” On November 30, 2018 Ariana released her Thank U Next music video on YouTube. This video broke several records on YouTube and Vevo and was nominated at MTV Video Music Awards 2019 for Video of the Year.
In 2015 Ariana launched her first fragrance globally. Ariana’s global success in fragrance has been unprecedented with retail sales upwards of $750 million.
According to Celebrity Net Worth Ariana’s net worth is about $240 million.