Celebrities Biography

Full Name:  Ariana Joan Grande

Birth Date: 26-6-1993

Birth Place: Boca Raton, Florida, US

Claim to fame:  She has won a "National Youth Theatre Association Award" (2008)

Famous as: Actress, dancer, singer

Ariana Joan Grande is an American actress, singer and dancer. After the age of 15, she had played the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious. She had entered music scene with a strong impression. She was dubbed as the next Mariah Carey and compared to Whitney Houston With her powerful vocal chops. Her debut single "The Way" featuring Mac Miller ruined the top-10 list of Billboard Hot 100 peaking at No. 9 and increasing one spot higher on the U.K. chart.

Ariana was best recognized for portraying the character Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom "Victorious" before receiving a big break in music. In 1993, she was born in Boca Raton, at Florida. In South Florida she was sing from a tender age and co-founded the youth singing group, Kids Who Care. They were performed in various charity events, and rising over $500,000 for charities in 2007 alone.

By her teens, Ariana Joan - Butera had performed with a number of South Florida orchestral ensembles. Even more impressing, she had made her Broadway debut at age 15 in the role of Charlotte in the musical "13", in Desmond Child's musical   she appeared in the role of Miriam "Cuba Libre".

When "The Way" had been released in March 2013, it was sold over 120,000 units within first 48 hours before moving on to 219,000 units in its opening week. It held the 3rd best-selling first-week ...sales figure of 2013 last Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" and One Direction's "Best Song Ever". As like her star shone, the Nickelodeon star opened collecting prestigious awards.Ariana Joan had won Best Newcomer at the 2013 Billboard Mid-Year Music Awards. She also Accept 3 Teen Choice Award nominations Best Love Song, Best Breakout Artist and Style Icon.

The album will soon "Yours Truly" follow. It features Big Sean and The Wanted Nathan Sykes, near to Miller. On September 3, it will be released in the United States. Ariana Joan said of the effort that "They can expect a lot of honesty". "It is like a direct. You know, it is like it used to be pages from my diary, in place of keeping diary, I would write songs about what was happening in my life. So it is really personal. It is a Motown throwback and pop at the same time, so it is '50s and '60s inspiration combined with today."