Ariana Grande born in Boca Raton, FL
Ariana Grande-Butera is born in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande, CEO of an alarm company, and Edward Butera, the owner of a graphic design firm. She has an elder half-brother, Frankie Grande, who is also an actor, dancer, and producer.
I always wanted to have skeleton face paint on or be wearing a Freddy Krueger mask, and I would carry a hockey stick around. I was like a mini-Helena Bonham Carter…For my fifth birthday party we had a Jaws theme and all my friends left crying. I mean, I still am that way. But when I was little it was more concerning. There was a stage, when I was 3 or 4, where my mom thought I might grow up to be a serial killer.
Girl’s Life cover
Grande appears on the cover of the August 2012 issue of Girl’s Life magazine. She talks about her bright red hair, her music and dating.
The biggest lesson I’ve learned about dating is you need to be with someone who makes you feel like a better version of the best version you are and you need to be able to be yourself in front of whomever you’re with.
Sam and Cat
Grande is cast in Nickelodeon show Sam & Cat. Grade plays character Cat who starts a babysitting service with her best friend and roommate Sam played by Jennette McCurdy. McCurdy on first meeting Ariana before the show:
I thought Ariana was so fun and so friendly to people. It was at a promo shoot and Nathan (Kress) and I were hanging out, and she came right over, gave us hugs, and was like, “Hi! I watch iCarly.” I told her I looked up one of her songs, Stick Around. I told her she had an amazing voice. We started talking about iCarly and we found out we have the same birthday, we were singing Jingle Bells together. It was good memories.
The Way
0 CommentsGrande releases her debut single The Way. The single will be featured on her upcoming album. The song also is a collaboration with rapper Mac Miller.
When I recorded The Way I was like a giddy idiot. Like first-day butterflies. I smiled the whole time I recorded the song. The minute I heard the song, I was like, “Oh my God, this it. We found it. I’m dying. It has to come out in a month. It has to happen!”
The Way performance
Grande and Mac Miler perform The Way during The Ellen Show to promote her album Yours Truly.
Total Girl Australia cover
Grande appears on the cover of the June 2013 issue of Total Girl Australia magazine. She talks about working with Jennette McCurdy, her fans, and her show Sam and Cat.
It’s a blessing. I’m going to make the show my main focus and give it my all.
The Way performance
Grande performs her single The Way with a cameo from Miller.
Seventeen cover
Grande appears on the cover of the August 2013 issue of Seventeen magazine. She talks about why she’s still working on her album and her insecurities.
I worked with someone who told me they’d never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I stared changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.
Right There
0 CommentsGrande releases the third single off of her album Yours Truly titled Right There. The single features a collaboration with Big Sean.
I love it. I can’t say it’s one of my favorites on the album because they’re all my favorites, but it’s really cool and he (Big Sean) killed it. I love his verse.
Nikki and Sara Live
Grande guest stars in a sketch on the MTV show Nikki and Sara Live. In the sketch, Grande tells Nikki and Sara’s employees what Nikki and Sara are too scared to do themselves through song.
Tattooed Heart performance
Grande performs Tattooed Heart on The Today Show from her album Yours Truly.
Almost Is Never Enough performance
Grande and Sykes perform Almost Is Never Enough on Live with Kelly and Michael from Grande’s album Your’s Truly.
Baby I video
0 CommentsGrande releases music the video for her single Baby I. The video pays homage to the 90’s, the decade that Grande was born in.
It’s like a 90’s, throwback-type vibe. When I said “I want it to look like this,” I said like a TLC, Fresh Prince type vibe. I was like, “Let’s just get really silly, 90’s amazing outfits, and just go out and dance around and have fun.”
Broadway Version of Rap
Fallon and Grande perform Broadway versions of Jay Z‘s 99 Problems, Cypress Hill‘s Insane in the Brain and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Thrift Shop.
Yours Truly
0 CommentsGrande releases debut album Yours Truly. The 12 track record features collaborations with MIKA, Mac Miller and Big Sean. Grande’s single The Way is also featured on the record.
Everybody on the record is a very close friend of mine. Mac Miller came about because I heard The Way and I was like, “Oh my gosh. This song is amazing. Malcolm, will you come be on this record with me?” and he was like, “Absolutely.” I went over to his house. I engineered the session. I recorded him rapping, while I was simultaneously baking cookies for him and that was that.
Popular Song performance
MIKA and Ariana Grande perform Popular Song during Dancing With The Stars to promote their albums Yours Truly and The Origin Of Love.
Tattooed Heart performance
Grande performs Tattooed Heart during the American Music Awards to promote her debut album Yours Truly.
Teen Vogue cover
Grande appears on the cover of the February 2014 issue of Teen Vogue magazine. She talks about her crazy life and doing a theatrical version of Miley Cyrus’s song, We Can’t Stop.
It sounded funny to hear ‘we all so turnt up’ in an operatic voice. I was making myself laugh so hard. I think I find myself funnier than everybody else might.
Cosmopolitan cover
Grande appears on the cover of the February 2014 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. She talks about being a positive role model, her first date with boyfriend Nathan and making a name for herself.
I never really expected to be taken seriously as an artist, and it’s just been the ultimate, proudest achievement. I’ve dealt with a lot of people not knowing what to expect from me because of my age and my personality. People often mistake my kindness for weakness, and they didn’t expect much from me, because at the end of the day, I’m just a nice Italian girl from Boca.
I Have Nothing performance
Grande performs I Have Nothing at the Women of Soul: In Performance at The White House Concert from The Bodyguard soundtrack.
