Ariana Grande, the pop and R&B star who has sold 90 million records worldwide and leads the list of female singers on Spotify just below Taylor Swift, was a true child prodigy, who was forced to take responsibilities from 8 years old and growing up too fast, like many child stars. At that age she debuted as a singer in front of a large audience at a football match. football in which the Panthers faced the Chicago Blackhawks. Her natural talent also made her stand out in those years in a children’s theater company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she played the central role in the play Annie.
At the same time that fame came early to her life, thanks to the register of her soprano voice that covers four octaves, the separation of her parents affected her days, with a pain that at her young age plunged her into depression, according to he told Billboard magazine. Some time later, she managed to adapt to the new times under the care of her mother and her grandparents, whom she today considers her inspiration.
Ariana Grande Buteraof Sicilian and Abruzzese descent, was born in Boca Raton, Florida on June 26, 1993. Her mother, Joan Grande, originally from Brooklyn, was the executive director of a communications agency and her father, Edward Butera , had a company dedicated to graphic design.
As she became a teenager, Grande showed ambition and self-confidence, with goals that seemed impossible for someone her age. It was on her first visit to Los Angeles that she told her new managers that she wanted to record an R&B album, something she did not consider befitting someone her age. At that time, she was beginning to debate between theater and music, two of her passions. She had conditions for both and the musical genre It fit him like a glove. One of her first recognitions was obtained in that area, in the musical 13 on Broadway, with the character of Charlotte. Her career was a given and she had to continue her high school remotely, with materials sent to her in New York.
His first record, Yours Trulywas released in 2013 and brings together pop, R&B and soul genres in its song list, with clear inspiration from her favorite singers: Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse and Mariah Carey.
The recording of this retro-style album, based on the doo wop of the 50s – a vocal style of music born from the fusion of the rhythm and blues and gospel genres – and R&B of the 90s, had begun in 2010 coinciding with its landing in the series Victorious from Nickelodeon, which catapulted her to international fame.
The successful sitcom, with historical audience records for the children’s channel – it was broadcast from 2010 to 2013 – took place in a art school in which she stepped into the shoes of Cat Valentine. Her reddish hair color was a whimsical idea by executive producer Dan Schneider, who decided that she should dye it every two weeks so that not everyone would have dark hair and because he thought it suited her character’s profile. Something that damaged her hair, in addition to the discomfort of her routine. Character Cat Valentine It positioned Ariana as a teen idol and allowed her to build the foundation for a musical career, which always dominated her interest, above acting. Singing for her was always much more important than acting, something she takes as something “fun” and continues doing. Her next release is Wickedat the end of the year, a prequel to the classic story The Wizard of Oz, which is an adaptation of an acclaimed Broadway musical for the big screen.
In 2013, their debut album Yours Truly It was so well received that it climbed to number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. In the first week it sold 138 thousand copies.
This year, during an interview, Ariana Grande referred to her experiences as a young actress after the documentary was broadcast. Quiet on Set: The dark side of childhood fame. In the Podcrushed podcast, without reference to the investigation nor to the accusations leveled against producer Dan Schneider, the artist gave her opinion about those times. To both her castmates and herself, she defined herself as survivors. Although she said she was grateful for having had the opportunity to do that show with her co-stars, and felt privileged, she also slipped that she was “reprocessing” her relationship with the show.
The documentary, which includes interviews with the cast, holds Schneider responsible for creating a toxic, abusive work environment and is also accused of sexualizing minors. Schneider, who left Nickelodeon in 2018, sued for defamation to those responsible for the documentary and distanced himself from the accusations that involved him in cases of sexual abuse, which existed in the signal and he said he was unaware of.
“I was 14 years old and I flew to audition with Liz Gillies for Victorious, and we were all very excited, they gave us the part and it was the best news we could hear,” Ariana recalled. “We were young actresses who wanted to do this with our lives more than anything, and we achieved it and that was very beautiful. I think we had some very special memories, and we felt very privileged “I think the environment needs to be safer if kids are going to be acting,” the two-time Grammy-winning actress and singer said. “There should be therapists … and parents should be allowed to be wherever they want to be.”
The singer considered that looking back on Victorious she finds humor and insinuations that make her uncomfortable today.
Ariana Grande’s musical rise was meteoric and found no ceiling. Her albums conquered the charts with an increasingly personal style, as she matured and gained self-confidence. Today her YouTube channel has more than 50 million subscribers and she is considered one of the most influential music stars. Madame Tussauds Museum included a wax statue with his figure in several cities around the world, as a sign of recognition.
His public life does not offer a repertoire of scandals, but it had them. In July 2015 she was seen in a video taken by a surveillance camera licking some donuts on display that he never bought and said clearly: “I hate Americans. I hate America. “This is disgusting.” With sweet donut lips, she kissed her boyfriend Ricky Alvarez. The viralization of her video left her in a bad position in her country, so she immediately apologized and came out to explain herself. That she was “very proud” to be an American and that she was sorry for having “misbehaved.” According to the owner of the establishment, she realized what happened 24 hours later by looking at the security cameras, when the donuts had already been sold. Customers never found out that the products had been licked by the pop star, who most likely found it fun to challenge her boyfriend. Ariana’s prank cost the store dearly, which was penalized by the Department of Health, which lowered the category she had enjoyed for six years. However, the scandal tripled its sales.
Throughout her career, Ariana had several partners. Her audience is accustomed to her ephemeral relationships, to seeing her very much in love and soon after, disenchanted with her. She is known for getting over her breakups with ease. Last year she made headlines for separating from her husband, Dalton Gómez, two years after saying yes. The same year she ended a relationship she began another with a Broadway actor, Ethan Slater.
The artist cultivates self-love above all things. She told Billboard magazine: ”I never looked at love as something that I need to complete me. “I would like to feel complete in myself and fall in love with someone who is also complete,” she said, adding: “You can still celebrate and be totally obsessed with each other, but I want to feel 100% myself so I can love that person better.”
