Since the age of two, she would attend nearly every home game of the NHL hockey team, Florida Panthers, where she was struck by hockey pucks more than once when she was five years old. Grande's mother moved with her father from New York to Florida when she was pregnant with her and revealed that her parents split up when she was 8 or 9. 1983), who is also an actor, dancer, and producer, as well as a contestant on season sixteen of Big Brother. She is of Italian descent, 'half Sicilian and half Abruzzese', and has an elder half-brother, Frankie Grande (born c.

Her name was originally inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat (1959).

She is the daughter of Joan Grande, chief executive officer (CEO) of telephone and alarm system company Hose-McCann Communications, and Edward Butera, who owns a graphic design firm in Boca Raton. Life and career 1993–2008: Early life and career beginnings Ariana Grande-Butera was born on Jin Boca Raton, Florida. Some of her achievements include New Artist of the Year at the 2013 American Music Awards, Favorite Breakout Artist at the 40th People's Choice Awards, and Breakthrough Artist of the Year by the Music Business Association. The album produced the successful tracks ' Problem' and ' Break Free'. Grande developed a maturing image while promoting her second studio album, My Everything (2014), which became her second consecutive number-one album in the United States. The album's lead single, ' The Way', became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with critics comparing her wide vocal range to Mariah Carey. She launched a music career after the release of her debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), which debuted at number one on the U.S. After the show ended, Grande rose to prominence as a teen idol on her own spinoff, Sam & Cat, along with iCarly actress Jennette McCurdy.Īs she kept herself busy with television, Grande began to pursue a musical career appearing on the soundtrack, Music from Victorious (2011), and subsequently signed a recording contract with Republic Records. The Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009. She began her career singing on a cruise ship, at sportingĮvents, and with various orchestras in South Florida. Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993), known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer-songwriter Īnd actress.

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