2013–2015: Yours Truly and My Everything
Grande recorded her first studio album Yours Truly, originally titled Daydreamin', over a three-year period.[55] It was released on August 30, 2013, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, with 138,000 copies sold in its first week.[56][57] Yours Truly also debuted in the top ten in several other countries, including Australia,[58] the UK,[59] Ireland,[60] and the Netherlands.[61] The lead single "The Way", featuring Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, debuted at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100,[62] eventually peaking at number nine for two weeks.[63] Grande was later sued by Minder Music for copying the line "What we gotta do right here is go back, back in time" from the 1972 song "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch.[64] The album's second single, "Baby I", was released in July.[65] Its third single, "Right There", featuring Detroit rapper Big Sean, was released in August.[66] They respectively peaked at number 21 and 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.[67]
Grande recorded the duet "Almost Is Never Enough" with Nathan Sykes of The Wanted, which was released as a promotional single in August 2013. She also joined Justin Bieber on his Believe Tour for three shows and kicked off her own headlining mini-tour, The Listening Sessions.[68][69] The following month, Billboard magazine ranked Grande at number four on their list of "Music's Hottest Minors 2013", an annual ranking of the most popular musicians under the age of 21.[70] At the 2013 American Music Awards, she won the award for New Artist of the Year.[71][72] She released a four-song Christmas EP, Christmas Kisses in December 2013.[73] Grande received the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award from the Music Business Association, recognizing her achievements throughout 2013.[74] By January 2014, Grande had begun recording her second studio album, with singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder and record producers Benny Blanco and Max Martin.[75][76] The same month, she earned the Favorite Breakout Artist award at the People's Choice Awards 2014.[74] In March 2014, Grande sang at the White House concert, "Women of Soul: In Performance at the White House".[77][78] The following month, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited Grande again to perform at the White House for the Easter Egg Roll event.[79]
Grande released her second studio album My Everything on August 25, 2014, and debuted atop the Billboard 200.[80] Its lead single "Problem" features Australian rapper Iggy Azalea and premiered at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards on April 27.[81][82] The song debuted at number three (eventually climbing to number two) on the Billboard Hot 100, and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grande's first number one single in the United Kingdom.[83] The album's second single, "Break Free", featuring German musician and producer Zedd,[84] peaked at number four in the United States.[85] She performed the song as the opening of the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards and won Best Pop Video for "Problem".[86] Grande and Nicki Minaj provided guest vocals on "Bang Bang", the lead single from Jessie J's album Sweet Talker,[87] which peaked at number one in the UK and reached number three in the US.[85] With the singles "Problem", "Break Free", and "Bang Bang", Grande joined Adele as the only female artist with three top ten singles simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist.[85]
Grande was the musical performer on Saturday Night Live, with Chris Pratt as the host on September 27, 2014.[88] That same month, the third single from My Everything, "Love Me Harder", featuring Canadian recording artist The Weeknd, was released and peaked at number seven in the United States.[89] The song became her fourth top ten single of 2014, the most by any artist that year.[90] In November 2014, Grande was featured in Major Lazer's song "All My Love" from the soundtrack album for the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.[91] The same month, Grande released a Christmas song titled "Santa Tell Me" from her Christmas EP, Christmas Kisses.[92] She later released the fifth and final single from My Everything, "One Last Time", which peaked at number 13 in the US.[93]
In February 2015, Grande embarked on The Honeymoon Tour, with shows in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.[94] Grande was featured on Cashmere Cat's song "Adore", which was released in March 2015.[95] In the spring, she signed an exclusive publishing contract with Universal Music Publishing Group covering her entire catalogue.[96] Grande also filmed an episode for the Fox television reality series Knock Knock Live,[97] but the show was cancelled before her episode aired,[98] and guest-starred on several episodes of the Fox comedy-horror television series Scream Queens as Sonya Herfmann/Chanel#2 from September to November 2015.[99][100] She recorded the duet "E Più Ti Penso" with Italian recording artist Andrea Bocelli, which was released in October 2015 as the lead single from his album Cinema,[101] and covered the song "Zero to Hero" from the film Hercules for the compilation album We Love Disney.[102] Grande also released her second Christmas EP, Christmas & Chill in December 2015.[103]
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