Ariana Grande-Butera( born June 26, 1993), known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer and actress. She began her career in the Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009. The show ended after four seasons, and Grande starred on the spinoff, Sam & Cat, which ended in 2014. She has also appeared in other theatre, television and film roles, and has lent her voice to animated television and films.
" I love Mariah Carey. She is literally my favorite human being on the planet. And of course Whitney [ Houston ] as well. As far as vocal influences go, Whitney and Mariah pretty much cover it. I love Fergie as well. She ' s just so fun and passionate. I love that she raps as well. Like, she has a fantastic voice and she can belt Gs and As and she doesn ' t have to do it all the time. She just has swag and I think that ' s really cool."
— Grande, on her musical influences.
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Ariana Grande-Butera( born June 26, 1993), known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American singer and actress. She began her career in the Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2009. The show ended after four seasons, and Grande starred on the spinoff, Sam & Cat, which ended in 2014. She has also appeared in other theatre, television and film roles, and has lent her voice to animated television and films.
Grande ' s music career began with the soundtrack Music from Victorious( 2011). She signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released her debut studio album, Yours Truly in 2013, which debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. The album ' s lead single, " The Way ", debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with critics comparing her wide vocal range to Mariah Carey ' s range.
Grande has been nominated for two Grammy Awards [ 240 ] and has won an MTV Video Music Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards and two American Music Awards( 2013 and 2015). She has received seven Billboard Music Award nominations. Grande won a 2014 Nickelodeon Kids ' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress for her performances on Sam & Cat. Subsequently, she won two more Kids ' Choice Awards and one People ' s Choice Award. In 2014, she received a Breakthrough Artist of the Year award from the Music Business Association for excellence during her debut year. At the Bambi Awards, she received an award for Best Newcomer. She also received the 2014 IHeartRadio Music Awards Young Influencer Award and the Billboard Women in Music Award: Rising Star for her accomplishments in 2014.
She has won four Teen Choice Awards. In 2016, Grande was listed among Time ' s 100 most influential people in the world. Grande ' s music is generally pop and R & B, and it has elements of funk, dance and hip hop. Grande said she grew up mainly listening to urban pop and 90s music. Grande said of her debut album, Yours Truly( 2013), that " half of it is a throwback and like very familiar feeling, feel good, and then half of it is something that I ' ve created that ' s sort of special and unique and refreshing ". The doo-wop-inspired disc was complimented for recreating the R & B " vibe and feel of the 90s " with the help of nineties R & B hit maker Babyface. The follow-up, My Everything( 2014), has been described as an evolution from her first album with a new sound exploring EDM and electropop genres.
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