Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande-Butera is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Florida to a family of Italian origin, she began her career in 2008 in the Broadway musical 13, before playing the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious in 2010, which aired for four seasons until 2013. That same year, she reprised her role in the spinoff Sam & Cat, however with Grande’s rising music career, the series was canceled after one season in 2014.

Grande made her first musical appearance in the 2011 soundtrack Music from Victorious. After CEO of Republic Records, Monte Lipman, came across one of her YouTube videos covering songs, he signed her to a recording contract in 2011 and subsequently released her debut album, Yours Truly (2013), which debuted at number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200. Her second studio album, My Everything (2014), also debuted at number-one in t…