Ariana Grande's Biography in Summary

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Grande first rose to fame for her role as Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon show Victorious. She began her singing career with her 2013 debut album Yours Truly, which topped the US Billboard 200. Since then, she has become one of the world's best-selling musical artists, is the most streamed female artist in history. Grande has been nominated for 15 Grammys since 2013, winning two. In 2017, a terrorist detonated a homemade bomb while fans were leaving an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Twenty-three people were killed and over 1,000 were injured, many of them children. Grande launched a benefit concert, One Love Manchester, two weeks after the bombing to raise money for the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, which helped victims of the attack.

A few truths about Ariana Grande

1. Where is Ariana Grande from?

Ariana is from Boca Raton, Florida but is of Italian descent. She explained in a 2011 tweet: “I am Italian American, half Sicilian and half Abruzzese,” which are both areas of Southern Italy.

2. How old is Ariana Grande?

Ariana is 27 years old – she was born on 26 June 1993.

3. How tall is Ariana Grande?

Ariana is just over 5 foot tall, but you’d never know with all the sky-high platforms she’s always wearing.

4. Ariana Grande was a Nickelodeon star before becoming a singer

Ariana first became a household name as Cat Valentine in Victorious, a role she landed in 2010. She went on to star in a spin-off show called Sam and Cat, with Sam Puckett from iCarly.

5. Is Ariana Grande her real name?

Yep, Ariana Grande is Ari’s real name. In fact her whole name is Ariana Grande-Butera, the latter title being her dad’s surname.

6. Who are Ariana Grande’s parents?

Ariana’s parents are Joan Grande and Edward Butera. Joan was CEO of a communications company and her dad ran a graphic design business in Boca Raton.

7. Does Ariana Grande have any siblings?

Ariana has one older half-brother, Frankie Grande, 37, on her mum's side. His dad is an Italian-American physician.

8. Ariana Grande has six albums

Ariana has a total of six studio albums, her first being 'Yours Truly' in 2013 which featured songs such as ‘Right There’ and ‘Baby I’. She went on to have ‘My Everything’, ‘Dangerous Woman’, ‘Sweetener’, ‘Thank U, Next’ and 2020’s ‘Positions’.

9. What is Ariana Grande’s net worth?

Ariana’s net worth is reportedly $150 million (£114 million).

10. Who is Ariana Grande dating?

Ariana is dating boyfriend Dalton Gomez, a real estate agent she met in LA at the start of 2020.

11. Is Ariana Grande on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok?

Ariana’s Instagram handle is @ArianaGrande and it’s the same on Twitter. While she does have TikTok, the only videos on her account are snippets of her ‘Positions’ music video and re-posts of influencers attempting the ’34+35’ dance.

12. Ariana Grande has nine dogs

Ariana is known for being a huge animal lover and has 10 rescue dogs at home. She also has a pig, Piggy Smallz, which she adopted with ex Pete Davidson.

13. When was Ariana Grande’s Sweetener tour?

Ariana embarked on her Sweetener tour in 2019, after dropping ’Sweetener’ and ‘Thank U, Next’ just months before.

14. How many tattoos does Ariana Grande have?

Ariana has around 55 tattoos, with lots of little intricate ones on her hands and arms. Her biggest is an anime character on her right forearm.