110 Fun Facts About Ariana Grande

In which Florida city was Ariana Grande born in 1993?

Her father ran a graphic design firm there and her mother is CEO of a family marine-communications company founded in 1964.

Ariana Grande was born with a hyphenated surname. What is its second half?

She was credited under it in the Wicked films, because that was her name when she first saw the stage musical at age ten.

Ariana Grande's professional career began in 2008 in which Broadway musical?

She played cheerleader Charlotte; her Victorious castmate Elizabeth Gillies was in the same show.

What was the name of the character Ariana Grande played on Nickelodeon's Victorious?

The role required her to dye her hair red for years, which damaged it badly enough that she later relied on extensions.

What was the name of the fictional Los Angeles high school where Victorious was set?

The show ran from 2010 to 2013 and won Favorite TV Show at the Kids' Choice Awards two years running.

Sam & Cat paired Grande's character with Jennette McCurdy's Sam Puckett from which show?

The roommates run an after-school babysitting business; the show was cancelled in July 2014 after one season.

What was Ariana Grande's first role as a young child, with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater?

She later played Snow White in a pantomime-style Christmas show at the Pasadena Playhouse alongside Neil Patrick Harris.

Which talent manager did Ariana Grande sign with in early 2013?

His firm SB Projects also handled Justin Bieber, on whose Believe Tour she soon appeared as a guest.

What was the title of Ariana Grande's 2013 debut studio album?

A doo-wop-flavoured pop and R&B record, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 138,000 first-week copies.

Which rapper featured on 'The Way', the lead single from Ariana Grande's debut album?

He later taught her to produce her own vocals in Pro Tools; the two dated from 2016 to 2018.

Which Australian rapper features on Ariana Grande's 2014 hit 'Problem'?

The song stalled at number two on the Hot 100, blocked from the top spot by the featured rapper's own single 'Fancy'.

Whose uncredited whispered vocals appear in the chorus of 'Problem'?

He had also featured on 'Right There' from her debut album, and the two briefly dated.

Which German DJ and producer featured on the 2014 single 'Break Free'?

It reached number four in the US and opened the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, where she won Best Pop Video for 'Problem'.

Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's 2014 hit 'Bang Bang' was the lead single from whose album?

It has since gone diamond in the US, one of only two Grande songs to do so alongside '7 Rings'.

Ariana Grande matched which artist in 2014 as only the second woman with three simultaneous top-ten leads?

Adele had done it in 2012 with 'Rolling in the Deep', 'Someone Like You' and 'Set Fire to the Rain'.

Ariana Grande's first worldwide concert run, launched in February 2015, went by what name?

It promoted My Everything, and one of its backup dancers, Ricky Alvarez, became her boyfriend for a year.

Which of Ariana Grande's studio albums did NOT debut at number one on the Billboard 200?

It opened at number two in May 2016; every other studio album through Positions and Eternal Sunshine topped the chart.

Ariana Grande played Penny Pingleton in which NBC musical broadcast in December 2016?

She had already made her SNL hosting debut earlier that year, performing 'Dangerous Woman'.

In the Fox horror-comedy Scream Queens, Ariana Grande played which character?

Her character Sonya Herfmann was killed off early in the first season, but kept turning up in flashbacks.

How many people were killed in the bombing after Ariana Grande's Manchester Arena concert in May 2017?

More than a thousand were injured; Grande later became the first honorary citizen of Manchester and reportedly declined a UK damehood.

Where was the One Love Manchester benefit concert held on 4 June 2017?

55,000 people attended and Liam Gallagher made a surprise appearance near the end.

Which producer did Ariana Grande begin working with in 2016 on what became the album Sweetener?

He co-wrote and produced the title track, the first song made for the record.

Sweetener won Ariana Grande her first Grammy in 2019, in which category?

She skipped the ceremony after a dispute with producers over a planned performance.

Which comedian was Ariana Grande engaged to for a few months in 2018?

A song named after him appears on Sweetener; the break-up inspired 'Thank U, Next'.

The 'Thank U, Next' video pays homage to four early-2000s films. Which of these is NOT one of them?

The fourth is 13 Going on 30; the video set a record for the most-watched YouTube premiere ever at the time.

'7 Rings' interpolates which showtune, giving 90 percent of royalties to the Rodgers and Hammerstein estate?

Grande called it a 'friendship anthem' about treating her friends after the Davidson split.

In 2019 Ariana Grande became the youngest artist ever to headline which festival?

She was also only the fourth woman to top the bill there.

With which artist did Ariana Grande record the 2020 pandemic duet 'Stuck with U'?

It made her the first artist whose first three number ones all debuted at the top of the Hot 100.

'Rain on Me', Ariana Grande's 2020 hit with Lady Gaga, appears on which Gaga album?

It was the first all-female collaboration to debut at number one on the Hot 100 and later won a Grammy.

Ariana Grande's Netflix concert film 'Excuse Me, I Love You' documented which of her tours?

It was released on 21 December 2020.

Ariana Grande married real-estate agent Dalton Gomez in 2021. In which year did they separate?

They filed for divorce that September; she then began dating her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater.

Which 2021 Adam McKay satire featured Ariana Grande alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence?

Her promotional single 'Just Look Up' with Kid Cudi came out that December; the film set a Netflix weekly viewing record.

What was the lead single from Ariana Grande's seventh studio album, released in March 2024?

It was released on 12 January and topped the US chart; a remix with Mariah Carey followed a month later.

Which character does Ariana Grande play in the Wicked films?

She was cast in 2021 opposite Cynthia Erivo, and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Who directed the two-part film adaptation of Wicked?

He had made Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights; Wicked grossed $764 million to become the highest-grossing musical film adaptation.

How many Academy Award nominations did Wicked (2024) receive?

It won two, for Costume Design and Production Design; Grande and Erivo opened the ceremony with a medley ending in 'Defying Gravity'.

What is the name of Ariana Grande's cosmetics brand?

Her fragrance line, launched with Ari in 2015, has passed $1 billion in retail sales.

Which Ariana Grande fragrance was reported in 2022 to be Ulta's best-seller, selling one every eleven seconds?

It launched in 2018 and has spawned Intense, Pink and Aurora variants.

Which coffee chain launched a Cloud Macchiato with Ariana Grande in March 2019?

She has also fronted campaigns for Macy's, T-Mobile and Apple.

Ariana Grande has followed which diet since 2013?

She is also known for adopting rescue dogs and promoting adoption at her concerts.

Which two singers does Ariana Grande name as her primary vocal influences?

She uploaded YouTube covers of both, plus Adele, while filming Victorious, and later duetted with Carey on a 'Yes, And?' remix.

Ariana Grande's soprano range is usually described as spanning how many octaves?

Critics compared her range to Mariah Carey's from her debut album onward.

In July 2015 Ariana Grande caused a minor scandal after surveillance video showed her doing what in a shop?

She was also filmed saying 'I hate Americans', and joked about it when she hosted SNL the following year.

What nickname did Guinness World Records give Ariana Grande, who had broken 40 of its records by 2025?

Her records include the most Hot 100 number-one debuts by a woman.

Ariana Grande's older half-brother, an entertainer and producer, is called what?

The two performed for children in Gugulethu, South Africa in 2009 with the charity Broadway in South Africa.

Grande's 2021 remix of which Weeknd song became one of Billboard's longest-charting hits?

They performed it together at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards; a 'Die for You' remix followed in 2023.

Which pop star was Ariana Grande's guest at the end of her performance at the 2024 Met Gala?

Their 'Defying Gravity' later won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Ariana Grande's 2025 short film 'Brighter Days Ahead' accompanied which album's reissue?

She played the protagonist Peaches and co-wrote it with Christian Breslauer; it won Video of the Year at the 2025 VMAs.

Which classic actress did Ariana Grande cite as her major style influence early in her career?

She later found copying that look 'a little boring' and drew on Ann-Margret, Nancy Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe instead.

After Victorious, Ariana played which fairy-tale heroine in a Pasadena Playhouse pantomime?

A Snow White Christmas co-starred Charlene Tilton and Neil Patrick Harris.

Ariana's debut album Yours Truly was influenced by which 1950s vocal style?

The pop-and-R&B record sold 138,000 copies in its first week and debuted atop the Billboard 200.

Nathan Sykes, Ariana's duet partner on 'Almost Is Never Enough', belonged to which boy band?

The 2013 promotional single arrived as she opened three shows on Justin Bieber's Believe Tour.

What was the name of Ariana Grande's debut fragrance, launched in 2015?

She has since released twenty fragrances with Luxe Brands, including the Cloud line and Cherry Eclipse.

Which Charlie's Angels soundtrack single paired Ariana with Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey?

Grande co-executive produced the 2019 soundtrack, which met a lukewarm reception.

How many times did Ariana Grande audition before landing her Wicked role in November 2021?

She was credited under her birth name Ariana Grande-Butera in the films.

What was the original working title of Ariana's third album, Dangerous Woman?

'Focus', first meant as the lead single, debuted at number seven on the Hot 100 but was dropped from the final tracklist.

Which veteran songwriter-producer helped Yours Truly recreate the 'vibe and feel of the 90s'?

Her follow-up, My Everything, pivoted toward EDM and electropop.

Who hosted Saturday Night Live when Ariana was the musical guest on September 27, 2014?

That month also brought 'Love Me Harder' with the Weeknd, which peaked at number seven in the US.

What was the name of the South Florida youth singing group Ariana co-founded at age ten?

The group performed at charity fund-raisers and raised over $500,000 in 2007 alone.

Ariana's mother Joan is CEO of which family-owned marine equipment maker?

Her father Edward Butera owns a graphic design firm; the two separated when she was around eight.

Which relative of Ariana Grande became, at 98, the oldest act to have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100?

Her grandmother Marjorie, credited as Nonna, charted in 2024 with a spoken message about staying in love that closes the song Ordinary Things.

Which pop icon recites a Bible verse made famous by Pulp Fiction in Ariana Grande's 'God Is a Woman' video?

Madonna reads Ezekiel 25:17 in voiceover while Grande lip-syncs inside a replica of the Roman Pantheon, then breaks its glass ceiling with a hammer.

Which reality TV matriarch plays Ariana Grande's camcorder-wielding mother in the 'Thank U, Next' video?

Kris Jenner films the dance routine in a nod to Amy Poehler's part in a 2004 teen comedy, and the video drew 55.4 million YouTube views on its first day.

Ariana Grande guest-starred as the Pickle Fairy of Hope in Kidding, a series led by which comedy star?

Jim Carrey starred as Mr. Pickles, a beloved children's television presenter, and her fairy went by the name Piccola Grande.

Ariana Grande headlined the Rift Tour, a 2021 virtual concert staged inside which video game?

Fortnite had already hosted Travis Scott and Marshmello, but her show was the first to tie in to multiple aspects of the game.

When Ariana Grande held the Hot 100's top three spots in 2019, which act had last managed it, in 1964?

The Beatles had been the only act to manage it, and Grande became the first solo artist to hold all three places at once.

Which Wicked co-star's jazz album Still Blooming features Ariana Grande singing 'I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)'?

Jeff Goldblum, the films' Wizard of Oz, fronts the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, and the 2025 record was the band's third studio album.

Which honor did Manchester City Council give Ariana Grande after her 2017 benefit concert?

Honorary citizenship, never awarded by the city before, recognized the televised concert she staged within two weeks of the arena attack, which helped raise $23 million for victims and their families.

In the 'Positions' video, Ariana Grande holds which job, chairing meetings between scenes in a kitchen?

US president is the role: she signs orders in the Oval Office and gives medals to postal workers, in a video released hours after the closing presidential debate of 2020.

For her role on Victorious, Ariana Grande had to dye her hair which color every other week, damaging it?

Red dye took such a toll during the show's run that she later wore extensions while her own hair recovered.

Ariana Grande replaced Nick Jonas as a coach on which TV talent show for its twenty-first season in 2021?

The Voice made her its highest-paid coach up to that point, at a reported $25 million for the season, and she did not return for the next one.

Which 2014 Ariana Grande Christmas single took a decade to break into the Billboard Hot 100's top five?

Santa Tell Me got there ten years after its release, becoming the first holiday song released in the 21st century to reach the US top five.

Which Motown great recorded the duet 'Faith' with Ariana Grande for the 2016 animated film Sing?

Stevie Wonder plays piano in the video while Grande walks a pavement among the film's animal characters, and the song earned a Golden Globe nomination.

Which singer duetted with Ariana Grande on the title song of Disney's 2017 live-action Beauty and the Beast?

John Legend and Grande are heard over the end credits, in a version made as a homage to the pop duet recorded for the 1991 animated film.

Ariana Grande was among those paying tribute at whose funeral service in Detroit in August 2018?

Aretha Franklin's homegoing service at Greater Grace Temple also drew tributes from Bill Clinton, Chaka Khan, Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight.

Ariana Grande joined a 2019 remix of 'Good as Hell', a sleeper hit first released in 2016 by which singer?

Lizzo scored her first top-10 single in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia once the remix with Grande arrived.

Which Wicked showstopper won Ariana Grande and her co-star the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in 2026?

Defying Gravity was filmed about a year into production because an actors' strike delayed the sequence, and the single entered the UK chart at number 7.

Which social media platform did Ariana Grande quit in December 2021, deleting one of its most-followed accounts?

Twitter had started taking a toll on her relationship to work, she explained, adding that she would rather prioritize being an artist.

After watching the documentary Blackfish, Ariana Grande urged fans to stop supporting which theme park chain?

SeaWorld's captive orcas, above all one named Tilikum, were the film's subject, and Grande has since adopted several rescue dogs and promoted pet adoption at her concerts.

Which boy band, minus its most famous singer, reunited to join Ariana Grande on stage in April 2019?

NSYNC's JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass joined her headline set, which also brought out Nicki Minaj and P Diddy.

Which actor and singer supplies the bass-voiced chorus hook on Ariana Grande's 2015 single 'Focus'?

Jamie Foxx sings the repeated title hook, on a track that was meant to launch Grande's third album but was dropped from its standard edition.

Ariana Grande impersonated which singer while duetting 'Beauty and the Beast' with Jimmy Fallon on his show in 2015?

Celine Dion recorded the song's pop version with Peabo Bryson for the 1991 film, and Grande counts her among her influences as a singer.

In 2017 Ariana Grande became a playable character, attacking with music, in a mobile game from which series?

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, made by Square Enix, offered her as a limited-time magical support character alongside an orchestral remix of her song Touch It.

Ariana Grande's 2014 Major Lazer collaboration 'All My Love' was made for a film in which franchise?

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 got the song because co-writer Lorde pushed for it on the soundtrack, which led Diplo to rush the production.

For the 2015 album We Love Disney, Ariana Grande covered 'Zero to Hero' from which animated film?

Hercules was not her first pick: Grande began with a different song before settling on Zero to Hero for the David Foster-produced album.

Which 2015 Ariana Grande single was re-released in June 2017 to raise money after the Manchester Arena attack?

One Last Time rose to a new UK peak of number two after her benefit concert, and all proceeds from the re-release went to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.

Megan Thee Stallion and which other rapper joined the 2021 remix of Ariana Grande's '34+35', lifting it to number two?

Doja Cat helped make it the highest-charting Hot 100 song credited to three or more female soloists since Lady Marmalade two decades earlier.

Which British musician, a hero of Ariana Grande's, developed the musical gloves Grande wore on tour in 2015?

Imogen Heap counted Grande among the early investors in her wired Mi.Mu gloves, and Grande has also sampled Heap's music in her own songs.

Ariana Grande voiced Princess Diaspro in Nickelodeon's revival of which Italian-created animated series?

Winx Club's American relaunch recruited well-known Nickelodeon actors for its cast and was backed by $100 million of advertising.

Which 2011 debut single did Ariana Grande later disown, saying its bubblegum pop sound was not really her?

Put Your Hearts Up interpolates What's Up?, so Linda Perry shares the writing credit, and the song was later certified Gold despite Grande's misgivings.

Which record label signed Ariana Grande after its chief executive was sent links to her YouTube cover videos?

Republic Records boss Monte Lipman got the links from a friend who had stumbled on the clips, which she recorded while filming Victorious.

Which Latin pop star inspired an eight-year-old Ariana Grande by praising her singing on a cruise ship?

Gloria Estefan's compliment is what Grande credits with inspiring her to pursue music, at an age when she was also singing with orchestras in Florida.

Which future Victorious castmate had already appeared with Ariana Grande in her 2008 Broadway debut?

Liz Gillies played Lucy in that musical before becoming Victorious bad girl Jade West, her second time working alongside Grande.

Ariana Grande's 2015 duet with Andrea Bocelli, 'E Più Ti Penso', uses music by which Italian film composer?

Ennio Morricone's themes from the films Once Upon a Time in America and Malèna supply the melody, and the words were first sung in 2010 by the trio Il Volo.

Which TV animation creator sang musical theatre songs with Ariana Grande on Carpool Karaoke in 2017?

Seth MacFarlane, the creator and star of Family Guy, is a singer with several Grammy nominations of his own, and shared an episode of the Apple Music series with her.

Ariana Grande co-wrote 'Motivation', the 2019 debut solo single by which former Fifth Harmony member?

Normani wrote it with Grande, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha and producer Ilya, and its choreography-heavy video was named the best of 2019 by Vibe.

Which Australian singer featured Ariana Grande on 'Dance to This', a 2018 single from his album Bloom?

Troye Sivan then turned up in a teaser for one of her videos that November, and added guest vocals to an extended edition of her 2024 album.

Which Broadway songwriter, also behind Godspell and Pippin, wrote 'The Girl in the Bubble' for Ariana Grande?

Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the stage score of Wicked, added it as an original track for the 2025 sequel Wicked: For Good.

Ariana Grande engineers her own vocals with which audio software, first shown to her by a rapper friend?

Pro Tools is the workstation she learned because she loves being hands-on with every project, and a co-writer has praised her for comping her own takes.

Which song did Ariana Grande perform at Stand Up to Cancer in September 2014 in memory of her grandfather?

My Everything is the somber title track that closes her second album, and her grandfather had died of cancer only weeks before the record came out.

Ariana Grande, aged eight, sang the national anthem before a 2002 home game in which professional sport?

Ice hockey's Florida Panthers were hosting the Chicago Blackhawks that January night, six years before her professional stage career began.

In June 2021 Ariana Grande teamed with an online portal to give her fans $2 million worth of what?

Free therapy came through BetterHelp, and Grande has said she first saw a mental health professional shortly after her parents' divorce.

Which Broadway star, who originated Ariana Grande's Wicked role on stage, has a cameo in the 2024 film?

Kristin Chenoweth appears beside fellow original lead Idina Menzel as one of the leading members of the Emerald City Players.

In Nickelodeon's Sam & Cat, Ariana Grande's character and her roommate start what kind of after-school business?

Babysitting drives the plots of the buddy sitcom, which earned Grande a 2014 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress.

In which California community did Ariana Grande marry Dalton Gomez at her home in a private 2021 ceremony?

Montecito hosted the wedding that May, and her photos of it became the most-liked Instagram post featuring people at the time, with over 25 million likes.

In 2009 Ariana Grande and her half-brother taught music and dance to children in Gugulethu, in which country?

South Africa hosted the siblings as members of the charity Broadway in South Africa, with whom they performed as well as taught.

Which frequent co-writer, later a Best New Artist Grammy winner, recorded 'Better Days' with Ariana Grande in 2016?

Victoria Monét co-wrote songs for each of Grande's first six studio albums before winning three Grammys of her own in 2024.

Which musical duo shared the billing with Ariana Grande on her 2019 single 'Boyfriend', which won MTV's Song of Summer?

Social House helped it become the first song by a woman to top the Rolling Stone Top 100 chart, which it did in its debut week.

Ariana Grande played Amanda Benson in Swindle, a 2013 Nickelodeon film about kids recovering which valuable item?

A baseball card is taken by an unscrupulous collectibles dealer in the story, which is based on a children's novel by Gordon Korman.

Which British singer duetted with Ariana Grande on 2012's 'Popular Song', built on a melody from the musical Wicked?

Mika borrowed the tune of Popular, the very number Grande's own character would sing in the 2024 film of that musical.