60 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.