Ariana Grande-Butera is an American singer and actress born in Boca Raton, Florida on June 26th, 1993. She is the daughter of Joan Grande and Edward Butera, and the half brother of fellow entertainer, Frankie Grande. Ariana is of Italian Descent. She made her acting debut at the age of 15, when she was cast as Charlotte in the Broadway Musical, 13. After that, she was cast in the hit Nickelodeon sitcom, Victorious in 2010 as the red-headed, dimwitted Cat Valentine.
Ariana found success in the music industry after her second hit single, The Way featuring her current boyfriend, Mac Miller, reached No. 9 on the Billboard Top 100. Ariana was the first female artist since Kesha to have her first studio album, Yours Truly, at No. 1. Her second album, My Everything, became her second consecutive album to debut at No.1 in the U.S, while her third studio album, Dangerous Woman, debuted at No. 2 when released in 2016. Currently, Ariana Grande is working on her fourth studio album, which for the moment is untitled. She released a single, No Tears Left to Cry on April 20th, 2018, which reached No. 1.
One Love Manchester was a benefit concert held on June 4th, 2017 following the May 22nd terrorist attack that took the lives of 21 innocent people and injured over 500 in attendance. Immediately after the concert, Ariana released this tweet, which breifly became the most liked tweet ever, and is currently the 2nd most liked tweet in Twitter history.
broken.
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don't have words.
Ariana worked with the Manchester City Council and the British Red Cross to establish the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, which raised over $23 Million in donations. The concert was attended by 50,000 people and included guest performances from Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay and more. Despite the time differences, the concert was broadcasted in over 50 countries. One Love Manchester was ranked the No. 1 concert of 2017 by New York Magazine.
