Ariana Grande-Butera (/ˌɑːriˈɑːnə ˈɡrɑːndeɪ bjʊˈtɛərə/ AR-ee-AH-nə GRAHN-day byuu-TAIR-ə;[note 1]

born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. An influential figure in contemporary
popular music, and often regarded as a pop culture icon, she is noted for her four-octave vocal range and
whistle register that has garnered critical acclaim. Grande has received numerous accolades throughout
her career, including two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, one Bambi Award, two Billboard Music
Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 30 Guinness World Records.

Grande began her music career at age 15 in the 2008 Broadway musical 13. She rose to fame for playing
Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and Sam & Cat (2013–2014).
Grande signed with Republic Records in 2011 after label executives viewed YouTube videos of her
covering songs. Her 1950s doo-wop-influenced pop and R&B debut album,[2] Yours Truly (2013), topped
the US Billboard 200, while its lead single, "The Way", reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100.
Grande's voice and vocal performances on the album drew immediate comparisons to Mariah Carey.

Grande continued to explore pop and R&B in her second and third studio albums, My Everything (2014)
and Dangerous Woman (2016). My Everything experimented with EDM and achieved global success with
its singles "Problem", "Break Free" and "Bang Bang", while Dangerous Woman became her first of four
consecutive number-one albums in the UK. Personal struggles influenced her trap-infused fourth and
fifth studio albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019), both of which were critical and
commercial successes. Sweetener won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, and Thank U, Next
broke the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album and was nominated for Album of the
Year. The singles "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" made Grande
the first solo artist to hold the top three spots on the Hot 100 simultaneously and the first woman to
succeed herself at the top of the UK Singles Chart. Her 2020 collaborations "Stuck with U" with Justin
Bieber and "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga helped her break the record for most number-one debuts on
the Hot 100, the latter winning the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Grande
expanded on the trap genre with her sixth studio album, Positions (2020), which both the album and its
title track debuted at number one in the UK and the US. Her collaborations with The Weeknd on the
remixes of "Save Your Tears" and "Die for You" garnered her sixth and seventh US number-one singles,
respectively.

Grande is one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 90 million records globally and all
her studio albums certified platinum or higher. She has broken a variety of records on the Billboard chart
with her albums, songs and as an artist. Grande is the most streamed female artist of all time, the most
streamed female artist of 2010s on Spotify and Apple Music, the most followed female artist on Spotify,
and the most subscribed female solo artist on YouTube. Ten of Grande's songs and seven of her music
videos reached 1 billion streams and views on Spotify and Vevo, respectively. Grande has been included
on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2016 and 2019) and the Forbes
Celebrity 100 (2019–2020). Grande was named Woman of the Year (2018), the greatest pop star of 2019,
and the most successful female artist to debut in the 2010s by Billboard. Rolling Stone ranked her
amongst the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (2023). Besides music, Grande has worked with many
charitable organizations and advocates for animal rights, mental health, and gender, racial, and LGBT
equality. Grande has ventured into the cosmetics, fragrances and fashion industries. She also has a large
social media following and was the most followed woman on Instagram in 2019 and has over 370 million
followers as of 2023. Her fragrance line, which was released in 2015, exceeded $1 billion in sales through
2022.