Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande-Butera, born June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, is one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the most streamed female artist on Spotify across multiple years in the 2020s, a singer whose extraordinary four-octave vocal range and unceasing commercial output have made her one of the defining pop presences of the past decade. Growing up in Boca Raton in a close Italian-American family, she began performing in local musical theater at age eight and was cast in the Broadway musical 13 at age fifteen. Her national profile was built through the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2010-2013) and its spinoff Sam and Cat (2013-2014). Her debut album Yours Truly (2013) opened at number one. My Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018), Thank U Next (2019) — whose title single broke the Spotify record for first-week streams and made her the first artist to occupy spots one and two simultaneously — and Positions (2020) maintained her place at the commercial pinnacle of pop. She was profoundly affected by the Manchester Arena bombing at her Dangerous Woman Tour concert on May 22, 2017, in which twenty-two fans were killed. Her rapid return to perform the One Love Manchester benefit concert, raising over 23 million dollars for victims' families, demonstrated a generosity and courage earning global admiration. Eternal Sunshine (2024) debuted at number one. Her starring role as Glinda in the film adaptation of Wicked (2024), opposite Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, represented the theatrical pinnacle of her acting career, introducing her extraordinary vocal gifts to a new generation of audiences.