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Ariana Grande-Butera(born June 26, 1993), known professionally as Ariana Grande, is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. Ariana grew up in Boca Raton, Florida where she attended North Broward Preparatory School. Grande made her acting debut in 2008 in the role of Charlotte in 13 on Broadway. From 2010 until 2013, she played Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious and is reprising the role on the spinoff Sam & Cat. In March 2013, Grande reached mainstream success after her single "The Way" from her debut studio album Yours Truly (2013) became a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100.The album received critical acclaim and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, this made Grande the first female artist to debut at number one since Ke$ha in 2010.

Child Hood/Early Career Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida, the daughter of Joan Grande and Edward Butera. She has an older brother, Frankie, who is also an actor. She is of Italian descent. Growing up, she took part in children's and community theater and attended North Broward Preparatory School.

When Grande was on Broadway she befriended fellow young actress Elizabeth (Liz) Gillies who later went on the star along with Grande in the Nickelodeon teen show Victorious as Mean girl Jade West while Grande played Caterina (Cat) Valentine. Since Victorious started Grande has been widely familiarized as an actress and recording artist, Grande supported Justin Bieber on his America tour earlier this year.

Music Grande has over 11 million followers on Twitter, Some of her celebrity followers consist of Justin Bieber, Max George from the Wanted, Mariah Carey and Khloe Kardashian. When talking to a interviewer about her musical influences she stated:

"I love Mariah Carey. She is literally my favorite human being on the planet. And of course Whitney [Houston] as well. As far as vocal influences go, Whitney and Mariah pretty much cover it. I love Fergie as well. She’s just so fun and passionate. I love that she raps as well. Like, she has a fantastic voice and she can belt Gs and As and she doesn’t have to do it all the time. She just has swag and I think that’s really cool."

Personal Life From August 2012 to July 2013, Grande dated Jai Brooks, a member of the Australian YouTube group the Janoskians. In September 2013, after much speculation, Grande confirmed that she was in a relationship The Wanted's Nathan Sykes. Sykes also tweeted out the news to his fans and thanked everyone for being so lovely about it. On October 7, 2013, Brooks accused Grande of cheating on him with Sykes before their relationship ended. Grande later claimed she never cheated on him and he used that post as a way to get his "fifteen minutes of fame." Grande is a vegan and has adopted three dogs. After watching the film documentary BlackFish Grande urged her Arianators (Grande's Fans) to stop supporting the work of SeaWorld keeping Orca Whales in captivity by trending
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