Ariana Grande-is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She began her career in 2008 in the Broadway musical 13, before playing the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious from 2010 to 2013, and in the spinoff Sam & Cat from 2013 to 2014. Grande made her first musical appearance on the soundtrack for Victorious and was signed to Republic Records in 2011 after music executive Monte Lipman came across one of her YouTube videos covering songs.
Ariana Grande-Butera was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida.[2][9] She is the daughter of Joan Grande, the Brooklyn-born CEO of Hose-McCann Communications, a manufacturer of communications and safety equipment,[10] and Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton.[11][12] Grande is of Italian descent,[13] and she refers to herself as an Italian American, "half Sicilian and half Abruzzese".[14] Her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat: The Movie.
Ariana Grande-is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She began her career in 2008 in the Broadway musical 13, before playing the role of Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious from 2010 to 2013, and in the spinoff Sam & Cat from 2013 to 2014. Grande made her first musical appearance on the soundtrack for Victorious and was signed to Republic Records in 2011 after music executive Monte Lipman came across one of her YouTube videos covering songs.
Ariana Grande-Butera was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida.[2][9] She is the daughter of Joan Grande, the Brooklyn-born CEO of Hose-McCann Communications, a manufacturer of communications and safety equipment,[10] and Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton.[11][12] Grande is of Italian descent,[13] and she refers to herself as an Italian American, "half Sicilian and half Abruzzese".[14] Her name was inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat: The Movie.