Ariana Grande Facts, Worksheets, General Background & Family For Kids (2024)

Ariana Grande-Butera, popularly known as Ariana Grande, is an award-winning American pop singer, songwriter, and actress. Ariana Grande is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning recording artist. Ariana is popular for her wide vocal range which is often compared by critics to Mariah Carey.

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Key Facts & Information

GENERAL BACKGROUND

• Ariana Grande is born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida.
• Ariana Grande currently resides in Beverly Hills, California.
• A notable relative of Ariana Grande is Frankie James Michael Grande Marchione.
• Frankie is Ariana Grande’s half-brother, popularly known as Frankie Grande. He is an American dancer, actor, singer, producer, television host, and YouTube personality.
• Ariana Grande’s music falls in the genre of Pop and R&B.
• Pop music is a sub-genre of popular music, which is called popular because it was meant to be distributed to large audiences and can be enjoyed even without or with just a little musical training.
• Pop music is music with wide appeal, a genre where Ariana Grande’s music falls in.
• Furthermore, the music that Ariana Grande produces has its cultural origin from the United States and United Kingdom, a type of music that is rooted in Traditional Pop, Rock n Roll, and Folk.
• Another genre in which Ariana Grande’s music falls is Contemporary R&B, simply known as R&B.
• R&B is a complex genre of music that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, hip hop, soul, funk, and electronic music.
• R&B was popularized by Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, R. Kelly, Craig David, and Whitney Houston.

FAMILY AND EARLY LIFE

• Ariana Grande’s mother, Joan Grande, is from Brooklyn and is the CEO of Hose-McCann Communications, a manufacturer of communications and safety equipment.
• Ariana Grande’s father is Edward Butera, who owns a graphic design firm in Boca Raton, Florida.
• Ariana Grande is Italian and often refers to herself as Italian American of “half Sicilian and half Abruzzese” descent.
• Sicilian Americans are one of the largest Italian American groups in the United States.
• Abruzzese people are people who came from the Abruzzo or Abruzzi region of Southern Italy.
• Ariana Grande is said to be descended from a mix of two Italian Groups.
• While Joan Grande was pregnant with her, the family moved from New York to Florida.
• When Ariana was around 9 or 10, her parents separated.
• She was a student at Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School.

CHILDHOOD

• Ariana Grande’s first role was the title character in Annie as she performed with the Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theater.
• Ariana also performed in the musicals The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast.
• By the age of eight, she was already performing at a karaoke lounge on a cruise ship.
• She performed with various orchestras such as South Florida’s Philharmonic Orchestra, Florida Sunshine Pops, and Symphonic Orchestras.
• Ariana made her first appearance on national television when she sang America’s National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner”, for the Florida Panthers, Florida’s Ice Hockey Team.
• She was 13 when she became more dedicated to her music career.
• In 2008, she was cast in the musical “13”, in which she played a supporting role of the cheerleader, Charlotte. She won a National Youth Theatre Association Award for this role.

CAREER

• In 2009, she was cast in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious.
• When the show aired in 2010, Ariana immediately became popular and earned a “teen-idol” celebrity status.
• Ariana began working on her debut album in 2010 with the help of her vocal coach, Eric Vetro.
• Ariana uploaded many videos of herself singing covers of songs by Adele, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey, in which she was discovered by a friend of Monte Lipman, CEO of Republic Records, the label record who signed her contract.
• Her first single, “Put Your Hearts Up,” was released in December 2011.
• Her first studio album, Yours Truly, was released on August 30, 2013.
• Her second studio album, My Everything, was released on August 25, 2014.
• She embarked on The Honeymoon Tour in February 2015.
• Her third studio album was originally titled Moonlight. She recorded songs in 2015 and the album was released in March 2016, now titled Dangerous Woman.
• Her fourth and latest studio album, Sweetener, was recorded in 2016 with Pharrell Williams, and was released in 2018.
• In November 2018, Ariana released a single titled “Thank u, Next” and announced her fifth studio album with the same name.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• All full-length albums of Ariana Grande have been certified platinum.
• Her songs have been streamed 25 billion times on streaming platforms like YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music.
• She was nominated for the Grammy Awards six times and won once.
• She has won one BRIT Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, and three MTV Europe Music Awards.
• In 2019, she received 22 Billboard Music Award nominations and won two awards including Top Female Artist.

Ariana Grande Worksheets

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• Ariana Grande Facts
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• The Honeymoon Tour
• Listen And React
• Song About Ariana

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