🌺 Ariana Grande is an extraordinarily talented actress, singer, and dancer, with over 218 awards won as of 2022. An inspiring and beautiful spirit who has won hearts around the world. Are you ready to explore 50 incredible Ariana Grande facts about her life, family, and career? Let’s dive in!
1️⃣ Her full name is Ariana Grande-Butera. She is currently 30 years old, born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
2️⃣ She is of Italian descent, with a mix of Sicilian and Abruzzese.
3️⃣ Her parents moved from New York to Florida just before she was born.
4️⃣ Her name, inspired by Princess Oriana from Felix the Cat, was chosen by her parents.
5️⃣ Her mother, Joan Grande-Butera, has been a major influence on Ariana’s career. Joan is the CEO of a company that manufactures communication equipment for the Navy and Marines.
6️⃣ Edward Butera, her father and the founder of IBI Designs Inc, is a graphic designer. He was born on September 20, 1958.
7️⃣ Her parents separated when Ariana was 8 or 9 years old.
8️⃣ She has an older half-brother named Frankie, who is ten years her senior. His full name is Frank James Michael Grande Marchione, and he is a musical theatre actor and producer.
9️⃣ In 2014, Frankie took part in the 16th season of Big Brother.
🔟 Ariana is the owner of twelve dogs, named Strauss, Ophelia, Toulouse, Cinnamon, Coco, Fawkes Kitty, Sirius, Lafayette, Myron, Snape, Lily, and Pignoli.
1️⃣1️⃣ She adopted her sixth dog, Sirius Black, in early 2015, named after the fictional godfather from the Harry Potter series due to its dark fur.
1️⃣2️⃣ Although Ariana’s name was inspired by Felix the Cat, she is ironically allergic to cats. She is also allergic to bananas.
1️⃣3️⃣ She first announced that she was vegan in 2013, and in 2019, her brother followed her footsteps and also became vegan.
1️⃣4️⃣ Ariana’s fans are known as “Arianators”. However, on March 27, 2014, Ariana expressed that she would prefer her fans to be called “loves” instead of Arianators.
1️⃣5️⃣ In June 2014, it was announced that Ariana’s 90-year-old grandfather had beaten cancer. Arianators made #WeAreProudOfGrandpaGrande trending on Twitter.
1️⃣6️⃣ Her grandma believes in sleeping naked!
1️⃣7️⃣ Ariana has a mole on her left shoulder (on the back) and a dimple on her left cheek.
1️⃣8️⃣ She stands 1.54 meters (5 feet) tall.
1️⃣9️⃣ She attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School.
2️⃣0️⃣ Her favorite subject in school was science.
2️⃣1️⃣ Her favorite color is lavender.
2️⃣2️⃣ She left school to pursue her music career, although she continued to be enrolled so that tutors could send her materials and help her study.
2️⃣3️⃣ At three years old, Ariana had her first crush, who was Justin Timberlake.
2️⃣4️⃣ Ariana’s natural hair is brown and curly.
2️⃣5️⃣ She is a huge fan of the Harry Potter series. Her favorite characters are Luna Lovegood and Draco Malfoy. Interestingly, there is a character named Ariana Dumbledore in the books.
2️⃣6️⃣ She enjoys watching the popular TV show Gossip Girl.
2️⃣7️⃣ At ten years old, Ariana co-founded the South Florida youth singing group “Kids Who Care,” which performed for charitable fund-raising events.
2️⃣8️⃣ Her favorite One Direction song is “One Thing”.
2️⃣9️⃣ One of her favorite board games is Monopoly, and she says she never gets tired of playing it, even though the games can be long.
3️⃣0️⃣ She thinks penguins are adorable.
3️⃣1️⃣ In an interview with Ariana’s manager, Scooter Braun, he said that Ariana, despite her struggles, “is one of the nicest people I’ve met and truly lovely.”
3️⃣2️⃣ She has hypoglycemia, which means her blood sugar level can drop, and she needs to eat something.
3️⃣3️⃣ Two of her fashion icons are Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.
3️⃣4️⃣ She joined YouTube on January 21, 2007.
3️⃣5️⃣ The World Bank, the world’s largest development organization, follows Ariana Grande on Twitter!
3️⃣6️⃣ On December 10, 2011, she reached one million followers on Twitter.
3️⃣7️⃣ On December 26, 2021, Ariana unexpectedly deactivated her Twitter account without giving any explanation.
3️⃣8️⃣ She used to collect stuffed animals, hockey pucks, and Halloween masks.
3️⃣9️⃣ Ariana’s mom thought Ariana would grow up to be a serial killer because she wore Halloween masks around the house and couldn’t get enough of horror movies.
4️⃣0️⃣ She played Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious and in the spin-off Sam & Cat, for which she had to dye her naturally brown hair red.
4️⃣1️⃣ One of her best friends, Jennette McCurdy, accidentally made her phone number public.
4️⃣2️⃣ Ariana went to a concert for the first time in the summer of 2011; she went to see Katy Perry.
4️⃣3️⃣ Ariana left her imprint in cement at Planet Hollywood, New York, on December 22, 2011.
4️⃣4️⃣ Nineteen minutes after “Yours Truly” was released, the album placed at number 1 on the iTunes Store charts in over 30 countries, including the United States.
4️⃣5️⃣ Broadway for South Africa, the organization Ariana supports, used her debut single, “Put Your Hearts Up.”
4️⃣6️⃣ The music video for “Put Your Hearts Up” was released on Valentine’s Day in 2012.
4️⃣7️⃣ Ariana Grande released her Thank U Next music video on November 30, 2018. It was the biggest music video released on YouTube. The video broke several records on YouTube and Vevo and was nominated for Video of the Year at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards.
4️⃣8️⃣ In 2015, she won two MTV Millennial Awards for “Global Instagrammer of The Year” and “International Hit of The Year” with her single “One Last Time.”
4️⃣9️⃣ In 2016, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual Time 100 list.
5️⃣0️⃣ As of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021, she was the most followed woman on Instagram.
So there you have it, Arianators! 50 amazing facts about Ariana Grande. It’s funny to think that her first concert was to see Katy Perry, and now she is right up there with the most successful female singers in the world.
Ariana has had numerous number-one songs and has charted countless times.
If you want more facts about celebrities, go to our categories.
