She went to star in the Nick spin-off Sam & Cat, co-starring iCarly’s Jennette McCurdy.
When Victorious went off the air in 2012, Grande's character Cat Valentine survived. The early role led to accolades, and Grande won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. Her first big break came in 2008 when the 15-year-old landed the role of Charlotte in the Broadway production of 13, a play focusing on life growing up in New York City. She took to singing and acting at a young age and made her way onto the local theater scene before she was a teenager. Grande was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, to Edward Butera, a graphic designer, and Joan Grande, a businesswoman. She followed that with the spinoff Sam & Cat and then dove headfirst into a chart-topping musical career, releasing five albums: Yours Truly (2013), My Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019).
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Her involvement in a Broadway play at age 15, followed by some small TV parts, helped her land the role of Cat on TV's Victorious. they should just call it the scammys," wrote can’t believe ariana got robbed," wrote before hashtagging #scammys.Ariana Grande is a sitcom-star-turned-pop music sensation, known for such hit songs as "Problem," "Bang Bang," "Dangerous Woman" and "Thank U, Next." Who Is Ariana Grande?Īriana Grande began performing onstage when she was a child. "If they send ariana home with nothing that’s pure disrespect. no one i love or respect more than Ariana Grande," wrote the past year and a half, the pop star has weathered a called-off engagement to "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson and the death of her ex-boyfriend, rapper Mac Miller – all while processing trauma from a terrorist attack in 2017 that killed 22 people after her concert in Manchester, England.Ī few began referring to the Grammys as the "scammys" because of Grande's snubs. it’s not about that little trophy for me, it’s the message she sends to all of us.
she really went through the lowest (expletive) point of her life, and came out on top this era. No words, she deserves better," wrote fan listed Grande's album as one of the most snubbed in the past 10 years alongside Rihanna's "Anti" and Beyoncé's "Lemonade."Īnother fan pointed out that Grande has been through a lot in her career and that it didn't matter whether she won. #GRAMMYs just used her name for attention and let the woman sit there nervous the whole night. "Ariana Grande had the biggest era of her career yet, outdid herself, literally owned 2019. Though Eilish recognized Grande's talents, fans were upset with the Grammys for snubbing the artist who made headlines and USA TODAY's best-dressed list in her giant Giambattista Valli gown and made sure to air out their feelings on Twitter.
The former Nickelodeon actress did have her moment to shine when she gave it her all in a three-song medley performance. She blew the roof off during “Imagine” in a black ball gown before serving up amazing choreography during hits “7 Rings” and “Thank U, Next.” Spoiler: she didn't win any of them, and Eilish bested her in the latter two. Grande was nominated in four other categories: best pop solo performance ("7 rings"), best pop duo/group performance ("Boyfriend"), record of the year ("7 rings") and best pop vocal album ("Thank U, Next"). The " Thank U, Next" artist waved off Eilish and blew her kisses. I think (the album) deserves (it) more than anything in the world," the "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" artist said in her acceptance speech.īut Grande was having none of that. Can I just say that I think Ariana deserves this?. The "7 Rings" artist also was nominated for album of the year, and Eilish, who swept all four major categories, all but handed over the award to Grande. Watch Video: Grammys 2020: Camila Cabello, Demi Lovato top best performancesĪfter a hauntingly A-plus-worthy performance of her ballad "When the Party’s Over," Billie Eilish took home the award for album of the year at the Grammys Sunday and gave a shout-out to Ariana Grande.