Research into the artist I have chosenHannah Tapscott

Ariana Grande started out her acting career in 2008 in the role of Charlotte in 13 on Broadway. From 2010 until 2013 Ariana played Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious, iCarly (2011) and is now acting in another program in the role of Cat Valentine on the spinoff Sam & Cat.

When did Ariana Grande’s career first start?

How did Ariana Grande’s music career start?Ariana Grande has always enjoyed singing and music has always been her first love from a very young age . As part of her acting role on Broadway she got to sing in the musicals. In 2007 Ariana created a YouTube channel and was known as ‘Osnapitzari’ she posted fun homemade videos known as ‘freaky forever’ created with her brother and friends. In late 2008 Ariana then started to post videos of herself singing covers and songs written by herself as preview cuts from her demo CD. In early 2010 Ariana then started to most more and more videos of herself singing into her webcam. Along side this Ariana was singing with the rest of the cast from Victorious to create a third CD soundtrack.

Record Labels and first singlesIn August 2011 Ariana Grande signed to a Universal Republic Record label after being discovered by Scooter Braun on YouTube and through Nickelodeon. Ariana Grande then started to work on her very first album. Ariana released her very first single ‘The Way’ featuring Mac Miller on the 27th March 2013. Later that month the music video for ‘The Way’ was released. On the 30th August 2013 Ariana then released her very first album ‘Yours Truly’ it has been given a 4.5 start rating on iTunes. Ariana’s second single from the album was ‘Popular Song’ which she featured on with MIKA. A music video in the style of Tim Burton and influence from the musical and stage production ‘Wicked’. Ariana’s third single and music video to be released was a duet between herself and Nathan Sykes from The Wanted ‘Almost Is Never Enough’ This was the soundtrack song for the film ‘The Mortal Instuments: City of Bones’. Ariana’s fourth single from the album ‘Baby I’ was next to be released along with a music video for the track.

Awards

ToursAriana was the opening act for Justin Bieber’s ‘Believe’ Tour in 2013. Ariana then released 11 dates for her own promotional tour called ‘The Listening Sessions’ featuring 12 songs from her album ‘Yours Truly’.

Album artwork and music video screenshots

Inspirations and InfluencesAriana Grande has been inspired by many musicians and singers such as Mariah Carey, Indie Arie , Whitney Houston and Fergie. Ariana is also influenced by English singer, composer and songwriter Imogen Heap. Ariana grew up listening to urban pop music and describes her album as “A throwback feel. It's all urban-pop and it's a good vibe.” Ariana’s fashion icons are Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.