Nickelodeon has seen a number of child stars that have gone on to do great things. Ariana Grande is one of their biggest success stories as she is one of the biggest pop stars in the entire world. After appearing on Victorious and then Sam & Cat, she went on to release several successful albums and is only creating more and more music. She has one of the biggest followings in the world and has become a household name. Ariana has 121 million IG followers and over 24 million subscribers on YouTube.
Ariana has been in the spotlight for quite a long time so fans know almost everything about her, or so they think. There are some things about Ariana Grande that only true fans will remember, or even know in general. She is very open with her fans, but mainly on her social media pages or random little interviews, so if you really want to know everything about Ariana Grande then you have to pay attention to the little details.
Well, lucky for you, we did all of the hard work! We compiled a list of the top thirty things that any true fans of Ariana Grande should know, so that you know exactly what to talk to her about when you finally meet her.
Ariana is definitely a woman of many talents, and also secrets! She’s got a lot of stuff going on in her life, and with this article, you just might be able to find out something about this Dangerous Woman that you didn’t know before.
30 She Loves Anything Spooky
Pretty much everyone has a favorite holiday, a day that they look forward to above all if the rest. For Ariana, it’s Halloween, as she is obsessed with anything horror. She has loved Halloween and everything horror since she was a kid, and stated in an interview with US Magazine that her mom was actually a bit concerned when she was a kid. “My mom thought I’d grow up to be [a criminal] because I wore Halloween masks around the house,” said Ariana.
Even though she is now twenty-four, she still goes all out for the holiday.
Last year she had a couple of costume changes from various movies including The Matrix, Pokémon, and Moonlight Kingdom.
29 She Hates Her First Single
Ariana was always interested in music and started her career on stage, so it was no surprise when she started working with a producer to release her own single. Her very first single was “Put Your Hearts Up” and was described as “bubblegum pop.” This single was released in 2011 and was recorded for a teen-oriented pop album.
However, Ariana disowned this track saying that she had no interest in recording this type of music.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ariana called it “the worst moment of my life.” Despite Ariana’s hatred of this song, it was pretty successful and was certified gold by the RIAA.
28 She Never Had Any Vocal Training
Ariana has one of the craziest ranges ever to be heard. She is able to reach notes that most artists can only dream about and sounds just as good live as she does in the studio. She started her musical career on Broadway, where she starred in a musical called 13, but before she launched her career she never received any formal training from a vocal coach or even a school.
Everything that she learned she taught herself along the way, which is pretty amazing considering how far she has come in just a couple of years.
Ariana is a hard worker who is not afraid to put the time and effort in to achieve her goals.
27 Sam & Cat Are Actually Friends
Ariana and Jennette were both stars on two popular Nickelodeon shows and received their own TV shows when their respective shows were canceled. On Sam & Cat, they played best friends who lived and worked together.
Their chemistry and friendship on the show was amazing, so it’s no surprise that they are actually pretty good friends in real life.
The two of them also share a birthday, which is a bit of a strange coincidence. Their show was supposedly canceled because the two of them couldn’t get along, but Jennette quickly squashed those rumors and said that they are like sisters.
26 She Is A Broadway Baby
25 She Co-Founded A Youth Singing Group
24 She Has A Secret Behind Her Ponytail
Everyone has a signature hairstyle or look that they gravitate towards. Ariana’s signature hairstyle has become a super high ponytail and is what most people associate her with. However this is not really by her choice, or at least it wasn’t in the beginning.
In order to play Cat Valentine on Victorious, she had to have bright red hair.
This was obviously not something natural. So she had to dye her hair very often in order to maintain this look. As a result of all of the dying and chemicals, her hair was pretty damaged and she even lost a good amount of it. So she wears this ponytail in order to cover up the hair loss that she suffered as a result of dying her hair red.
23 She’s Spoken For
Even though she is super busy balancing her career and personal life, Ariana has had her fair share of high profile relationships over the years. She has dated Big Sean, Nathan Skyes, and Mac Miller, but most recently she started dating Pete Davidson. Davidson is a comedian who is a cast member on Saturday Night Live.
Ariana and Pete began dating this past May and became engaged just weeks later.
There was a lot of speculation about whether or not this was true or just speculation, but both stars seem to have taken to Instagram to confirm their impending marriage.
22 She’s A Floridian
When Ariana’s mom was pregnant with her, she, along with Ariana’s father, packed up and left New York City to move to Florida. Ariana was born in Boca Raton and stayed there for most of her childhood. Her parents separated when she was eight or nine years old, and she has seemed to have a strained relationship with her father.
When she was thirteen, she started to become serious about pursuing a music career so she and her mother packed up and moved to New York City.
From there, she went on to complete her studies as well as star in a Broadway musical. As for Ariana, Florida will always be her home and she returns there as often as she can to visit family, especially her Nonna.
21 Her First Concert Was A Katy Perry Concert
20 Showbiz Runs In The Family
Ariana is not an only child and, in fact, she has an older brother named Frankie. Frankie is no stranger to show biz himself and is a producer and an actor. He has performed on Broadway and was also a contestant on the sixteenth season of Big Brother.
Frankie started his career in 2007 after graduating from Muhlenberg College with a triple major in biology, theatre, and dance.
Nowadays, he is one of the biggest social media personalities. His YouTube channel has more than 400,000 followers and he was 25 million views on YouTube alone. Not to mention his 1.7 million Instagram followers and 1.1 million Twitter followers.
19 She Loves Animals More Than People
Animals are great for a ton of different reasons. Ariana is obsessed with animals, especially dogs, and has a total of seven dogs! Her current dogs include Coco, Strauss, Toulouse, Pignoli, Cinnamon, Lafayette, and Myron.
She has big dogs, small dogs, mixed dogs, and dogs with pretty unique names.
She brings some of them on tour with her around the world and has featured most of them in one of her music videos. The best part is that all of her dogs are rescue dogs so she gave a ton of dogs a home that most can only dream about.
18 Her Music Career Began With Victorious
17 She Is A Huge Hockey Fan
16 She’s A Gamer
When you take a quick look at Ariana, she may look like your typical girly girl but there is a lot more to her than just that. Ariana is actually a huge lover of video games. She has stated in multiple interviews that she is particularly fond of playing video games with her family whenever she gets the chance. Ariana even got the chance to appear in a video game when Victorious: Time To Shine came out for the Xbox 360 Kinect and Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut came out for the Nintendo DS.
These games allow you to sing, dance, and make friends in the game with some of your favorite characters from the show.
“I’ve always been a huge gamer, and now I get to be a part of Victorious: Time to Shine and Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut, which in itself is just too cool for words,” said Ariana in an interview with girlslife.com in 2016.
15 Scooter Braun Is Her Manager
The mastermind behind many of Ariana Grande’s biggest moves is Scooter Braun. It is not surprising seeing as he also skyrocketed Justin Bieber into fame a couple of years ago. For a little while, Ariana parted ways with Scooter and had her mother take the reins when it came to managing her.
But in 2016, the officially reunited and he has been seen accompanying her to some of her larger tapings.
Braun has a credit on her most recent album, Dangerous Woman, that was released in 2016. When Ariana was trying to organize something for the victims in Manchester, Scooter took the reins and made sure that the concert was the most successful that it could be. There were a couple of his other large name clients on the roster.
14 She Is Obsessed With Harry Potter
13 She Loves Roller Coasters
12 Her First Crush Was A Boy Band Member
If you were raised in the 90s or early 2000s, then you probably know exactly who NSYNC were.
NSYNC was one of the biggest boy bands to ever exist, so it’s no surprise that their frontman was the first boy to ever catch Ariana’s eye.
Justin Timberlake is now one of the biggest solo artists as well as actors in the entire world, but back then he was the frontman for NSYNC. She stated that she fell in love with him when she was just a little girl, around three or four, but she remembers wanting to marry him.
11 She Has A Thing For Comedians
The Janoskians are a group of friends from Australia who made videos of them performing challenges, playing games, or just annoying one another for fun. They were just normal kids who seemed to blow up overnight as a result of their hilarious videos, but one of them was lucky enough to catch the attention of Ariana Grande.
Jai Brooks and Ariana met through Twitter in 2012 and began a long-distance relationship.
They broke up the next year when Jai accused her of deceiving him with Nathan Sykes. Ariana denied this and they dated again for a short time in 2014 before breaking up again that same year.
