2008–12: Beginnings and Victorious
In 2008, Grande played the role of Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway, for which she won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she joined the musical, Grande left her high school, North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled. The school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors.[20][22] In 2010, she created the original role of Miriam in the reading of the new musical, Cuba Libre, written and produced by Desmond Child.[20] That same year, beginning in March, Grande starred as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious. In 2011, Grande voiced an animated fairy, Princess Diaspro, on the Nickelodeon series Winx Club. She also starred as Snow White along with Charlene Tilton and Neil Patrick Harrisin the Pasadena Playhouse production of a pantomime, A Snow White Christmas, in December 2012.[23]
In August 2012, it was announced that Victorious was ending its run.[24] However, during Nickelodeon's presentation at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on August 3, they announced a spinoff called Sam & Cat, which would pair Grande fromVictorious and Jennette McCurdy from iCarly together in a traditional "buddy sitcom" setting, where they would reprise their roles as Cat Valentine and Sam Puckett.[25] The show was picked up by the network on November 29, 2012.[26] On July 11, 2013, a few weeks after the show's June 8 premiere, Nickelodeon doubled Sam & Cat's original twenty-episode order for season one, making it a forty-episode season.[27] Despite being a ratings success for the network, the series was canceled on July 13, 2014 due to Grande's rising musical career and behind-the-scenes conflict. The finale aired on July 17.[28]
Grande sang as a soloist in various symphonies, such as South Florida’s Philharmonic, Pops and Symphonic Orchestras.[3] She has sung various times in NYC's Birdland.[3]Grande performed a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the first-ever broadcast of the national anthem for the Florida Panthers NHL hockey team.[3][20] Grande has performed covers of songs such as Mariah Carey's "Emotions" and "All I Want for Christmas Is You",[29][30] and Whitney Houston's "I Believe in You and Me."[31] The third and final soundtrack for Victorious was released on November 6, 2012, titled as Victorious 3.0. The first single was called "LA Boyz" (which was performed by Grande and Justice) and the music video was released October 18, 2012. In 2012, Grande also sang a duet with Mika on the single version of his track "Popular Song".[32]
2013–14: Musical breakthrough with Yours Truly
On March 26, 2013, Grande's first single from her debut album, "The Way" featuringPittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, was released.[33][34][35] "The Way" sold over 120,000 units in the first 48 hours[36][37] and went on to sell over 219,000 units in its opening week; the third best first-week sales figure of 2013, behind Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" and One Direction's "Best Song Ever".[38] "The Way" debuted at No. 10 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart on the week ending in April 5, 2013, marking the first top ten arrival for a lead female artist making her first Hot 100 appearance since 2008. The single has since sold two million copies in the United States and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. Grande was eventually sued by Minder Music for allegedly copying lyrics from the 1972 song "Troglodyte" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch in the song.[39] "Baby I" and "Right There", featuring Detroit rapper Big Sean, were also released as singles from Yours Truly.[40][41] Grande completed her debut studio album,Yours Truly, in June 2013;[42] it was released on September 2, 2013 in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States.[43] Yours Truly officially debuted atop theBillboard 200 albums chart with 138,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming Grande's first number-one album as a solo artist.[44][45][46] This made her the fifteenth female artist to have their first album debut atop of the charts, and the first since Kesha with Animal in 2010.[47][48] Yours Truly reached the top 10 in Australia,[49] the United Kingdom,[50] Ireland[51] and the Netherlands.[52] Following the release of the album, Grande was ranked number four on the Billboard list of "Music's Hottest Minors in 2013."[53]
Swindle, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, by Gordon Korman, saw Grande play Amanda Benson along withSam & Cat co-star Jennette McCurdy, and premiered on Nickelodeon in August.[54][55] Grande performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Dancing with the Stars with Mika[56] and at the American Music Awards, where she won the award for New Artist Of The Year[57] and was the most mentioned artist on Twitter of the night, having been mentioned in 231,966 tweets.[58] Her performance of her hit "The Way" and her song "Tattooed Heart" earned praise from celebrities like Kelly Clarkson and Lady Gaga, and she was hailed by the press for her high vocal range.[59] Preceding the release of her Christmas EP, Christmas Kisses in December, she gave a series of performances, including at the 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[60][61] NBC New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting broadcast,[62][63] the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball in Los Angeles' Staples Center and Z100's Jingle Ball event at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[64] She also sang at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, with Big Sean and Mac Miller.[65]
2008–12: Beginnings and Victorious
In 2008, Grande played the role of Charlotte in the musical 13 on Broadway, for which she won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. When she joined the musical, Grande left her high school, North Broward Preparatory School, but continued to be enrolled. The school sent materials to her so she could study with tutors.[20][22] In 2010, she created the original role of Miriam in the reading of the new musical, Cuba Libre, written and produced by Desmond Child.[20] That same year, beginning in March, Grande starred as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious. In 2011, Grande voiced an animated fairy, Princess Diaspro, on the Nickelodeon series Winx Club. She also starred as Snow White along with Charlene Tilton and Neil Patrick Harrisin the Pasadena Playhouse production of a pantomime, A Snow White Christmas, in December 2012.[23]
In August 2012, it was announced that Victorious was ending its run.[24] However, during Nickelodeon's presentation at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on August 3, they announced a spinoff called Sam & Cat, which would pair Grande fromVictorious and Jennette McCurdy from iCarly together in a traditional "buddy sitcom" setting, where they would reprise their roles as Cat Valentine and Sam Puckett.[25] The show was picked up by the network on November 29, 2012.[26] On July 11, 2013, a few weeks after the show's June 8 premiere, Nickelodeon doubled Sam & Cat's original twenty-episode order for season one, making it a forty-episode season.[27] Despite being a ratings success for the network, the series was canceled on July 13, 2014 due to Grande's rising musical career and behind-the-scenes conflict. The finale aired on July 17.[28]
Grande sang as a soloist in various symphonies, such as South Florida’s Philharmonic, Pops and Symphonic Orchestras.[3] She has sung various times in NYC's Birdland.[3]Grande performed a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the first-ever broadcast of the national anthem for the Florida Panthers NHL hockey team.[3][20] Grande has performed covers of songs such as Mariah Carey's "Emotions" and "All I Want for Christmas Is You",[29][30] and Whitney Houston's "I Believe in You and Me."[31] The third and final soundtrack for Victorious was released on November 6, 2012, titled as Victorious 3.0. The first single was called "LA Boyz" (which was performed by Grande and Justice) and the music video was released October 18, 2012. In 2012, Grande also sang a duet with Mika on the single version of his track "Popular Song".[32]
2013–14: Musical breakthrough with Yours Truly
On March 26, 2013, Grande's first single from her debut album, "The Way" featuringPittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, was released.[33][34][35] "The Way" sold over 120,000 units in the first 48 hours[36][37] and went on to sell over 219,000 units in its opening week; the third best first-week sales figure of 2013, behind Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" and One Direction's "Best Song Ever".[38] "The Way" debuted at No. 10 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart on the week ending in April 5, 2013, marking the first top ten arrival for a lead female artist making her first Hot 100 appearance since 2008. The single has since sold two million copies in the United States and has been certified double platinum by the RIAA. Grande was eventually sued by Minder Music for allegedly copying lyrics from the 1972 song "Troglodyte" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch in the song.[39] "Baby I" and "Right There", featuring Detroit rapper Big Sean, were also released as singles from Yours Truly.[40][41] Grande completed her debut studio album,Yours Truly, in June 2013;[42] it was released on September 2, 2013 in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States.[43] Yours Truly officially debuted atop theBillboard 200 albums chart with 138,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming Grande's first number-one album as a solo artist.[44][45][46] This made her the fifteenth female artist to have their first album debut atop of the charts, and the first since Kesha with Animal in 2010.[47][48] Yours Truly reached the top 10 in Australia,[49] the United Kingdom,[50] Ireland[51] and the Netherlands.[52] Following the release of the album, Grande was ranked number four on the Billboard list of "Music's Hottest Minors in 2013."[53]
Swindle, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, by Gordon Korman, saw Grande play Amanda Benson along withSam & Cat co-star Jennette McCurdy, and premiered on Nickelodeon in August.[54][55] Grande performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Dancing with the Stars with Mika[56] and at the American Music Awards, where she won the award for New Artist Of The Year[57] and was the most mentioned artist on Twitter of the night, having been mentioned in 231,966 tweets.[58] Her performance of her hit "The Way" and her song "Tattooed Heart" earned praise from celebrities like Kelly Clarkson and Lady Gaga, and she was hailed by the press for her high vocal range.[59] Preceding the release of her Christmas EP, Christmas Kisses in December, she gave a series of performances, including at the 87th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[60][61] NBC New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting broadcast,[62][63] the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball in Los Angeles' Staples Center and Z100's Jingle Ball event at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[64] She also sang at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, with Big Sean and Mac Miller.[65]
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