![]() ![]() ![]() Lead single ‘Put Your Hearts Up’ heavily sampled 4 Non Blondes’ 90s classic ‘What’s Up?’ and sold steadily in the US, despite failing to crack the Billboard Hot 100. She was duly signed and tracks were laid down for an out-and-out pop album. After also infamously posting clips of herself performing songs by established artists such as Mariah Carey, Ariana’s attention-grabbing vocal range had caught the interest of Republic Records. She made her debut musical appearance with the cast on the track ‘Give It Up’, from the first soundtrack set, which got a Stateside release in August 2011. The opportunity to contribute to the show’s soundtrack release was unsurprisingly seized upon by the rising star. Ariana says she enjoyed playing the part but admits that acting wasn’t then as important to her as recording music. ![]() She swiftly picked up a sizeable fan following and the series was a hit for the network, soon leading to a second run being commissioned. The show began filming in October 2009 and Ariana’s part as the cute and kooky redhead Cat Valentine was well received. The spell as cheerleader Charlotte in 13 earned her a National Youth Theatre Association Award in 2008 and proved the springboard for a role in the Nickelodeon TV channel’s sitcom Victorious. She’d developed her craft by working with children’s theatre groups in her native Florida, where she’d been born in 1993. Ariana Grande has one of those voices that truly does stop you in your tracks, and no amount of music snobbery or poisonous gossip-mongering can diminish a gift that will surely see her extraordinary career develop strongly in the decades to come.Īriana had set her sights on the stage at an early age and her professional career began on Broadway when she won a supporting role in the musical 13. This is the talent that possesses a vocal range that can shatter glass at a thousand yards and make the hairs at the back of your neck stand on end. And then there’s the rarest breed of them all: the startling songbird. There’s the feisty rebel type the smiley showgirl those brooding mistresses of gloom. Pop princesses come in all manner of packages. ![]()
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