CHASING HER DREAMS TO BECOME A POP SENSATION

1993 Ariana Grande-butera is born on June 26 in Boca Raton, Florida.

2001 Makes first national TV appearance aged eight, singing The Star-spangled Banner for the Florida Panthers. Plays title role in production of Annie.

2003 Parents get divorced. 2006 Travels to LA at the age of 13 with a desire to record an R&B album.

2008 Lands role in Broadway musical 13.

2009 Bags breakout role of Cat Valentine in Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious,

which runs until 2013.

2010 Her transition to music begins with first single

Put Your Hearts Up.

2011 Signed by Republic Records after music exec Monte Lipman sees one of her Youtube videos of cover songs.

2013 Releases first album Yours Truly, which secures number one in the US Billboard 200 chart within a month. Wins first American Music Award for New Artist of the Year. Briefly dates The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes after duetting with him on Almost Is Never Enough (below left). Goes vegan after watching the documentary Blackfish about Seaworld.

2014 Second album My Everything comes out. Problem wins Best Pop Video at the MTV VMAS. Collaborates with Jessie J and Nicki Minaj on Bang Bang. Starts dating rapper Big Sean in August.

2015 Breaks up with Big Sean in April. Appears in comedy-horror series Scream Queens and embarks on her first tour, The Honeymoon Tour. Begins dating back-up dancer Ricky Alvarez (right).

2016 Releases third album Dangerous Woman. Splits with

Ricky and goes public about her relationship with rapper Mac Miller by posting a pic of them hugging alongside the caption ‘baabyy’.

2017 Teams up with John Legend on theme song to Beauty And The Beast. An explosion outside Manchester Arena during her Dangerous Woman tour kills 22 people. Suspends tour and holds One Love Manchester benefit concert two weeks later, helping to raise £17 million for those affected. In December,

Billboard magazine names her Female Artist of the Year.

2018 Fourth album, Sweetener,

debuts at number one on the

Billboard 200. Splits with Mac Miller in May and he passes away in September from an accidental drug overdose. Gets engaged to SNL

actor Pete Davidson after four weeks of dating. They split four months later. 2019 Wins Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy for Sweetener.

Wins International Female Solo Artist Brit award. Releases fifth album Thank U, Next, the first female solo artist to spend two consecutive weeks at No1 since Taylor Swift accomplished it with

Reputation in December 2017. Embarks on Sweetener tour.