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If you only listen toAriana Grandes music, youve barely gotten half the story of her career.
Few celebrities have been more shaped by their media narratives over the past decade than the singer and actress.
But she also knows just how much to give.
Here are the highs, lows, and whoas of Grandes time in the spotlight.
Her retro-R&B single The Way with Mac Miller peaked at No.
9, and its accompanying album,Yours Truly, debuted at No.
(Cue the Mariah comparisons just dont ask her about them.)
Grande brushed off the reports, tweeting that she was laughing out loud at rumors about her.
Shesaidshe felt sick and objectified, while noting that those moments happen all the time.
(Grande evenreportedlybroke up with her ex, Big Sean, over a bar about her billion-dollar pussy.)
Expressing sexuality in art is not an invitation for disrespect, Grande tweeted.
Just like wearing a short skirt is not asking for assault.
WHOA: Now what did Smariana Schmande do?Naya Rivera said she wasnt a girls girl first.
Sean broke off his engagement to Rivera in April 2014, and was with Grande just six months later.
May 18:Bossip reportedthat she had started seeingSNLs Pete Davidson, also newly single.
(Did Ariana Grande Dump Mac Miller to Let THIS SNL Actor Chop Her 4 Octave Cakes To Smithereens?
June 11: The gossipsreportedthat they were engaged.
October 14:TMZ reportedtheyd called the whole thing off.
Everyone fromBillboardandRolling Stoneto Pitchfork and Stereogum loved it, and the album earned Grande her first Grammy.
1 single and topped evenmorelists.
Not bad for a years work.
(Othersnoticedsimilarities to a 2 Chainz song.)
Its never my intention to offend anybody, Grandesaidin response to critiques of the song.
Butas 7 Rings hit No.
And it didnt stop there.
It all made some fans and critics wonder: Whose music and style had theyreallybeen celebrating?
Thats gonna be a beautiful ass day for them!
I cant wait for them to feel lit inside.
It became one of the most indelible hits of the pandemic.
1 but was quickly overshadowed by newer, shinier returns from Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift.
So Grande retreated, too, barely promoting the album after it dropped.
WHOA: Sayingyuhto Dalton Gomez.Hard-launching a random non-industry boyfriend as Grandes first public relationship since Davidson was shocking enough.
Thisis the guy that heaven sent?
202324: Beating the Allegations?
Where was she during that time?
FilmingWicked… with Slater (who plays Boq, a Munchkin hopelessly in love with Grandes Glinda).
The theater star filed to divorce his high-school sweetheart in July 2023, just as he began seeing Grande.
TMZ said both were single when they began dating and had been together for several months by July.
She and Max Martin flipped the Vogue beat with taste, a nod to the ongoing dance boom.
The lyrics toed a line between empowerment and clapback: Your business is yours, and mine is mine.
But that didnt stop Grande from spilling more of said business onthe album.
Critics appreciated Grandes openness, though, with Pitchfork calling the album emotionally generous.
1, she closed the chapter on Gomezs story,finalizingtheir divorce with a simple $1.25 million payment.
