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American singer and actress (born 1993)

Ariana Grande-Butera (AR-ee-AH-nə GRAHN-day byuu-TAIR-ə;^{[note 1]} born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon, she is an influential figure in popular music and is known for her four-octave vocal range which extends into the whistle register.

Grande began her career as a teenage actress by appearing in the Broadway musical 13 (2008), and rose to fame as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and its spin-off series Sam & Cat (2013–2014). She signed with Republic Records and released her retro-pop and R&B-influenced debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Grande blended pop, R&B, and electronic on her second and third albums, My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), solidifying her critical and commercial success. Both albums contained the internationally successful singles "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang", "One Last Time", "Into You" and "Side to Side".

Themes of personal struggles influenced Grande's trap-infused albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). The former won Grande her first Grammy award, while the latter garnered US number-one singles "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings", and made her the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100. She subsequently achieved the most number-one debuts in Hot 100 chart history with the title track of her sixth album, Positions (2020), as well as the collaborations "Stuck with U" with Justin Bieber and "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga. After a musical hiatus, Grande released her critically acclaimed seventh album, Eternal Sunshine (2024), which became her sixth US number-one album and spawned the US number-one singles "Yes, And?" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)". She returned to film acting with the political satire Don't Look Up (2021) and received critical praise for her portrayal of Glinda the Good in the fantasy musical Wicked (2024).

Among the world's best-selling music artists, Grande has sold over 90 million records worldwide and is the fifth-highest-certified digital singles female artist. Her various accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, ten MTV Video Music Awards, and 36 Guinness World Records. Grande was named the Top Female Artist of the Year twice (2017 and 2019), the Woman of the Year (2018), the most successful female artist to emerge in the 2010s, and the ninth-greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard. She is featured in listicles such as Rolling Stone's greatest singers of all time, Time 100 (2016 and 2019), Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019–2020), and was ranked the highest-paid female musician of 2020 by Forbes. Outside of music and film, Grande has worked with many charitable organizations and advocates for animal rights, mental health, and gender, racial, and LGBT equality. Her business ventures include R.E.M. Beauty, a cosmetics brand launched in 2021, and a fragrance line that has earned over $1 billion in global retail sales. She has a large social media following, being the sixth-most-followed individual on Instagram.

Early life

Ariana Grande-Butera was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida.^[2][3] She is the daughter of Joan Grande, the Brooklyn-born CEO of Hose-McCann Communications, a manufacturer of marine communications equipment owned by the Grande family since 1964,^[4] and Edward Butera, a graphic design firm owner in Boca Raton.^[5][6] Grande is of Italian^[7] descent and has described herself as an Italian American with Sicilian and Abruzzese roots.^[8] She has an older half-brother, Frankie Grande, who is an entertainer and producer.^[9] Her family moved from New York to Florida before her birth, and her parents separated when she was eight or nine years old.^[6] Grande has a close relationship with her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Grande.^[10] At age 8, she sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Florida Panthers' home game against the Chicago Blackhawks on January 16, 2002.^[11]

As a young child, Grande performed with the Fort Lauderdale Children's Theater,^[12] playing her first role as the title character in the musical Annie. She also performed in their productions of The Wizard of Oz and Beauty and the Beast.^[7][13] At age eight, she performed at a karaoke lounge on a cruise ship and with various orchestras such as South Florida's Philharmonic, Florida Sunshine Pops and Symphonic Orchestras.^[14] During this time, she attended the Pine Crest School and later North Broward Preparatory.^[15]

Career

2008–2013: Career beginnings and Nickelodeon

Main articles: Victorious and Sam & Cat

When she first arrived in Los Angeles, California to meet with her managers, she expressed a desire to record an R&B album: "I was like, 'I want to make an R&B album,' They were like 'Um, that's a helluva goal! Who is going to buy a 14-year-old's R&B album?!'"^[6] In 2008, Grande was cast as cheerleader Charlotte in the Broadway musical 13.^[16][17]

Grande was cast in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious along with 13 co-star Elizabeth Gillies in 2009.^[18] In the sitcom, set at a performing arts high school, she played the "adorably dimwitted" Cat Valentine.^[7][18] She had to dye her hair red every other week for the role, which damaged it.^[19] The show premiered in March 2010 to the second-largest audience for a live-action series in Nickelodeon, with 5.7 million viewers.^[20][21] The role helped propel Grande to teen idol status, but she was more interested in a music career, saying that acting is "fun, but music has always been first and foremost with me."^[22]

After the first season of Victorious wrapped, Grande wanted to focus on her music career and began working on her debut album in August 2010.^[23] The second season premiered in April 2011 to 6.2 million viewers, becoming the show's highest-rated episode.^[24] In May 2011, Grande appeared in Greyson Chance's video for the song "Unfriend You" from his album Hold On 'til the Night (2011), portraying his ex-girlfriend. She made her first musical appearance on the track "Give It Up" from the Victorious soundtrack in August 2011. While filming Victorious, Grande made several recordings of herself singing covers of songs by Adele, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, and uploaded them to YouTube.^[25] A friend of Monte Lipman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Republic Records, came across one of the videos. Impressed by her vocals, he sent the links to Lipman, who signed her to a recording contract.^[6] Grande voiced the title role in the English dub of the Spanish-language animated film Snowflake, the White Gorilla in November 2011.^[26][27] From 2011 to 2013, she was cast in the role of fairy Princess Diaspro in the Nickelodeon revival of Winx Club.^[28]

In December 2011, Grande released her first single, "Put Your Hearts Up", which was recorded for a potential teen-oriented pop album that was never issued. She later disowned the track for its bubblegum pop sound, saying she had no interest in recording music of that genre.^[2] The song was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[29] On a second soundtrack, Victorious 2.0, released on June 5, 2012, as an extended play, she supplied vocals as part of the show's cast for the song "5 Fingaz to the Face".^[30] The third and final soundtrack, Victorious 3.0, was released on November 6, 2012, which featured a duet by Grande and Victoria Justice titled "L.A. Boyz", with an accompanying music video being released shortly after.^[31] In December 2012, Grande collaborated on the single version of "Popular Song", a duet with British singer and songwriter Mika.^[32]

After four seasons, Victorious was not renewed,^[33] with the finale airing in February 2013. Grande starred as Snow White in the pantomime-style musical theatre production A Snow White Christmas with Charlene Tilton and Neil Patrick Harris at the Pasadena Playhouse.^[34] She played Amanda Benson in Swindle, a 2013 Nickelodeon film adaptation of the children's book of the same name.^[27][35] Meanwhile, Nickelodeon created Sam & Cat, an iCarly and Victorious spin-off starring Jennette McCurdy and Grande.^[36] Grande and McCurdy reprised their roles as Cat Valentine and Sam Puckett on the buddy sitcom, which paired the characters as roommates who form an after-school babysitting business.^[37]

2013–2015: Yours Truly and My Everything

Main articles: Yours Truly (Ariana Grande album) and My Everything (Ariana Grande album)

Grande released her debut album, Yours Truly, on August 30, 2013.^[38] A pop and R&B record influenced by 1950s doo-wop, Yours Truly debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, with 138,000 copies sold in its first week.^[39][40][41]Yours Truly also debuted in the top ten in several other countries, including Australia,^[42] the UK,^[43] Ireland,^[44] and the Netherlands.^[45] Its lead single, "The Way", featuring Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, debuted at number ten on the US Billboard Hot 100,^[46] eventually peaking at number nine for two weeks.^[47] Grande was later sued by Minder Music for copying the line "What we gotta do right here is go back, back in time" from the 1972 song "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" by The Jimmy Castor Bunch.^[48] The album's second single, "Baby I", was released in July.^[49] Its third single, "Right There", featuring Detroit rapper Big Sean, was released in August 2013.^[50] They respectively peaked at number 21 and 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[51]

Grande recorded the duet "Almost Is Never Enough" with Nathan Sykes of The Wanted, which was released as a promotional single in August 2013. She also joined Justin Bieber on his Believe Tour for three shows and kicked off her own headlining mini-tour, The Listening Sessions.^[52] At the 2013 American Music Awards, she won the award for New Artist of the Year.^[53][54] She released a four-song Christmas EP, Christmas Kisses in December 2013.^[55] Grande received the Breakthrough Artist of the Year award from the Music Business Association, recognizing her achievements throughout 2013.^[56] By January 2014, Grande had begun recording her second studio album, with singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder and record producers Benny Blanco and Max Martin.^[57] The same month, she earned the Favorite Breakout Artist award at the People's Choice Awards 2014.^[56] In March 2014, Grande sang at the White House concert, "Women of Soul: In Performance at the White House".^[58] The following month, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama invited Grande again to perform at the White House for the Easter Egg Roll event.^[59]

Grande released her second studio album My Everything on August 25, 2014; it debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 169,000 copies and received generally positive reviews.^[60][61] She explored EDM, dance-pop, and electro genres on the album.^[62] Its lead single, "Problem" featuring Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100,^[63] and became Grande's first number-one on the UK and New Zealand singles charts.^[64][65] Selling 438,000 digital copies in its opening week, it achieved the highest first-week sales numbers of 2014^[66] and made Grande the youngest woman, at 20 years old, to debut with over 400,000 downloads at the time.^[67] "Problem" became 2014's eighth-best-selling digital single globally, with over 9 million copies sold, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).^[68] The album's second single, "Break Free", featuring German musician and producer Zedd,^[69] was released on July 3 and reached number four in the United States.^[70] She performed the song as the opening of the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, and won Best Pop Video for "Problem".^[71] Grande and Nicki Minaj provided guest vocals on "Bang Bang", the lead single from Jessie J's album Sweet Talker,^[72] which peaked at number one in the UK and at number three in the US.^[70] The song was added to the deluxe version of My Everything, serving as the third single from the album.^[73] It was certified diamond by the RIAA in May 2024, for selling over 10 million units in the US; it marked the first all-female collaboration to achieve the certification.^[74] With the singles "Problem", "Break Free", and "Bang Bang", Grande became the second female artist in chart history, joining Adele, with three top-ten singles simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist.^[70]

Grande was the musical performer on Saturday Night Live, with Chris Pratt as the host on September 27, 2014.^[75] That same month, the fourth single from My Everything, "Love Me Harder", featuring Canadian recording artist the Weeknd, was released and peaked at number seven in the United States.^[76] The song became her fourth top-ten single of 2014, the most by any artist that year.^[77] In November 2014, Grande was featured in Major Lazer's song "All My Love" from the soundtrack album for the film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014).^[78] Later that month, Grande released the Christmas song "Santa Tell Me" as a single from the reissue of her first Christmas EP, Christmas Kisses (2014).^[79] The track became a modern Christmas standard, significantly rising in popularity on streaming services during the holiday season every year.^[80] A decade after its release, it reached number five on the Hot 100 issue dated January 4, 2025—being the first Christmas song released in the 21st century to appear in the chart's top-five region.^[81][82] The following month, she appeared on Nicki Minaj's third album The Pinkprint, with the song "Get on Your Knees". She later released the fifth and the final single from My Everything, "One Last Time", which peaked at number 13 in the US.^[83]

In February 2015, Grande embarked on her first worldwide concert tour, The Honeymoon Tour, to further promote My Everything, with shows in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.^[84] Grande was featured on Cashmere Cat's song "Adore", which was released in March 2015.^[85] In the spring, she signed an exclusive publishing contract with the Universal Music Publishing Group, covering her entire music catalog.^[86] Grande also filmed an episode for the Fox Broadcasting Company reality TV series Knock Knock Live (2015),^[87] but the show was canceled before her episode aired.^[88] She also guest-starred on several episodes of the Fox comedy-horror television series Scream Queens as Sonya Herfmann/Chanel #2 from September to November 2015.^[89] She recorded the duet "E Più Ti Penso" with Italian recording artist Andrea Bocelli, which was released in October 2015 as the lead single from Bocelli's album Cinema (2015),^[90] and covered the song "Zero to Hero", originally from the animated filmHercules (1997), for the compilation album We Love Disney (2015).^[91] Grande also released her second Christmas EP, Christmas & Chill in December 2015.^[92]

2015–2017: Dangerous Woman

See also: Dangerous Woman, Manchester Arena bombing, and One Love Manchester

Grande began recording songs for her third studio album, Dangerous Woman, originally titled Moonlight, in 2015.^[93] In October of that year, she released the single "Focus", initially intended as the lead single from the album; the song debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.^[94] The next month American singer Who Is Fancy released the single "Boys Like You", which features Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor.^[95] She was featured in the remix version of "Over and Over Again", a song by English singer Nathan Sykes from his solo debut studio album Unfinished Business, which was released in January 2016.^[96] In March 2016, Grande released "Dangerous Woman" as the lead single from the retitled album of the same name.^[97][98] The single debuted at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist to have the lead single from each of their first three albums debut in the top ten.^[99] The same month, Grande appeared as host and musical guest of Saturday Night Live, where she performed "Dangerous Woman" and debuted the promotional single "Be Alright",^[100] which charted at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[101] Grande garnered positive reviews for her appearance on the show, including praise for her impressions of various singers,^[102][103] some of which she had done on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.^[104]

Grande released Dangerous Woman on May 20, 2016, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200.^[105] It also debuted at number two in Japan,^[106] and at number one in several other markets, including Australia, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and the UK.^[107][108] Mark Savage, writing for BBC News, called the album "a mature, confident record".^[7] In August, Grande released a third single from the album, "Side to Side", featuring rapper Nicki Minaj, her eighth top ten entry on the Hot 100, which peaked at number four on that chart.^[109]Dangerous Woman was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album and the title track for Best Pop Solo Performance.^[110]

Aside from music, Grande played Penny Pingleton in the NBC television broadcast Hairspray Live!, which aired in December 2016.^[111] Grande recorded the title track of the soundtrack for the 2017 live-action remake of Disney's 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast. The recording was released as a duet with American singer John Legend in February 2017.^[112] The same month, Grande embarked on her third concert tour, the Dangerous Woman Tour, to promote the album.^[113]

On May 22, 2017, her concert at Manchester Arena was the target of a suicide bombing—a shrapnel-ladenhomemade bomb detonated by an Islamic extremist, motivated by Muslim casualties from US intervention in the Syrian Civil War, as people were leaving the arena. The Manchester Arena bombing, which occurred at the City Room, caused 22 deaths and injured hundreds more. Grande suspended the remainder of the tour and held a televised benefit concert, One Love Manchester, on June 4,^[114] helping to raise $23 million to aid the bombing's victims and affected families.^[115] The concert featured performances from Grande, as well as Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and other artists.^[116] To recognize her efforts, the Manchester City Council named Grande the first honorary citizen of Manchester^[117][115] and, later in the year, she was reported to have declined an honorary UK damehood. The tour resumed on June 7 in Paris and ended in September 2017.^[118][119]

In August 2017, Grande appeared in an Apple MusicCarpool Karaoke episode, singing musical theatre songs with American entertainer Seth MacFarlane.^[120] In December 2017, Billboard magazine named her "Female Artist of the Year".^[121]

2018–2019: Sweetener and Thank U, Next

Main articles: Sweetener (album) and Thank U, Next (album)

Grande began working on songs for her fourth studio album, Sweetener with Pharrell Williams in 2016.^[122] Grande released "No Tears Left to Cry" as the lead single from Sweetener in April 2018,^[123] with the song debuting at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making Grande the only artist to have debuted the lead single of her first four albums in the top ten of the Hot 100.^[124][125] In June 2018, she was featured in "Bed", the second single from Nicki Minaj's fourth studio album Queen.^[126] The same month, she was featured on Troye Sivan's single "Dance to This" from his sophomore album Bloom. The second single, "God Is a Woman",^[127][128] peaked at number 8 on the Hot 100 and became Grande's tenth top ten single in the US.^[129] Released in August 2018,^[130]Sweetener debuted at number one on the Billboard 200^[131] and received acclaim from critics.^[132] She simultaneously charted nine songs from the album on the Hot 100, along with a collaboration, making her the fourth female artist to reach the ten-song mark.^[133] Grande gave four concerts to promote the album, billed as The Sweetener Sessions, in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and London between August 20 and September 4, 2018.^[134] In October 2018, Grande participated in the NBC broadcast, A Very Wicked Halloween, singing "The Wizard and I" from the musical Wicked.^[135] The following month, the BBC aired a one-hour special, Ariana Grande at the BBC, featuring interviews and performances.^[136][137]

In November 2018, Grande released the single "Thank U, Next" and announced her fifth studio album of the same name.^[138][139] The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's first chart-topping single in the United States, spending seven non-consecutive weeks atop.^[140][141] Since then, it has been certified eight-times platinum in the United States;^[142] the song's music video broke records for most-watched music video on YouTube within 24 hours of release^[143] and fastest Vevo video to reach 100 million views on YouTube, at the time.^[144] On Spotify, it became the fastest song to reach 100 million streams (11 days) and most-streamed song by a female artist in a 24-hour period, with 9.6 million streams, before being surpassed by her own "7 Rings" (nearly 15 million streams).^[145] "Thank U, Next" became the most-streamed song by a woman globally on Apple Music of 2019.^[146] Later the same month, Grande released, in collaboration with YouTube, a four-part docuseries titled Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman Diaries. It shows behind the scenes and concert footage from Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour, including moments from the One Love Manchester concert, and follows her professional life during the tour and the making of Sweetener. The series debuted on November 29, 2018.^[147] By the end of the year, she became the most-streamed female artist on Spotify,^[148] and was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. In January 2019, it was announced that Grande would be headlining the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,^[149] where she became the youngest and only the fourth female artist ever to headline the festival.^[150] Grande brought a number of guest artists to perform with her, including NSYNC, P. Diddy, Nicki Minaj, and Justin Bieber. Her set received critical acclaim.^[151][152]

Grande's second single from Thank U, Next, "7 Rings", was released on January 18, 2019, and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 issue dated February 2, becoming her second single in a row (and overall) to top the charts.^[153] It made Grande the third female artist with multiple number-one debuts after Mariah Carey (3) and Britney Spears (2) and fifth artist overall after Justin Bieber and Drake.^[154] Spending eight non-consecutive weeks at number one, it became Grande's most successful song on the chart^[155] and has since been certified nine-times platinum in the US.^[156] "7 Rings" became the fifth-best-selling song of 2019 globally, and one of the best-selling digital singles worldwide.^[157]Thank U, Next was released on February 8, 2019, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 while receiving acclaim from critics.^[158] The album garnered Grande's largest sales week of all time in the United States (360,000 album-equivalent units).^[159] Her fourth number-one album, and second in less than six months, it marked the shortest gap between number-one albums for a woman at the time. Thank U, Next broke records for the largest streaming week for a pop album and for a female album in the US, with 307 million on-demand streams.^[159] It was the only non-hip hop title among the twenty largest US album streaming weeks at the time, at number eight.^[159] The album also achieved the largest streaming week by a female artist in Canada and the United Kingdom.^[160][161] In June 2020, Thank U, Next was certified double platinum by the RIAA.^[162]

Grande became the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 with "7 Rings" at number one, her third single "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" debuting at number two, and her lead single "Thank U, Next" rose to number three, and the overall second artist to do so since the Beatles did in 1964 when they occupied the top five spots.^[163] In the United Kingdom, Grande became the second female solo artist to simultaneously hold the number one and two spots and the first musical artist to replace herself at number one, twice consecutively.^[164] With eleven Thank U, Next tracks appearing within the top 40 region on the Hot 100, Grande broke the record for the most simultaneous top 40 entries by a female artist.^[165] In February 2019, it was reported Grande wouldn't attend the Grammy Awards after she had a disagreement with producers over a potential performance at the ceremony.^[166] Grande ended up earning her first Grammy, for Best Pop Vocal Album, for Sweetener.^[167] The same month, Grande won a Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist.^[168] She also embarked on her third headlining tour, the Sweetener World Tour, to promote both Sweetener and Thank U, Next, which began on March 18,^[169] and concluded on December 22, 2019.^[170] Spanning 97 shows through North America and Europe, it grossed US$146.6 million with over 1.3 million tickets sold, marking Grande's highest-grossing and biggest tour to date.^[171] A live album of the tour's setlist, titled K Bye for Now (SWT Live), was released on December 23.^[172] Grande was nominated for 9 awards at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, including Top Artist. She would win two awards for Billboard Chart Achievement and Top Female Artist on May 1, 2019.^[173] Grande performed at the event via a pre-recorded performance from her Sweetener World Tour.^[174]

Grande co-executive produced the soundtrack to the film Charlie's Angels, which was released on November 1, 2019; she co-wrote and performed various songs for the record.^[175] The soundtrack was met with lukewarm reception.^[176][177] A collaboration with Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey, titled "Don't Call Me Angel", was released as the lead single on September 13.^[178]Pitchfork wrote that the pop stars "meet at a lower creative common denominator than they've enjoyed lately".^[179] The track was nominated for Best Original Song at the 24th Satellite Awards.^[180] In August 2019, she released the single "Boyfriend" with pop duo Social House;^[181] it debuted at number eight on the Hot 100,^[182] and became the first song by a woman to top the Rolling Stone Top 100 chart.^[183] Grande co-wrote singer Normani's debut solo single "Motivation", which was released on August 16, 2019.^[184] Grande won three awards at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, including the Artist of the Year award. She was nominated for 12 awards in total, including Video of the Year for "Thank U, Next".^[185] Grande was featured on the remix of American singer and rapper Lizzo's song "Good as Hell", which was released on October 25, 2019.^[186] By the end of the year, Billboard named Grande the most accomplished female artist to debut in the 2010s, while NME named her one of the defining music artists of the decade. She also became the most-streamed female artist of the decade on music streaming service Spotify.^{[187][188][189]} Also, Forbes ranked her amongst the highest-paid celebrities in 2019, placing at number 62 on the list,^[190] while Billboard ranked her as 2019's highest-paid solo musician.^[191] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Thank U, Next was the eighth-best-selling album of 2019 globally, having sold over one million copies worldwide.^[192] It also ranked as the second-best-performing album on the Billboard 200 year-end chart of 2019.^[193]

2020–2023: Positions

Main article: Positions (album)

In January 2020, Grande received multiple nominations at the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year.^[194] At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, Grande performed a medley of "Imagine", "My Favorite Things", "7 Rings", and "Thank U, Next".^[195] Her performance was ranked by various publications as one of the best of the ceremony.^[196] Grande received the third-most nominations (5), including her first nods for Album of the Year (Thank U, Next) and Record of the Year ("7 Rings").^[197] She was named by Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter as one of the biggest snubs of the ceremony.^[198][199] Grande and Justin Bieber released a collaboration song titled "Stuck with U" on May 8, 2020; net proceeds from the sales of the song were donated to the First Responders Children's Foundation in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[200] The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's third chart-topping single. Alongside Bieber, both artists tied Mariah Carey and Drake for the most songs to debut at number one on the Hot 100; Grande became the first artist to have her first three number ones debut at the top, following "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings".^[201] Grande also released a collaboration with Lady Gaga, "Rain on Me", as the second single from Gaga's sixth studio album Chromatica.^[202] The song also debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's fourth number-one single and helping her break the record for the most number-one debuts on that chart.^[203] The song won the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.^[204] In 2020, Grande became the highest-earning woman in music on Forbes's 2020 Celebrity 100 list, placing 17th overall with $72 million.^[205] At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, she was nominated for nine awards for both "Stuck with U" (with Bieber) and "Rain on Me" (with Gaga). For the latter, Grande received her third consecutive nomination for Video of the Year. She won four awards, including Song of the Year for "Rain on Me".^[206][207]

Grande's sixth studio album, Positions, was released on October 30, 2020.^[208] It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 174,000 units, becoming Grande's fifth number-one album.^[209] The eponymous lead single was released on October 23.^[210] It debuted atop the BillboardHot 100, becoming Grande's fifth chart-topping single and breaking numerous records. Grande became the first artist to have five number-one debuts on the Hot 100 and the first to have their first five number-ones debut at the top. "Positions" became her third number-one single in 2020 following "Stuck with U" and "Rain on Me", making Grande the first artist since Drake to have three number-one singles in a single calendar year and the first female artist to do so since Rihanna and Katy Perry in 2010.^[211] It topped the Pop Airplay chart for seven weeks, surpassing "7 Rings" (six weeks) as Grande's longest-running number-one on the chart.^[212] Alongside the release of Positions, the song from the album "34+35" served as the second single off the album. The song debuted at number 8, becoming Grande's 18th top-ten single.^[213] Grande released a "34+35" remix featuring American rappers Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion on January 15, 2021. The remix helped the song reach a new peak at number two, the highest-charting song credited to three or more female soloists on the Hot 100 since Christina Aguilera, Mýa, Pink and Lil' Kim's "Lady Marmalade" in 2001.^[214] The remix was one of five additional tracks included on the deluxe edition of Positions, released on February 19, 2021. On the Pop Airplay chart issue dated February 13, "34+35" replaced Grande's own "Positions" at number one, making her the first artist to replace herself at number one as the only act credited on both tracks, and the fifth artist ever to replace themselves on the chart.^[212] On the following chart issue, Grande occupied the top two of the chart with "34+35" and "Positions", becoming the first artist to simultaneously occupy the top two with two solo tracks, and just the sixth artist in chart history to simultaneously occupy the entire top two.^[212][215] It remained at number one for three consecutive weeks.^[216] It also reached number one on the Rhythmic airplay chart, marking Grande's third number-one.^[217] In March, the song "POV" was sent to radio as the album's third single. The song reached number 27 on the Hot 100 and would reach the top ten on mainstream radio, making Grande the first artist to have three concurrent songs in the top ten on Pop Airplay.^[218] Grande was named the most-played artist on iHeartRadio's stations in 2021, reaching 2.6 billion in audience.^[219]Positions ranked at number eight on the 2021 year-end Billboard 200 chart.^[220]

On November 13, 2020, Grande made a surprise appearance on the Adult Swim Festival, performing music artist Thundercat's song "Them Changes" alongside him, which Grande had previously covered.^[221] Grande and Jennifer Hudson also featured on a remix of Mariah Carey's 2010 Christmas song "Oh Santa!". The song was released on December 4, 2020, as part of Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special.^[222] Grande released the concert film for her Sweetener World Tour, Excuse Me, I Love You, on December 21, 2020, exclusively on Netflix.^[223]

In April, Grande was featured on a remix of the Weeknd's "Save Your Tears".^[224] The remix reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Hot 100, becoming both artists' sixth number-one single on both charts.^[225] It also topped the Billboard Global 200, marking Grande's second number-one single on the chart; it made her the first woman to earn multiple leaders on the chart.^[226] She joined Paul McCartney as the only artists to earn three number-one duets on the Hot 100.^[227] With 69 weeks, the remix became one of the ten songs with the most total weeks on the chart, and Grande's longest-charting song in the United States.^[228] It ranked as the second best-performing song of the year on the Billboardyear-end Hot 100, Global 200, and Global Excl. US charts of 2021.^{[229][230][231]} Grande and the Weeknd performed "Save Your Tears" together at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards.^[232] In June 2021, Grande featured on the song "I Don't Do Drugs" from Doja Cat's third studio album Planet Her.^[233] Her contribution as a songwriter and featured artist on the song earned Grande a nomination for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. In September 2021, she joined as a coach of the twenty-first season of The Voice; Grande became the highest-paid coach in the show's history, earning a reported $25 million per season.^[234] The season concluded in December 2021; Grande did not return for the next season.^[235] Also in December, she appeared in Adam McKay's film Don't Look Up, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Meryl Streep. With streams of more than 152 million hours in a week, it broke the record for the biggest week of views in Netflix history, at the time.^[236] To promote the film, Grande released the song "Just Look Up", in collaboration with rapper Kid Cudi, on December 3, 2021.^[237] At the 27th Critics' Choice Awards, Grande received nominations in the categories Best Song and Best Acting Ensemble, as a part of the cast.^[238] She also received a nomination at the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.^[239]

On February 24, 2023, following months-long renewed interest in and virality of the Weeknd's 2016 song "Die for You", a remix of the song with Grande was released. The remix marked their fourth collaboration.^[240] In the Billboard Hot 100 issue dated March 11, 2023, the remix reached the top of the chart, becoming both artists' seventh number-one hit.^[241] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), it was the fourth best-selling song of 2023 globally.^[242] On August 25, 2023, Grande released a reissue of her debut studio album,