What Are Some Lesser-known Facts About Ariana Grande That Will Truly Shock You?

Ariana Grande is an outstanding, stunning, and immensely talented actress, vocalist, and dancer who has received more than 67 accolades as of 2019.

Check out the top 50 fascinating facts about Ariana's life, family, and profession.

1. Her complete name is Ariana Grande-Butera. She is 26 years old and was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
2. She is of Italian heritage, being half Sicilian and half Abruzzese.
3. Ariana's parents relocated from New York to Florida shortly before her birth.
4. Her parents drew inspiration from Felix the Cat's Princess Oriana while selecting her name.
5. Her mother, Joan Grande-Butera, has always had a significant bearing on Ariana's career.
6. Joan manages a firm that produces communications technology for the Navy and Marines.
7. Ariana's father is Edward Butera, who was born on September 20th, 1958.
8. Edward is a graphic designer and the creator of IBI Designs, Inc.
9. Edward often tweets about how delighted he is of his daughter; his handle is @CaptainEddieB.
10. Ariana's parents separated when she was 8 or 9.
11. Ariana has an elder half-brother named Frankie, who is 10 years older than her.
12. His complete name is Frank James Michael Grande Marchione. He also works in musical theater as a performer and producer.
13. Ariana's sibling competed in Big sibling's 16th season in 2014.
14. Ariana has six canines, named Coco, Toulouse, Ophelia, Fawkes, Cinnamon, and Sirius Black.
15. Ariana received her sixth puppy, Sirius Black, named after Harry Potter's fictitious godfather, in early 2015. She christened him thus because of his ebony pelt.
16. Ariana's moniker was inspired by Felix the Cat, however she is allergic to cats. She's also allergic to avocados.
17. Ariana is vegan, which means she does not consume or use animal products.
18. Ariana's followers are known as Arianators. However, on March 27, 2014, Ariana said that she wanted her fan base to be referred to as "the loves" rather than Arianators; since then, she has regularly tweeted to her supporters as'my loves', which has not taken on!
19. In June 2014, it was reported that Ariana's 90-year-old grandfather had overcome cancer. Arianators initiated the #WeAreProudOfGrandpaGrande movement on Twitter.
20. Her grandmother believes in bare snoozing!
21. Ariana has a birthmark on her left shoulder (behind) and an indentation on her left forehead.
22. She is 5 feet tall, or 1.53 meters.
23. Ariana attended Pine Crest School and North Broward Preparatory School.
24. Her favorite subject in school was science.
25. Grande quit school to pursue her vocal career, but she remained enrolled so that her instructors could give her materials and assist her with her studies.
26. Ariana originally developed a fixation on Justin Timberlake when she was three years old.
27. Ariana's natural hair is brown and curly.
28. She is an avid devotee of the Harry Potter series. - unrelated, although the novels have a character called Ariana (Ariana Dumbledore). Her favorite characters from the series are Luna Lovegood and Draco Malfoy.
29. Ariana cherishes viewing the popular television program Gossip Girl.
30. Ariana co-founded the South Florida juvenile vocal group 'Kids Who Care' when she was 10 years old, and they performed at charity events.
31. Ariana's fave One Direction tune is 'One Thing'.
32. Monopoly is one of her favorite board games, and she claims she never gets weary of playing, even if the games are protracted.
33. She believes penguins are endearing.
34. Scooter Braun, Ariana's manager, said in an interview that despite her troubles, Ariana "is one of the nicest people I've ever met and really just so charming".
35. She is hypoglycemic, which means she has insufficient blood sugar and has to consume something.
36. Her fashion inspirations are Marylin Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.
37. Ariana joined YouTube on January 21, 2007.
38. The World Bank, the world's largest development agency, follows Ariana Grande on Twitter!
39. Ariana has approximately 56 million Twitter followers as of April 2018.
40. On December 10, 2011, she attained one million Twitter followers!
41. She formerly collected plastic creatures, hockey pucks, and Halloween masks.
42. Ariana's mother foretold that she would grow up to be a serial assassin because she donned Halloween masks around the home and couldn't get enough horror movies.
43. She portrayed Cat Valentine on the Nickelodeon comedy Victorious and the same character in the spin-off Sam & Cat, for which she had to color her naturally dark tresses red.
44. Jennette McCurdy, one of her dearest friends, inadvertently made her phone number public.
45. Ariana went to her first concert in the summer of 2011, to witness Katy Perry.
46. Ariana plunged her palms in cement at Planet Hollywood in New York on December 22, 2011.
47. Nineteen minutes after its release, 'Yours Truly' dominated the iTunes Store rankings in over 30 nations, including the United States.
48. Broadway for South Africa, which Ariana supports, featured her first composition, 'Put Your Hearts Up'.
49. The music video for 'Put Your Hearts Up' was published on Valentine's Day, 2012.
50. In 2015, she received two MTV Millennial Awards for 'Global Instagrammer of the Year' and 'International Hit of the Year' for her track 'One Last Time'.