I Really Want To Be Famous And Sing Like Ariana Grande

How did Ariana Grande become famous?

She was born in 1993 in Boca Raton, FL to reasonably successful parents. Her father is a highly successful graphic designer, and her mother is the CEO of a communications company that manufactures equipment for the U.S. Navy called Hose-McCann Communications.Ariana’s interest in music was demonstrated at an early age. She performed on cruise ships, with the Ft. Lauderdale Music theater and she even sang the Star Spangled Banner at a Carolina Panthers game.Ariana Grande net worth is reported to be about $50M. Now, let’s look at some of the ways that Ariana has amassed her wealth. It begins with Ariana acting career which actually took off before her singing career. She landed a spot on Victorious in 2009, which one of Nickelodeon’s hottest shows ever. In fact, the show premiered with an audience of 5.7 million viewers, which is the second largest audience in the history of the network. The second season of the show hit an even higher mark of 6.2 viewers.During her time on "Victorious," Grande began writing music. Her first album, "Yours Truly," was released in 2013. The first single on the album "The Way" featuring Mac Miller, became a top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number nine. The album sold 138,000 copies sold in its first week.One of the first accolades the singer received was the American Music Award for Best New Artist which she won in 2013.Since then, she's released three more albums. In 2014, she released "My Everything" and the debut single 'Problem' topped the charts across the world. It sold 169,000 copies in its first week and Ariana was top of the Billboard charts."The Honeymoon Tour" was Ariana's next endeavor and saw her visiting America, Europe, and Asia. The eight-month tour earned a reported $40 million.In 2016, Grande released "Dangerous Woman," which reached number two on Billboard charts, and subsequently went on her "Dangerous Woman Tour."The "Dangerous Woman Tour," wrapped up in September 2017 and included 75 headlining performances worldwide. The tour sold over 875,000 tickets and grossed $71 million, Billboard reported.Her most recent album, "Sweetener," dropped in 2018 to much anticipation. The album became her third number one album on Billboard 200.Grande has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for her work.

Is Ariana Grande a bad singer?

I have a formal classical musical training for three years and can confirm Ariana Grande is a great vocalist.She has first and foremost a wide octave range between 3 and 4 octaves,but she also has a great musical ear and ‘feel’, which allows her to improvise on the lead and she sings ‘in tune’. To do this, one needs a musical ear but also vocal technique.Although during live gigs of course there’s some electronic enhancement going on like slight reverb and harmonisation, she would be well capable to also fill a smaller venue without any enhancement but purely on the power of her voice.I consider her to be on the same level like Whitney Houston and she is certainly a far better vocalist than for instance Madonna, Britney Spears, Selena Gomez, …Many pop singers are actually pretty average vocalists, most of them need auto tuning (Madonna and Britney Spears actually sound pretty awful without electronic enhancement), but Ariana Grande could certainly hit a note and sustain it without any need for electronics.I consider her to be one of the best naturally talented female pop vocalists of this era.

What is so great about Ariana Grande?

What makes Ariana so interesting to people is that she went from being on a Nickelodeon television series where she wasn't even the lead on the show to getting her own spin-off series and then launching her own music career. The Nickeloden show that launched her career was Victorious and the lead star of that show, Victoria Justice, was launching her music career at the same time and didn't even come close to the attention that Ariana received. Victoria's single "Gold" was a chart topper on Radio Disney while Ariana Grande's first single collaborating with Mac Miller, "The Way" not only topped the major charts (pretty much all of them) but also became a summer hit. From there she went on to release a hit debut album followed by a successful second album - both within a year of each other. She's been compared to a younger Mariah Carey, but she's also an extremely talented as a singer and even though she's covered "Emotions" there are still a lot of differences between the two. Most young television stars really struggle making the transition work between acting and singing sometimes or taking on new projects because they have so many young fans, but she's done it flawlessly and her previous character "Cat Valentine" is kind of a distant memory from the person she is now.

Why is Ariana Grande so good at singing?

I’m answering this question from a formal classical music background for three years:Talent and a naturally pleasant ‘timbre’. Timbre is the natural color of a voice and this you are either born with or don’t have. Some people are perfectly capable like Ariana Grande to sing in tune, but if you don’t have a ‘timbre’ people consider pleasant, well then it will simply not sound as pleasing to the ear, no matter how great your singing technique is.Singing from early age on, imitating her idols. She has listened carefully from early age on to singers she liked and it’s clear there’s a lot of Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey influence going on. Not only is she perfectly capable of imitating them, she also has the wide natural octave range in order to do that. Octave range (the difference between the highest and lowest frequency you can sing clearly) is also something some people will simply be far better at than others. It can be developed to some point, but if one naturally has a wide octave rage like Ariana Grande and a pleasant ‘timbre’ then you have the basics to become a great vocalist.Training. Although from early age on she felt compelled to sing, obviously she also had tutoring. Maybe not in a formal way like in a classic music academy, but someone has surely tutored her how to extend her vocal and breathing techniques. It’s also the reason why she doesn’t do as many imitations as she used to do: for some imitations she had to stress her vocal chords in a unnatural way, which increased the risk her voice could ‘break’. It was a tutor who steered her away from doing to many imitations to save her voice for live performances.‘Feel’: some people simply have a far better ‘ear’ and naturally can sing in tune. This can not be teached, it’s a talent. Basically anyone can learn to sing to some degree, but you can’t beat natural talent: it will simply come far easier to someone who has the ‘ear’ and ‘feel’ for frequencies.

Who is a better singer, Taylor Swift or Ariana Grande?

Let me answer this tough question from a man’s and also from a singer’s point of view. I’ll try my best to be as objective as possible so as not to offend the fans of Ariana and Taylor.Let’s start with the voice quality. Ariana is a 4-octave vocal range filled with blasting vocals and riffing high notes. She belts better and knows how to control her voice. Compared with Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift’s voice is 2-octaves. She has a dark lower register and her voice is more feminine with a slight sharp edge.Image credit: en.wikipedia.orgIn terms of lyrics and music, Taylor’s talent is better. She is known to have fantastic song writing skills. Although some criticize her for using her songs to get even with her enemies, it’s only natural of her to express her emotions in her work. She’s very open to about what she feels and I think, this is one of the best characteristics of song writers. You put yourself in the music you write. Taylor Swift has also been in the music industry longer and this gives her an edge over Ariana Grande.Personality-wise, (yes, we will include this as part of the category because for singers like us, it’s a total package when you are up there on the stage) Ariana takes the nice person image. She is the sassy pop queen who maintains a beautiful and sweet look while Taylor Swift, the country girl singer, has bolder personality and care less about what others think of her.If you consider who is the better singer in terms of awards received, it’s Taylor Swift that takes the lead. She has more compared with Ariana which included Grammy Awards, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, American Music Awards and Billboard Woman of the Year among others.So who is the better singer between the two? Vocal abilities and Personality? Ariana. Music, Lyrics and Awards? Taylor Swift.Both singers have different style and package. On stage, they wow their audience with their performance. In the end, every singer wants to be loved for who they are. Each has her own style and for that, I love both Ariana and Taylor for their contribution in the music industry.