Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman
Dangerous Woman is the third studio album by 22 year old, Ariana Grande. It was released on May 20, 2016, by Republic Records. The album is the follow-up to her second studio album My Everything (2014). The lead single Dangerous Woman was released on March 11, 2016. The second single, Into You was released on May 6, 2016 causing excitement and anticipation for her new album.
Ariana Grande began her career in the Broadway musical 13, before landing the role of Cat Valentine on Victorious in 2009. After Victorious ended with four seasons, Ariana starred in a spinoff, Sam & Cat, which ended in 2014. She has also appeared in other theatre, television and film roles, and did voiceovers for animation characters. Ariana's music career hit off in 2011, signing a recording contract with Republic Records, and releasing her first, solo-debut album, Yours Truly. The album was released on August 30, 2013, Incorporating R&B, Yours Truly was influenced by Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, amongst other of Grande's greatest idols. Grande describes the album's first half as a "throwback" to the R&B music of the 1990s, and the second half being "very unique and very special that I've sort of written". Releasing The Way got Ariana her first top 10 Billboard, making a name for herself in the music industry. After achieving such success with her first album, Ariana released My Everything in 2014. It was her second studio album, reaching No. 1 in America and various other countries.Releasing hit singles like Problem and Love Me Harder, Ariana managed to spend over 34 continuous weeks in top 10 of the Billboard Top 100.
After releasing her first track off her third album, Dangerous Woman debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Grande the first person in the history of that chart to have the lead single from each of her first three albums debut in the top 10.
Ariana began working on this album during the fall and summer of 2015, soon after My Everything was released. Focus, which was originally intended to be the lead single from the album, was released on October 30, 2015. The song debuted and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, selling 113,000 copies in its first week in the US. On January 26, 2016, the song was certified Platinum for combined sales and streaming units of 1 million equivalent units. After waiting and much anticipation for her new album, the album was released on midnight, including 15 tracks like Dangerous Woman, Into You, Be Alright, Side To Side and more, each track giving you a different feel. On the morning of the release date, Ariana performed a new song, Greedy on Good Morning America, causing buzz all around the world. On May 23rd, Grande released a music video for Into You, reaching over 1,000,000 views in less than 14 hours and has an up-coming tour for this album very soon. With that being said, despite being released for less than a week, Dangerous Woman is number 1 in over 70 countries, currently making Ariana Grande the biggest female artist on iTunes, talk about being a Dangerous Woman.
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