Top 10 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Ariana Grande

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Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of Ariana Grande! We're uncovering the most surprising and little-known details about this incredible pop star, from her unique talents to her unexpected life experiences that will leave you amazed and entertained!

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00:00I watch a lot of horror.

00:01Welcome to Ms. Mojo.

00:03And today, we're counting down our picks for the little details about Ariana Grande's life

00:08that make us love her even more.

00:10My nonna always offers me meatballs.

00:12And I'm like, no, thank you.

00:14Like, I'm still plant-based and still...

00:18Sorry, I'm sorry, thank you.

00:21Number 10.

00:22She does incredible impressions.

00:25What do Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Celine Dion have in common?

00:29Ariana Grande does amazing impersonations of all of them.

00:33UFC fighting.

00:35Shall we go for it?

00:36With her spectacular vocal range,

00:39it's not too surprising that she can imitate lots of fellow singers.

00:50But what's really crazy is that she can do it with her speaking voice too.

00:54Her impression of Jennifer Coolidge is uncanny.

00:57God, you look like the 4th of July.

01:02And Jennifer Lawrence was super impressed by Grande's performance as her

01:06on Saturday Night Live.

01:08Imagine being at a star-studded Hollywood party

01:10and watching Grande bust out this talent in front of everyone.

01:14They told me not to do a game show,

01:15but I was like, screw it, I can have fun.

01:16I'm a regular person.

01:18Number 9.

01:19She never went to prom.

01:21In May 2020, Grande teamed up with Justin Bieber to release a new single,

01:27That became a tribute to high schoolers who couldn't attend prom because of COVID.

01:36They also put out a prom playlist.

01:39And in a subsequent interview,

01:41Grande revealed that she had never gone to prom herself

01:44because she was shooting Victorious at the time.

01:46Weird, I still don't see your date anywhere.

01:49Where is Tug?

01:51Well, he was standing next to a candle and his jacket caught on fire.

01:55The singer said that filming with her castmates

01:57and having tutoring sessions together between shoots

02:00sometimes made the set feel like a real high school.

02:03Yeah, that was my prom.

02:04That's the closest I ever got to a prom.

02:06All right.

02:06The show even did a prom episode in season two,

02:09but it's not quite the same when there's a director standing nearby yelling cut.

02:16Number 8.

02:17She's a huge Jim Carrey fan.

02:20It's fitting that Grande is so good at impressions

02:23since her childhood crush is the king of them.

02:31She's been smitten with Jim Carrey since she was a kid,

02:34and over the years, the two have formed an unlikely friendship.

02:37They worked together on Carrey's show Kidding,

02:40and each gushed about how great the experience was.

02:50Around the same time,

02:51Grande got a tattoo of Carrey's most famous line from his 1998 film The Truman Show.

02:56Oh, and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.

03:00The pair has stayed in touch,

03:02occasionally chatting over email or on social media.

03:05It's a surprisingly heartwarming story.

03:08He was so over the top nice and perfect and just how I'd hoped he'd be.

03:11And he was his like classic Jim Carrey.

03:13Nice to meet you.

03:14Be nice.

03:15Remember, be nice.

03:16I was like, oh my God, you're so cute.

03:17I love you.

03:19Number 7.

03:20She was hit by a hockey puck twice.

03:22When Grande was growing up in Boca Raton,

03:25she and her family were huge fans of the Florida Panthers NHL team.

03:29She even sang the national anthem at a game when she was just eight years old.

03:46But she caught the team's attention well before that,

03:49when she was just five, she was hit in the wrist by a flying puck during a game.

03:53Puck injuries can be deadly, but luckily Grande was just bruised.

03:58The crazy thing is that the accident happened while Grande's mom was talking to a reporter

04:03about the first time she was hit by a puck.

04:06Considering that she was showered with gifts from the players and got to ride the Zamboni,

04:10we're guessing she wasn't too traumatized by the incidents.

04:13The NHL also chimed in on the jokes, sharing Ari's post and tweeting,

04:17Yo Ariana Grande, come watch some hockey again. We personally invite you. Thank you, next.

04:22Number 6. She has a ton of tattoos and one is a mistranslation of Japanese.

04:29We wouldn't be laughing at this if Grande didn't have a sense of humor about it herself.

04:33Ari fans know that she has a bunch of tattoos.

04:36We have for good on our hands.

04:38And they, we got them on opposite so when we hold hands they tats.

04:42But one of her tats has a slightly embarrassing story.

04:45To celebrate the release of her single,

04:47Seven Rings, Grande got a tattoo of the song's title on her hand in Japanese kanji.

04:58Or at least, she thought she did. The tattoo actually said,

05:02Shichirin, which is a small grill.

05:05Grande got help from her Japanese tutor to fix it, but that didn't quite work out either.

05:10I gotta say, if I had a tattoo that said barbecue grills, I would not.

05:14I'd put up with the pain.

05:15I would put up with the pain. That's how much I love barbecue.

05:18When the old news story about the hockey pucks went viral,

05:21Grande jokingly posted that she still looks the same,

05:24except for a hand tattoo that says, quote, barbecue grill finger.

05:29Number 5. She wears a ponytail because of hair damage.

05:33If you pictured Ariana Grande in your mind right now,

05:36you'd probably envision her in her signature high ponytail.

05:39It turns out there's a reason she wore that look so often.

05:47In 2014, Grande responded to rude fans who complained that she always had the same hairstyle.

05:53In a Facebook post, she wrote that constantly bleaching and dying her hair to play Cat

05:58Valentine had seriously damaged it. She was self-conscious about how it looked,

06:03and felt that wigs looked terrible too.

06:06Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a blonde?

06:08No.

06:11I've wondered that.

06:12I've also wondered why lemonade is a drink and first date is for the injured.

06:17So she opted for extensions and disguised them in a ponytail.

06:21We hope whoever gave her a hard time about her hairstyle is ashamed of themselves.

06:26We think Grande looks fabulous even with no hair.

06:29I fell asleep during study hall. Jade found me.

06:35Number 4. She's Vegan

06:37Grande has a huge heart for animals. She went vegan all the way back in 2013,

06:42and she's stuck with it.

06:44My family always forgets. I don't think they forget. I think they don't want to remember.

06:51She's also a major advocate for adopting homeless animals.

06:54While on tour in 2015, she invited local shelters to bring adoptable dogs to the venues,

07:00and she paid the adoption fee for every one that found a home.

07:04Of course, she also has a house full of rescued dogs of her own.

07:07Is he a trained dog?

07:09No, he just gets it.

07:10He just gets it, yeah.

07:12She even encouraged her followers to avoid SeaWorld after learning about how

07:16captive orcas are abused from the documentary Blackfish.

07:19Now, that's a star who stands up for what she believes in.

07:22But here's a photo of Toulouse. He did an ad for Coach.

07:25Yeah, he did.

07:26Look at him here.

07:27Number 3. She had a Jaws-themed birthday party.

07:31Grande isn't shy about her love for horror movies.

07:34I can't watch horror for love or money. I cannot. I saw Long Legs recently.

07:39Brilliant.

07:40She's even used Halloween as an opportunity to dress up as some classic horror monsters.

07:45And she went all out with prosthetics and makeup.

07:48Apparently, her love for scary movies goes all the way back to the beginning.

07:52Her second birthday party had a Jaws theme. Needless to say,

07:56it didn't help her make friends with other toddlers.

07:59No kids came. They came and left.

08:01She was also known to run around the house in a Freddy Krueger mask wielding a hockey stick.

08:05All this makes us wonder, is there a horror movie role on the horizon?

08:09That's a great time.

08:11Number 2. She holds 20 Guinness World Records.

08:15When Grande's song Positions debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,

08:19it was her fifth single to do so.

08:27That incredible achievement was a world record, and it's far from her only one.

08:32She has 19 others.

08:41Her single Seven Rings was the most streamed track on Spotify in one week.

08:46And at one point, she had more subscribers than any other female musician on YouTube.

08:51She was also the first solo performer to have songs that

08:54spots 1, 2, and 3 on the U.S. singles chart at the same time.

09:03She's also the sixth most followed person on Instagram, with over 376 million followers.

09:10Yet somehow, it feels like she's just getting started.

09:15Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

09:20She's a Slytherin.

09:21The Pottermore quiz doesn't lie.

09:28Her YouTube cover of Emotions set her on the path to stardom.

09:32Showing off those whistle notes proved how incredible her voice really is.

09:43She might have encountered a demon.

09:45She got a photo of the apparition at Stull Cemetery,

09:48but later deleted it out of fear.

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10:12Grande has had a strong connection to the Wizard of Oz long before she was cast as Glinda in Wicked.

10:18It's the wizard who should be afraid of me.

10:20Nelvie, listen to me. Listen to me, just say you're sorry.

10:26In a 2012 interview, she revealed that Over the Rainbow is the first song she ever remembers singing.

10:33At her benefit concert following the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017,

10:38she chose to close out the show with that song.

10:41She later explained that it was her grandfather's favorite song.

10:44At her benefit concert following the Manchester

10:55Arena bombing in 2017, she chose to close out the show with that song.

11:07She later explained that it was her grandfather's favorite song.

11:11She even played Dorothy on an April Fool's Day episode of Victorious.

11:15It seems that Ariana and Oz were always meant to be connected.

11:28Which fun facts surprised you the most?

11:31Let us know in the comments.

11:32My grandpa said,

11:34"'Grandy.'"

11:35So should we all be saying,

11:36"'Grandy'?"

11:37Well, my brother kind of changed it to

11:38"'Grande'," because, like,

11:39"'Grandy' was kind of like the, like, I guess, Americanized version of it, you know?"

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