AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Ariana Grande

Artist:Ariana Grande

Song:No Tears Left To Cry

Album:Sweetener

Ariana Grande is one of today's biggest pop stars. She has been very successful since her 2013 debut album. The 2018 album Sweetener was interesting because it was her first album after the bombing at her Manchester Arena concert. No Tears Left To Cry was the lead single. It was a hit but not her biggest hit. She was born June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, FL. Ariana started performing as a child in local theater. By age 13, she went to Los Angeles to get a record deal. Obviously they were skeptical when she told them she wanted to sing R&B. In 2008, she was cast as the cheerleader Charlotte in the Broadway musical 13. Then she was cast in the Nickleodeon sitcom Victorious. This made her popular with teen girls. Meanwhile, Ariana was working on her music. After posting videos on YouTube, Republic Records CEO Monte Lipman spotted her and signed her. It took three years to produce Ariana's debut album because Republic wanted teen pop and Ariana didn't want to record that. So there were struggles over that. The solution was to hire Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds to write and produce the album. Yours Truly was released 2013. It was certified Platinum and the single The Way was a top ten hit. Ariana worked with several producers on the 2014 album My Everything. But she really seemed to click with Swedish producers Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh and songwriter Savan Kotecha. Martin is best known for producing Britney Spears. These guys produced all the hit singles from My Everything. The album was certified 2XPlatinum. After Ariane's May 22, 2017 concert at the Manchester Arena was the target of a suicide bombing, she had already produced several songs for the 2018 album Sweetener with Pharrell Williams. Some of those songs were scrapped and then Martin and Salmanzadeh produced about half the songs on the album. No Tears Left To Cry was the lead single. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sweetener was certified Platinum. Ariane's 2019 album Thank You, Next did even better. It was certified 2XPlatinum and 7 Rings was her first #1 hit single. For the 2020 album Positions, Ariane is now working with producer Tommy "TBHits" Brown. They had worked together previously but he produced most of this album. Martin has been working with Lady Gaga so that is keeping him busy. Ariana announced she would not record new music during the COVID-19 crisis. Currently she is working on the two part film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked. That should keep her busy for a while. Here's the video for No Tears Left To Cry by Arianna Grande.