6 things you didn't know about Ariana Grande

(not me anyway)

Of course I had heard of her. I definitely knew ‘One Last Time’, but my knowledge of Ariana doesn't go much further than that. My daughters are still more in the Kids for Kids phase, hence. Manchester.

 
Now she is in my heart. Because of her tweet, her visit to the hospital, because she wants to pay for the victims' funeral and because of that fabulous One Love Manchester concert. Now I want to know everything about her and indoctrinate my daughters until they also become little Arianators. My youngest daughter even has Ariana as a middle name. So.

1. Impress a little

Ariana is, after Adele, the second female artist in history to have three songs in the top 10 of the official US charts as the main performer.

2. Kendall Jenner, eat your heart out

Did you think you were somewhere with your 81 million followers on Instagram (okay okay, that's quite a lot), Ariana laughs that off with a hard 108 million and counting. On Twitter, she touches 45 million and she has 16 million YouTube subscribers.

3. Bye Catholic Church

Ariana was Roman Catholic until her brother Frankie came out and was no longer welcome in the church. No Frankie, no Ariana. Simple as that.

4. Close with her brother

Ariana's brother is a dancer and producer. Ariana released a perfume with him that, oddly enough, is called Frankie.

5. Big names

Ariana is only 23 years old (she turns 24 on June 26) and has already worked with Stevie Wonder and Andrea Bocelli.

6. And this

She is a vegan and has the highest female singing voice: the soprano. Critics say she is not among the best singers in the world, but I would say: Ariana, with your heart, humor, style, presence, fans, and musicality; who gives a flying fart. Not me anyway. A hundred hearts.