Nickelodeon has seen a number of child stars that have gone on to do great things. Ariana Grande is one of their biggest success stories as she is one of the biggest pop stars in the entire world. After appearing on Victorious and then Sam & Cat, she went on to release several successful albums and is only creating more and more music. She has one of the biggest followings in the world and has become a household name. Ariana has 121 million IG followers and over 24 million subscribers on YouTube.

Ariana has been in the spotlight for quite a long time so fans know almost everything about her, or so they think. There are some things about Ariana Grande that only true fans will remember, or even know in general. She is very open with her fans, but mainly on her social media pages or random little interviews, so if you really want to know everything about Ariana Grande then you have to pay attention to the little details.

Well, lucky for you, we did all of the hard work! We compiled a list of the top thirty things that any true fans of Ariana Grande should know, so that you know exactly what to talk to her about when you finally meet her.

Ariana is definitely a woman of many talents, and also secrets! She's got a lot of stuff going on in her life, and with this article, you just might be able to find out something about this Dangerous Woman that you didn't know before.

30 She Loves Anything Spooky

Pretty much everyone has a favorite holiday, a day that they look forward to above all if the rest. For Ariana, it's Halloween, as she is obsessed with anything horror. She has loved Halloween and everything horror since she was a kid, and stated in an interview with US Magazine that her mom was actually a bit concerned when she was a kid. “My mom thought I'd grow up to be [a criminal] because I wore Halloween masks around the house,” said Ariana.

Even though she is now twenty-four, she still goes all out for the holiday.

Last year she had a couple of costume changes from various movies including The Matrix, Pokémon, and Moonlight Kingdom.

29 She Hates Her First Single

Ariana was always interested in music and started her career on stage, so it was no surprise when she started working with a producer to release her own single. Her very first single was “Put Your Hearts Up” and was described as “bubblegum pop.” This single was released in 2011 and was recorded for a teen-oriented pop album.

However, Ariana disowned this track saying that she had no interest in recording this type of music.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Ariana called it “the worst moment of my life.” Despite Ariana’s hatred of this song, it was pretty successful and was certified gold by the RIAA.

28 She Never Had Any Vocal Training

Ariana has one of the craziest ranges ever to be heard. She is able to reach notes that most artists can only dream about and sounds just as good live as she does in the studio. She started her musical career on Broadway, where she starred in a musical called 13, but before she launched her career she never received any formal training from a vocal coach or even a school.

Everything that she learned she taught herself along the way, which is pretty amazing considering how far she has come in just a couple of years.

Ariana is a hard worker who is not afraid to put the time and effort in to achieve her goals.

27 Sam & Cat Are Actually Friends

Ariana and Jennette were both stars on two popular Nickelodeon shows and received their own TV shows when their respective shows were canceled. On Sam & Cat, they played best friends who lived and worked together.

Their chemistry and friendship on the show was amazing, so it's no surprise that they are actually pretty good friends in real life.

The two of them also share a birthday, which is a bit of a strange coincidence. Their show was supposedly canceled because the two of them couldn’t get along, but Jennette quickly squashed those rumors and said that they are like sisters.

26 She Is A Broadway Baby

Broadway is a completely different universe than any other form of entertainment. In many ways, it is more demanding, especially on vocalists, because of the number of shows that they are required to do a week. For kids, it is even harder because they are less experienced and advanced. Nonetheless, Ariana started her music and acting career on Broadway in a musical called 13. This musical is about a young boy who recently moved from a small town in Indiana to New York City. He is navigating his parents' recent divorce while also trying to find where he fits in at his new school. Ariana played the role of Charlotte in the musical, a popular cheerleader at school.

25 She Co-Founded A Youth Singing Group

Ariana was doing big things even she wasn’t so big. When she was just ten years old she co-founded a youth singing group called “Kids Who Care.” According to their website, “Kids Who Care” is a nonprofit international theatre company that "produces creative and confident kids through musical theatre education, performance, and dance." “Kids Who Care” is located in Fort Worth, Texas. Ariana has been very vocal about helping out young kids who want to break into the entertaining or music industry, so it's no surprise that she had a hand in creating such a large foundation for kids to be themselves and be creative.

24 She Has A Secret Behind Her Ponytail

Everyone has a signature hairstyle or look that they gravitate towards. Ariana’s signature hairstyle has become a super high ponytail and is what most people associate her with. However this is not really by her choice, or at least it wasn’t in the beginning.

In order to play Cat Valentine on Victorious, she had to have bright red hair.

This was obviously not something natural. So she had to dye her hair very often in order to maintain this look. As a result of all of the dying and chemicals, her hair was pretty damaged and she even lost a good amount of it. So she wears this ponytail in order to cover up the hair loss that she suffered as a result of dying her hair red.

23 She's Spoken For

Even though she is super busy balancing her career and personal life, Ariana has had her fair share of high profile relationships over the years. She has dated Big Sean, Nathan Skyes, and Mac Miller, but most recently she started dating Pete Davidson. Davidson is a comedian who is a cast member on Saturday Night Live.

Ariana and Pete began dating this past May and became engaged just weeks later.

There was a lot of speculation about whether or not this was true or just speculation, but both stars seem to have taken to Instagram to confirm their impending marriage.

22 She's A Floridian

When Ariana’s mom was pregnant with her, she, along with Ariana’s father, packed up and left New York City to move to Florida. Ariana was born in Boca Raton and stayed there for most of her childhood. Her parents separated when she was eight or nine years old, and she has seemed to have a strained relationship with her father.

When she was thirteen, she started to become serious about pursuing a music career so she and her mother packed up and moved to New York City.

From there, she went on to complete her studies as well as star in a Broadway musical. As for Ariana, Florida will always be her home and she returns there as often as she can to visit family, especially her Nonna.

21 Her First Concert Was A Katy Perry Concert

It is a bit strange that someone with such a successful music career had never been to a concert until they were eighteen, but Ariana Grande did just that. She never went to any concerts until after her music career was already in full motion. Of course, her first concert was none other than Katy Perry. Ariana and Katy have been pretty close for a while and seem to only have good things to say about one another. Katy even said that she would love to record a song with Ariana at some point in the future. They are two of the biggest names in pop nowadays.

20 Showbiz Runs In The Family

Ariana is not an only child and, in fact, she has an older brother named Frankie. Frankie is no stranger to show biz himself and is a producer and an actor. He has performed on Broadway and was also a contestant on the sixteenth season of Big Brother.

Frankie started his career in 2007 after graduating from Muhlenberg College with a triple major in biology, theatre, and dance.

Nowadays, he is one of the biggest social media personalities. His YouTube channel has more than 400,000 followers and he was 25 million views on YouTube alone. Not to mention his 1.7 million Instagram followers and 1.1 million Twitter followers.

19 She Loves Animals More Than People

Animals are great for a ton of different reasons. Ariana is obsessed with animals, especially dogs, and has a total of seven dogs! Her current dogs include Coco, Strauss, Toulouse, Pignoli, Cinnamon, Lafayette, and Myron.

She has big dogs, small dogs, mixed dogs, and dogs with pretty unique names.

She brings some of them on tour with her around the world and has featured most of them in one of her music videos. The best part is that all of her dogs are rescue dogs so she gave a ton of dogs a home that most can only dream about.

18 Her Music Career Began With Victorious

Ariana always knew that she wanted to break into the music industry but was finding it a bit hard. She was also interested in acting, so when she landed a role on Victorious, a TV show that is about music, she really hit the jackpot. From here she was featured on the soundtrack for the show. This soundtrack is what began her music career and her descent into international superstardom. Her first feature was on the track “Give It Up” from the soundtrack, Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show. While filming the show, she recorded herself doing covers of other songs and uploaded them online. From there, she was referred to a representative from Republic Records and the rest is history!

17 She Is A Huge Hockey Fan

Ariana is a very complex woman and has a couple of other major interests other than music and acting. She is also a huge hockey fan, and her favorite team is the Florida Panthers. Before she was an international superstar, she sang the national anthem at a game when she was just eight. She used to go to every single home game of the Florida Panthers when she was a kid and had a tendency to get hit with pucks. Even though she sustained a fair amount of bruises from her love for hockey, she never stopped going and still tries to attend a game whenever she gets a chance. She even performed a concert in the same arena that the Florida Panthers play their home games in.

16 She's A Gamer

When you take a quick look at Ariana, she may look like your typical girly girl but there is a lot more to her than just that. Ariana is actually a huge lover of video games. She has stated in multiple interviews that she is particularly fond of playing video games with her family whenever she gets the chance. Ariana even got the chance to appear in a video game when Victorious: Time To Shine came out for the Xbox 360 Kinect and Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut came out for the Nintendo DS.

These games allow you to sing, dance, and make friends in the game with some of your favorite characters from the show.

“I’ve always been a huge gamer, and now I get to be a part of Victorious: Time to Shine and Victorious: Hollywood Arts Debut, which in itself is just too cool for words,” said Ariana in an interview with girlslife.com in 2016.

15 Scooter Braun Is Her Manager

The mastermind behind many of Ariana Grande’s biggest moves is Scooter Braun. It is not surprising seeing as he also skyrocketed Justin Bieber into fame a couple of years ago. For a little while, Ariana parted ways with Scooter and had her mother take the reins when it came to managing her.

But in 2016, the officially reunited and he has been seen accompanying her to some of her larger tapings.

Braun has a credit on her most recent album, Dangerous Woman, that was released in 2016. When Ariana was trying to organize something for the victims in Manchester, Scooter took the reins and made sure that the concert was the most successful that it could be. There were a couple of his other large name clients on the roster.

14 She Is Obsessed With Harry Potter

The Harry Potter series is one of the biggest franchises in the entire world, even years after the last book and movie were released. Ariana is no stranger to this series; actually, she is completely obsessed with it and even named one of her dogs after a Harry Potter character. She is probably one of the biggest Harry Potter fans in the entire world and has visited Harry Potter World a number of times, most recently with her beau Pete Davidson. She has read the entire Harry Potter series a number of times and even has a custom Dumbledore jacket in her wardrobe.

13 She Loves Roller Coasters

Ariana has a very serious fear of heights and has talked about it a couple of times. Despite this, she loves roller coasters and everything that comes along with theme parks. She celebrated her 21st birthday in Disney World and most recently celebrated her engagement in the same place with Pete Davidson. She posted a couple of videos of her and her fiancé riding Space Mountain with her brother, Frankie, and her mother, Joan. She has been spotted at a number of other theme parks including Harry Potter World, Universal Studios, and Six Flags! Ariana is always friendly with fans when she is at places like this and at least offers them a smile and wave.

12 Her First Crush Was A Boy Band Member

If you were raised in the 90s or early 2000s, then you probably know exactly who NSYNC were.

NSYNC was one of the biggest boy bands to ever exist, so it's no surprise that their frontman was the first boy to ever catch Ariana’s eye.

Justin Timberlake is now one of the biggest solo artists as well as actors in the entire world, but back then he was the frontman for NSYNC. She stated that she fell in love with him when she was just a little girl, around three or four, but she remembers wanting to marry him.

11 She Has A Thing For Comedians

The Janoskians are a group of friends from Australia who made videos of them performing challenges, playing games, or just annoying one another for fun. They were just normal kids who seemed to blow up overnight as a result of their hilarious videos, but one of them was lucky enough to catch the attention of Ariana Grande.

Jai Brooks and Ariana met through Twitter in 2012 and began a long-distance relationship.

They broke up the next year when Jai accused her of deceiving him with Nathan Sykes. Ariana denied this and they dated again for a short time in 2014 before breaking up again that same year.