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2021 is over so let’s take a look at Ariana Grande’s best moments of the year:
Ariana Grande started the year releasing the “34+35″ remix featuring Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion on January 15th. She later released the music video for it on February 12nd.
One week later, on February 19th, she released the deluxe edition of “Positions” with five additional songs: “someone like u (interlude)“, “test drive“, “34+35 (remix)“, “worst behavior” and “main thing“.
On March 14th, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain On Me” won “Best Pop Duo/Group Performance” at the 2021 GRAMMYs, becoming the first female collaboration ever to win this category and Ariana Grande’s 2nd Grammy.
On April 23rd, The Weeknd released the remix of “Save Your Tears” with Ariana Grande. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending almost the entire year on it (50 weeks out of 52). As of January 2022, the song has more than 800 million worldwide streams.
On a Saturday in mid-May, Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez got married at an intimate wedding, after almost a year and a half of their relationship.
On May 27, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande performed “Save Your Tears (Remix)” live for the first time at the 2021 iHeart Radio Music Awards. Later published on Abel’s YouTube channel, the performance is one of the most viewed performances of 2021 on the platform, with over 90 million views.
On June 16th, Ariana Grande was featured on a special skit called “No Lockdowns Anymore” with James Corden and Marissa Jaret Winokur on James’s The Late Late Show.
On June 25th, Doja Cat released her latest album “Planet Her” which contains “I Don’t Do Drugs” with Ariana Grande. As of January 2022, the song has 100 million worldwide streams.
On June 21st, Ariana Grande released the Vevo Official Live Performance of “pov“. As of January 2022, the performance has almost 30 million views on YouTube.
On July 7th, Ariana Grande released the Vevo Official Live Performance of “safety net” with Ty Dolla $ign. As of January 2022, the performance has 15 million views on YouTube.
On July 14th, Ariana Grande released the Vevo Official Live Performance of “my hair“. As of January 2022, the performance has more than 10 million views on YouTube.
On July 15th, Ariana Grande released the Vevo Official Live Performance of “34+35“. As of January 2022, the performance has more than 10 million views on YouTube.
On July 21st, Ariana Grande released the Vevo Official Live Performance of “off the table” with The Weeknd. As of January 2022, the performance has more than 10 million views on YouTube.
On July 22nd, Ariana Grande released the Vevo Official Live Performance of “positions“. As of January 2022, the performance has 20 million views on YouTube.
On July 29th, Ariana Grande released her eighth fragrance called “God Is A Woman“.
On September 10th, after days of teasing, Ariana Grande officially announced that she worked on a beauty brand, called r.e.m beauty, in the October issue of Allure Magazine. With the magazine, she did a photoshoot, an interview, and a YouTube video where she talks about her most iconic music videos.
On September 20th, Ariana Grande was a guest on Kelly Clarkson’s The Kelly Clarkson Show, ahead of The Voice 21st season premiere.
On October 10th, Ariana Grande started a collaboration with the therapy service, BetterHelp for the world mental health day. The singer collaborated with the service to give away 8 million dollars in free therapy.
On October 15th, Kelly Clarkson released her latest Christmas album “When Christmas Comes Around…” which contains “Santa Can’t You Hear Me” with Ariana Grande. The duo later performed the song on Kelly Clarkson NBC Christmas special, “When Christmas Comes Around…”, on December 1st.
On October 20th, Ariana Grande was featured on the first episode of Eric Vetro’s podcast, “Backstage Pass with Eric Vetro“. During the episode she talked about her past musical journey, touring, vocal range, and more.
On November 5th, Ariana Grande was a guest on Jimmy Fallon’s The Late Night Show, where he announced the release date of r.e.m beauty and announced that she was cast as Glinda in the film adaption of “Wicked” The Musical.
On November 12nd, Ariana Grande’s beauty brand, r.e.m beauty, has been officially launched.
On November 29th, Ariana Grande and the other The Voice coaches were guests on the first episode of Jimmy Fallon’s new game show, “That’s My Jam“.
On December 7th, Jimmy Fallon released “It Was A… (Masked Christmas)” featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion. The Christmas song talks about last year’s holidays and vaccine boosters.
On December 15th, Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi performed “Just Look Up” at The Voice finale.
On December 24th, “Don’t Look Up“, the star-studded film directed by Adam McKay starring Ariana Grande as Riley Bina was released on Netflix.
We can’t wait to see what Ariana will do this year! In the meantime, I wish you all a Happy New Year!