2018 is just as much of a horribly tragic year for Ariana Grande. The ups and downs of her engagement with Pete and friendship with Selena. Hopefully, 2019 brings something different...
In February, Ariana became the first artist since The Beatles to land in the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Her songs, 7 Rings, Thank U, Next, and Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored dominated the charts.
She shared her thoughts about it in a instagram post: 'i laughed when i saw this bc i thought y'all edited it. thank u from the bottom of my heart. for so many reasons. first time since the beatles huh (and first time for a solo artist?). that's wild. i thought this was a joke when i saw it i'm not kidding. i love you. so much. always have n will. thank u for everything. i can't believe this is real fr. thanks for making history w ya girl today. and for making me feel loved. bye crying.' She later appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden.
"When I woke up, I thought it was like an edit that one of my fans made," she said to James. "Because, you know, they're like insane people that I love. I thought it was a joke."
"It's really wild. My mom and I were driving around listening to The Beatles all day and I was like, 'This is crazy.' I was like, 'I'm so sorry, this is so weird.'"
After the show, she posted a photo to her instagram.
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Back in December, Ariana was nominated for two Grammy's (Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album). Her image was used on billboards and buses promoting the event. The Grammy's teased a performance from her, but she actually didn't agree on performing at the event to begin with following her conversation with Grammy producers who wanted to choose which songs she performed.
The whole week leading up to the Grammy's, everyone kept speculating if Ariana would attend, but right before the event she adressed the situation on twitter calling out Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich for saying "she felt it was too late for her to pull something together."
She tweeted: 'i've kept my mouth shut but now you're lying about me. i can pull a performance together over night and you know that, Ken. it was when my creativity and self expression was stifled by you, that i decided not to attend. i hope the show is exactly what you want it to be and more.'
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Like everyone else who wasn't attending, Ariana was at home watching the Grammy's with her family. She really was only watching to see if her ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller, would win Best Rap Album his 2018 album, Swimming. Even if it was posthumous, he still deserved it.
Before his category winner was announced, Ariana was scrolling through twitter when her mother, Joan, and brother, Frankie, started clapping and cheering from the living room. They ran into the room screaming, "Ariana! You won! You won!"
"What?" She couldn't help the smile that spread across her face, "Really?"
"Yes, baby!" Joan hugged her daughter tightly, "They just announced it! Congratulations! Your first grammy!"
"Oh my God," Ariana laughed, "I didn't think I'd win after earlier today."
"I'm so proud of you!" Frankie pulled her into a hug next, "I'm gonna called Nonna right now!"
Ariana's phone started blowing up. She watched the tv screen as they showed her fourth album, Sweetener, won Best Pop Vocal Album.
She took to twitter first as her fans started bomboarding her with thousands of tweets.
'i know i'm not there tonight (trust, i tried and still truly wished it had worked out tbh) and i know i said i try not to put too much weight into these things ... this is wild and beautiful. thank you so much,' she tweeted.
"Everyone wants to know what I was going to wear," Ariana sighed as she thought about her untouched custom made Zac Posen gown that was sitting in her closet. She had it made months in advance and was dissapointed she wasn't able to show it off.
After some calls with her friends, everyone came over, and she got dressed up as if she were going to attend the Grammys. She posed for photographs in her dress and posted them to instagram for all her fans to see.
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All her friends came over and congratulated her. She changed out of her dress and everyone finished watched the grammys in the living room. The room fell silent as Mac's category was going to be announced.
'literal bullshit,' 'bullshit,' 'fuck,' and 'trash' Ariana immediately tweeted after it was announced that Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy won the category instead.
"Wow." Frankie shook his head in disapointment.
"I really thought he had a chance," Joan was suprised at the winner, "Like, seriously? His parents... his family must be devastated."
"His mom was gonna have a green suit made," Ariana said with disgust written all over her face, "He slept in the studio for two months to make that album. He was so... he put in so much work. He deserved it. And his family."
"Well, atleast his fans know who the real winner is," Joan put an arm around her daughter after they turned the tv off.
"It just sucks that he's never gonna win a grammy," Ariana whispered.
