Ariana Grande’s Grammy Wins, What They Mean for the Eternal Sunshine Tour
Ariana Grande — Grammy Wins, VMAs & Eternal Sunshine Tour 2026
- Grande holds 3 Grammy wins: Sweetener (2019), Rain on Me with Lady Gaga (2021), Defying Gravity with Cynthia Erivo (2026).
- She has won 13 MTV VMAs, including Video of the Year 2025, anchoring the tour’s high-concept live spectacles.
- Her role as Glinda in Wicked earned Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
- The Eternal Sunshine Tour runs June 6 – September 1, 2026, across 41 North American and UK arena dates.
Grande has won 3 Grammy Awards, 13 MTV VMAs, and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Every one of those accolades maps directly onto the Eternal Sunshine Tour setlist.
Her first headline run since 2019 opens June 6 at Oakland Arena and closes September 1 at the O2 Arena in London, 41 dates across the most decorated era of her career.
Ariana Grande Grammy Wins The 3 That Define the Setlist
Grammy #1 — Best Pop Vocal Album, Sweetener (2019)
Grande won her first Grammy at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Album for Sweetener, released on Republic Records.
That win validated her most experimental era. Songs from Sweetener, “God is a Woman,” “Breathin,” and “No Tears Left to Cry” anchor the emotional mid-section of every Eternal Sunshine Tour show.
Grammy #2 — Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, “Rain on Me” (2021)
Grande and Lady Gaga won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for “Rain on Me,” released on Republic Records.
Per Billboard, that track became the first female collaboration to win that category in Grammy history.
The track sits in the tour’s high-energy run alongside “7 Rings” and “thank u, next.”
Grammy #3 Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, “Defying Gravity” (2026)
Grande and Cynthia Erivo won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on February 1, 2026, for “Defying Gravity” from the Wicked soundtrack.
Neither artist attended the ceremony. The win arrived weeks after Wicked: For Good received zero Oscar nominations, a sharp contrast to the first film’s 10 nominations.
| Year | Grammy Category | Work | Co-Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Best Pop Vocal Album | Sweetener (Republic Records) | |
| 2021 | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | “Rain on Me” | Lady Gaga |
| 2026 | Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | “Defying Gravity” (Wicked) | Cynthia Erivo |
Grande has earned 20 Grammy nominations in total, per the Recording Academy.
Every nominated album appears somewhere in the Eternal Sunshine Tour setlist.
Ariana Grande’s 13 VMAs: How They Built the Live Show
Grande has won 13 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year at the 2025 VMAs for “Brighter Days Ahead.”
Those wins are not just trophies. Each one came with a high-concept video that fans now expect recreated on stage.
“Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings”: The VMA Anthems
“Thank U, Next,” released on Republic Records, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Its four-video, pop-culture-reference set defined the VMA era, and both “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings,” also on Republic Records, appear in the 2026 tour, per Setlist.fm averages subject to change.
American Music Awards: The Stage Blueprint
Grande holds three American Music Awards, including Artist of the Year (2016) and New Artist of the Year (2013).
Those AMA performances set the choreography-heavy, stadium-scale staging template the Eternal Sunshine Tour now runs on.
Ariana Grande and Wicked: Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe Nominations
The Nominations
Grande’s portrayal of Glinda in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked (2024) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, the first acting nomination of her career.
That same performance generated nominations at the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, per Wikipedia’s verified awards record.
Wicked: For Good (2025) added a second Golden Globe nomination in the same acting category.
The Box Office Scale
The first Wicked film won two Oscars from 10 nominations: Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.
Wicked: For Good opened to $226 million globally in its debut weekend, the biggest opening for a movie musical in box office history, per West End Theatre reporting.
What Playing Glinda Did to Her Voice
Playing Glinda across two film productions required sustained classical stamina that pop performance alone does not demand.
Long takes, live recording sessions, and theatrical vocal discipline all built on top of her existing four-octave range.
The Recording Academy noted that Grande’s “mastery over her instrument only continues to grow with each new album.”
Fans at the Eternal Sunshine Tour hear a vocalist who recorded a Grammy-winning duet under cinematic pressure and returned to pop staging with more control than she left with.
The six-year gap since the Sweetener World Tour is not an absence. It is preparation.
Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine Tour Show Schedule
Grande takes the stage at approximately 8:00 PM local time at most venues, per Ticketmaster’s official listings.
Doors open roughly 90 minutes before showtime. Confirm exact times with your venue before the night.
| Date | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|
| June 6, 2026 | Oakland Arena | Oakland, CA |
| June 9–10, 2026 | Oakland Arena | Oakland, CA |
| June 17–20, 2026 | Kia Forum | Inglewood, CA |
| June 24, 2026 | Moody Center ATX | Austin, TX |
| June 30, July 2, 2026 | Amerant Bank Arena | Sunrise, FL |
| July 6–8, 2026 | State Farm Arena | Atlanta, GA |
| July 16, 2026 | Barclays Center | Brooklyn, NY |
| Aug 15–Sept 1, 2026 | O2 Arena | London, UK |
Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine Tour Expected Setlist
Grande is expected to open with “intro (end of the world)” and close with “thank u, next,” per Setlist. FM Eternal Sunshine Tour averages are subject to change per night.
The show runs in three acts: Eternal Sunshine album material first, a mid-show nostalgia run, and then a closing sprint of Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s.
- intro (end of the world)
- we can’t be friends (wait for your love)
- Yes, and?
- 7 rings
- eternal sunshine
- imperfect for you
- the boy is mine
- positions
- 34 + 35
- god is a woman
- pov
- dangerous woman
- ordinary things
- thank u, next
Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine Tour Tickets
Primary ticket prices start around $59 for standard sections, per Ticketmaster’s official listings.
Grande opted out of dynamic pricing across all dates. She stated publicly that the resale surge is “not right” and that she is “incredibly bothered,” per Wikipedia’s tour page.
Ticketmaster reissued canceled scalper tickets directly to fans via a request process in February 2026.
Secondary market prices on SeatGeek and StubHub run well above face value for sold-out nights at Barclays Center and the O2 Arena.
Check Ticketmaster’s official Ariana Grande page for current availability and reissued ticket updates.
Ariana Grande Grammy and Awards FAQ
How many Grammys does Ariana Grande have?
Ariana Grande has 3 Grammy Awards from 20 career nominations, per the Recording Academy’s official record.
Did Ariana Grande win a Grammy for Wicked?
Yes—Grande and Cynthia Erivo won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2026 Grammys for “Defying Gravity” from the Wicked soundtrack.
Was Ariana Grande nominated for an Oscar?
Yes—Grande received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for playing Glinda in Wicked (2024).
How many MTV VMAs has Ariana Grande won?
Grande has won 13 MTV VMAs, including Video of the Year at the 2025 ceremony for “Brighter Days Ahead.”
Will Ariana Grande perform Grammy-winning songs on the Eternal Sunshine Tour?
“Yes—”thank u, next,” “7 rings,” and Sweetener-era tracks feature in her expected setlist per Setlist.fm averages.
When does the Eternal Sunshine Tour start?
The tour starts June 6, 2026, at Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, and ends September 1 at the O2 Arena in London.