Ariana Grande: 'The Way' Singer Covers 'Seventeen Magazine'

Ariana Grande continues to kick the ever-loving mess out of 2013. In a year that's already included a hit single with Mac Miller ("The Way") a starring role in a new TV show (Sam and Cat) and a written beatdown of all the haters who claimed she has an eating disorder (here), Grande can add one more accomplishment to the list: getting on the cover of Seventeen.

Grande talked up her first album Daydreamin' in the cover story for the August issue of the magazine.

"I'm a big perfectionist! I'm trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do," the Nickelodeon star said of her upcoming album.

Grande's album is loosely scheduled for an August release, after which Grande will open for Justin Bieber on his Believe tour.

Grande turned one of the few negatives of 2013 into a positive earlier this month. When rumors began to spread about a possible eating disorder, she opted to face them head on.

"Yes, I lost a bit of weight last year," wrote Grande, who went on to clear up that the weight loss was the result of an improved diet.

"The lifestyle change I chose to make last August is not and was never about being skinnier, she said. "I just wasn't taking care of myself at all. I was making really poor choices.The reason why I lost as much weight as I did is because I used to live on junk food."

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