Ariana Grande doesn't usually go by her full name, but there are super-sweet reasons that the "7 Rings" singer used it for her credit in "Wicked."

For now, we’ll have to wait and bide our time and take Ariana Grande’s word on how Wicked: For Good differs from its first half. The countdown is on with every exciting comment and announcement for the second Broadway-turned-musical movie hit arrives.

As a kid, Grande loved singing karaoke with her family. "I looked up to Whitney and Mariah and Celine endlessly," she says. "I think that's a large part of the reason why I learned to sing."