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Ariana Grande’s Grandmother Is The Oldest Artist To Chart On The Billboard Hot 100
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Ariana Grande’s grandmother is officially the oldest artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at age 98.
Grande’s Nonna, Marjorie Grande, is credited as a singer and co-writer on her new single Ordinary Things, which hit No. 55 on the chart. The song is the last track on the Grammy winner’s seventh album, Eternal Sunshine, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Ordinary Things features a recording of Nonna imparting a bit of wisdom to her famous granddaughter, drawing from her experience with her late husband, Frank.
“Never go to bed without kissin goodnight,” Nonna says. “Thats the worst thing to do; dont ever, ever do that. And if you dont feel comfortable doing it, youre in the wrong place — get out.”
Nonna has also appeared on previous songs by Grande, though without credit, including 2013’s “Daydreamin,” from Grandes debut album Yours Truly, and 2019’s “Bloodline,” from Thank U, Next.
According to Billboard, Nonna is the senior-most artist to land on the chart since the chart began in 1958.
She nabbed the record from the late Fred Stobaugh, who was 96 when the song he wrote, Oh Sweet Lorraine, spent a week at No. 42 in 2013. The song was credited as by Green Shoe Studio featuring vocalist Jacob Colgan.
Before Stobaugh, the record was held by the late Tony Bennet, who was 85 when his duet with the late Amy Winehouse, Body and Soul, spent a week at No. 87 in 2011.
TMX contributed to this article.
