On the same day as Ariana Grande’s divorce, her grandmother broke a record on Billboard

The divorce between Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez is now official. The Los Angeles Superior Court issued the ruling legally dissolving the marriage this Tuesday, March 19, almost three years after me. The couple had been separated for more than a year.

They had a prenuptial agreement and everything came together without too many complications. As agreed, Ariana Grande will make a one-time payment of $1.25 million to Gomez, with no future alimony, give her half of the proceeds from the sale of her Los Angeles home and cover up to $25,000 of her ex-partner’s legal fees.

But it wasn’t all bad news for the pop star. The same day their separation was made official His grandmother, Marjorie “Grandma” Grande, managed to break a new Billboard record. Everything happened thanks to his participation Ordinary thingsone of the songs from his niece’s latest album, Eternal sun.

The song featuring Ariana Grande’s grandmother reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 this Monday. With this result, Grandma He became the oldest person to appear on this list since its first publicationon August 4, 1958.

Ariana’s “Grandma” got the record from Fred Stobaugh, a retired truck driver who was 96 when he listed for the song. Oh sweet Lorraine, which he composed in 2013 for his recently deceased wife, to whom he had been married for 73 years. The song became the curtain of a video documentary that went viral in the same year of its release, allowing it to enter the charts.

The legendary Tony Bennett is now ranked third on Billboard’s Longevity chart. The last time the musician entered the Hot 100 was when he was 85 years old, thanks to that song Body and soul, which he released with Amy Winehouse in 2011.

How is your participation in the song?

In Ordinary things Ariana sings about a relationship that doesn’t work. The couple you are referring to is devastated. She discovers that they have nothing in common, despite having everything and finding themselves faced with a world of possibilities.

This track, which many fans believe is directed at Ariana’s ex-husband, (like much of the album) features guest appearances from “Grandma.” She begins by talking about her relationship with Frank, her late husband.. “And when she came home and saw him, when he got off the train for the first time, it was like God Almighty had come,” says the pop star’s grandmother.

Marjorie Grande’s monologue, ends with wise love advice for his niece, in what appears to be a telephone conversation. “Never go to sleep without a goodnight kiss. It’s the worst thing you can do. Don’t ever, ever do it,” she says with conviction “Grandma.”

“And if you can’t, if you don’t feel comfortable doing that, you’re in the wrong place. Get out of there,” she adds, finishing the song that led to her breaking a record.

Marjorie Grande is not only credited on the song as an artist (thus becoming the only one to collaborate on the album eternal sun)But He also appears in the song’s list of composers.