Ariana Grande’s Nonna Receives Plaque for Breaking Hot 100 Record

Ariana Grande’s grandmother recently made history — and now she has a plaque to show for it!

Several weeks after the pop superstar’s beloved 98-year-old grandma Marjorie “Nonna” Grande became the most-senior person to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, thanks to her spoken-word feature on the eternal sunshine track “ordinary things,” she’s been gifted a framed plaque to highlight the accomplishment.

The display features a smiling photo of Nonna next to a red vinyl record of her granddaughter’s seventh studio album, as well as an image of her song’s position at No. 55 on the chart.

“certified with love,” reads text at the bottom of the plaque.

Ariana Grande and Marjorie “Nonna” Grande at the 2016 American Music Awards in Los Angeles on November 2016.

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To celebrate, Nonna took an adorable photo posing with the framed plaque. She was all smiles in the shot and held up the gift in honor of her record-smashing feat while sitting, seemingly due to its sheer size.

Nonna also appeared to wear red lipstick and a red, turtlenecked sweater to match the shade of the Grammy winner’s vinyl pressing.

Ariana took to Instagram to share the heartwarming photo of her grandmother and opened up in the caption about how thrilled she was to be able to celebrate her.

The “yes, and?” wrote, “celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the @billboard Hot100 🥹🥹🌞♡”

“we love and thank you 。˚❀ 🥹,” she added.

“ordinary things” charted on the Billboard Hot 100 immediately after eternal sunshine was released on March 8. It was among the 12 songs from the 13-track LP to appear on the chart once the record dropped and simultaneously debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The song closes out eternal sunshine and features the 98-year-old lovingly reflecting on her late husband, Frank Grande.

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Although it wasn’t the first time she and Ariana collaborated — as she previously spoke on theYours Truly track “Daydreamin'” and “Bloodline” from Thank U, Next — “ordinary things” was the first to credit her as a feature and co-writer.

Marjorie “Nonna” Grande and Ariana Grande attend the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, California in August 2014.

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Majorie shattered the Billboard Hot 100 record by taking the title over from the Fred Stobaugh. According to Billboard, the late musician was 96 in 2013 when he was the record holder for writing “Oh Sweet Lorraine,” which was performed by Green Shoe Studio featuring Jacob Colgan.

Ariana previously opened up in an interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe about how hearing a “voice note” of her grandmother talking to a friend inspired her to make “ordinary things” the album closer.

“I knew ‘ordinary things’ was the end of the album,” the Wicked star shared. “I was like, ‘This is the last song, but I wonder how I can put that button on it and have it land emotionally the way that I feel it can, and how can I answer the question?'”

The “we can’t be friends” singer explained that she realized the answer “right smack in the middle” of Marjorie’s 30-minute note. “I always record my Nonna because you never know what she’s going to say,” she added.

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