Olivia Rodrigo is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her roles as Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and as Paige Olvera on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark. Rodrigo signed with Interscope and Geffen Records in 2020. Her critically acclaimed debut album, Sour, was released on May 21, 2021. It was preceded by two more singles, “Deja Vu” and “Good 4 U”, with the latter becoming her second single to debut at number one in both the US and UK.
Rodrigo signed with Interscope Records and Geffen Records in 2020. On January 8, 2021, she released her debut single, “Drivers License”, which she co-wrote with producer Dan Nigro. Within the week of its release, “Drivers License” was critically acclaimed, and broke Spotify’s record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song with over 15.7 million global streams on January 11, and over 17 million global streams the next day. The song debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100, and also reached number-one chart positions in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
On April 1, 2021, Rodrigo released her follow-up single, “Deja Vu”, which debuted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist to debut their first two releases in the top 10 of the Hot 100. The third single preceding her debut album, “Good 4 U”, followed on May 14, 2021, and became her second single to debut at number one on the Hot 100. Sour, her debut studio album, was released on May 21, 2021, to critical acclaim.
The pop star has currently two songs in the top 2 spots across pop music charts with “Good 4 U” and “Deja Vu”.
—
Photo Credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com