Olivia Isabel Rodrigo is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her roles as Paige Olvera on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark and Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Rodrigo signed with Interscope and Geffen Records in 2020 and released her debut single "Drivers License" in January 2021. It reached number one in multiple countries, including the United States. 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 the US.
Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, in Temecula, California. She has a mother of German and Irish descent and a father of Filipino ancestry. Rodrigo stated that her great-grandfather moved from the Philippines to the United States as a teenager, and her family follows Filipino traditions and cuisine. Rodrigo began taking acting and singing classes at age six and started acting in theater productions at Lisa J. Mails Elementary School and Dorothy McElhinney Middle School. She moved from Murrieta to Los Angeles when she landed her role on Bizaardvark.
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. Rodrigo stated in an interview that "It's been the absolute craziest week of my life ... My entire life just, like, shifted in an instant."
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. Charlie Gunn of The Forty-Five called it "the greatest coming-of-age album since early Taylor Swift or Lorde," Robin Murray of Clash said that Rodrigo is regarded as one of Gen Z's finest artists.
Olivia Isabel Rodrigo is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She is known for her roles as Paige Olvera on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark and Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Rodrigo signed with Interscope and Geffen Records in 2020 and released her debut single "Drivers License" in January 2021. It reached number one in multiple countries, including the United States. 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 the US.
Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, in Temecula, California. She has a mother of German and Irish descent and a father of Filipino ancestry. Rodrigo stated that her great-grandfather moved from the Philippines to the United States as a teenager, and her family follows Filipino traditions and cuisine. Rodrigo began taking acting and singing classes at age six and started acting in theater productions at Lisa J. Mails Elementary School and Dorothy McElhinney Middle School. She moved from Murrieta to Los Angeles when she landed her role on Bizaardvark.
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. Rodrigo stated in an interview that "It's been the absolute craziest week of my life ... My entire life just, like, shifted in an instant."
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. Charlie Gunn of The Forty-Five called it "the greatest coming-of-age album since early Taylor Swift or Lorde," Robin Murray of Clash said that Rodrigo is regarded as one of Gen Z's finest artists.
