Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.

Olivia Isabel Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, in Murrieta, California to Jennifer, a school teacher, and Chris, a family therapist.

An only child, she grew up in neighboring Temecula.

Rodrigo was born half-deaf in her left ear.

Rodrigo is Filipino American; Sources on Rodrigo's Filipino American identity:

Rodrigo attended Lisa J. Mails Elementary School in Murrieta, participating in their after-school musical theater program.

At age five, her parents signed her up for vocal lessons with Jennifer Dustman, who would begin to enroll Rodrigo in various local singing competitions.

Under the advisement of Dustman her parents enrolled her in acting lessons.

She began taking piano lessons at age 9.

Rodrigo first became interested in songwriting after listening to country music, namely singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and was playing guitar by age 12.

As a child actress, Rodrigo first appeared onscreen in an Old Navy commercial.

In 2015, at age twelve, she made her acting debut portraying the lead role of Grace Thomas in direct-to-video film An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success.

She first rose to prominence for starring on the Disney television programs Bizaardvark (2016–2019) and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019–2022).

She attended Dorothy McElhinney Middle School in Murrieta for a year, until moving to Los Angeles after landing an acting role in Disney Channel's Bizaardvark in 2016; she was homeschooled from then until her graduation in 2021.

Starring as the character Paige Olvera, a guitarist, she played the role for three seasons.

In February 2019, she was cast in the starring role of Nini Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which premiered in November of that year.

Rodrigo was praised for her performance, with Joel Keller from Decider describing her as "especially magnetic".

In 2022, she left the show at the end of its third season to focus on her music career.

Following her 2020 signing with Geffen Records, Rodrigo released her debut single, "Drivers License", which broke various records and became one of the best-selling songs of 2021, helping her achieve mainstream fame.

She followed it up with the singles "Deja Vu" and "Good 4 U", and released her debut studio album, Sour, in 2021.

The album earned her critical and commercial success, winning various accolades, including three Grammy Awards.

A Disney+ documentary, Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U, followed in 2022, chronicling her creative process with Sour.

In 2023, Rodrigo released her second studio album, Guts, supported by the singles "Vampire", "Bad Idea Right?", and "Get Him Back!", the first of which became her third number one single in several countries.

Overall, Rodrigo has achieved three Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, two Billboard 200 number-one albums, and five multi-platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Her other accolades include an American Music Award, seven Billboard Music Awards, and three MTV Video Music Awards.

Time named her the 2021 Entertainer of the Year and Billboard named her Woman of the Year in 2022.

Rodrigo signed with Geffen Records in 2020.

She negotiated the record deal to secure for herself ownership of the masters of her music.

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.

It went on to break another Spotify record for the first song in history to hit 80 million streams in 7 days.

The song debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100, and reached number-one in numerous other countries.

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.

Slate Chris Molanphy said its first three singles alone established Rodrigo's "early status as Gen-Z's most versatile new artist".

According to Clash critic Robin Murray, Rodrigo is regarded as one of Generation Z's finest artists, while Variety dubbed her "the voice of her generation" in its cover story of Rodrigo.

Sour debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and spent a total of five weeks at the spot, becoming the longest reigning number-one album by a female artist in 2021.

In June 2021, Rodrigo premiered Sour Prom, a prom-themed concert film on YouTube.