Rebecca Black

**Rebecca Renee Black** (born June 21, 1997) is an American singer and YouTuber who became famous for her 2011 single, "Friday". Her single gained around 1,000 views in the first month and has had negative views. After the video saw many views on YouTube and other social media websites, "Friday" expressed unpraise by many music critics and viewers. They described it as "the worst song ever". After the video was uploaded in Youtube on February 10, 2011 and its temporary removal on June 16, 2011, the music video received around 167 million views. Black re-uploaded it to her own YouTube channel in September 2011.

In 2023, Black released her first album _Let Her Burn_. It had mostly positive reviews from critics. She released her second album _Salvation_ on February 27, 2025.

## Early life

Rebecca Renee Black was born on June 21, 1997, in Irvine, California. She is the daughter of John Jeffery Black and Georgina Marquez Kelly, who are veterinarians. Her mother is of half Mexican ancestry, and her father is from Iowa, is of Italian, English, and Polish ancestry. She has one younger brother named Chase (born August 25, 1999). Her parents divorced in 2003 when Black was in first grade. Her grandmother lives in Illinois. Black's aunts and uncles live around the United States.

Black originally attended private school from kindergarten to 6th grade. She moved to a public school due to bullying. She joined the school's musical theater program, which she felt being involved in was "meant to be," and that she became part of another family. In April 2011, she dropped out in favor of homeschooling because she needed to focus on her career and she wanted to avoid insults from her former classmates. She was also failing English class because of her busy schedule.

### Studio albums

|style="width:15em;"|Title|style="width:18em;"|Details|
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|* Released: February 9, 2023 * Label: Self-released * Formats: LP, digital download||||
|* Released: February 27, 2025 * Label: Self-released * Formats: LP, digital download||||

### Extended plays

|style="width:15em;"|Title|style="width:18em;"|Details|
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|* Released: September 15, 2017 * Label: Teall, self-released * Formats: CD, digital download||||
|* Released: May 29, 2020 * Label: Jam in the Van * Formats: Digital download||||
|* Released: June 16, 2021 * Label: Self-released * Formats: Digital download||||

### Singles

|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"|Title|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Year|scope="col" colspan="9"|Peak chart positions|scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"|Certifications|scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|2011|58|1|—|40|61|46|33|45|60|* RIAA: Gold|rowspan="6"||
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|rowspan="2"|2012|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
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|2013|55|2|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|2016|—|—|23|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_RE / BL_||
|rowspan="2"|2017|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="6"||
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|rowspan="3"|2020|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
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|rowspan="5"|2021|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||_Rebecca Black Was Here_||
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|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="2"|_Rebecca Black Was Here_|||
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|rowspan="3"|2022|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||||
|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_Let Her Burn_|||
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|2023|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|rowspan="2"|2024|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—||rowspan="3"|_Salvation_|
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|2025|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|||||
|colspan="16" style="font-size:85%"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.|||||||||||||

### Music videos

|scope="col" style="width:18em;"|Title|Year|Director|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope="row"|"Friday"|rowspan="4"|2011|Patrice Wilson and Clarence Jey|||
|scope="row"|"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"|Marc Klasfeld|Guest appearance only; Katy Perry's music video||||
|scope="row"|"My Moment"|Morgan Lawley|||||
|scope="row"|"Person of Interest"|Mazik Self|||||
|scope="row"|"Sing It"|rowspan="2"|2012|rowspan="2"|Ryan Pesecky||
|scope="row"|"In Your Words"||||||
|scope="row"|"Saturday"|2013|Chris Grieder||||
|scope="row"|"The Great Divide" (Crash Cove Remix)|2016|Taljon DeRuiter||||
|scope="row"|"If We Were a Song"|rowspan="3"|2017||||
|scope="row"|"Foolish"|Lobster Bear|||||
|scope="row"|"Heart Full of Scars"|Garrett Nicholson|||||
|scope="row"|"Satellite"|2018|Jesse Dacri, Emily Skeggs and Zach Williams||||
|scope="row"|"Anyway"|rowspan="3"|2019|Garrett Nicholson|||
|scope="row"|"Do You?"|rowspan="2"|Bia Jurema||||
|scope="row"|"Sweetheart"||||||
|"Ass Like Mine"|rowspan="3"|2020|Brad Hammer|Guest appearance only; Morgan McMichaels's music video|||
|scope="row"|"Alone Together"||||||
|scope="row"|"Edgelord"|Dorian Electra and Weston Allen|Featured; Dorian Electra's music video||||
|scope="row"|"Friday (Remix)"|rowspan="2"|2021|Weston Allen|||
|scope="row"|"Yoga"|Shiraz and Mike|Featured; bbno$'s music video||||
|scope="row"|"Crumbs"|rowspan="2"|2022|rowspan="2"|Luke Orlando||
|scope="row"|"Look at You"||||||
|"Sick to My Stomach"|2023|Christina Bryson|||||
|scope="row"|"Trust!"|rowspan="2"|2024|Olivia De Camps|||
|scope="row"|"Sugar Water Cyanide"|Rebecca Black, Buck Andrews, Kelsi Franzino, Jack Kolbe and Audrey Lipsmire|||||
|"Salvation"|2025|Olivia De Camps|||||

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Type|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|_Katy Perry: Part of Me_|Herself|Film|Documentary||
|2013|_Legend of a Rabbit_|Penny|Film|Voice (English dub)||
|2014|_Fine Brothers_|Herself|Web|YouTubers React session (Season 3)||
|2016|_Life After Friday_|Herself|Web|||
|2022|_Is It Cake?_|Herself|Netflix series|Episode 5||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Nominated work|Event|Award|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|2011|"Which Seat Can I Take?"|MTV O Music Awards|Favorite Animated GIF|||
|Herself|Teen Choice Award|Choice Web Star|||||
|2022|_Rebecca Black Was Here_|Libera Award|Self-Released Record of the Year||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Rebecca Black
- **img**: Rebecca Black @ El Rey 05 20 2023 (53047678286) (cropped).jpg
- **img capt**: Black in 2023
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Rebecca Renee Black
- **birth place**: Irvine, California, United States
- **genre**: pop music, Pop
- **instrument**: Singing, Vocals
- **years active**: 2010–present
- **label**: RB Records, Maker Studios