Olivia Rodrigo

**Olivia Isabel Rodrigo** (born February 20, 2003) is an American actress and GRAMMY© Award winning singer. She is known for her roles as Paige Olvera on the Disney Channel series *Bizaardvark* and Nina Salazar-Roberts on the Disney+ series *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*. She released her debut single, "Drivers License", in January 2021, which reached number one in multiple countries worldwide, including the United States. Her GRAMMY© Award winning 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.

## Personal life

*Main article: Relationships*
Olivia Isabel Rodrigo was born on February 20, 2003, at Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, California, to school teacher Jennifer and family therapist Chris Rodrigo. She lived and grew up in neighboring Temecula. Rodrigo is Filipino American; her father is Filipino while her mother has German and Irish ancestry. She has stated that her paternal great-grandfather moved from the Philippines to the United States as a teenager and her family follows Filipino traditions and cuisine. Rodrigo started taking vocal lessons in kindergarten and learned to play piano soon after. She began taking acting and singing classes at age six and started acting in theater productions in elementary school. Rodrigo was playing guitar by age 12. She grew up listening to her parents' favorite alternative rock music, such as the bands No Doubt, Pearl Jam, the White Stripes, and Green Day. Rodrigo became interested in songwriting after listening to country music, especially American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. She moved to Los Angeles after landing her role on Bizaardvark.

## Career

See also: Olivia Rodrigo/Awards

Rodrigo first appeared onscreen in an Old Navy commercial. Shortly after 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. In 2016, Rodrigo received recognition for starring as Paige Olvera, a guitarist in the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, a role she played 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. For the show's soundtrack, Rodrigo wrote "All I Want" and co-wrote "Just for a Moment" with co-star Joshua Bassett. 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.

Rodrigo signed with Interscope Records and 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." plus, She Also Founded Her Own Record Label, Which Is For Herself And Her Band Olivia Rodrigo And The Stinc Team. Called Teammate Records In 2021.

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". Slate's 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 to YouTube. On December 6, 2021, Rodrigo announced a tour, performing in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Three days later, she was named Entertainer of the Year by Time. In an Instagram post on December 24, 2021, Rodrigo uploaded a snippet of a Christmas song called "The Bels" that she wrote and recorded at age five. According to Billboard, Rodrigo closed 2021 as the best-selling singles artist worldwide, placing eight songs on the year-end Global 200 chart, including "Drivers License" at number four, "Good 4 U" at number nine, and "Deja Vu" at number 27. In the US and UK, Sour was respectively the third and fourth best-selling album of 2021. Sour and "Drivers License" were also respectively Spotify's most streamed album and song globally. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) ranked Rodrigo as the tenth best selling artist of 2021 and Sour as the second best selling album of 2021.

On February 17, 2022, Rodrigo announced and released the trailer of her Disney+ documentary film Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U, which was released on March 25, 2022. Rodrigo received seven nominations at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Album of the Year for Sour, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Drivers License". She won the awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album for Sour, and Best Pop Solo Performance for "Drivers License".

It's rumoured that she has written the song Better Together

## Discography

*Main article: Discography*
* *Sour* (2021)
* *Guts* (2023)
* OR3 (2025)

## Filmography

*Main article: Filmography*
* *An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success* (2015)
* *New Girl* (2016)
* *Bizaardvark* (2016-2019)
* *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series* (2019–2022)
* *Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film)* (2022)

## Trivia

* Rodrigo became the youngest artist ever to debut atop of the US Billboard 100 chart.
* Rodrigo broke the record for most songs in the top 10 at one time by a woman on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart.
* Rodrigo's debut single, "Drivers License" broke Rolling Stone's 100 history.
* Rodrigo broke the record for the most global Spotify streams in a single week.
* Olivia Rodrigo is a female at birth with an average height paired with a slim figure, she stands at 166 cm (5 ft 5.5 in) tall and weighs 50 kg.

## References

1. ↑ *Music Feeds* - Olivia Rodrigo's Debut Single 'Drivers License' Has Already Made Streaming History
2. ↑ *Variety* - Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Hits No. 1 Across Major Streaming Platforms, Earns Praise From Taylor Swift

## External links

* Olivia Rodrigo (Official Site)
* Olivia Rodrigo (IMDb)
* Olivia Rodrigo on YouTube
* Olivia Rodrigo on Spotify
* Olivia Rodrigo on Apple Music
* Olivia Rodrigo on YouTube Music
* Olivia Rodrigo on SoundCloud
* Olivia Rodrigo (@oliviarodrigo) on Instagram
* Olivia Rodrigo (@oliviarodrigo) on Twitter
* Olivia Rodrigo (livbedumb) on TikTok[1]
* Olivia Rodrigo (@OliviaRodrigoOfficial) on Facebook
* Olivia Rodrigo in Spanish