At just 17 years old, the American singer, actress and songwriter Olivia rodrigo stomps on the art scene in the United States and the world.
The young woman, a native of California, already holds the record for being the singer of the song that reached the fastest 100 million reproductions in the history of Spotify: “Driver´s Licence“.
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This record had it Ariana Grande thanks to “7 rings“which broke the record for the music app in 9 days. Now Rodrigo beat him by positioning his hit in just 8 days, becoming America’s number one singer.
Olivia was born on February 20, 2003 and is part of the new generation of stars from Disney. She began her acting career at a very young age by participating in commercials and small plays.
But the young woman of Filipino descent on her father’s side and German and Irish on her mother’s side, achieved fame with “Bizaardvark“, one of the latest comedies from the entertainment giant that aired from 2016 to 2019.
Her work was so recognized that Disney did not hesitate to include her in a recent project: be one of the main characters of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series‘”, a remake of the remembered saga starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in 2006.
Olivia was chosen to play Gabriella Montez, the protagonist of the story that narrates the musical awakening of a group of students from a school in North America. The series, which has several musical elements, was the opportunity for the artist to show her talents as a singer.
Rodrigo’s participation in the series of Disney marked the beginning of his career as a musical performer. In 2021 he launched “Drivers License”, her first original single that talks about a love breakup and the different versions of a love story.
The cut has achieved position itself at number 1 in the Top 50 of Spotify in the United States, and remains Top 3 sales together with two songs by Taylor Swift, in Apple’s iTunes rankings.
The song will be part of the artist’s first EP, which will be released later this year by the producer and co-writer Dan Black who sponsored various artists such as Conan Gray, Lewis Capaldi, Carly Rae Jepsen.
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