Olivia Rodrigo at the premiere of Disney + ‘s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” at Walt Disney Studio Lot on November 01, 2019 in Burbank, California.
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Newcomer Olivia Rodrigo has been on everyone’s lips since the release date of her debut single “Drivers License” – and for good reason: the 17-year-old singer and actress is now number 1 in the twelve days after the first release with the power ballad “Billboard Hot 100” charts again. A triumph that follows numerous new records in the past few days: On January 11, 2021, Spotify confirmed that the “drivers license” with more than 15.17 million global streams set the platform’s record for most streams in one day (holidays exclusive). Just one day later, the same song broke its own record and had 17.01 million streams within one day.
According to the data site “MRC”, “drivers license” was streamed a total of 76.1 million times in the USA and sold 38,000 times as downloads in the week ending January 14, 2021. The ballad thus marks a new weekly record for the debut single by a female artist, which was advertised accordingly on the radio, on streaming services and other platforms. In addition, the ballad recorded a total of 8.1 million radio airplay hits in the week up to January 17, 2021.
But who is Olivia Rodrigo anyway? And how can you explain the success of your debut single? With the help of a leading role in the Disney + series “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”, the 17-year-old was able to build a considerable fan community and demonstrate her musical talent – this is how the song “All I Want “from my own pen.
That alone doesn’t make a debut single a world hit. What is really noticeable about Rodrigo’s song, however, is her incredibly impressive vocal volume and the realistic lovesick lyrics from the perspective of an injured teenager. In addition, fans of the Disney series rumor that this ex-boyfriend is Rodrigo’s play partner Joshua Bassett – another small but not unimportant factor that explains the meteoric rise of “drivers license”. The singer herself said about the success in an interview with “Big Top 40”: “The song has been out for a week and it was the craziest week of my entire life. (…) It’s funny how everything has changed, but actually nothing has changed either. I still do the same things that I did before. “
