Who is Olivia Rodrigo? Pop Sensation Takes Home 3 Grammys

Actor and pop Singer Olivia Rodrigo has won three awards at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. She won her Grammys in the Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist categories. This new pop sensation was expected to score big at the music awards as she was named 2021 Entertainer of the Year by Time magazine and Woman of the year 2022.

Olivia Rodrigo rose to fame when she played the role of Nini Salazar-Roberts in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, in November 2019. Being involved in the production of the show's soundtrack, she wrote "All I Want" and "Just for a Moment" with co-star Joshua Bassett. Her performance as well as her music was widely appreciated by the audience. Her debut song "Drivers Licence", went on to become a massive hit within the week of its release.

In her acceptance speech, at the Grammys, Olivia thanked all of her supporters, her team, and songwriters, stating, "Thank you to everyone at Interscope, especially John Janick, for believing in me and my songwriting before anything else." She also thanked her parents and best friend's saying, "I love you guys. She then expressed gratitude towards fellow songwriter Dan Nigro saying, "a huge thanks to Dan (Nigro), who made all of my music with me, Dan, you are the best friend, collaborator, and person I could ever ask for, so this is all because of you, so thank you."

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Drivers license broke Spotify's record twice for most daily streams ever for a non-holiday song, and for the first song in history platform's history to hit 80 million streams in seven days. It also debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in several countries worldwide. Today, the song also grabbed her a Grammy for the Best Pop Solo Performance at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Who is Olivia Rodrigo? All you need to know about this Pop sensation:

1. Olivia Rodrigo was born in the US and grew up in Marietta city of Georgia. She is Biracial, born to a Filipino-American father and a mother of German and Irish ancestry.
2. Playing guitar by the age of 12, Rodrigo became interested in songwriting after listening to Taylor Swift's country music.
3. Prior to her pop career, Olivia acted in many shows, but her most famous work as an actor is High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. She first appeared in a commercial for clothing brand Old Navy.
4. Olivia Rodrigo began acting at the age of twelve, playing the role of Grace Thomas in the direct-to-video film An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success. She also starred as Paige Olvera, a guitarist, in the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark, in 2016. With this role, the actor-singer shifted base to Los Angeles.
5. Rodrigo's debut song Drivers License was released on January 8 last year and became a global hit breaking several records. This song also gave way to her relationship controversy, with her High school Musical co-star Joshua Bassett.
6. Olivia Rodrigo has been signed up by Geffen Records owned by Universal.
7. Olivia released her debut album Sour on May 21, 2021. This album debuted at Number 1 globally and includes the massive hit singles of 2021, 'Drivers license', 'Deja Vu, 'Good 4 u', and 'Traitor'.
8. Olivia has often publically declared her love for Taylor Swift, calling Swift, her inspiration. Taylor Swift, following the release of 'Drivers License', commented "I say that's my baby and I'm proud" on Rodrigo's Instagram page.

At the 64th Annual Grammy Award, Olivia Rodrigo has hinted at new releases soon stating -" Sour just felt like such a distinct era in my life, and I felt like I wanted to give the songs and album time to breathe," she said. "And yeah, I'm excited to create a new era of my music. I really like the way the album existed as a body of work."