One of the hottest names in the music scene Olivia Rodrigo is taking over charts and breaking Spotify records with her new single ‘drivers license‘
The new stunning and emotive piano-driven single “drivers license” debuts at No. 1 on theARIA Charts and becomes the first debut single to top the charts since 2017 (Harry Styles, Sign of the Times).
With her new single, Rodrigo’s set the Spotify record for most streams in a day for a non-holiday song with over 15.17M global streams. On January 12, the song beat its own record with over 17.01M streams. Additionally, “drivers license” had the biggest weekly streaming debut for any song globally in Spotify history.
In the first week of “drivers license” release, the song debuted at No.1 across major streaming platforms including the Spotify Global Top 50 Chart, the Spotify Australian Top 200 Chart and the Apple Music Global Chart. The single went to No. 1 at Apple Music in 48 countries, at Spotify in 31 countries, and at YouTube in 14 countries.
The new single which was written by Rodrigo, “drivers license” underscores her songwriting prowess and knack at creating immediately powerful music. Complete with radiant harmonies, kinetic percussion, and Rodrigo’s soaring vocals, the Dan Nigro produced song is a brilliant balance of unfiltered outpouring and graceful specificity articulated by a talented young artist wise beyond her years.
Olivia’s social media outlets go crazy and have skyrocketed over the past week, where she now boasts over 4.9 million Instagram followers. Her following across all her social platforms is over a total of 11.5 million combined, up 6.5 million additional followers in just 10 days.
Named to Variety’s “Power of Young Hollywood List 2020,” Rodrigo currently stars as the lead ‘Nini Salazar-Roberts’ in Disney+’s hit show, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which is filming its second season.