Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of The Year
Eighteen-year-old singer/songwriter Olivia Rodrigo walked away with Apple Music Awards in three categories for her breakout debut single, driver’s license that came out in January and quickly rose to the top of the charts.
In fact, driver’s license registered the highest first-week streams ever for a debut single on Apple Music, and stayed in the top spot on Apple’s Daily Top 100: Global Chart for over a month. It was also the fastest-ever debut solo track by a US artist to rack up five million Shazams.
I did my first interview for ‘drivers license’ with Apple Music, and so much has happened since then. It’s truly surreal. Thank you to Apple Music for these amazing awards.
Olivia Rodrigo
Rodrigo’s debut single was followed up in May by a full album, SOUR, which also broke the record for the highest number of first-week streams on Apple Music, with every one of its eleven songs topping the charts globally and individually in 66 other countries.