Olivia Rodrigo’s Debut Album SOUR Is The Most Streamed Album By A Female Artist In Spotify History
SOUR, the debut album from multi-platinum, three-time GRAMMY® award-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo is the most streamed album by a female artist in SPOTIFY history. Released on May 21, 2021 via Geffen Records, SOURentered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 and would go on to become the longest-running debut album in the chart’s top 10 of the 21st century—and the first to spend an entire year in the upper echelon. SOUR also entered the charts at No. 1 in the U.K., Canada, Ireland, Norway, Holland, Sweden, Australia, and New Zealand. Upon release, SOUR scored the most U.S. audio streams for a female debut album ever and broke the record for the most-streamed album in a week by a female artist on Spotify.
The 5x Platinum singles “drivers license” and “good 4 u” topped the Billboard Hot 100 while the top 5 song “deja vu” has been certified 3x Platinum. With over 1.1 billion streams, “drivers license” was the top streamed song of 2021 on Spotify. The album’s 11 tracks have all been certified by the RIAA—and have landed in the top 30 of Billboard’s Hot 100, making Rodrigo the first female artist to simultaneously chart 11 or more songs in the top 30.
Named the #1 Album of 2021 by Rolling Stone and hailed as one of the Best Albums of 2021 by The New York Times, among others, SOUR is now 4x Platinum in the U.S. and has sold over 21 million albums globally with over 50 billion streams worldwide.
Rodrigo took home GRAMMY® awards for Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album for SOUR and Best Pop Solo Performance for “drivers license.”
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