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Olivia Rodrigo

Singer, songwriter and actor

Born 2003

Olivia Rodrigo is an American singer, songwriter and actor whose screen career preceded her first pop album. An only child, she grew up in Southern California with a teacher mother and a therapist father, attending auditions and singing at local talent shows. Her family moved to Los Angeles while she was in middle school. She played Grace Thomas in An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success, then Paige Olvera in Disney’s Bizaardvark and Nini in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The latter also introduced her songwriting through All I Want. In a 2023 interview she described learning to build songs around piano chords while working as a young actor, then developing songwriting as a craft rather than relying only on spontaneous emotion. Drivers License began her solo breakthrough in 2021, followed by SOUR, made with producer and songwriting collaborator Daniel Nigro. Its success brought three Grammy wins in 2022, including Best New Artist. GUTS, partly recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studios, followed in 2023; the expanded GUTS (spilled) arrived the next year. Her filmed work includes the SOUR road documentary Driving Home 2 U, a Netflix GUTS World Tour concert special and an interview appearance in Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery. In 2025 she headlined Glastonbury and performed with Robert Smith; the festival recording later became a live album. Alongside music, her Fund 4 Good supports organisations working for women and girls. Her third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, was released in June 2026. She discussed its literary and post-punk influences in interviews and began The Unraveled Tour in Hartford in September. Its European dates remain forthcoming. A December 2026 Los Angeles Jingle Ball appearance remains an announced future engagement.

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ConnectionDaniel NigroProducer and songwriting collaborator on GUTS.

ConnectionChappell RoanDuet partner in the filmed GUTS World Tour concert.

ConnectionRobert SmithOnstage collaborator in the Glastonbury recording.

Official records · wins and honours

Awards & Honours

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2025
Grammy AwardsNomination
Nomination: Best Song Written for Visual Media
Can’t Catch Me Now
Official record
2024
Grammy AwardsNomination
Nomination: Album of the Year
GUTS
Official record
2024
Grammy AwardsNomination
Nomination: Record of the Year
vampire
Official record
2024
Grammy AwardsNomination
Nomination: Song of the Year
vampire
Official record
2024
Grammy AwardsNomination
Nomination: Best Rock Song
ballad of a homeschooled girl
Official record
2022
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best New Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Official record
2022
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Pop Vocal Album
SOUR
Official record
2022
Grammy AwardsCompetitive win
Best Pop Solo Performance
drivers license
Official record
2022
BRIT AwardsCompetitive win
International Song
good 4 u
Official record
2021
Apple Music AwardsCompetitive win
Breakthrough Artist
Olivia Rodrigo
Official record
2021
Apple Music AwardsCompetitive win
Album of the Year
SOUR
Official record
2021
Apple Music AwardsCompetitive win
Song of the Year
drivers license
Official record

Nomination: Best Song Written for Visual Media

Nomination: Album of the Year

Nomination: Record of the Year

Nomination: Song of the Year

Nomination: Best Rock Song

Best New Artist

Best Pop Vocal Album

Best Pop Solo Performance

International Song

Breakthrough Artist

Album of the Year

Song of the Year