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Post by Admin on May 25, 2021 4:51:48 GMT
"Good 4" Olivia Rodrigo, who earned her second No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with her latest song from Sour "Good 4 U." The 18-year-old singer-songwriter's latest record-breaking smash drew 43.2 million U.S. streams and 3.8 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 12,000 downloads in its first week, according to MRC Data. "Good 4 U" also debuted atop the Billboard Global 200 in the week ending May 29. Her debut album Sour, which was released last Friday via Geffen Records, is the first debut album with two No. 1 Hot 100 debuts, following her blockbuster debut hit "Drivers License," which reigned for eight weeks starting in January. Its second single, "Deja Vu," opened at No. 8 on the all-genre tally in April. http://instagram.com/p/CPRGHzrrWpa "GOOD 4 U IS NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!! IM SO HAPPY AHHHHHH!!!!! ily @dan_nigro @alexander23," she wrote underneath the Billboard chart graphics paired with a meme of a sobbing cat on her Instagram. "Good 4 U" music video director Petra Collins, who's helmed many visuals for Selena Gomez, commented, "!!! Duh," while Conan Gray cleverly quoted her latest chart topper, "as the legendary olivia rodrigo once said, good 4 u bestie." Dan Nigro, who co-wrote "Good 4 U" and produced all of Sour, also shared the Hot 100 graphic and a screenshot of a three-way celebratory FaceTime call with Rodrigo and singer-producer Alexander 23. "Holy Sh--!!! Good 4 U just debuted at #1. So thankful to be able to make music with such close friends.... and thankful to the amazing team surrounding us that kept pushing us to make this song better!" he captioned the images on his IG. Alexander 23 shared the same FaceTime screenshot on his Story and later wrote while reposting Rodrigo's post, "lucky i get to make music with my friends. lucky my friends also happen to be the best in the world at making music!!"
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Post by Admin on May 31, 2021 20:36:44 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo should extend her stay atop the Official U.K. Singles Chart for at least another week with “Good 4 U” (Geffen).
The teenage U.S. artist and actor last Friday (May 28) set a handful of new records as her debut album Sour opened at No. 1 and “Good 4 U” climbed to the top of the national singles survey, for her second leader.
Rodrigo’s latest hit single rules the First Look chart, which ranks tracks based on the first 48 hours of sales and streaming activity, while her second single “Déjà Vu” (No. 5) and her debut “Drivers License” (No. 6) are impacting the Top 10.
Olivia Rodrigo Smashes Records En Route to U.K. Chart Double At this early stage, Stay Flee Get Lizzy's “Meant To Be” (Ye) featuring Fredo and Central Cee is on course to be the highest new entry. It’s at No. 16 on the chart blast.
Stay Flee Get Lizzy is the artist project of Dion “Sincere” Lizzy, the rapper and industry figure who landed a Top 40 hit with 2018’s “Ay Caramba” featuring Nottingham Fredo and hip-hop duo Young T & Bugsey.
Meanwhile, The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” (Republic Records/XO) lifts 8-3 following his performance with Ariana Grande at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards while Rag’n’Bone Man & P!nk’s “Anywhere Away From He
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Post by Admin on Jun 1, 2021 5:41:46 GMT
“I want it to be, like, messy”
That is the first thing you hear when you play Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, SOUR, which just hit #1 in its first week on the Billboard album charts. If her album has taught us anything, it’s that it's brutal out here.
For Olivia, “here” is having your heart broken by a guy who has moved on, and not knowing what to do with all the emotions that come with that. “Here” can mean a lot of things, and that’s one of the reasons why her debut album has dominated the charts.
Although the album is a collection of breakup songs one after another, the versatility in styles, lyrics, and lenses has expanded her audience demographic. Olivia has cracked the code.
Despite Olivia’s many hats, there’s no denying that her overall style focuses on the gut wrenching, give-me-a-tissue-box-NOW, vibe. However, the rock influence on “brutal” and “good 4 u”, and the jazz drop-beat inspired “jealousy, jealousy,” gives us a look at her flexibility as a musician. Not to blow my own horn, but the three songs she released prior to the album made my prediction that the album would look a lot like this. None of these eleven songs is a repeat of themselves, which is also why I’ve nicknamed the album as the eleven stages of heartbreak. The album opening, “brutal”, is beautiful chaos. Intense electric guitar riffs, screaming, and bold music cuts. It’s a perfect opening for an album all about an emotional storm. This album has set her up for long term success, and she’s now gone from a girl who’s had one major hit to someone who could be a pop superstar for decades.
One of Olivia’s superpowers is being in tune to what people want and being able to provide. The reason why artists are able to elicit strong responses from people is because they can relate their emotions, so that these feelings become a collective, tangible experience. There are lots of singers out there who have insane voices, but the ones who create a pop culture stir are the ones who write lyrics anyone can connect with even years after they were sung for the first time - and/or years after those moments happened to the listener personally. Taylor Swift also has this skill and Olivia has found a mentor in Taylor; it turns out that Olivia got permission to remake some notes from Taylor’s “New Year’s Day” for her ballad, “1 step forward, 3 steps back”. Reports say permission to interpolate the melody ensured that Scooter Braun wouldn’t get any royalties he would’ve gotten if she sampled the song. Despite the obvious inspiration from Taylor, Olivia was able to make this her own through the different maturity levels between them. Olivia’s song chronicles the confusion that comes when someone is giving you mixed signals, which, in the end, doesn’t get them anywhere. Taylor has obviously had more life experience, and so the contrast between the confidence levels in this failed relationship Olivia sings about brings the personal touch that Taylor is famously known for.
Simple yet specific lyrics with a touch of artistic symbolism – this is becoming Olivia’s golden rule and social media ate it UP. Not only were there fans obsessing over the odes to other loveable singers, but people who weren’t a part of Olivia’s young demographic were picking up on it.
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2021 5:11:17 GMT
If you're anything like me, you've been OBSESSIVELY rocking out to Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U" on repeat. Well, TikToker @giselelizbth has a theory that our new favorite singer put a massive Easter egg in the music video, and I cannot believe I missed this!! First, Gisele wondered why Olivia's cheer uniform looked so familiar. Then, she remembered that Lana wore an identical cheer uniform in The Princess Diaries!
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Post by Admin on Jun 11, 2021 22:11:07 GMT
Olivia Rodrigo has claimed another piece of UK chart history. As the new countdown is unveiled today (11) by the Official Charts Company, she becomes the first female artist ever to have three simultaneous titles in the Top 5 of the UK singles chart. “Good 4 U” starts a third week at No.1, with new weekly chart sales of 96,000. The OCC reports that this total includes 11.2 million streams. Meanwhile “Deja Vu” marks its tenth chart week by moving up one place to No.4, regaining its previous peak position of two weeks ago. http://instagram.com/p/CPt3UtNLBUr “Good 4 U” starts a third week at No.1, with new weekly chart sales of 96,000. The OCC reports that this total includes 11.2 million streams. Meanwhile “Deja Vu” marks its tenth chart week by moving up one place to No.4, regaining its previous peak position of two weeks ago. “Traitor,” which had one week on the chart at No.7 two weeks ago, re-enters at No.5, to ensure that Rodrigo joins the select handful of artists who have had three UK Top 5 songs at the same time. These include John Lennon, who achieved the feat posthumously for two consecutive weeks in January 1981, soon after his death, with “Imagine,” “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” and “(Just Like) Starting Over.”
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