Her unique style and songs have made her into a super star. So it’s the perfect time to get to know her a little bit better.
- Her full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell
- In 2020 she became the youngest person to win all four top awards at the Grammys in one year
- She was born in December 18, 2001
Billie Eilish is an American singer and songwriter - Her debut single, “Ocean Eyes”, went viral
It has accumulated over 194 million streams on Spotify as of January 2019 - Her debut EP Don’t Smile at Me was released in August 2017
- The EP went on to become certified Gold by the RIAA
- 5 of the songs also being RIAA- certified
four Gold
And one Platinum - Following the EP’s success, Apple Music named Eilish as its newest Up Next artist a month later in September 2017
- Her debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was released in March 2019
- Billie Eilish was raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles
- Her family consists of actors and musicians
- Her parents are actress- musician- screenwriter Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell
- She is mainly of Irish and Scottish descent
- She was homeschooled
- Billie Eilish joined the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus at age eight
- At age 11, Eilish began writing and singing her own songs
- She took after her older brother Finneas O’Connell who was already writing, performing and producing his own songs
- Her brother has a band
- In October 2015, Eilish recorded the song “Ocean Eyes”
- Initially written by Finneas for his band, and sent it to her dance teacher who helped to choreograph a dance to it
- “Ocean Eyes” was released as Eilish’s debut single on SoundCloud in 2016
- A music video was released on March 24, 2016
- A video of Eilish performing a dance to the song was released on November 22, 2016
That year, Eilish also released the single “Six Feet Under.” - “Ocean Eyes” was rereleased worldwide through Darkroom and Interscope Records on November 18, 2016
- It mainly garnered positive critical reviews
On January 14, 2017, Eilish released an EP with four remixes of “Ocean Eyes” - Billie Eilish released the single “Bellyache” on February 24, 2017
- “Bellyache” was produced and co-written by Finneas O’Connell
- The music video directed by Miles and AJ being released on March 22, 2017
- On March 30, Eilish released the track “Bored” as part of the soundtrack to the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- On June 30, 2017, Eilish released the single “Watch”
- The follow-up single was “Copycat” released on July 11, 2017
- This date was also the announcement of her debut EP, Don’t Smile at Me
- Each Friday in July, Billie Eilish would add another single to the EP
- It was in this manner that the singles “Idontwannabeyouanymore” and “My Boy” were released
- Don’t Smile at Me was released on August 12, 2017
- After the release, Eilish collaborated with
- American rapper Vince Staples for a remix of “Watch” titled “&Burn”
- This was later included on a re- release of the EP
- On February 2018, Billie Eilish embarked on the Where’s My Mind Tour
- The tour concluded in April 2018
- For the Record Store Day of 2018, Eilish announced a 7″ vinyl featuring an acoustic version of her song “Party Favor”
- It also included an acoustic cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling”
- Billie Eilish collaborated with American singer Khalid for the single “Lovely”
It was released in April 2018
It was added to the soundtrack for the second season of 13 Reasons Why - She also released the singles “Bitches Broken Hearts” and “You Should See Me in a Crown”
- On October 17, 2018, Eilish released the single “When the Party’s Over”
- In January 2019, Billie Eilish released a clip of a music video for her upcoming album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
- This clip was from the music video for “Bury a Friend”
- It was released as the album’s third single on January 30
- On November 27, 2018, videos emerged online of a compilation featuring Billie Eilish experiencing tics related to Tourette syndrome
- She posted on her Instagram account confirming Tourette syndrome was a part of her life
- Her main musical influences are the Beatles, Green Day and Avril Lavigne
- She is 19 years old
- Her instagram account has 12.3 million followers
- Her highest charted song on the Billboard Hot 100 is “When the Party’s Over” at number 52