When people talk about success, they almost always end by saying that ‘nothing is going to happen overnight.’ In Olivia Rodrigo’s case, this is most definitely a lie. Olivia Rodrigo began 2021 as a relatively minor Disney star: she had a reoccurring role on Disney+ ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ and had appeared in other Disney channel shows. Although a fan favourite by avid Disney fans, she was little known outside of this marginal bracket. However, in the background, Olivia and her producer Dan Nigro had been tirelessly crafting and perfecting Olivia’s breakthrough into the music industry and main stage of pop. In early January 2021, the day finally arrived.
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Plus, the album scored the largest week, by units, for an artist s debut charting effort since the Billboard 200 transitioned from an album-sales only ranking to an equivalent album units-based chart on the December 13, 2014 survey, according to Billboard.
Rodrigo is also the first woman to see her debut charting album open at No. 1 since Cardi B s album Invasion of Privacy in 2018.
Hit: Sour was released on May 21 and quickly shot to No. 1 in several countries
Success: Rodrigo s Sour also had a huge streaming week with it being the second-largest in numbers ever for a non-R&B/hip-hop album, and second-biggest for an album of any genre by a female artist