Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell\u00a0(\/\u02c8a\u026al\u026a\u0283\/\u00a0EYE-lish;\u00a0born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single “Ocean Eyes”, written and produced by her brother\u00a0Finneas O’Connell, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. In 2017, she released her debut\u00a0extended play\u00a0(EP),\u00a0Don’t Smile at Me. Commercially successful, it reached the top 15 of record charts in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.<\/p>\n
Eilish’s debut studio album,\u00a0When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?\u00a0(2019), debuted atop the US\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200\u00a0and\u00a0UK Albums Chart\u00a0and was one of the year’s best-selling albums. Its single “Bad Guy” became the first by an artist born in the 21st century to top the US\u00a0Billboard Hot 100\u00a0and be certified\u00a0Diamond\u00a0by the\u00a0Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The next year, Eilish performed the theme song “No Time to Die” for the\u00a0James Bond film\u00a0No Time to Die, which topped the\u00a0UK Singles Chart\u00a0and won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Original Song\u00a0in 2022. Her subsequent singles “Everything I Wanted”, “My Future”, “Therefore I Am”, and “Your Power” each peaked within the top ten in the US and UK.<\/p>\n
Eilish’s second studio album,\u00a0Happier Than Ever (2021), topped the charts in 25 countries. She wrote and performed “What Was I Made For?” for the fantasy film\u00a0Barbie\u00a0(2023), which became her second number-one single in the UK and earned her a second Academy Award. Her third album,\u00a0Hit Me Hard and Soft\u00a0(2024), was met with critical acclaim and spawned the US top-five singles “Lunch” and “Birds of a Feather”, with the latter becoming her first number-one on the\u00a0Billboard Global 200.<\/p>\n
Eilish has received\u00a0many accolades, including two\u00a0Academy Awards, nine\u00a0Grammy Awards, two\u00a0American Music Awards, twenty\u00a0Guinness World Records, seven\u00a0MTV Video Music Awards, three\u00a0Brit Awards, and two\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. She is the second artist in Grammy history to win\u00a0all four general field categories\u2014Record of the Year,\u00a0Album of the Year,\u00a0\u00a0Song of the Year, and\u00a0Best New Artist\u2014in the same year. Eilish is also the first person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award and the youngest two-time winner.\u00a0She was featured on\u00a0Time magazine’s inaugural\u00a0Time\u00a0100 Next list\u00a0in 2019 and the\u00a0Time\u00a0100\u00a0in 2021.\u00a0According to the RIAA and\u00a0Billboard, Eilish is the 26th-highest-certified digital singles artist and one of the most successful artists of the\u00a02010s.\u00a0She was honoured as one of the\u00a0BBC\u00a0100 Women\u00a0in December 2022.\u00a0Eilish has a history of political activism, focusing on\u00a0climate change awareness,\u00a0women’s reproductive rights, and\u00a0gender equality.<\/p>\n
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Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell\u00a0(\/\u02c8a\u026al\u026a\u0283\/\u00a0EYE-lish;\u00a0born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single “Ocean Eyes”, written and produced by her brother\u00a0Finneas O’Connell, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. In 2017, she released her debut\u00a0extended play\u00a0(EP),\u00a0Don’t Smile at Me. Commercially successful, it reached […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-31793","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n