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OLIVIA RODRIGO'S SOUR HITS SWEET SPOTIFY MILESTONE

March 14, 2025

Olivia Rodrigo’s debut, SOUR (Geffen), has surpassed 14.4b Spotify streams, the first album by a woman to reach this milestone.

Written by Rodrigo and Grammy-winning producer Dan Nigro, the 11-track set was released in May 2021 and debuted at #1 with more than 295k units moved in its opening week. It stayed atop the chart for five weeks, becoming the longest-reigning #1 album by a female artist in 2021.

Rodrigo earned seven Grammy nominations for the project, including Album of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. First single "Driver's License" was nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

In 2023 Rodrigo followed up with GUTS, which also landed at #1, with more than 302k first-week units.

O-Rod is scheduled to headline day one of BST Hyde Park 6/27, with support from The Last Dinner Party and girl in red. It will be her biggest headlining performance in the U.K. thus far. We were asked to kindly sit that one out. Revisit SOUR below.