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Billie Eilish
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<p>Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single "<a href="/facts/Ocean_Eyes_(song)/ulH8M4Em">Ocean Eyes</a>", written and produced by her brother <a href="/facts/Finneas_O%2527Connell/N565sEFL">Finneas O'Connell</a>, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. In 2017, she released her debut <a href="/facts/Extended_play/Eh0xpDPY">extended play</a> (EP), <i><a href="/facts/Don%2527t_Smile_at_Me/MLa06zoy">Don't Smile at Me</a></i>. Commercially successful, it reached the top 15 of record charts in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. </p><p>Eilish's debut studio album, <i><a href="/facts/When_We_All_Fall_Asleep%2c_Where_Do_We_Go%253F/3pSucyyL">When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?</a></i> (2019), debuted atop the US <a href="/facts/Billboard_200/XtbnoFSM"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and <a href="/facts/UK_Albums_Chart/h1hyzP13">UK Albums Chart</a> and was one of the year's best-selling albums. Its single "<a href="/facts/Bad_Guy_(Billie_Eilish_song)/8X6B8snn">Bad Guy</a>" became the first by an artist born in the 21st century to top the US <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> and be certified <a href="/facts/Diamond_(RIAA_certification)/TWwUbkQP">Diamond</a> by the <a href="/facts/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America/8a7K0Ubf">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA). The next year, Eilish performed the theme song "<a href="/facts/No_Time_to_Die_(song)/ScFXQNdq">No Time to Die</a>" for the <a href="/facts/James_Bond/FQQ7pp1y">James Bond</a> film <i><a href="/facts/No_Time_to_Die/eUzBh8YV">No Time to Die</a></i>, which topped the <a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK Singles Chart</a> and won the <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song/DzpS6KsM">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a> in 2022. Her subsequent singles "<a href="/facts/Everything_I_Wanted/oj1Wt7IB">Everything I Wanted</a>", "<a href="/facts/My_Future/5MhB2HQc">My Future</a>", "<a href="/facts/Therefore_I_Am_(song)/FglsL4VG">Therefore I Am</a>" "<a href="/facts/Happier_Than_Ever_(song)/wco2xpAK">Happier Than Ever</a>", and "<a href="/facts/Your_Power/GwGIuyWE">Your Power</a>", each peaked within the top ten in the US and UK. </p><p>Eilish's second studio album, <i><a href="/facts/Happier_Than_Ever/wco2xpAK">Happier Than Ever</a></i> (2021), topped the charts in 25 countries. She wrote and performed "<a href="/facts/What_Was_I_Made_For%253F/ytT7u0yb">What Was I Made For?</a>" for the fantasy film <i><a href="/facts/Barbie_(film)/JzFyC47n">Barbie</a></i> (2023), which became her second number-one single in the UK and earned her a second Academy Award. Her third album, <i><a href="/facts/Hit_Me_Hard_and_Soft/cS254XM1">Hit Me Hard and Soft</a></i> (2024), was met with critical acclaim and spawned the US top-five singles "<a href="/facts/Lunch_(song)/8f3K2Nzc">Lunch</a>" and "<a href="/facts/Birds_of_a_Feather_(Billie_Eilish_song)/oKCFmRdh">Birds of a Feather</a>", with the latter becoming her first number-one on the <a href="/facts/Billboard_Global_200/NaY9a2Xp"><i>Billboard</i> Global 200</a>. </p><p>Eilish has received <a href="/facts/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Billie_Eilish/YdWJ6suv">many accolades</a>, including two <a href="/facts/Academy_Awards/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Awards</a>, nine <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award/2bxYJjPV">Grammy Awards</a>, nine <a href="/facts/American_Music_Awards/3rSsshn4">American Music Awards</a>, twenty <a href="/facts/Guinness_World_Records/Az88wVWk">Guinness World Records</a>, seven <a href="/facts/MTV_Video_Music_Award/F9H94We9">MTV Video Music Awards</a>, four <a href="/facts/Brit_Awards/bxtQ4aR2">Brit Awards</a>, and two <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe_Awards/1v50C2Tb">Golden Globe Awards</a>. She is the second artist in Grammy history to win <a href="/facts/Big_Four_(Grammy_Awards)/38Sn4Asa">all four general field categories</a>—<a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Record_of_the_Year/6zTGxkBP">Record of the Year</a>, <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year/N7gTMqGf">Album of the Year</a>, <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Song_of_the_Year/zFgkyQB5">Song of the Year</a>, as well as <a href="/facts/Grammy_Award_for_Best_New_Artist/rb9gyG9N">Best New Artist</a>—in the same year. Eilish is also the first person born in the 21st century to win an Academy Award and the youngest ever two-time winner. She was featured on <i><a href="/facts/Time_(magazine)/N4FXc99l">Time</a></i> magazine's inaugural <a href="/facts/Time_100_Next/12J5tflY"><i>Time</i> 100 Next list</a> in 2019 and the <a href="/facts/Time_100/12J5tflY"><i>Time</i> 100</a> in 2021. According to the RIAA and <i><a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a></i>, Eilish is the 26th-highest-certified digital singles artist and one of the most successful artists of the <a href="/facts/2010s_in_music/od985sX4">2010s</a>. She was honored as one of the <a href="/facts/100_Women_(BBC)/11bWYwAf">BBC <i>100 Women</i></a> in December 2022. Eilish has a history of political activism, focusing on <a href="/facts/Climate_movement/FS5DBB79">climate change awareness</a>, <a href="/facts/Reproductive_rights/1pvX2FdN">women's reproductive rights</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gender_equality/8StWa3Sn">gender equality</a>. </p>