Billie Eilish has obtained a BRIT Billion Award for reaching one billion UK streams.
The 21-year-old hitmaker is the most recent artist to obtain the prize by the BPI after hitting the superb landmark, as recognised by the Official Charts Firm.
Her single ‘Dangerous Man’ has over 300 million streams alone, whereas she has six different songs which have all crossed the 100 million mark.
When Billie was simply 17, she turned the youngest feminine artist in UK chart historical past to land a primary album with debut report ‘When We All Fall Asleep, The place Do We Go?’
She just lately topped the singles charts with ‘What Was I Made For’, her ninth high 10 single within the UK.
The BRIT Billion Award was formally launched in Could earlier this yr, with 13 artists among the many first wave of recipients together with ABBA, Coldplay, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Anne-Marie and Lewis Capaldi.
Different artists recognised embrace AJ Tracey, Headie One, George Ezra, Ellie Goulding, RAYE, Sam Smith and Rita Ora.
Since then, the prize has been offered to Olivia Rodrigo, Wizkid, Queen, Becky Hill and James Arthur.
Not one to relaxation on her laurels, Billie is busy engaged on her third report along with her brother and collaborator Finneas, and she or he just lately defined how she has skilled a “large soar” between the ages of 18 and 21 because the launch of her debut album.
Talking on Dua Lipa’s ‘At Your Service’ podcast, Billie mentioned of the music making course of: “Every little thing is totally different about it. I have been attempting to match just lately, simply because I am getting used to doing it differently. And attempting to be like, ‘It is OK to try this. I am OK. I am nonetheless in a position to try this; I am succesful nonetheless.'”
The star mentioned the transition from making music in her childhood residence to working in Finneas’ basement studio for her final album ‘Happier Than Ever’ and felt as if the pair had “discovered” the method.
Billie defined: “We have been like, ‘We have all of it discovered, that is how we’ll do it to any extent further, and it really works very well.’
“And, you already know, touring for a year-and-a-half, then coming again to it, and being approach older – and never even a lot older, however once more, the soar between 18 and 21 is a giant soar.”
