Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (/ˈaɪlɪʃ/ EYE-lish;[2] born December 18, 2001) is an American singer and songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", written and produced by her brother Finneas O'Connell, with whom she collaborates on music and live shows. In 2017, she released her debut extended play (EP), Don't Smile at Me. Commercially successful, it reached the top 15 of record charts in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Billie Eilish
December 18, 2001
- Singer
- songwriter
- actress
2015–present
- Maggie Baird (mother)
Finneas O'Connell (brother)
Brian Baird (uncle)
- Vocals
- guitar
- piano
- ukulele
- Darkroom
- Interscope
Eilish's first studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019), debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. It was one of the year's best-selling albums, buoyed by the success of its fifth single, "Bad Guy", Eilish's first number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. This made her the first artist born in the 21st century to release a chart-topping single. The next year, Eilish performed the theme song "No Time to Die" for the James Bond film of the same name, which topped the UK Singles Chart and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022. Her subsequent singles "Everything I Wanted", "My Future", "Therefore I Am", and "Your Power" peaked in the top 10 in the US and UK. Her second studio album, Happier Than Ever (2021), topped the charts in 25 countries. She wrote and performed "What Was I Made For?" for the fantasy film Barbie (2023), which became her second number-one single in the UK and earned her a second Academy Award.
Eilish has received multiple accolades, including nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two Guinness World Records, three MTV Video Music Awards, three Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. She is the youngest artist in Grammy history to win all four general field categories—Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, as well as Best New Artist—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.[3][4] She was featured on Time magazine's inaugural Time 100 Next list in 2019 and the Time 100 in 2021.[5] According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard, Eilish is the 26th-highest-certified digital singles artist[6] and one of the most successful artists of the 2010s.[7] She was honored as one of the BBC 100 Women in December 2022.[8]
Eilish has a history of political activism, focusing on climate change awareness, women's reproductive rights, and gender equality.
Advocacy
Eilish has a history of political activism, publicly expressing her views on a multitude of political issues.[269] She has been vocal with regard to environmental causes, including climate change awareness.[270][271][272] Among other pursuits, Eilish signed an open letter to world leaders urging them to take action against climate-induced poverty,[273] embarked on an ad campaign encouraging young people to use technology for environmental advocacy, and hosted a six-day climate seminar in London titled Overheated to discuss topics such as sustainable fashion and youth activism.[274][275] Her 2019 single "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" and its subsequent video center around climate change and use heaven-and-hell imagery to criticize ignorance of rising sea levels,[276][277] and she permitted the nonprofit CoralWatch to use "Ocean Eyes" as part of an online awareness campaign about Australia's Great Barrier Reef.[278] Eilish was raised as a vegetarian, and became vegan in 2014. She is a regular advocate on social media for animal rights and veganism, and has criticized the dairy,[279] wool,[280] and mink fur industries.[281]
Eilish has spoken in multiple occasions about women's rights.[282][283] A supporter of body positivity, she wrote and produced the 2020 short film Not My Responsibility as a response to body shaming toward her and the double standards placed upon women's appearances.[284][285][286] "Your Power", one of her 2021 singles, criticizes the sexual exploitation of young women, primarily by men who hold power over them.[287][288] Eilish associates herself with the US abortion rights movement; she expressed rage when Texas implemented its anti-abortion laws in 2021.[289][290] During the 2022 Glastonbury festival, she performed "Your Power" to condemn the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She spoke of the decision: "Today is a really, really dark day for women in the U.S. I'm just going to say that as I cannot bear to think about it any longer in this moment."[291] She included a reference to Roe v. Wade's overturning in her 2022 track "TV", much of which she wrote after a draft of the court decision was leaked online in May.[292][293]
In March 2020, Eilish encouraged fans online to register to vote for the 2020 US presidential election.[294] In August 2020, she performed at the 2020 Democratic National Convention and announced her endorsement of Joe Biden's presidential campaign.[295]
In 2023, Eilish worked with others to start and fund REVERB's Music Decarbonization Project, and as part of a decarbonization project used solar powered stage lights.[296][297]
At the 2024 Academy Awards Eilish wore an Artists4Ceasefire pin which calls for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.[298]
Personal life
Eilish lived with her parents in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles until 2019, when she moved out.[299] She said in 2021 that she still spends many nights in her childhood bedroom to be close to her parents.[299] She said she received a diagnosis of Tourette syndrome when she was 11;[300] and that she has synesthesia[301] and has experienced depression.[302] Eilish has also shared that she experienced sexual abuse as a child.[303][304][305][306]
Eilish previously dated rapper Brandon Adams, who goes by the stage name 7:AMP.[307] She dated singer Jesse Rutherford from October 2022 to May 2023.[308][309] She has said that she is attracted to both men and women.[310][311]
Billie Eilish is an agnostic.[312]
