Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish in March 2019

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (born December 18, 2001 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American singer-songwriter . In January 2020, she won all four major categories at the Grammy Awards .

Career

Billie Eilish was born into a family of Irish actors and musicians. The actor and musician Finneas O'Connell is her older brother. Your middle name Eilish is the Anglicized form of Eilís , a Gaelic form of the first name Elisabeth . She began singing in the Los Angeles Children's Chorus at the age of eight and later wrote her own songs. She did not go to a public school but was homeschooled .

According to her interview with Harper's Bazaar , she started writing songs at the age of 11. Her first "real" song was inspired by The Walking Dead and was about the zombie apocalypse.

2015-2018: Don't Smile at Me

Billie Eilish in Aug 2017

In November 2015 she released the song Ocean Eyes, written by her older brother Finneas, on SoundCloud : Billie's dance teacher asked her to write and sing a song for a dance routine. “Besides singing, I'm also a dancer. I've danced since I was eight years old. [...] We put [the song] online with a free download link for my dance teacher to access. We didn't have any ulterior motives, but so to speak overnight quite a few people heard it and they shared the song ”. Billie was around 14 years old at the time. With numerous views of this song, Interscope Records became aware of the singer and she was signed. Finneas then appeared on all of her releases as a producer and co-songwriter. "I can be honest with him because he is my brother and I feel comfortable telling him everything," said Billie Eilish in an interview with Nylon magazine in early 2017 .

Since the summer of 2016, Billie Eilish brought out more singles through her record label. Her song Bellyache was remixed by Marian Hill , and the title Bored was used for the soundtrack for the Netflix series Dead Girls Are Not , which was released in late March 2017 .

Billie Eilish's young music career received worldwide attention. In August 2016, Vogue called her "Pop's Next It Girl ". In July 2017, a BBC reporter asked if she was "the best new hope in pop".

In August 2017, the digital mini album (EP) Don't Smile at Me was released . It featured a number of their previously released singles such as Ocean Eyes , Bellyache , Watch and Copycat . On July 14th, Billie announced a tour of the United States via Twitter in support of the album. Then concerts in Europe, Asia and Oceania were booked for the beginning tour. After the 25-minute mini album reached number 35 on the New Zealand music charts in October , it reached number 38 in the United States in January 2018.

In April 2018, her single Lovely , a duet with singer Khalid , was released, which was not recorded especially for the second season of the teen drama series Dead Girls Lies .

2018 – today: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Her song When the Party's Over was released in October 2018. In late 2018, Apple used her song Come Out and Play in the Christmas TV commercial. In January 2019 she released the piece Bury a Friend and in March 2019 another single called Wish You Were Gay , before the next single Bad Guy followed at the same time as the album was released.

Her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? was released at the end of March 2019. It is the first album that was pre-ordered 800,000 times via Apple Music before the release date . The 14 album songs were streamed 14 million times via Spotify in Germany within a week . With that, Billie Eilish left Ariana Grande , who had previously held that record, behind. The album is the most played album on Apple Music of 2019 with more than a billion streams, according to Apple. Both the album and the fifth single Bad Guy made it to number one on the charts in the United States.

Billie Eilish in August 2019

In January 2019, Billie Eilish announced a tour of North America in support of the new album. The tour starts on April 13th at the Coachella Festival . There were also concerts in Australia and New Zealand and in Europe, including Great Britain and (in August – September) Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Spain and Portugal.

At the MTV Europe Music Awards 2019 she was awarded in the categories "Best Song" (for Bad Guy ) and "Best New". Billie Eilish was named Artist of the Year at the 2019 Apple Music Awards, as well as her album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? awarded as album of the year. She also won the “Songwriter of the Year” category together with her brother Finneas. At the end of January 2020, she became the grand winner of the Grammy Awards . She won all four main categories (" Album ", " Single ", " Song " and " Newcomer of the Year ") and another pop Grammy for the album. Her brother Finneas was named producer of the year and for the production of When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? twice awarded.

In addition, a new song called Everything I Wanted was recorded and released as a single on November 13, 2019. It quickly reached number 8 in the United States. The music video followed on January 23, 2020 on YouTube. Earlier in January it was announced that Billie Eilish would be contributing the theme song to the 25th Bond film, James Bond 007: No Time to Die . This makes her the youngest interpreter of a James Bond song . The theme song No Time to Die was released on February 13, 2020. Her new world tour was supposed to start on March 9, 2020, but was canceled due to the corona virus.

Music genre

Billie Eilish's music contains elements of pop , trap and alternative / indie rock. Her soprano singing has been described as "whispering" ( Rolling Stone ) and "ethereal" ( Vice ).

Clothing style

Billie Eilish in June 2019

Billie Eilish wears baggy clothes and, according to her, this is not just a trend, but also protects herself from judging her body. “I want the world never to know everything about me. [...] That's why I wear loose, baggy clothes. Nobody can form an opinion because they haven't seen what lies beneath. You know? Nobody can say, 'She has a flat bottom, she has a fat ass!' Nobody can have such opinions because they don't know, ”she revealed in May 2019 in a promotional video for the Calvin Klein campaign“ I Speak My Truth In #MyCalvins ”.

At the same time, she loves to arouse curiosity and interest, and she's used to people looking at her and making judgments.

With her unusual clothing style, she has become a style icon.

Personal

Billie Eilish lives with her parents in northeast Los Angeles . She has three pets: a dog, a cat, and a tarantula .

According to her own statements, she has Tourette's syndrome and experiences with depression . She has been vegan since 2014 . In June 2019, she published a call to her fans on Instagram to stop eating meat .

Discography

→ Main article : Billie Eilish / Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2019	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Darkroom, Interscope Records	DE3 gold (… Where.)DE	AT1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)CH	UK1 platinum (… Where.)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)US	First published: March 29, 2019 Sales: + 4,425,000

EPs

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	Don't Smile at Me Darkroom, Interscope Records	DE41 (37 weeks) DE	AT23 gold (69 weeks)AT	CH25th platinum (58 weeks)CH	UK12 platinum (… Where.)UK	US14th platinum (… Where.)US	First published: August 11, 2017 Sales: + 1,617,500

Awards

Grammy Awards

• 2020 : " Single of the Year " ( Bad Guy )
• 2020: " Album of the Year " ( When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? )
• 2020: " Song of the Year " (Bad Guy)
• 2020: " Best New Artist "
• 2020: " Best Singing Album - Pop " (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?)

Brit Awards

• 2020: "International Female Solo Artist"

International Music Awards

• 2019: "Beginner"

Swiss Music Awards

• 2020: "Best Solo Act International"
• 2020: "Best Breaking Act International"

Web links

Commons : Billie Eilish  - collection of images

• Official website
• Billie Eilish in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Billie Eilish at Discogs (English)
• Billie Eilish at laut.de
• Decca Aitkenhead: “Everyone is so sensitive on the Internet”. In: Annabelle , 2019.

Individual evidence

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8. ↑ ^{a b} Erics Gonzales: Billie Eilish Is a 15-Year-Old Pop Prodigy — And She's Intimidating as Hell . Harper's Bazaar . October 19, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
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    Billie Eilish doesn't want to just wear baggy clothes forever . Viennese. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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    Skin tight! This is the first time Billie Eilish has worn this garment . Maedchen.de. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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    Billie Eilish: That's why she always wears her clothes way too big . Maedchen.de. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
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