Billie Eilish trivia: 60 facts about the young and strange singer!

Billie Eilish is one of the most unique voices right now in the American music industry.

1. Her full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell
2. She was born in December 18, 2001
3. Billie Eilish is an American singer and songwriter
4. Her debut single, “Ocean Eyes”, went viral
5. It has accumulated over 194 million streams on Spotify as of January 2019
6. Her debut EP Don’t Smile at Me was released in August 2017
7. The EP went on to become certified Gold by the RIAA
8. 5 of the songs also being RIAA- certified
9. four Gold
10. And one Platinum
11. Following the EP’s success, Apple Music named Eilish as its newest Up Next artist a month later in September 2017
12. Her debut studio album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? will be released in March 2019
13. Billie Eilish was raised in Highland Park, Los Angeles
14. Her family consists of actors and musicians
15. Her parents are actress- musician- screenwriter Maggie Baird and Patrick O’Connell
16. She is mainly of Irish and Scottish descent
17. She was homeschooled
18. Billie Eilish joined the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus at age eight
19. At age 11, Eilish began writing and singing her own songs
20. She took after her older brother Finneas O’Connell who was already writing, performing and producing his own songs
21. Her brother has a band
22. In October 2015, Eilish recorded the song “Ocean Eyes”
23. Initially written by Finneas for his band, and sent it to her dance teacher who helped to choreograph a dance to it
24. “Ocean Eyes” was released as Eilish’s debut single on SoundCloud in 2016
25. A music video was released on March 24, 2016
26. A video of Eilish performing a dance to the song was released on November 22, 2016
27. That year, Eilish also released the single “Six Feet Under.”
28. “Ocean Eyes” was rereleased worldwide through Darkroom and Interscope Records on November 18, 2016
29. It mainly garnered positive critical reviews
30. On January 14, 2017, Eilish released an EP with four remixes of “Ocean Eyes”
31. Billie Eilish released the single “Bellyache” on February 24, 2017
32. “Bellyache” was produced and co-written by Finneas O’Connell
33. The music video directed by Miles and AJ being released on March 22, 2017
34. On March 30, Eilish released the track “Bored” as part of the soundtrack to the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
35. On June 30, 2017, Eilish released the single “Watch”
36. The follow-up single was “Copycat” released on July 11, 2017
37. This date was also the announcement of her debut EP, Don’t Smile at Me
38. Each Friday in July, Billie Eilish would add another single to the EP
39. It was in this manner that the singles “Idontwannabeyouanymore” and “My Boy” were released
40. Don’t Smile at Me was released on August 12, 2017
41. After the release, Eilish collaborated with American rapper Vince Staples for a remix of “Watch” titled “&Burn”
42. This was later included on a re- release of the EP
43. On February 2018, Billie Eilish embarked on the Where’s My Mind Tour
44. The tour concluded in April 2018
45. For the Record Store Day of 2018, Eilish announced a 7″ vinyl featuring an acoustic version of her song “Party Favor”
46. It also included an acoustic cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling”
47. Billie Eilish collaborated with American singer Khalid for the single “Lovely”
48. It was released in April 2018
49. It was added to the soundtrack for the second season of 13 Reasons Why
50. She also released the singles “Bitches Broken Hearts” and “You Should See Me in a Crown”
51. On October 17, 2018, Eilish released the single “When the Party’s Over”
52. In January 2019, Billie Eilish released a clip of a music video for her upcoming album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
53. This clip was from the music video for “Bury a Friend”
54. It was released as the album’s third single on January 30
55. On November 27, 2018, videos emerged online of a compilation featuring Billie Eilish experiencing tics related to Tourette syndrome
56. She posted on her Instagram account confirming Tourette syndrome was a part of her life
57. Her main musical influences are the Beatles, Green Day and Avril Lavigne
58. She is 17 years old
59. Her instagram account has 12.3 million followers
60. Her highest charted song on the Billboard Hot 100 is “When the Party’s Over” at number 52