14 records Billie Eilish has already broken

Callie AhlgrimFeb 4, 2021, 03:53 IST

Billie Eilish is expected to release her sophomore album in 2021.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartMedia

Billie Eilish is the second artist and only woman to sweep all four major categories at the Grammys.
The 19-year-old singer is the first and only person born in the 21st century to have a No. 1 album.
Most recently, she broke the record for the most No. 1 songs on Billboard's alternative songs chart.

At just 19 years old, Billie Eilish has proven herself a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.

The singer-songwriter rose to fame in 2016 after her debut single, "Ocean Eyes," went viral on SoundCloud. Since then, she has dominated charts and taken home multiple Grammy Awards.

Keep reading to see 14 instances of Eilish making history and breaking records.

With "Therefore I Am," Eilish broke the record for the most No. 1 songs by a solo artist on Billboard's alternative songs chart.

Eilish self-directed the music video for "Therefore I Am." Billie Eilish/YouTube

Eilish is the youngest artist ever to be nominated for all four major Grammy Awards in one year.

Billie Eilish won best new artist at the American Music Awards in November 2019. John Shearer/AMA2019/Getty Images for dcp

She then became the second person and only woman in history to sweep all four major categories.

Eilish won five Grammys in total, including best pop vocal album. Frederic J. Brown/Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images

Eilish is the youngest person ever to win album of the year at the Grammys, a title previously held by Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift, right, accepting the award for album of the year at the 2010 Grammys. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP

She's only the fourth female artist ever to win album of the year with a debut album.

Billie Eilish in 2020, Norah Jones in 2003, Lauryn Hill in 1999, and Barbra Streisand accepting a career achievement award in 1992. Matt Sayles/Kathy Willens/Globe Photos/MediaPunch/Ron Frehm/AP

Eilish is the first (and only) artist born in the 21st century to have a No. 1 album.

"When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" was produced by Finneas O'Connell. Darkroom/Interscope Records

With "Bad Guy," Eilish also became the first person born this century to have a No. 1 hit song.

"Bad Guy" is the second track on "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" Billie Eilish/YouTube

She was the youngest woman to have a No. 1 album last decade.

Eilish at Coachella in 2019 and Lovato at the 2009 Kids' Choice Awards. Amy Harris/Chris Pizzello/AP

"When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" had the biggest opening week for a debut album in the history of Billboard's current chart.

Siblings Finneas O'Connell and Billie Eilish cowrote her debut album. Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP

It also had the third-biggest streaming week ever for an album by a female artist.

Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, and Cardi B all have massive streaming numbers. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images / Erika Goldring/FilmMagic

When the album was released, Eilish had more songs charting simultaneously on the Hot 100 than any other woman before that point.

"When the Party's Over" is the seventh track on "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" Billie Eilish/YouTube

It was also named Billboard's biggest album of the year, making Eilish the youngest artist ever to have the year-end No. 1 album.

Eilish sold a reported 2.5 million total album-equivalents last year. Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP

Eilish is just the ninth artist to reach 10 or more weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Artist 100.

Eilish and Adele are tied with 10 weeks each at No. 1 on Billboard's Artist 100. Amy Sussman/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

She is the youngest artist ever to record a James Bond theme song.

Eilish performed "No Time to Die" at the 2020 BRITs. Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

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