Things to know about Billie Eilish

First woman and youngest singer to win all four Grammy awards: Billie Eilish

By Stephen McWright Published on 20 Eylül 2022 : 21:06.
Things to know about Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell with her full name was born on December 18, 2001 in Los Angeles. He is an American singer and songwriter.

In 2016, Ocean Eyes uploaded the song to Soundcloud and the song instantly went viral.

The song Ocean Eyes, which made Eilish popular, has been listened to more than 194 million times on Spotify as of 2019. Eilish released the album Don't Smile At Me in August 2017. After the success with this album, Apple Music named Eilish its newest Up Next artist a month later, in September 2017.

Eilish's March 2019 release When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Her album became the number one album in 15 countries. Her song Bad Guy, which was included in the same album, also reached number one in many countries.

MOST SEARCHED NAMES

She is the daughter of singer, actress and screenwriter Maggie Baird, whose full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, and actor Patrick O'Connell. O'Connell, who is 1.61 meters tall and of Irish and Scottish descent, entered the most searched list on the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia in 2019. Those who are curious about the singer viewed her name on Wikipedia 20 million 236 thousand 646 times.

ON THE TIME 100 NET LIST

Time magazine includes rising stars in business, entertainment, sports, politics, science, art and other fields in its Time 100 Next list, which it started to prepare for the first time in 2019. Billie Eilish also entered the list of young names.

Her mother is actress and screenwriter Maggie Baird, and her father is actor Patrick O'Connell, and both of her parents are into music. O'Connell is of Irish and Scottish descent. Eilish stated that she has Tourette's syndrome and synesthesia and suffers from depression. Raised as a vegetarian, the singer regularly promotes veganism on social media.

WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME, WITH SYNESTHESIA

Eilish explained that she has Tourette syndrome (a problem with the nervous system that causes people to make sudden movements or sounds that they cannot control, called tics) and synesthesia (the state of perceiving tastes, smells and sounds as colors) and depression. "I had a panic attack every night. I cried for two hours every night. It was really, really bad," said Eilish, explaining that last year she had a panic attack every day for a week because of her nonstop touring schedule.

One of the secrets of her success is her older brother Finneas O'Connell. Finneas O'Connell, who assisted Billie Eilish with the songwriting and harmonies used in the songs, is also his sister's producer and often accompanies his sister's live performances with his guitar.

Billie Eilish's height is 165.

WHY DOES HE CLOSE LOTS?

Billie, who came across this question in many places, stated that she is comfortable with loose clothes and does not like objectification of her body.

2020: MADE HISTORY WITH GRAMMY

Billie Eilish received five awards at the 2020 Grammy Awards, in the categories "Album of the Year", "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year" and "Best New Artist", for which she was nominated. The Famous Singer received five awards and became the most awarded name of the night.