- Who
- Olivia Rodrigo
- What
- 13,714,177 total number
- Where
- Not Applicable ()
- When
On 15 January 2021, "Drivers License" by singer/actress Olivia Rodrigo (USA) became Spotify's most streamed non-Christmas track in 24 hours with 13,714,177 plays worldwide. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (17,223,237 streams on 24 December 2020) retains the record for the most streamed track overall in 24 hours. On the same day, “Last Christmas” by Wham! racked up 15,813,799 streams. No other tracks have exceeded the 13,714,177 streams registered by “Drivers License” on 15 January 2021.
Following its worldwide release on 8 January 2021, “Drivers License” had accrued 91,697,378 streams by 16 January and went over the 100-million mark with another 10,936,609 plays on 17 January - the fastest time for a track to reach 100 million streams on Spotify (10 days).
As of 6 February 2021, “Drivers License” had been Spotify’s Global Top 200 No.1 for 28 days in a row and had amassed total streams of 280,167,173 during its 30 days on the chart (it debuted at No.46 before climbing to No.2 and then No.1). On 10 January, it took the No.1 spot from “Dákiti” by Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez. On the day it set Spotify's non-Christmas track streaming record (15 January), “Drivers License” registered 9,117,499 plays more than “Dákiti” at No.2.
Rodrigo, who was 17 years old at the time of her breakthrough chart/streaming success, was born in Temecula, California, on 20 February 2003. She first rose to prominence as the titular Grace Thomas in the film An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success (2015) before being cast as Paige Olvera in Disney Channel’s Bizaardvark (2016-19). In 2019, she landed the role of Gabriella Montez in another Disney production, mockumentary TV series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, for which she wrote her debut hit “All I Want”.
