“I just want to say thank you very much. It means to me the absolute world that you are listening to ‘Driver’s License’. This is how you send all the love in the world,” the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star said in a video message to celebrate the news as they blow a kiss and show off her UK number 1 memorial plaque.
And there’s more: the 17-year-old singer-songwriter also had the biggest opening week of overall ticket sales for a no. Had 1 debut in five years, since Zayn’s “Pillowtalk” in 2016. And she’s one of the youngest artists to score a number 1 song in the UK before their 18th birthday, at 17 years and 10 months old. Jawsh 685 joined the 18-and-under-top club in July, when he achieved a number 1 single with ‘Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)’, alongside Jason Derulo, and he won the list led at 17 years for three weeks and 7 months old.
Spotify confirms to Billboard that “Drivers License” on Monday set the platform’s record for most streams on a day for a non-holiday song, with more than 15.17 million worldwide streams (and that the song still beat its own record on Tuesday has, with more than 17.01 million streams). “Driver’s license” also on top Spotify’s worldwide and US song debut charts.
Rodrigo seems to have the first runaway hit of 2021 on her hands Billboard next Tuesday (January 19) to see where the song ends up on the Billboard Hot 100.