Olivia Rodrigo's 'GUTS' Lands on Billboard's No. 1 Slot

Olivia Rodrigo (Photo by Larissa Hoffman | Billboard)

For the first time in Billboard 200 history, Asian artists and those with Asian descent occupy the #1 and #2 as #GUTS by Olivia Rodrigo and #Layover by V of BTS (방탄소년단) take the top spots!

Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo Is First Fil-Am on Cover of Vogue

Olivia Rodrigo (Source: Vogue)

Olivia Rodrigo made history once again, this time as the first Filipino-American to grace the cover of Vogue US.She appeared in a silver dress on the cover of the magazine’s August issue (See GMA News for story).

Fil-Am Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo Slams US Supreme Court Conservatives for Abortion Ruling

Olivia Rodrigo (Source: Inquirer.net)

Filipino American pop star Olivia Rodrigo and UK musician Lily Allen sang Allen’s 2009 song “F— You’ at the Glastonbury festival, dedicating it to the conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices who overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, which protected a woman’s choice to have an abortion (See INQUIRER.net for story).

Three Fil-Ams Set to Make Grammy History

Saweetie, H.E.R. and Olivia Rodrigo

Three Filipino American artists are set to make Grammy history this year — Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R. and Saweetie, who are all nominated in top categories (See The National News for story).

Olivia Rodrigo to Get Her Own Disney+ Film

Olivia Rodrigo

Olivia Rodrigo is getting her own film on Disney+. The Fil-Am pop star announced that Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (a Sour film) will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on March 25, 2022 (See Teen Vogue for story).

Olivia Rodrigo Is TIME's Entertainer of the Year

Breakout pop star Olivia Rodrigo is TIME Magazine’s Entertainer of the Year. Rodrigo has been working toward her meteoric rise for more than a decade. A Filipino American, she grew up the only child of a therapist and a teacher in Temecula, California (See TIME for story).

Three Fil-Am Women Singers Get Grammy Nods

H.E.R. (left), Olivia Rodrigo (top right) and Saweetie (bottom right) (Source: Variety)

The 2022 Grammys are a big look for Filipino Americans: Olivia Rodrigo made Grammy history when she became the first Filipina and second-youngest artist to be nominated in all four top categories; H.E.R., also Filipina, landed eight nods; and Saweetie, who is Chinese, Filipina and Black, landed two, including Best New Artist (See Variety for story).

Olivia Rodrigo Visits White House, Urges People to Get Vaccinated

Olivia Rodrigo

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo, whose album “Sour” is No. 1 on the charts, took to the podium at the White House on Wednesday to encourage young people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (See Inquirer.net for story)..