It's not that Olivia Rodrigo was doing poorly for herself before "Drivers License" gave the world one collective, hallelujah moment. As Today marveled in its recent profile, the 17-year-old racked up a fan following for her portrayal of Paige Olvera in Disney Channel's Bizaardvark and Nini Salazar-Roberts in Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. We're not sure how much Rodrigo brought in for either of those roles, although Seventeen previously reported Disney Channel actors' salaries ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 per episode. Pop Buzz, meanwhile, estimates that the up-and-coming songstress is worth around $500,000.
That figure, needless to say, is rising by the minute (almost literally). As the BBC pointed out, "Driver's License" recently broke a five-year record to become the biggest-selling debut number one. If Variety's reporting is to be believed, she's racked up more than 20,000 "pure sales" on Apple and Amazon Music to date. "Driver's License" is just the beginning. Olivia Rodrigo's debut album is due to break later this year, per Billboard.
You'll forgive Rodrigo is she's not be thinking about money right now. All of Hollywood is busy fawning over her. When "Driver's License" topped Apple Music's global chart (!), Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Kiernan Shipka popped a bottle of virtual champagne. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift, Rodrigo's hero, recently called Rodrigo "her baby" on The Gram.
