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With her 5 Grammy wins, (10 if you count the awards Finneas won,) Billie Eilish proves that age doesnā€™t stand in the way of her success. She became one of the artists with the most awards last night, after being an artist with some of the most nominations. Hereā€™s our look into Eilish, her music, and her history with this award show.

Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Billie Eilish and Finneas Oā€™Connell during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards | Rachel Luna/FilmMagic

Billie Eilish and her brother, Finneas Oā€™Connell, preformed ā€œWhen The Partyā€™s Overā€ at the 2020 Grammy Awards

You may know her for her upbeat and quirky song ā€œBad Guy.ā€ At the 2020 Grammy Awards, Billie Eilish and her brother performed their song ā€œWhen The Partyā€™s Over,ā€ from their recently released album. The earned a few Grammy Awards along the way, as well.

Sheā€™s also one of the youngest artists honored at the award ceremony thing year. In fact, sheā€™s the first artist born in the 21st century to have a Billboard No. 1 album, according to Yahoo. This was for her 2019 release, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, the same album nominated at the 2020 Grammy Awards.

Billie Eilish during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards
Billie Eilish during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards | Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy

How many Grammy Awards did Billie Eilish win?

Not so surprisingly, Billie Eilish took home a handful of awards at the 2020 Grammy Awards. That includes Record of the Year for ā€œBad Guy,ā€ Album of the Year, Song of the Year for ā€œBad Guy,ā€ Best New Artist, and Best Pop Vocal Album.

Billie Eilishā€™s brother, Finneas Oā€™Connell, won a few Grammys himself. That includes Best Engineered Album Non-Classical for When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, Song of the Year for ā€œBad Guy,ā€ and Producer Of The Year Non-Classical.

ā€œOh my god, so many other songs deserved this, Iā€™m sorry,ā€ Billie Eilish said during her acceptance speech for Song of the Year. ā€œHi. Thank you so much. This is my first Grammys. I never thought this would ever happen in my whole life. I grew up watching them. And this is my brother, Finneas, and heā€™s my best friend.ā€

ā€œI feel like I joke around a lot, and I never take anything seriously at these kinds of things, but I genuinely want to say Iā€™m so grateful,ā€ she continued. ā€œAnd I only want to say that Iā€™m grateful, and Iā€™m so honored to be here amongst all of you. I love you to my core. I grew up watching all of you. Thank you to my team, my mom, my dad, my best friends ā€¦ for keeping me alive to this day.ā€

Whatā€™s next for Billie Eilish?

At only 18-years-old, this musician has plenty of projects in motion. Billie Eilish recently directed and released a music video for her song ā€œEverything I Wanted.ā€ Within a matter of hours, the clip jumped to one of the top trending spots on YouTube, earning over 18 million views.

Hot off the heels of her Grammy wins, Billie Eilish embarks on a world tour this spring, making stops in New York, San Francisco, and Orlando. Presumably, sheā€™ll release new music along the way, as ā€œEverything I Wantedā€ dropped during November 2019.

Music by Billie Eilish, including her Grammy-award winning album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and most major streaming platforms.