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SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
SOUR is an album by Olivia Rodrigo, released in 2021. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 11 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “brutal”, on 6 lists with a best position of #3.
SOUR, Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, came out on Geffen on May 21, 2021, and it's what happens when a teenager's diary gets plugged into an amplifier. Rodrigo wrote it with producer Dan Nigro, and it was only supposed to be an EP until "Drivers License" went viral and the whole thing got bigger.
The songs are about being 17: heartbreak, failed romance, jealousy and anger, all the sour feelings young people get scolded for. The sound flips between snarling pop-punk and fragile, hushed balladry. "brutal" snarls, "Good 4 U" is pure pop-punk spite, and "Deja Vu" and "Traitor" pick at the scab. "Drivers License" and "Good 4 U" both debuted at number one on the Hot 100, a first for a debut album, and SOUR topped the Billboard 200. At the 64th Grammys it won Best Pop Vocal Album, and Rodrigo took Best New Artist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from SOUR on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brutal | 6 | #3 | – | 2021–2025 | |
| 2 | Drivers License | 2 | #13 | – | 2021–2025 | |
| 3 | Good 4 U | 1 | #4 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Deja Vu | 1 | #33 | – | 2021 | |
| 5 | Traitor | 1 | #67 | – | 2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.