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Selected Very Good Article Olivia Rodrigo in 2025 Olivia Isabel Rodrigo (born February 20, 2003) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress. She first became well known for her roles on the Disney television shows Bizaardvark (2016–2019) and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019–2022). Rodrigo signed with Geffen Records in 2020. She released her first song "Drivers License" in 2021 which made her popular. She released her first studio album Sour the same year. The album won her three Grammy Awards. A Disney+ documentary, Olivia Rodrigo: Driving Home 2 U was released in 2022. Rodrigo then released two more studio albums, Guts (2023) and You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (2026), which were popular and had good reviews from critics. Rodrigo has had three Billboard Hot 100 number-one songs and two Billboard 200 number-one albums. She has also won an American Music Award, seven Billboard Music Awards, and three MTV Video Music Awards. Time named her the 2021 Entertainer of the Year and Billboard named her Woman of the Year in 2022. Rodrigo also focuses on fundraisers for women's education and health. She gives out money to charities that help find cures for rare diseases, support abortion and education programs. In 2026, she hosted the charity music concert Daisy Chain Fields in California. more... Other very good articles – Proposals – Requirements	Selected Good Article Oyster Burns in 1888 Thomas P. "Oyster" Burns (September 6, 1864 – November 11, 1928) was an American baseball player. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Wilmington Quicksteps, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Bridegrooms, and New York Giants. Burns mostly played as an outfielder but also played as a shortstop, second baseman, third baseman and pitcher. He first played in MLB at age 19. more... Other good articles – Proposals – Requirements
Did you know... From a collection of Wikipedia's articles: ... that hummingbirds (pictured) are the only birds that can fly backwards? ... that in 2009, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu became the first Nobel Prize winner to be a member of the U.S. Cabinet? ... that Magnifica humanitas is the first papal encyclical to be published without an official Latin version? ... that in 2024, Rachel Reeves became the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer? ... that one of the most read articles of The Seattle Times in 2005 was about a man who died after having sex with a horse? ... that because of SAG rules, Michael John Douglas had to change his name by searching a phone book under "K," saw "Keaton" and decided to pick it as his surname?

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