When she walked into the 2022 GRAMMY Awards, Olivia Rodrigo was the newcomer to watch. After having a record-smashing breakout year, Rodrigo earned an impressive seven nominations, thanks to the success of megahits like her viral "drivers license" and its chart-topping follow-up, "good 4 u."
And Rodrigo didn't walk away empty-handed. She was among the night's biggest winners, taking home trophies in three separate categories, including Best Pop Solo Performance for "drivers license" and the coveted Best New Artist.
In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind, revisit Rodrigo's win in a third category: Best Pop Vocal Album, for SOUR. Already a winner that night, the singer seemed a little awestruck as she took the stage, and her acceptance speech offered gratitude to her parents for always supporting her dreams — no matter how unattainable they seemed at the time.
"When I was 9 years old, I told my mom I was gonna be an Olympic gymnast, even though I could barely do a cartwheel. She thought I was joking, but I was super defensive," Rodrigo said. "And the next week, when I told her I was gonna win a GRAMMY, she was very supportive, even though I'm sure she thought it was just a little kid pipe dream."
With that pipe dream becoming a reality — in a major way — Rodrigo made sure she dedicated a GRAMMY to the people who have shown support from the very beginning. "I wanna thank my mom for being supportive of all of my dreams, no matter how crazy. And I wanna thank my mom and my dad for being equally as proud of me for winning a GRAMMY as they were when I learned how to do a back walkover."
Press play on the video above to revisit Rodrigo's big night at the GRAMMYs in 2022, and keep checking back to GRAMMY.com every Friday for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind.
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