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gain entrance into the hard-to-crack music industry. It also turned all-important heads in the fancy high-rise offices of music executives, leading to crucial connections and meetings. These are all boxes that young singers with hopes of heading down the path to fame, fortune, and a career of entertaining crowds of fans around the world must check, and Eilish was doing so remarkably quickly. Before she blew out the candles on her 15 th birthday cake, she was already trending toward superstardom with a manager and a publicist in tow and a rapidly ballooning fan base that was beginning to push streaming numbers into the stratosphere. Plus, she had already struck gold by scribbling her name on a deal with Darkroom/ Interscope Records, a moment every teenager who has ever stood on a stage, held a microphone, and sang a lyric dreams of doing. “Ocean Eyes” has been a musical sensation with staying power ever since its debut, registering more than 800 million streams and counting. Eilish pulls listeners in and tingles their senses with the slow-paced and dreamy love ballad that

spotlights her magnetic and mesmerizing vocals that fans continue to find intoxicating, captivating, and alluring. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and it peaked at No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. When Eilish embarked on her WhenWe All Fall AsleepWorldTour in 2019, “Ocean Eyes” was a favorite that she performed to the delight and enthusiastic applause of fans everywhere. “Ocean Eyes” introduced Billie Eilish to the world and propelled her into the spotlight, and ever since, millions of adoring fans and music enthusiasts everywhere have savored the sensational works of one of the world’s great entertainers.

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