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Irvine, California, USA
Rebecca Renee Black is an American YouTuber and singer who gained extensive media coverage when the music video for her 2011 single "Friday" went viral on YouTube and other social media sites. "Friday" was derided by many music critics and viewers, who dubbed it "the worst song ever".
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- Jeopardy! YouTube Edition — Self2026
- Is It Cake? — Self - Judge2022
- American Reject — Bethany2020
- Okay Google — Google2020
- Bad Impulse — Joy2019
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee — Self2016
- Royal Crush — Paige2014
- Katy Perry: Part of Me — Self (archive footage)2012
- MyMusic — Rebecca Black2012
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1997
Discography
- Friday2011
- Friday (deadmau5 remix)2011
- Friday (The Remixes)2011
- My Moment2011
- Person of Interest2011
- In Your Words2012
- Sing It2012
- Saturday2013
- We Can't Stop2013
- Wrecking Ball2013
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- Listeners
- 570,335
- Total plays
- 13,235,287
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Rebecca Renee Black (born June 21, 1997) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Irvine, California, she began singing at a young age and developed an interest in performance and music. She gained extensive media coverage when the music video for her 2011 debut single, "Friday," went viral on YouTube and various social media sites. The song had a polarizing reaction, as while it peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was also panned by audiences and music critics, many of whom
Key facts
- Born
- Rebecca Renee Black , ( 1997-06-21 ) June 21, 1997 (age 28) , Irvine, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Pop
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter YouTuber DJ
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 2010–present
- Labels
- ARK Music Factory RB
- Channel
- rebecca
- Subscribers
- 1.56 million
- Views
- 396 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Renee
- Family name
- Black
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Irvine
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Official website
- www.rebeccablackonline.com
- Image
- Rebecca Black 2019 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 165
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- Rebecca Black
- date of birth
- 1997-06-21
- birth name
- Rebecca Renee Black
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- sexual orientation
- non-heterosexuality
- social media followers
- 1540000
- name in native language
- Rebecca Black
- writing language
- English language
- described at URL
- dbpedia.org/resource/Rebecca_Black
- number of viewers/listeners
- 7850084
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Encyclopedic overview
Rebecca Renee Black (born June 21, 1997) is an American singer, songwriter, YouTuber, and DJ. She gained extensive media coverage when the music video for her 2011 debut single "Friday" went viral on YouTube and various social media sites. The song had a polarizing reaction as while it peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, it was also panned by audiences and music critics, many of whom considered it "among the worst songs ever made". In 2013, Black released a follow-up single "Saturday" (with Dave Days) to similar commercial success and marginally improved reception.
Her debut studio album, Let Her Burn—preceded by two extended plays—was released in February 2023 to generally favorable reviews. Her second studio album, Salvation, was released on February 27, 2025.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rebecca Black” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.