Rebecca Black

Rebecca Renee Black is an American singer, songwriter, YouTuber, and DJ. She first gained wide media coverage in 2011 when the music video for her debut single, "Friday," went viral online. The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 while attracting widespread public attention. Black was born on June 21, 1997, in Irvine, California, to John Jeffery Black and Georgina Marquez Kelly. She attended private school before transferring to a public school, where she joined a musical theater program. In April 2011, she left public school to pursue homeschooling and focus on her career. Black's career began in late 2010 when she recorded "Friday" through ARK Music Factory. Released in early 2011, the song reached number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted internationally in the UK and New Zealand. Following the single's release, Black performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, appeared in Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" music video, and hosted MTV's O Music Awards Fan Army Party. YouTube named "Friday" its top video of 2011. Following a legal dispute over the song's master rights with ARK Music Factory, Black launched an independent label, RB Records. Later in 2011, Black released the self-produced single "My Moment," followed by "Person of Interest." In 2012, she signed with Maker Studios, released the singles "Sing It" and "In Your Words," and ranked as the top global trending query on Google's year-end list. In 2013, she collaborated with Dave Days on the single "Saturday," which reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the following years, she regularly uploaded vlogs, Q&As, and music covers to YouTube, and created the 2016 web series Life After Friday. In 2016, Black released "The Great Divide," which peaked at number 23 on the US Dance chart. She followed with the singles "Foolish" and "Heart Full of Scars" in 2017, leading to her debut extended play, RE / BL. In 2018, she competed on season two of the Fox reality competition series The Four: Battle for Stardom. Between 2019 and 2020, she released several singles, including "Anyway" and "Self Sabotage," and was featured on Dorian Electra's track "Edgelord." Black's second EP, Rebecca Black Was Here, was released in June 2021, featuring a change in her musical sound. In February 2023, she released her debut studio album, Let Her Burn, which was preceded by the singles "Crumbs," "Look at You," and "Sick to My Stomach." She toured North America, the UK, and Canada to support the album, and performed as an opening act for Blackpink at British Summer Time in Hyde Park. In 2024, Black performed a DJ set for Boiler Room. She released her third EP, Salvation, in February 2025 and served as a supporting act for Katy Perry's The Lifetimes Tour later that year. Black also performed as the official after-party DJ for the 2025 American Music Awards. On September 4, 2026, she released her second studio album, Age of the Exhibitionist, supported by the singles "Speakerphone," "Hot Wet Delirious," "Michael.," and "Anaheim Star."