Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell ( born December 18 , 2001, Los Angeles , California ) is an American singer and songwriter. She is a two-time Academy Award winner ( 2022 , 2024 ) for the songs " No Time to Die " and " What Was I Made for ", written for the films No Time to Die (2021) and Barbie (2023), respectively . She rose to fame in 2015 with the release of her debut single " Ocean Eyes " on SoundCloud . In 2019, her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? topped the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart , and the single " Bad Guy " reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (US). It became the singer's first chart-topper , and Eilish herself, thanks to this achievement, became the first person born in the 21st century to top the Hot 100 .