Rebecca Black Biography, Age, Songs, Albums, Girlfriend, Height, Family, Instagram, Wikipedia, House, Net Worth, and Career

Rebecca Black is an American singer, actor, and YouTuber who rose to fame in 2011 with the digital release of her single “Friday,” which clocked in with a whopping 166 Million views on YouTube.

Following this track, Rebecca Black found herself on 2011’s number one most-searched entry, outdoing all other stars, including Lady Gaga and Adele. The singer faced much criticism in her life, but she has still managed to achieve her goals.

Rebecca Black Biography

Net Worth	$1 Million
Age	26 years old
Born	June 21, 1997
Profession	Singer
Country	United States of America
Salary (Annual)	$250,000

Early Life

Rebecca Renee Black was (born on June 21, 1997), in Irvine, California, U.S.A. She is the daughter of two Veterinarians, John Jeffery Black, and Georgina Marquez Kelly. Her mother is of Mexican descent and immigrated to the U.S. before Rebecca was born.

Her father was from Iowa, and her parents met in California; they soon had Rebecca and her younger brother Chase Black. Later, the family split when her parents got divorced.

Rebecca enrolled at a private school from kindergarten to 6th grade and then went to a public school due to bullying. She joined the school’s musical theater program and fell in love with music there. She eventually dropped out of high school to avoid bullying and was homeschooled.

Career

It was in late 2010 when Rebecca’s life changed forever. A classmate of Rebecca’s was a music video client of the L.A. record label A.R.K. Music Factory, run by the internet legend Patrice Wilson.

Rebecca’s mother paid $4,000 for A.R.K. to produce the music video. At the same time, Patrice retained ownership of both the master and the video. Patrice Wilson wrote the song, and Rebecca recorded the song in the studio.

The music video was filmed at her home; her co-stars were her real-life friends. That single became a notorious “Friday” video released on YouTube and iTunes in February 2011.

The song Friday received about 1,000 views in its first month after being featured on one of the famous blogs. From there, the track went viral, acquiring millions of views on YouTube within a few days. From there, the way blew up on Twitter.

Following her massive success, Rebecca’s plans were put into play to release the audio as a single on March 14. The first week’s sales were around 40,000 by Billboard.

Later that month, Rebecca Black appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” to perform a song and discuss the backlash. Additionally, the song went on to peak on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 58th.

After Rebecca Black fallout with A.R.K. Music Factory, Rebecca launched her independent record label, ” R.B. Records.” Since then, Rebecca has continued to pursue her dream.

In 2013, the singer dropped a sequel for a hit song titled “Saturday,” for which she collaborated with musician Dave Days. It became her second single to chart on Billboard and peaked at number 55, reaching higher than her previous single.

In January 2016, Rebecca Black created a web video, “Life After Friday,” which showed her graduating from high school and telling her parents that she wouldn’t attend college. In 2018, she appeared on B.B.C. Radio 5 to talk about cyberbullying.

Rebecca also appeared as a contestant on the Fox Musical competition show “The Four: Battle for Stardom” for its second season. In her audition, she sang “Bye Bye Bye” and made it onto the following round. However, she was voted out by the audience in the next game when she went against James Graham. The singer returned on the 10th anniversary with the remix version of her mega-hit Friday.

Other Collaborations

In April 2011, Rebecca teamed up with a website called “Funny or Die” to rename the site “Friday or Die” on April Fool’s Day of that year. That collaboration also included a series of videos.

Soon after, Rebecca Black signed with Debra Baum’s D.B. Entertainment with the help of media personality Ryan Seacrest. MTV then named her to host their first online award show, the “O Music Awards Fan Army Party” in 2011.

Rebecca next appeared in Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” music video (T.G.I.F.).” A cover of the song “Friday” was even performed on the hit Fox show “Glee” during its second season.

At the end of 2022, Rebecca announced that she would release her debut studio album, “Let Her Burn,” in February 2023. The album contains its lead single, “Crumbs,” and its music video. She found success with its third single, “Sick to My Stomach,” which debuted.

Personal Life

After releasing her single “Friday,” she quickly became familiar with the dark side of fame when she began receiving phone and emails, which the police department investigated.

Not long after “Friday” went viral, Rebecca and her mother found themselves in a legal issue with A.R.K. Music over the song’s rise. The family alleged that A.R.K. Music failed to fulfill the terms of their agreement by not giving the family the song and video master recordings.

Rebecca also claimed that A.R.K. was misrepresenting her exclusivity to their label and exploited her song without her permission by selling Friday as a ringtone. In July 2011, the music video for “Friday” was taken down due to a legal dispute.

The video was finally restored to YouTube in September 2011 on Rebecca’s official channel. The video was selected as YouTube’s number one video of 2011, with Rebecca hosting a YouTube Rewind at the year’s end.

• In April 2020, Rebecca Black publicly emerged as queer, which she revealed during an interview on the podcast “Dating Straight.”

Rebecca Black Net Worth

Rebecca Black is a famous American singer, actor, and YouTuber with a net worth of $1 million. She gained immense fame in 2011 after her single “Friday” garnered a staggering 166 million views on YouTube. Rebecca has been involved in the music industry since the age of 14. She has made considerable money from releasing music and performing live shows. In addition, her hit single “Friday” was featured in a Kohl’s ad, which helped her earn an impressive amount of money.

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