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I am Terry Gross.
My guests are Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell.
As you probably know, they're siblings who write songs together.
She sings on their albums.
He produces and plays several instruments.
They've been writing and recording together since she was 13 and he was 18.
Considering the number of records they've broken in the last few years, they're more than popular, they're a phenomenon.
Their album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Was the second in Grammy history to win in the major categories best record, Album, Song and New Artist all in the same year.
Phineas was the youngest person to receive a Grammy for producer of the year non classical.
Billy was the youngest to win two Oscars, one for the theme for the Bond film no Time to Die and another for what Was I Made for from the Barbie movie.
She collaborated on both songs with Finneas.
They're continuing to break records.
Billy was the youngest most listened to artist on Spotify this year.
Their latest album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, is now nominated for seven Grammys, including all the major categories.
Each of its tracks reached over 150 million streams on Spotify.
Vinneas also has an independent career as a producer and recording artist.
His second solo album was recently released called For Crying Out Loud.