A song about passing a driving test to obsessively journey past the house of an ex-love, sung by the teenage star of a Disney+ series, Drivers License by Olivia Rodrigo is our first global smash hit of the new year. Via an online plug from Taylor Swift the intense ballad swiftly became a sensation, setting streaming records worldwide. 

The Californian singer becomes one of only a tiny handful of acts to spend her first week on the British charts at ...