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No Doubt Closes Sphere Residency with Olivia Rodrigo Surprise

6/14/2026

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No Doubt Finale

No Doubt performed the final show of their 2026 Sphere residency on Saturday in Las Vegas with surprise guest Olivia Rodrigo.
Gwen Stefani invited a fan holding a sign for the final hug, who was Olivia Rodrigo, who had released her album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.
Olivia Rodrigo joined No Doubt onstage, received applause, and said the band is the best in the world.

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Olivia Rodrigo Streams

Singer Olivia Rodrigo’s album earned over 80 million Spotify streams on June 12, 2026, making her second female artist after Taylor Swift to hit that mark.
Amazon Music recorded its biggest 24-hour streaming debut worldwide in 2026 with Rodrigo’s album, which also features musician Robert Smith’s guest appearance on the track ‘What’s Wrong with Me.’
Produced with producer Dan Nigro, the record shifts from pop-punk to indie-pop and is Billboard’s top-streamed female album of 2026.

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Olivia Rodrigo Deafness

Singer Olivia Rodrigo told KISS FM UK she is 60 % deaf in her left ear, a condition disclosed in 2023 after a hearing test called her “a little hard of hearing.”
Interview aired the day before her album “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love” released.
She joked that photographer friend Petra Collins creates art because of own sensory issue, adding a health perspective to the album’s promotion.

History

Historical Context

In 2015, Taylor Swift’s pop album *1989* became the first female-led record to exceed one billion Spotify streams worldwide in the streaming era. Spotify reported that *1989* logged 1,000,000,000 plays by December 2015, while Apple Music launched its streaming service that same year. Olivia Rodrigo’s 2026 album, streamed over 80 million times on Spotify and Amazon Music, echoed Swift’s breakthrough, and her Las Vegas show with No Doubt and Gwen Stefani highlighted partnerships. The pattern suggests streaming milestones now propel legacy acts to stage collaborations, prompting record labels to prioritize cross-generational tours and digital promotion strategies.

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No Doubt Finale

No Doubt performed the final show of their 2026 Sphere residency on Saturday in Las Vegas with surprise guest Olivia Rodrigo.
Gwen Stefani invited a fan holding a sign for the final hug, who was Olivia Rodrigo, who had released her album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.
Olivia Rodrigo joined No Doubt onstage, received applause, and said the band is the best in the world.

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