Sophia Grace & Rosie

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Sophia Grace & Rosie
Sophia Grace (left) and Rosie (right) in 2013
Background information
Born	Sophia Grace Brownlee (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003 (age 21)[1] Rosie McClelland (2006-09-07) 7 September 2006 (age 18)[2]
Origin	Harlow, Essex, England[3]
Genres	Pop-rap pop
Years active	2011 (2011)–present (present)
Labels	Capitol Records France
Members	Sophia Grace Brownlee Rosie McClelland

Sophia Grace & Rosie are an English duo of singers, actors and internet personalities. The duo was formed by Sophia Grace Brownlee and Rosie McClelland in 2011, aged eight and five respectively. They garnered popularity by making regular appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, after posting a cover version of the Nicki Minaj song "Super Bass" that became popular on YouTube.^[4] The video was posted to YouTube in October 2011 and has garnered more than 151 million views as of November 2024.

Grace debuted with her solo single "Girls Just Gotta Have Fun" in 2013, followed by the single "Best Friends" in late 2014, the latter of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. The music videos for each single appear on her official YouTube channel. As of May 2022, "Girls Just Gotta Have Fun" has more than 239 million views. After signing a recording deal with Capitol Records France, she released her third single "Girl in the Mirror" on iTunes in 2016 featuring rapper Silentó, along with its accompanying music video. Grace started a YouTube channel centered around her life and started uploading vlogs and song covers. In May 2018, Grace released her first solo single "Handstand".

Grace and McClelland were first invited onto The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2011, after Ellen DeGeneres saw their cover of "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj on YouTube. Grace and McClelland, then eight and five years old respectively, became recurring cast members on the show. The girls eventually hosted their own segment, called "Tea Time with Sophia Grace & Rosie". In the segment, the duo invited guests over for tea and interviewed them. Guests included Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Hugh Grant, Julie Bowen, Harry Connick Jr., LL Cool J, Justin Bieber, and Reese Witherspoon.^[5] The segment won Grace and McClelland the "Choice Webstar" at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. They were also correspondents during red carpet events, such as the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards.

Grace and McClelland both reappeared on Ellen in May 2022, their first appearance on the show in over 6 years, where they performed "Super Bass" together again, discussed the background behind going viral, plans for the future, and their new music releases.^[6]

Grace and McClelland appeared in two episodes of Sam & Cat, the third episode ("#TheBritBrats") and the eleventh episode ("#RevengeOfTheBritBrats").^[7] In early August 2013, Grace's representatives announced that she had been cast as Little Red Riding Hood in the Disney movie adaption of Into the Woods.^[8][9] The announcement of her casting, which was never confirmed by Disney, was criticised as "a stunt" and was met with concern due to her age and the sexual undertones present between Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf.^[10] On 16 September 2013, the BroadwayWorld website announced that the film had "kicked off production last week" with Broadway star Lilla Crawford playing Little Red.^[11]

After the film's cast list was announced, Dominic Brownlee explained that Grace had withdrawn from the movie, saying, "After careful consideration, we as parents felt, as rehearsals progressed, that she was too young for this part. It was a joint decision between us and the director and producer of Into the Woods, to withdraw Sophia Grace from the film".^[12]

Grace and Rosie starred together in the 2014 film Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure directed by Brian Levant. The film was a straight-to-DVD release produced by Nickelodeon. According to TMZ, Grace was paid around $50,000 for the film; a five-picture deal signed by the cousins states that the older will earn $75,000 if a second and third installment are released, and $100,000 each for a possible fourth and fifth installment.^[13]

In 2017, Grace began starring as a judge on the ABC reality series The Toy Box.^[14] However, she did not return for the second season.^[15]

Grace and McClelland have published two illustrated story books. The first book, entitled Tea Time with Sophia Grace & Rosie, was published 1 February 2013. It debuted at No. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list of "Children's Picture Books", only outsold by Victoria Kann's Emeraldalicious (Pinkalicious).^[16] The second book, Show Time with Sophia Grace & Rosie, was published on 25 March 2014, and also received commercial and critical success, like its predecessor. Both books were written by both Grace and McClelland and illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas. They were published by Orchard Books.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2014, Just Play launched a two-doll pack containing two dolls of both Grace and McClelland. They were sold exclusively at Walmart stores for the first month, until made available at Claire's in May.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2022, Grace announced that she was expecting her first child.^[17] Her son was born on 26 February 2023.^[18] In August 2024, Grace announced that she is expecting her second child.^[19][20]

• Sophia Grace's channel on YouTube
• Rosie's channel on YouTube