When Super Bass is played, there's a good chance you will not just think of Nicki Minaj but also the adorable British girl duo, Sophia Grace Brownlee [b. April 18, 2003] and Rosie McClelland, who ruled the internet with their viral video in 2011. Well, not only Nicki Minaj, the duo even became Ellen DeGeneres's favorite and launched their own segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Born in Essex, England, to Carly Brownlee and Dominic Brownlee, Sophia became an overnight celebrity after the certain video of her and her cousin, McClelland went viral. Things took off from there as they became regular guest hosts on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and also became correspondents during red carpet events, plus movie stars and illustrated children's book authors among others.
Did Sophia Grace Brownlee Try to Overshadow Rosie McClelland? Are They Still Friends?
Sophia Grace Brownlee's and her cousin, Rosie McClelland's life took a turn overnight when their video of singing Nicki Minaj's hit Super Bass went viral over the internet. Even though their parents shared the video just for fun, it soon caught the eye of popular celebrities like Justin Beiber and Puff Daddy who did not take long to tweet the clips of her video.
Their popularity further rose after Ellen DeGeneres invited them on her show to sing a duet with the singer of Super Bass hitmaker, Nicki Minaj. Being the favorite of DeGeneres, they became the regular guest on The Ellen Show having their own little segment on it.
Of course, they are the same a decade later.
Photo Source: Sophia Grace Brownlee, Instagram
From being the host of different red carpet events to debuting as actors, they did everything together. However, as their fame skyrocketed, there comes a price to pay as they started getting hate comments and being compared between each.
Being cheerful, enthusiastic, and extroverted, Brownlee's interaction with the guests on The Ellen Show somehow overshadowed the shy Rosie. This led fans to assume that she is intentionally doing so, despite them just kids being kids, and she even received lots of hate comments and backlashes.
Even though they started their career as a duo over the years, they started to pursue their solo careers which further led people to assume that the competition caused a barrier between the cousins. But the truth is far from this as the two share the same bond as before with Rosie supporting her fashion brand and Sophia promoting McClelland's songs.
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What's more, the viral YouTube sensations even recreated their signature looks from The Ellen DeGeneres Show from ten years back on Halloween this year. The musical cousins shared photos of their looks on Instagram wearing matching white outfits, their signature tiaras, and tutus and completed their looks with the bejeweled microphones similar to the ones they had previously used while interviewing celebrities.
The pair even went back to the show's final season dressed nostalgically similar to the old days in May 2022. While McClelland was not singing in the original video, fans were happy that she too sang out some verses herself. Considering she is a singer in her own right, she did impress a lot of them. As an added bonus, the pair make regular cameos on` each other's YouTube channels quite often.
Sophia Grace Brownlee's $1.5 Million Net Worth Is No Joke
As per estimating sources, Sophia Grace Brownlee holds a net worth of $1.5 million net worth as a singer, actress, author, and social media influencer. It’s not surprising as it is attributed to her entrance into the glam world at the age of eight. And to add further to her fortune, she came up with her own branded Merchandise, LoLo London.
Yes, her name is Brownlee, not McClelland, and not Sophie Grace McCarthy, 'The Baby-Sitters Club' star.
Photo Source: Sophia Grace Brownlee, Instagram
She and her cousin, Rosie McClelland became a viral sensation after posting a YouTube video of them singing a cover version of Nicki Minaj's song Super Bass. The musician cousins were then invited by Ellen DeGeneres on her show, where they sang with Nicki Minaj herself.
Not to forget, they even launched their own segment called Tea Time with Sophia Grace & Rosie on The Ellen Show where they invited and interviewed celebrities over tea such as Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Reese Witherspoon, and Hugh Grant.
Besides, their segment even won the "Choice Webstar" at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards. They also hosted different red carpet award shows like the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards.
The duo debuted as child actors in their own movie titled Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure for which Brownlee was paid around $50,000 for the film as per TMZ. They also appeared in the two episodes of Nickelodeon's hit Sam & Cat starring superstar Ariana Grande.
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They also tried their luck in writing, publishing two commercially successful illustrated children's books. Their first book, entitled Tea Time with Sophia Grace & Rosie published on 1 February 2013 went No. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list of "Children's Picture Books" while the second book, Show Time with Sophia Grace & Rosie also received commercial and critical success, like its predecessor.
Sophia then starred as a judge on the ABC reality series The Toy Box in the year 2017. Besides, she has been cast as Little Red Riding Hood in the Disney movie adaptation of Into The Woods in early 2013. However, she later got replaced by Broadway star Lilla Crawford with her father claiming that his daughter withdrew from the movie considering the fact that she was only 10 and the role has slight sexual undertones.
In the same year, Grace made her solo single debut with the song, Girls Just Gotta Have Fun, followed by Best Friends in 2014, the latter of which made it to the Billboard Hot 100 list. The five feet tall actress then released her third single Girl In The Mirror featuring Silentó in June 2016 after signing a recording deal with Capitol Records France.
We all are well aware that she got her big break from her viral video on her YouTube channel, Sophia Grace amassing over 54 million views. The 18-year-old started her self-titled YouTube channel in September 2011 and now has over 3.35 million subscribers from which she makes an average of $14,000 per video through ad revenue and sponsorships.
She's moved on for her independent YouTube career but still collaborating with Rosie.
Photo Source: Sophia Grace Brownlee, Instagram
When you have a large following on YouTube, you will surely expand your fan base into TikTok and Instagram as well which helps to get cut-through brand endeavors. With over 4.3 million followers on her TikTok page, Sophia Grace, and 1.3 million followers on her Instagram page, Sophia Grace, she earns around $3,400 and $3,800 per sponsored post through TikTok and Instagram respectively.
Sophia launched her fashion line, LoLo London, amidst coronavirus in 2020 inspiring people to work hard to achieve their dreams. This merch line sells all kinds of high-end clothing items like t-shirts, tracksuits, hoodies, tops, shorts, leggings, and so on, which have LoLo London imprints on them.
Sophia Grace Brownlee Is Secretly Dating a Boyfriend for the Last Two Years
Gone is Sophia Grace Brownlee who used to have a bubbly and extrovert personality as she has matured with age and learned to keep her personal life under the radar. While fans were curious about the then 8-year-old viral singer, she herself has admitted to being taken.
In an exclusive interview with E! News, the 19-year-old British actress finally opened up about her love life saying she has been dating this mysterious person for the past two years. But don't get excited as she has no intention of revealing further information about her boyfriend as she said, "I keep that side of my life pretty private". It makes sense, considering her privacy on social media with very few posts.
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