Lorde (born 1996) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She released her debut EP, The Love Club, and her debut studio album, Pure Heroine, in 2013. Lorde won a New Zealand Music Award for the former in 2013 and a Taite Music Prize for the latter in 2014. Her debut single "Royals" earned multiple awards and nominations from 2013 to 2014, including one APRA Award, one Billboard Music Award and one MTV Video Music Award. The single won Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2014 Grammy Awards. At age 17, Lorde is the youngest artist to ever win a Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
Lorde contributed four songs to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, including the single "Yellow Flicker Beat". With the latter track, the singer earned nominations for Best Original Song at the Golden Globe Awards and Best Song at the Critics' Choice Awards in 2015. Her second album Melodrama, released in 2017, won a New Zealand Music Award and earned a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2018 Grammy Awards ceremony. Overall, she has received 45 awards and 86 nominations .
Awards and nominations
+ Award Year Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Category Result American Music Awards 2014 Lorde Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist Favorite Alternative Artist Pure Heroine Favorite Pop/Rock Album Aotearoa Music Awards2013 "Royals" Single of the Year The Love Club EP Breakthrough Artist of the Year Lorde People's Choice Award International Achievement Award 2014 "Team" Single of the Year "Royals" Highest Selling New Zealand Single Pure Heroine Album of the Year Best Female Solo Artist Best Pop Album Lorde People's Choice Award International Achievement Award 2015 "Yellow Flicker Beat" Single of the Year Highest Selling New Zealand Single Radio Airplay Record of the Year Pure Heroine Highest Selling New Zealand Album Lorde International Achievement Award 2017 Melodrama Album of the Year "Green Light" Single of the Year Lorde Best Solo Artist Best Pop Artist People Choice Awards International Achievement Award 2021 "Solar Power" Single of the Year 2022 Solar Power Album of the Year Lorde Best Solo Artist Best Pop Artist "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)" Best Music Video Content 2025 "Girl, So Confusing featuring Lorde" (with Charli XCX) Single of the Year 2026Virgin Album of the Year Best Pop Artist "What Was That" Single of the Year Lorde Best Solo Artist International Achievement Australian APRA Awards 2014 Lorde Outstanding International Achievement Award ARIA Music Awards 2014 Pure HeroineBest International Artist 2017 Melodrama ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2014"Royals" Most Performed Songs BBC Music Awards 2014 Lorde Best International Artist "Royals" Song of the Year 2017 Lorde Artist of the Year Billboard Music Awards2014Lorde New Artist of the YearTop Female ArtistTop Hot 100 ArtistTop Digital Songs ArtistTop Radio Songs ArtistTop Rock Artist"Royals"Top Hot 100 SongTop Digital SongTop Radio SongTop Streaming Song (Audio)Top Rock Song Pure Heroine Top Rock Album2015 Lorde Top Rock Artist Brit Awards 2014LordeInternational Female Solo Artist 2018 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2015 "Yellow Flicker Beat" Best Song Echo Music Awards 2014Lorde Best International Female 2015 Best International Newcomer GAFFA Awards (Sweden) 2018LordeBest Foreign Solo Act Glamour Awards 2014 Pure Heroine Next Breakthrough Golden Globe Awards 2015 "Yellow Flicker Beat" Best Original Song Grammy Awards 2014 "Royals" Record of the Year Song of the Year Best Pop Solo Performance Pure Heroine Best Pop Vocal Album 2018 Melodrama Album of the Year iHeartRadio Music Awards 2014 Lorde Best New Artist "Royals" Alternative Rock Song of the Year 2018 "Homemade Dynamite" Best Remix 2022 Solar Power Best Comeback Album International Dance Music Award 2014 Lorde Best Breakthrough Artist (Solo) "Royals" Best Commercial / Pop Dance Track MPG Awards 2018 Lorde International Producer of the Year MTV Europe Music Awards2013 Lorde Best New Zealand Act Artist on the Rise 2014 Best Push Act Best New Zealand Act Best Alternative 2015 2017 Best New Zealand Act 2021 Best Alternative 2022 Best New Zealand Act MTV Millennial Awards 2017 "Green Light" International Hit of the Year MTV Video Music Awards2014"Royals" Best Female Video Best Rock Video 2017 Lorde Artist of the Year "Green Light" Best Editing 2021 "Solar Power" Best Cinematography 2025 "What Was That" Song of the Year Lorde Best Pop Artist "Man of the Year" Best Art Direction MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2014 "Royals" Best New Artist Video mtvU Woodie Awards 2014 Lorde Woodie of the Year 2015 "Don't Tell 'Em" Cover Woodie Myx Music Awards 2014 "Royals" Favorite International Video Much Music Video Awards2014 Lorde Favorite International Artist/Group "Royals" Best International Artist Video 2017 Lorde Most Buzzworthy International Artist or Group International Artist of the Year Fan Fave International Artist or Group New Zealand APRA Awards 2013 "Royals" Silver Scroll Award 2014 Most Performed Work Overseas "Team" Most Performed Work in New Zealand 2015 "Yellow Flicker Beat" Silver Scroll Award 2017 "Green Light" New Zealand Radio Awards 2018 Lorde: The Babysitter Best Video Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2014 Lorde Hot New Talent 2015 Favourite Aussie/Kiwi Music Act NME Awards 2014 Lorde Best Solo Artist 2018 Best International Solo Artist Best Live Artist Melodrama Best Album "Green Light" Best Track 2022 "Solar Power" Best Song in the World People's Choice Awards 2014 Lorde Favorite Breakout Artist Premios 40 Principales 2014 Lorde Best International New Artist Q Awards 2014 "Royals"Best Track 2017 "Green Light" Lorde Best Live Act Rolling Stone Australia Awards 2014 Pure Heroine Album of the Year Lorde Best New Talent Rolling Stone New Zealand Awards 2022 "Solar Power" Best Single Lorde Rolling Stone Global Award RTHK International Pop Poll Awards 2014 "Royals" Top Ten International Songs Lorde Top New Act Taite Music Prize 2014 Pure Heroine Taite Music Prize Teen Choice Awards 2014 Lorde Choice Female Artist "Team" Choice Single by a Female Artist 2017 "Green Light" Choice Music: Rock/Alternative Song Lorde Choice Summer Female Artist UK Music Video Awards 2016 "Magnets" (with Disclosure) Best Dance Video – UK 2017 "Green Light" Best Pop Video – International 2025 "Hammer" Best Alternative Video – International Variety's Power of Women 2021Lorde Power of Women Award World Music Awards2014 Best Female Artist Best New Artist Best Live Act Entertainer of the Year Best Alternative Act Best-selling Australasian Artist "Royals"Best Song "Team" "Tennis Court" "The Love Club" The Love Club EPBest Album Pure Heroine "Royals"Best Video "Team" "Tennis Court" Žebřík Music Awards 2013Lorde Best International Discovery 2017 Best International Female Melodrama Best International Album
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