<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> lorde.co.nz </Td> </Tr> <P> Ella Marija Lani Yelich - O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), better known by her stage name Lorde (/ ˈlɔːrd /), is a New Zealand singer - songwriter and record producer . Born in Takapuna and raised in Devonport, Auckland, she became interested in performing as a child . In her early teens, she signed with Universal Music Group and was later paired with songwriter and record producer Joel Little . At the age of sixteen, she released her first extended play, The Love Club EP (2012), reaching number two on the national record charts in both New Zealand and Australia . </P> <P> "Royals" was serviced as Lorde's debut single in mid-2013, becoming an international crossover hit and made her the youngest solo artist to achieve a US number - one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1987 . Lorde's debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013) garnered positive reviews for her depiction of suburban adolescence; yielding the additional top - ten single "Team", it topped the national charts in New Zealand and Australia and reached number three on the US Billboard 200 . The following year, Lorde curated the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay--Part 1 (2014) and provided its lead single, "Yellow Flicker Beat". Lorde released her second studio album Melodrama (2017) after a three - year hiatus, launched with "Green Light" as its lead single . The album debuted at number one in New Zealand and Australia, as well as topping the US Billboard 200 . She served as an executive producer alongside Jack Antonoff . The record deals with themes of heartbreak and solitude . </P> <P> Lorde's music consists of subgenres such as dream pop and indietronica . She has earned two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award and ten New Zealand Music Awards . In 2013, she was named among Time's most influential teenagers in the world, and in the following year, she was part of Forbes's "30 Under 30" list . </P>

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