A new face has jumped atop the US Billboard Hot 100- 16-year-old New Zealander Lorde.
Threatening the top spot for a number of weeks, her single “Royals” finally ended Miley Cyrus’ two-week run at No.1, becoming the youngest chart leader since Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now” in 1987.
Lorde heard about the news before appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, her first US network television appearance, tweeting “get the fkouttahere. royals is NUMBER 1 on BILLBOARD in the USAAA.”
The list of New Zealand artists to break into the US charts isn’t extensive- Kimbra made it to No.1 last year with the Gotye hit “Somebody That I Used To Know”, 15 years after OMC (Otara Millionaires Club) stole the spot with “How Bizarre”.
“It feels like a combination of my birthday, Christmas and washing my hair after a month of not doing so,” she told Billboard.
“[I’m] very, very grateful for everyone’s love and kind words.”
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Royals reached No.1 after experiencing a 22 percent increase in radio audience up to 128 million while being downloaded 294,000 times and streamed 6.1 million times.
Lorde will be visiting Australia in October with a six-date tour hitting Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne before returning in February for the Laneway festival.
Wednesday, Oct 16– Brisbane, The Zoo
Thursday, Oct17 – Sydney, Metro Theatre
Friday, Oct 18 – Sydney, Metro Theatre
Saturday, Oct 19 – Canberra, Zierholz
Monday, Oct 21 – Melbourne, The Corner Hotel
Tuesday, Oct 22– Melbourne, The Corner Hotel
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