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.
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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 42 awards and 86 nominations as of July 2018[update].
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Music Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist | Nominated | |
| Favorite Alternative Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Pure Heroine | Favorite Pop/Rock Album | Nominated | |||
| Australian APRA Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Outstanding International Achievement Award | Won | |
| ARIA Music Awards | 2014 | Pure Heroine | Best International Artist | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Melodrama | Best International Artist | Nominated | ||
| ASCAP Pop Music Awards | 2014 | "Royals" | Most Performed Songs | Won | |
| BBC Music Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Best International Artist | Nominated | |
| "Royals" | Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Lorde | Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Billboard Music Awards | |||||
| 2014 | Lorde | New Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Top Female Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Hot 100 Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Digital Songs Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Radio Songs Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Top Rock Artist | Nominated | ||||
| "Royals" | Top Hot 100 Song | Nominated | |||
| Top Digital Song | Nominated | ||||
| Top Radio Song | Nominated | ||||
| Top Streaming Song (Audio) | Nominated | ||||
| Top Rock Song | Won | ||||
| Pure Heroine | Top Rock Album | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Nominated | ||||
| Lorde | Top Rock Artist | Nominated | |||
| Brit Awards | 2014 | Lorde | International Female Solo Artist | Won | |
| 2018 | Won | ||||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2015 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Best Song | Nominated | |
| Echo Music Awards | 2014 | Pure Heroine | Best International Rock/Pop Female Artist | Nominated | |
| GAFFA Awards (Sweden) | 2018 | Lorde | Best Foreign Solo Act | Nominated | |
| Glamour Awards | 2014 | Pure Heroine | Next Breakthrough | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2015 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Best Original Song | Nominated | |
| Grammy Awards | 2014 | "Royals" | Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Pop Solo Performance | Won | ||||
| Pure Heroine | Best Pop Vocal Album | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Melodrama | Album of the Year | Nominated | ||
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Best New Artist | Won | |
| "Royals" | Alternative Rock Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | "Homemade Dynamite" | Best Remix | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Solar Power | Best Comeback Album | Nominated | ||
| International Dance Music Award | |||||
| 2014 | Lorde | Best Breakthrough Artist (Solo) | Nominated | ||
| "Royals" | Best Commercial / Pop Dance Track | Nominated | |||
| MPG Awards | 2018 | Lorde | International Producer of the Year | Nominated | |
| MTV Europe Music Awards | 2013 | Lorde | Best New Zealand Act | Won | |
| Artist on the Rise | Nominated | ||||
| 2014 | Best Push Act | Nominated | |||
| Best New Zealand Act | Won | ||||
| Best Alternative | Nominated | ||||
| 2015 | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Nominated | ||||
| Best New Zealand Act | Nominated | ||||
| 2021 | Best Alternative | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Best New Zealand Act | Won | |||
| MTV Millennial Awards | 2017 | "Green Light" | International Hit of the Year | Nominated | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | 2014 | "Royals" | Best Female Video | Nominated | |
| Best Rock Video | Won | ||||
| 2017 | Lorde | Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| "Green Light" | Best Editing | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | "Solar Power" | Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||
| MTV Video Music Awards Japan | 2014 | "Royals" | Best New Artist Video | Nominated | |
| Myx Music Awards | 2014 | "Royals" | Favorite International Video | Nominated | |
| Much Music Video Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Favorite International Artist/Group | Nominated | |
| "Royals" | Best International Artist Video | Won | |||
| 2017 | Lorde | Most Buzzworthy International Artist or Group | Nominated | ||
| International Artist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Fan Fave International Artist or Group | Nominated | ||||
| New Zealand APRA Awards | 2013 | "Royals" | Silver Scroll Award | Won | |
| 2014 | Most Performed Work Overseas | Won | |||
| "Team" | Most Performed Work in New Zealand | Won | |||
| 2015 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Silver Scroll Award | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | "Green Light" | Won | |||
| New Zealand Music Awards | |||||
| 2013 | "Royals" | Single of the Year | Won | ||
| The Love Club EP | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Lorde | People's Choice Award | Won | |||
| International Achievement Award | Won | ||||
| 2014 | "Team" | Single of the Year | Won | ||
| "Royals" | Highest Selling New Zealand Single | Won | |||
| Pure Heroine | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| Best Female Solo Artist | Won | ||||
| Best Pop Album | Won | ||||
| Lorde | People's Choice Award | Nominated | |||
| International Achievement Award | Won | ||||
| 2015 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Single of the Year | Won | ||
| Highest Selling New Zealand Single | Nominated | ||||
| Radio Airplay Record of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Pure Heroine | Highest Selling New Zealand Album | Nominated | |||
| Lorde | International Achievement Award | Won | |||
| 2017 | Melodrama | Album of the Year | Won | ||
| "Green Light" | Single of the Year | Won | |||
| Lorde | Best Solo Artist | Won | |||
| Best Pop Artist | Won | ||||
| People Choice Awards | Won | ||||
| International Achievement Award | Won | ||||
| 2021 | "Solar Power" | Single of the Year | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Solar Power | Album of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Lorde | Best Solo Artist | Nominated | |||
| Best Pop Artist | Nominated | ||||
| "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)" | Best Music Video Content | Won | |||
| New Zealand Radio Awards | 2018 | Lorde: The Babysitter | Best Video | Won | |
| Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Hot New Talent | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Favourite Aussie/Kiwi Music Act | Nominated | |||
| NME Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Best Solo Artist | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Best International Solo Artist | Won | |||
| Best Live Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Melodrama | Best Album | Nominated | |||
| "Green Light" | Best Track | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | "Solar Power" | Best Song in the World | Won | ||
| People's Choice Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Favorite Breakout Artist | Nominated | |
| Premios 40 Principales | 2014 | Lorde | Best International New Artist | Nominated | |
| Q Awards | 2014 | "Royals" | Best Track | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Lorde | Best Live Act | Nominated | ||
| “Green Light” | Best Track | Nominated | |||
| Rolling Stone Australia Awards | 2014 | Pure Heroine | Album of the Year | Won | |
| Lorde | Best New Talent | Won | |||
| Rolling Stone New Zealand Awards | 2022 | "Solar Power" | Best Single | Nominated | |
| Lorde | Rolling Stone Global Award | Won | |||
| RTHK International Pop Poll Awards | 2014 | "Royals" | Top Ten International Songs | Won | |
| Lorde | Top New Act | Gold | |||
| Taite Music Prize | 2014 | Pure Heroine | Taite Music Prize | Won | |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2014 | Lorde | Choice Female Artist | Nominated | |
| "Team" | Choice Single by a Female Artist | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | "Green Light" | Choice Music: Rock/Alternative Song | Nominated | ||
| Lorde | Choice Summer Female Artist | Nominated | |||
| UK Music Video Awards | 2016 | "Magnets" (with Disclosure) | Best Dance Video (UK) | Nominated | |
| 2017 | "Green Light" | Best Pop Video (International) | Nominated | ||
| Variety's Power of Women | 2021 | Lorde | Power of Women Award | Won | |
| World Music Awards | 2014 | Best Female Artist | Nominated | ||
| Best New Artist | Won | ||||
| Best Live Act | Nominated | ||||
| Entertainer of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Alternative Act | Won | ||||
| Best-selling Australasian Artist | Won | ||||
| "Royals" | Best Song | Nominated | |||
| "Team" | Nominated | ||||
| "Tennis Court" | Nominated | ||||
| "The Love Club" | Nominated | ||||
| The Love Club EP | Best Album | Nominated | |||
| Pure Heroine | Nominated | ||||
| "Royals" | Best Video | Nominated | |||
| "Team" | Nominated | ||||
| "Tennis Court" | Nominated | ||||
| Žebřík Music Awards | 2013 | Lorde | Best International Discovery | Won | |
| 2017 | Best International Female | Nominated | |||
| Melodrama | Best International Album | Nominated |