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Melodrama by Lorde
Melodrama is an album by Lorde, released in 2017. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Green Light”, on 13 lists with a best position of #6.
Melodrama, Lorde's second album, came out on 16 June 2017 through Lava and Republic Records. After the huge success of Pure Heroine in 2013 she stepped out of the spotlight, drifting between New Zealand and the US, and came back with a record about heartbreak and being alone after her first breakup, sparked by her unease with fame. She produced it with Frank Dukes and Jack Antonoff, picking Antonoff because she wanted to push past the sound she had built with Joel Little.
Where Pure Heroine was sparse and hip-hop lean, Melodrama goes big: pounding pianos, pulsing synths and thick electronic beats, loosely strung together like the arc of one long house party. "Green Light" hits like a rush of piano and release, and "Perfect Places" and "Homemade Dynamite" followed as singles. It was her first number one in the US and Canada, took Album of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards and got a Grammy nod for Album of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Melodrama on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Light | 13 | #6 | – | 2017–2025 | |
| 2 | Perfect Places | 6 | #21 | – | 2017–2025 | |
| 3 | Homemade Dynamite | 1 | #14 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Supercut | 1 | #684 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | The Louvre | 1 | #70 | – | 2017 | |
| 6 | Liability | 1 | #81 | – | 2017 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.