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Lorde
Solo artist Takapuna New Zealand New Zealand singer‐songwriter
Lorde is an artist from Takapuna. Lorde has 150 chart appearances on 93 radio countdowns from 33 stations on RockLists, spanning 2013–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Royals”, which appears on 38 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Lorde most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 16 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Lorde was still a teenager from Takapuna, New Zealand, when "Royals" knocked the gloss off pop. Born Ella Yelich-O'Connor in 1996, she caught the industry's eye at a talent show, signed to Universal and started working with producer Joel Little. Their first effort, The Love Club EP, went up for free on SoundCloud, and "Royals" took over, a song so spare and self-possessed it made everything around it on the radio sound overdressed. It sat at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks.
Pure Heroine, her 2013 debut, built a whole album out of that minimalist, introspective sound, with "Team", "Ribs" and "Tennis Court" all murmur, throb and knowing wit. She curated a Hunger Games soundtrack along the way, and "Yellow Flicker Beat" dates from the same stretch.
Melodrama in 2017, made with Jack Antonoff, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and drew raves, with "Green Light", "Perfect Places" and "Homemade Dynamite" leading the charge. Solar Power in 2021 swapped the beats for sun-bleached folk and psychedelic touches and split the audience, and Virgin in 2025, made with Jim-E Stack, brought her back to electronic pop with "What Was That". She has two Grammys to her name.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Lorde on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royals | 38 | #1 | 2 | 2013 | |
| 2 | Team | 22 | #9 | – | 2013 | |
| 3 | Solar Power | 19 | #6 | – | 2021 | |
| 4 | Yellow Flicker Beat | 12 | #9 | – | 2014 | |
| 5 | Green Light | 13 | #6 | – | 2017 | |
| 6 | What Was That | 12 | #22 | – | 2025 | |
| 7 | Tennis Court | 8 | #12 | – | 2014 | |
| 8 | Perfect Places | 6 | #21 | – | 2017 | |
| 9 | Glory And Gore | 4 | #60 | – | 2014 | |
| 10 | Mood Ring | 5 | #60 | – | 2021 | |
| 11 | Homemade Dynamite | 1 | #14 | – | 2017 | |
| 12 | Swingin' Party | 1 | #154 | – | – | |
| 13 | Ribs | 1 | #235 | – | – | |
| 14 | Tennis Court (Flume Remix) | 1 | #47 | – | 2014 | |
| 15 | Favourite Daughter | 1 | #46 | – | 2025 | |
| 16 | David | 1 | #71 | – | 2025 | |
| 17 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 1 | #639 | – | – | |
| 18 | Supercut | 1 | #684 | – | – | |
| 19 | The Louvre | 1 | #70 | – | 2017 | |
| 20 | Liability | 1 | #81 | – | 2017 | |
| 21 | Stoned at the Nail Salon | 1 | #81 | – | 2021 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Lorde as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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