Her album would go on to certified quadruple platinum (indicating four million copies sold) in New Zealand and the two Grammys won by “Royals” in 2014 indicate Lorde’s staying power as a force to be reckoned with in the Top 40 realm. After releasing her extended play The Love Club and gaining a popular standing in her home country New Zealand, “Royals” went viral and Lorde became a common name in pop culture. Lorde’s claim to fame is her pop hit “Royals”, where she rejects the ideas of wealth and affluence that pervade modern pop music and supports a lifestyle of substance. In a few short weeks Lorde went from generally unknown except to a select few New Zealanders to an international pop star in what seems like an overnight success. It is hard to culturally examine pop music in 2013 without including the impact of the singer/songwriter Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor, more commonly known by her stage name Lorde.
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