Lorde has officially SOLD OUT her upcoming two shows (14–15/5) at the Kia Forum.
She has sold out this arena THREE times during her Ultrasound World Tour.
Pitchfork readers have picked “Virgin” as the 13th album of 2025.
Several songs from the record have also made it l to the best songs of 2025 list — including “Current Affairs”, “Hammer” & “What Was That”.
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.@lorde has received 3 nominations at the 2026 @GoldDerby Music Awards:
Solo Artist of the Year
Album of the Year — “Virgin”
Record of the Year — “Girl, so confusing”
.@Lorde’s ‘Pure Heroine’ re-enters at no. 176 on this week’s Billboard 200, marking its 130th week on the chart.
It has charted for 23 weeks this year.
Rolling Stone ranked “Ribs” and “Green Light” at #34 and #127, respectively, on its newly published list “The 250 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century So Far.”
The publication praised @lorde’s discography, stating that “some musical masterminds just had too many classics to deny," highlighting her rare ability to deliver multiple defining tracks in one career.
.@lorde's Submissions for 68th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of The Year: What Was That & Mind Loaded (with Blood Orange, Carolina Polacheck and Mustafa)
Album of The Year: Virgin
Song of The Year: Man of the Year & Mind Loaded (with Blood Orange, Carolina Polacheck & Mustafa)
Best Pop Solo Performance: What Was That
Best Alternative Music Performance: David & Mind Loaded (with Blood Orange, Carolina Polacheck and Mustafa)
Best Alternative Music Album: Virgin
Best Music Video: What Was That
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: Virgin
Total: 11 submissions
Source: @TheGrammyGuru
"Pure Heroine", @Lorde's debut album, was released 12 years ago today.
Some of the LP’s notable achievements:
• Over 5.1 billion streams on Spotify
• Three tracks surpassing 900M streams each
• Won 2 Grammy Awards and received 4 nominations overall
• Ranked #189 on Billboard’s Greatest Albums of All Time (Billboard 200)
• Reached #1 on five charts, including Australia and New Zealand
• Entered the top 10 in over 13 national charts
• Certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA
• 10th best-selling album worldwide of 2014
• One of the most critically acclaimed album of 2013.
“Solar Power,” @Lorde’s third studio album, was released 4 years ago today.
Some of the milestones the LP achieved:
• Surpassed 620 million streams on Spotify
• Became her album with the most #1s around the world on Apple Music, topping charts in 58 countries
• Topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand
• Peaked at #2 in the UK and #5 in the US
• Entered the top 10 in 17 national charts
• Ranked as the #9 Most Discussed Album of 2021 on Metacritic
Lorde’s longest-charting projects on the Billboard 200:
1. Pure Heroine – 123 weeks*
2. Melodrama – 43 weeks
3. The Love Club (EP) – 23 weeks (combined)
4. Virgin – 5 weeks
5. Solar Power – 4 weeks
* - Still charting
Lorde has received three nominations at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards:
– Best Pop Artist
– Song of the Year (What Was That)
– Best Art Direction (Man of the Year)
All four of her studio albums have now earned at least one VMA nomination.