nPostednon November 7, 2016
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nHernreal name is pretty long: Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor.
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nHernstage name is a lot shorter: Lorde.
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nBornnon this date in New Zealand, in 1996, Lorde became interested innmusic and performing when she was just a kid. Turns out, she wasngood. So good that, in her early teens, she signed with a globalnmusic corporation and later was paired with a songwriter and musicnproducer named Joel Little.
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nTurnsnout, she didn’t just sing – she was good at writing songs, too.nLittle and Lorde co-wrote many (most?) of her songs. Her first majornrelease happened in 2013, when Lorde was just 17 years old. It was anhit in New Zealand and Australia, reaching #2 in both countries.nStill in 2013, Lorde released a single called “Royals.” Andnba-ba-boom! Suddenly, Lorde was global.
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nHerenare some things that happened:
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n“Royals”n became an international hit.
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nLorden became the youngest solo artist to achieve a U.S. #1 single on then Billboard Hot 100 in more than a quarter century.
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nLorden became the only “kiwi” (New Zealander) to achieve a U.S. #1n single on the Billboard Hot 100, ever.
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Lorden and “Royals” won two Grammy Awards – Best Pop Solo Performancen and Best Song of the Year – in 2014.
(Strangely, she wasn’tn even nominated for Best New Artist of the year – even though, atn age 17, she was clearly a newbie on the global music scene. Instead,n an act that had won a Grammy Award in 2012 won the 2014 Best Newn Artist! How…? Why…? What…? I do not get that, at all!)
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nByn the way, Lorde has also won multiple New Zealand Music Awards andn Silver Scroll Awards, Billboard Music Awards, World Music Awards,n and one Brit Award and one MTV Video Music Award.
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nTheren was a bidding war to sign a publishing deal, and Lorde ended upn signing for $2.5 million (U.S. dollars).
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nShen was chosen to create a song for one of the Hunger Gamesn movies.
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nLorden was named one of Time‘s most influential teenagers in then world and appears on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list.
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nLorden is even represented by a wax figure in the Madame Toussaudsn Hollywood!
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| Lorde, in wax! |
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nLordenturns 20 today. She’s already got a shelf full of prestigious awards, a Wikipedia page and a MadamenToussauds wax figure!?! Well done, indeed!
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OctobernRevolution Day in Belarus
OctobernRevolution Day in Belarusn
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nNOTna patriotic holiday in Bangladesh
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nPhysicistnMarie Curie’s birthday
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nPhysicistnLise Meitner’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof the collapse of a bridge
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