Lorde has reached a milestone with her 2013 debut single ‘Royals‘ reaching 1billion streams.The Auckland, New Zealand artist is the latest Australasian artist recognised by the region’s ‘The 1,000,000,000 List’, as organised by APRA AMCOS.
Other artists who’ve previously made the list include Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) and Gotye.The data accounts for streams across all major platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, Vevo and Amazon Music, among others.Billboard reports that Lorde was presented with her latest award at the APRA AMCOS NZ offices in her hometown by CEO Dean Ormston and Anthony Healey, head of APRA AMCOS NZ operations.Her publisher, Kobalt Music Publishing, also received an award for the song’s landmark.
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