Lorde scores two Grammy noms
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Lorde performs at the The Grammy Nominations Concert Live! at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Picture: AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck
Source: AFP
New Zealand singing star Lorde has picked up two Grammy nominations – song of the year and record of the year.
The 17-year-old Kiwi schoolgirl continued her stellar year with her first Grammy nomination for song of the year for her debut single Royals.
Lorde accepting the breakthrough artist of the year at the New Zealand Music Awards in November. Picture: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
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Her competition for best song comes from Bruno Mars’s Locked out of Heaven, Pink’s Just Give me a Reason, Katy Perry’s Roar and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ Same Love.
In the record of the year category she’s up against Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams for Get Lucky, Imagine Dragons for Radioactive, Bruno Mars for Locked out of Heaven and Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. & Pharrell for Blurred Lines.
The teenager missed out on a showing in the best new artist category.
Lorde has performed at the nominations show, which kicked off in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.
Other performers are Perry, Thicke and Keith Urban.
Grammy Award organisers were forced to correct their official website in the lead up to the show, after they mistakenly hailed Lorde from Australia in a release about the performers.
Lorde’s loyal Kiwi fans took to Twitter to remind the Recording Academy of her true nationality – and the website was soon updated.
The nominations show is being broadcast live around America.
The 2014 Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 26.
