Lorde(16)of New Zealand Tops UK Singles Chart Sunday Oct 27,2013

New Zealand singer Lorde, 16, has topped the UK singles chart with her debut single, Royals

Born Ella Yelich-O'Connor, she is the youngest solo artist to score a UK number one since 15-year-old Billie Piper's Because We Want To in 1998

About Billie Paul Piper(DOB Se 22,1982)

• Billie Paul Piper is an English actress and former singer. She is known for her role as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who and as Hannah Baxter in Secret Diary of a Call Girl 

• Billie Paul Piper was the youngest ever solo artist to debut at number one, although she is only the second youngest solo artist to have a number one single, with "Because We Want To", which reached number one when she was 15 years old

About Lorde(DOB Nov 7,1996)

• Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O'Conno, known by her stage name Lorde is a New Zealand Singer and Song Writer

• Lorde's first Extended Play(EP),The Love Club was released in Nov 2012

• Lorde's first single, "Royals", debuted at number one on the NZ Top 40, and also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013, making her the first New Zealand solo artist to have a number one song in the USA

• Lorde won the Silver Scroll Award for 2013 for "Royals"

• Lorde's Debut Album,Pure Heroine was released in Sep 2013

 

The Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart Sunday Oct 27,2013

1)Lorde -Royals

2)James Arthur -You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

3)One Republic - Counting Stars

4)Katy Perry -Roar

5)Showtek -Booyah

6)Miley Cyrus -Wrecking Ball

7)James Blunt -Bonfire Heart

8)Union J - Beautiful Life

9)Wilkinson -Afterglow

10)Drake -Hold On,We're Going Home