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Lorde had a US number one at 16

Royals topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013

Lorde, from Auckland, was 16 when Royals reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2013. She wrote the song with producer Joel Little, and it won two Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Royals topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2013. The figure is taken from Billboard, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.