{"id":2335899,"date":"2026-03-19T00:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2335899"},"modified":"2026-03-19T00:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:26:34","slug":"lordes-royals-video-hits-1-billion-views-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lordes-royals-video-hits-1-billion-views-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorde&#8217;s &#8216;Royals&#8217; Video Hits 1 Billion Views on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"submission-link-wrapper\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=New+Orleans%2C+LA&amp;city=New+Orleans&amp;type=Update+Existing+Story&amp;headline=Lorde%27s+%27Royals%27+Video+Hits+1+Billion+Views+on+YouTube&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fla%2Fnew-orleans%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F18%2Flordes-royals-video-hits-1-billion-views-on-youtube%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Got story updates?<\/span> Submit your updates here. \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lorde&#8217;s 2013 music video for her hit song &#8220;Royals&#8221; has officially reached 1 billion views on YouTube, marking a career-first for the New Zealand artist. The video premiered when Lorde was just 16 years old and helped propel &#8220;Royals&#8221; to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart later that year.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters<\/h2>\n<p>Reaching 1 billion views on YouTube is a significant achievement that highlights the enduring popularity and cultural impact of &#8220;Royals,&#8221; one of the defining songs of the 2010s. The milestone underscores Lorde&#8217;s status as a global superstar and the ongoing success of her debut album &#8220;Pure Heroine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>The details<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;Royals&#8221; video was first uploaded to YouTube in June 2013 and has since amassed over 1 billion views, making it one of the platform&#8217;s most-watched music videos of all time. &#8220;Royals&#8221; was the lead single from Lorde&#8217;s debut album &#8220;Pure Heroine,&#8221; which was released later that year. The song went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 2013. Lorde has since released three more albums, including &#8220;Melodrama&#8221; in 2017, &#8220;Solar Power&#8221; in 2021, and &#8220;Virgin&#8221; in 2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Royals&#8221; video premiered on YouTube in June 2013.<\/li>\n<li>The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Lorde&#8217;s debut album &#8220;Pure Heroine&#8221; was released in 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"news-callout-box\">\n<h2>The players<\/h2>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/birthday\/lorde\/\">Lorde<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A New Zealand singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the 2010s with her hit song &#8220;Royals&#8221; and debut album &#8220;Pure Heroine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>YouTube<\/h3>\n<p>The popular video-sharing platform where Lorde&#8217;s &#8220;Royals&#8221; music video has now surpassed 1 billion views.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=New+Orleans%2C+LA&amp;city=New+Orleans&amp;type=Upload+Story+Photos&amp;headline=Lorde%27s+%27Royals%27+Video+Hits+1+Billion+Views+on+YouTube&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fla%2Fnew-orleans%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F18%2Flordes-royals-video-hits-1-billion-views-on-youtube%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Got photos?<\/span> Submit your photos here. \u203a<\/span><\/a>      <\/div>\n<h2>What\u2019s next<\/h2>\n<p>Lorde is set to headline several major U.S. music festivals in the coming year, including Lollapalooza, New Orleans Jazz Fest, and Governors Ball, where she is expected to perform &#8220;Royals&#8221; and other hits from her catalog.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-highlight-box\">\n<h2>The takeaway<\/h2>\n<p>Lorde&#8217;s &#8220;Royals&#8221; video reaching 1 billion views on YouTube is a testament to the song&#8217;s enduring popularity and cultural impact, solidifying the New Zealand artist&#8217;s status as a global superstar of the 2010s music scene.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n      window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n        FB.init({\n          appId: '179692745920433',\n          cookie: true,\n          xfbml: true,\n          version: 'v17.0'\n        });\n        FB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n      };\n      (function(d, s, id){\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n      }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nationaltoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a Lorde&#8217;s 2013 music video for her hit song &#8220;Royals&#8221; has officially reached 1 billion views on YouTube, marking a career-first for the New Zealand artist. The video premiered when Lorde was just 16 years old and helped propel &#8220;Royals&#8221; to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2323865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2335899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kim-Petras-to-Debut-New-Music-at-Castro-Theatre-After.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335900,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335899\/revisions\/2335900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}