Lorde is the only the seventh female solo artist to send a first single to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. She follows Rihanna ("Pon De Replay"), Leona Lewis ("Bleeding Love"), Katy Perry ("I Kissed A Girl"), Lady Gaga ("Just Dance," featuring Colby O'Donis), Ke$ha ("TiK ToK") and Carly Rae Jepsen ("Call Me Maybe"). Four of those women went on to become pop superstars.
Lorde is the only the sixty female solo artist to send a first single to #1 on Hot Digital Songs. She follows Rihanna ("Pon De Replay"), Katy Perry ("I Kissed A Girl"), Lady Gaga ("Just Dance," featuring Colby O'Donis), Ke$ha ("TiK ToK") and Carly Rae Jepsen ("Call Me Maybe"). Four of those women went on to become pop superstars. (The jury is still out on Jepsen.)