None of the others played any part in the writing of the number one hit in question - but Lorde did, co-authoring Royals with producer Joel Little under her real name of Ella Yelich O'Connor. The pair also collaborated on every song on Lorde's debut album, Pure Heroine, which is released today (28 October).
Youngest singer-songwriter female to ever top the chart?
debuting in pole position on sales of 53,827 copies. It arrives a little over three years after her second album, Teenage Dream, also opened at number one on slightly higher sales of 54,176
I thought Roar is bigger than CG there, but let alone that, Katy is at her peak now .. I am more surprised at how huge she opened with TD, than right now because 60k Is not bad .. but with TD she wasn't that big at all