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Lorde rules New Zealand Music Awards
Written by . Published: November 21 2013
Lorde sealed a stellar year of musical success by winning four top trophies at the New Zealand Music Awards on Thursday night (21Nov13).
The teen singer went home to attend the show in her native Auckland, opening the ceremony at the city's Vector Arena by performing her smash hit single Royals.
She went on to dominate the prizegiving, picking up four trophies
including Single of the Year for Royals, Breakthrough Artist of the
Year, the International Achievement Award, and the People's Choice
Award.
Other winners included singer Aaradhna, who took home three prizes
including the coveted Album of the Year award for Treble + Reverb,
and drum and bass group Shapeshifter, who picked up two
honours.