On her breakthrough single Royals Lorde said she'd never seen a "diamond in the flesh". Now, four years on, that very song has been certified diamond after selling 10 million copies in the US.
The single, which hit the no.1 spot in our charts in 2013, is just one of 16 songs in US history to hit the diamond milestone.
Lorde originally released Royals as a free download when she was still an unknown artist. The song quickly took off turning the then Devonport teenager into a household name, first here and then around the world. It shot her to superstardom and sent her debut album, Pure Heroine, to the top of charts.
After a long gestation Lorde released her second album Melodrama earlier this year.
