Lorde won't perform at the Grammys because she wasn't offered a solo slot, according to reports in the USA.

Lorde won't perform at the Grammys because she wasn't offered a solo spot, according to US media reports.

The Kiwi songstress was reportedly the only Album of the Year nominee not to be offered the chance to perform an original track.

Citing "sources close to Lorde", TMZ reports the singer was only offered the option to sing as part of a tribute to the late Tom Petty - a version of events backed by a Variety story.



The four other Album of the Year nominees, Childish Gambino (Donald Glover), Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars and Jay Z - all of whom are male - were offered solo slots by the Grammys' producers.

Zak Kaczmarek / Getty The Kiwi songstress is the only album of the year nominee not offered a solo slot.

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Jay Z declined, but the other three artists are expected to perform solo at the ceremony on Monday afternoon (NZ time).

not ur trophy wife 💵 pic.twitter.com/enEbS1PGlG — Lorde (@lorde) January 28, 2018

Last week, Lorde's mother Sonja Yelich appeared to comment on Lorde's Grammy snub when she tweeted a picture of a newspaper clipping with the caption, "This says it all".

this says it all -@nytimes January 26, 2018 pic.twitter.com/R3YdHwieXf — Sonja Yelich (@sonjayelich1) January 26, 2018

She had circled the paragraph: "Of the 899 people to be nominated for Grammy awards in the past six years, only nine per cent were women. (This year, Lorde is the only woman nominated for album of the year; she is not scheduled to perform.)"

Lorde was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2014 and won two — Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance — for her breakthrough song Royals, which she performed on the show that year (solo, with her band). She was 17 years old at the time.

TMZ reports she'll also be giving the Grammy's red carpet a miss this year, though she will attend the ceremony.