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Lana Del Rey’s career showed no signs of slowing down from there. The title track, featuring The Weeknd, peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Billboard 200 chart, making it Lana Del Rey’s second number-one album. Two years later, in 2017, the singer followed up with a hip-hop inspired album, Lust for Life. It was supported by the singles “High by the Beach” and “Music to Watch Boys To.” Billboard 200 chart and peaked at number one in three countries. The album debuted at number two on the U.S. In 2015, Lana Del Rey released her fourth studio album, Honeymoon, which marked a return to the more baroque-pop style of her earlier work. With its title drawn from Anthony Burgess’ dystopian novel, A Clockwork Orange, the album was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and featured the singles “West Coast,” “Shades of Cool,” and “Ultraviolence.” While Ultraviolence was darker and more stripped-back than its predecessor, it has nevertheless garnered similar success, debuting at number one in 12 countries and selling over 880,000 copies in its first week. Three of the singles comprised the soundtrack for Lana Del Rey’s 2013 short film, Tropico, directed by Anthony Mandler.ĭel Rey’s follow-up album, Ultraviolence, arrived in 2014. The expanded album featured eight new singles, which were also made available on the standalone EP, Paradise. In 2012, she reissued her second album as Born to Die: The Paradise Edition.

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She also appeared on the TV shows Later with Jools Holland and Saturday Night Live.įollowing the release of Born to Die, Del Rey won a number of awards, including an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Alternative Act and a Brit Award for Best International Female Solo Artist.

In support of Born to Die, Del Rey made high-profile appearances at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, and the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. The album sold 3.4 million copies in its first year and spent 36 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. Critics responded with mixed reviews some praised the album for its distinct sound, while others complained it was too melodramatic. The song “Summertime Sadness” peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it Del Rey’s highest charting single in the U.S. The same month, she signed a joint deal with Interscope and Polydor Records to release her second studio album.īorn to Die dropped in 2012, supported by four more singles. The label later signed her and released the song as her debut single. The video for “Video Games” went viral, catching the attention of Stranger Records. In 2011, Lana Del Rey uploaded homemade music videos for her songs “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans” to YouTube. The album was released in early that year, but was soon pulled from the shelves by the singer because she didn’t believe the label was doing enough to publicize it. In 2010, Grant released a self-titled debut album as the alter-ego Lana Del Rey. Her planned album was later shelved by the label, and the singer focused her efforts instead on homeless outreach and supporting those in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. After graduating in 2008, she released a three-track EP, Kill Kill, under the name Lizzie Grant. There, she met A&R representative Van Wilson of 5 Points Records who ended up signing her. In 2006, Grant appeared at the Williamsburg Live Songwriting Competition. The philosophy major began performing at nightclubs under different names, like “Sparkle Jump Rope Queen.” Grant moved back to New York City in 2004, where she enrolled at Fordham University. Soon after, she began writing her own songs. Her uncle taught her to play the guitar in between her waitressing shifts. After graduating, she lived on Long Island for a year with her aunt and uncle. She was sent to boarding school by her parents to get her sober. There, she began singing in her local church as a cantor in the girls’ choir.Īt age 14, the singer began struggling with alcohol as a way to cope with depression and anxiety. When she was a year old, her family moved to Lake Placid, NY.

Lana Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant in 1995 in New York City, NY. She boasts six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, and a Golden Globe Award to her name.

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