Lana Del Rey

**Elizabeth Woolridge Grant** (born June 21, 1985), also known as her stage name **Lana Del Rey**, is an American singer and songwriter from New York. She has released nine albums and four EPs since 2008.

## Early life

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (Lana Del Rey) was born on June 21, 1985, in Manhattan, New York City.

Del Rey was raised Catholic. She sang in her Church choir when she was young. She was the cantor. When she was fourteen, she was sent to Kent School, a boarding school in Connecticut, to deal with her alcoholism. she was offered a chance at university, but chose to skip a year and move with her aunt and uncle as a waitress.

When she was 19, she moved to the Bronx to study metaphysics at Fordham University.

## Career

After moving to New York City, Lana Del Rey started performing in local bars as a singer-guitarist. She made many demos before signing to a record label. This includes a demo album called _Sirens_ in 2006.

Del Rey released her first EP, _Kill Kill_, in 2008. She used the name Lizzy Grant. Two years later, she released her first album, titled _Lana Del Ray_, under an indie label called 5 Points Records. This is the only album where "Rey" was spelled as "Ray" in her name. However, the album was deleted three months after.

She released her first single as Lana Del Rey, "Video Games", in August 2011. It reached number one in the singles charts in six countries. Her second album _Born to Die_ was released in January 2012. It reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. _Born to Die_ was re-released in November 2012 as _Born to Die: The Paradise Edition_. It had eight new songs. The new songs were also available as a separate EP called _Paradise._ The EP was nominated for Best Pop Vocal album at the Grammys. In 2013, she made a song called "Young and Beautiful" for _The Great Gatsby_ soundtrack. It was nominated for the "Best Song Written for Visual Media" Grammy. Del Rey made a short movie called _Tropico_ and released it in December 2013. It has songs from her _Paradise_ EP in it. Her third album, _Ultraviolence_, was released in 2014.

Her fourth album, _Honeymoon_, was released in 2015. Her fifth album, _Lust for Life,_ was released in 2017. _Lust for Life_ was her first album to also have other artists sing on it. It included duets with The Weeknd, ASAP Rocky, Playboi Carti, Stevie Nicks, and Sean Ono Lennon.

Her sixth album, _Norman Fucking Rockwell!_, was released in 2019. The album was well-received by critics. In 2020, she released a poetry book called _Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass_ and a spoken word album to go along with it. Her seventh album, _Chemtrails Over the Country Club_, was released in March 2021. Then her eighth album, _Blue Banisters_, was released in October of the same year.

On March 2023, Lana Del Rey released her ninth album, _Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd_.

## Discography

**Albums:**
- _Lana Del Ray_ (2010)
- _Born to Die_ (2012)
- _Ultraviolence_ (2014)
- _Honeymoon_ (2015)
- _Lust for Life_ (2017)
- _Norman Fucking Rockwell!_ (2019)
- _Chemtrails over the Country Club_ (2021)
- _Blue Banisters_ (2021)
- _Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd_ (2023)
- _Lasso_ (2024)
**EPs:**
- _Kill Kill (_2008)
- _Lana Del Rey_ (2012)
- _Paradise_ (2012)
- _Tropico_ (2013)

## Tours

- Born to Die Tour (2011–12)
- Paradise Tour (2013–14)
- The Endless Summer Tour (2015)
- LA to the Moon Tour (2018)
- The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour (2019)
- 2023 tour
- The Right Person Will Stay World Tour (2025)

## Related pages

- List of poets from North America

## Infobox (musical artist)

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- **instrument**: Vocals


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Lana Del Rey
- **image**: LanaDRPrimavera310524 (32 of 147) (53765476960) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Del Rey in May 2024
- **birth name**: Elizabeth Woolridge Grant
- **birth place**: Manhattan, New York, US
- **years active**: 2005–present
- **alma mater**: Fordham University (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
- **awards**: List of awards and nominations received by Lana Del Rey, Full list
- **signature**: Lana Del Rey signature.svg
- **signature size**: 100px