Lana Del Rey

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born: ), better known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, who performs the genres of alternative, rock, pop, dream pop, and baroque pop. Since she began her career in 2005, she's released a total of nine studio albums, one spoken word album, one reissued album, four EPs, and one compilation.
==Personal life==
Lana Del Rey was born in New York on June 21, 1985. She attended catholic school, along with high school for one year until her parents sent her to Kent Boarding School. Songs such as "Boarding School" are hinted to describe her experience at Kent. After graduating, she was accepted into the State University of New York at Geneseo, but decided not to attend. Instead, she moved in with her aunt and uncle. Here is where they taught her how to play guitar. With this knowledge, she began writing and producing songs. She later was enrolled in Fordham University, where she studied philosophy.
Del Rey's first album was an acoustic album titled Sirens, this album was not officially released. After the making of Sirens, Del Rey made an EP titled No Kung Fu, which she sent out to multiple labels. After attempts to find a label, David Kahne was the one to accept a deal with her. David and she began recording her first released EP. This EP would later turn into her first released album titled Lana Del Ray. This album was released to the public but taken down shortly afterwards. After the removal of this album, Del Rey purchased her music from the label.
After Del Rey left the label, she began working on her song "Video Games" with Justin Parker. She publicly released the self-made music video on YouTube. This caught the attention of many people, and was the start of her popularity. After the release of Video Games, she signed with new record labels, planning to make her second album. This second album would be Born To Die. Born To Die was a success, selling over 7 million copies. Del Rey later released an EP titled Paradise, Paradise would later be nominated for the Annual Grammy Awards.
Del Rey had been wanting to create a following album since Born To Die, so she sat down and began writing Ultraviolence. After releasing multiple singles for the album, Ultraviolence was publicly released on June 4th, 2014. Del Rey was also featured in the film Big Eyes, with the songs "Big Eyes" and "I Can Fly"
Del Rey had mentioned her forth studio album on a radio interview, and revealed the name Honeymoon in a Billboard interview. The beginning track titled "Honeymoon" was uploaded on YouTube, although it was not publicly on streaming platforms. After releasing multiple singles and announcing the tracklist, the album became available for pre-order. It was later released on September 18, 2015. Honeymoon was well received.
Del Rey said her next album would be faster and upbeat. This album would become Lust For Life. Del Rey released the lead-single titled "Love" along with a music video for the song two days later. The next single would be "Lust For Life" featuring The Weeknd, which was released on April 19, 2017. The two had worked together before on songs such as "Stargirl Interlude" and "Prisoner" Throughout the following months, Del Rey had released multiple singles until releasing the album worldwide on July 21, 2017. Lust For Life was well received and nominated for a Grammy.
Del Rey began releasing singles for her upcoming album. She revealed on a radio interview her next album was going to be titled Norman Fucking Rockwell! Del Rey released two more singles before releasing the album worldwide on August 30, 2019.
She also had an interest in poetry, which caused her to release her first poetry book titled "Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass" the title coming from one of her poems. The book was also accompanied by an audiobook.
Del Rey revealed on a interview that she was planning to release her seventh studio album. This album became Chemtrails Over The Country Club. The first single was released on October 16, 2020. Del Rey announced that the album would be available for pre-order on January 11, 2021. She later released three other singles for the album before its worldwide release on March 19, 2021.
Del Rey confirmed on her Instagram her new album was in the works. After a name change, the album was titled Blue Banisters. Four singles were released for the album, along with the track-list. The album was released worldwide on October 22, 2021.
Del Rey had mentioned a new album multiple ties, once during an Instagram livestream, and another during an interview. On December 7, 2022, Del Rey revealed Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd's title, release date, and cover. Three singles were released before the worldwide release on March 24, 2023. The album would later earn five nominations for the Annual Grammy Awards. Since the album, Del Rey has consistently released singles leading up to her upcoming album, Lasso. 
==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)
===EPs===
*Kill Kill (2008)
*Lana Del Rey (2012)
*Paradise (2012)
*Tropico (2013)
===Reissues===
*Born To Die: The Paradise Edition (2012)
===Audio Books===
*Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass (2020)
===Compilations===
*The Singles (2012)
==Trivia==
*Lana often gets mistaken for HRH COLLECTION due to their visual similarities and shared aesthetics.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1iUjLq1quac
*She has many deleted and scrapped music videos that were leaked on YouTube.
*She once had an entertaining feud with rapper-singer Azealia Banks on Twitter (they used to be close friends).
==Gallery==
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