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Jun 21, 1985 New York City, New York, United States 39 years old
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Lana Del Rey - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Lana Del Rey
- Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter.
- Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality; its themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia; and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana.Born in New York City and raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey returned to New York City in 2005 to begin her music career.
- Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens, Del Rey's breakthrough came after the viral success of her debut single "Video Games" in 2011.
- She signed with Interscope and Polydor later that year.
- Her major label debut Born to Die (2012) proved an international success and spawned her only top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of "Summertime Sadness", as well as the internationally successful singles "Blue Jeans", "Born to Die", and "National Anthem".
- Del Rey released the Grammy-nominated EP, Paradise in 2012.
- The next year, Del Rey ventured into film as she wrote, directed and starred in the short music film, Tropico, and released "Young and Beautiful" as the lead single for the romantic drama film The Great Gatsby (2013). Del Rey subsequently issued her sophomore major label effort, Ultraviolence (2014), to critical success, topping the charts and spawning the single, "West Coast".
- That same year, Del Rey recorded the eponymous theme for the drama film Big Eyes, which garnered her Grammy and Golden Globe nominations.
- Shortly afterwards, Del Rey released Honeymoon (2015) and Lust for Life (2017), the latter of which topped the charts in the U.S.
- and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.
- Her sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019), received widespread acclaim and two Grammy nominations, including for Album of the Year.
- In 2019, Del Rey also released the singles "Doin' Time" and "Don't Call Me Angel", the latter being a trio with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus. As of 2019, Del Rey has sold 16 million albums worldwide.
- She has sold over 5 million singles in the UK and has sold 5.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US.
- Her YouTube and Vevo pages have combined lifetime views of 3.5 billion.
