American singer and songwriter (born 1985)

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Lana Del Rey

<p><b>Elizabeth Woolridge Grant</b> (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as <b>Lana Del Rey</b>, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, <a href="/en/Glamour_(presentation)" title="Glamour (presentation)" class="wl">glamour</a>, and <a href="/en/Melancholia" title="Melancholia" class="wl">melancholia</a>, with frequent references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s–1960s <a href="/en/Americana_(culture)" title="Americana (culture)" class="wl">Americana</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-all_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-all-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> She is the recipient of <a href="/en/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Lana_Del_Rey" title="List of awards and nominations received by Lana Del Rey" class="wl">various accolades</a>, including two <a href="/en/Brit_Award" title="Brit Award" class="mw-redirect wl">Brit Awards</a>, two <a href="/en/MTV_Europe_Music_Award" title="MTV Europe Music Award" class="mw-redirect wl">MTV Europe Music Awards</a>, and a <a href="/en/Satellite_Award" title="Satellite Award" class="mw-redirect wl">Satellite Award</a>, in addition to nominations for six <a href="/en/Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award" class="mw-redirect wl">Grammy Awards</a> and a <a href="/en/Golden_Globe_Award" title="Golden Globe Award" class="mw-redirect wl">Golden Globe Award</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Lana_Del_Rey_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-Lana_Del_Rey-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> <a href="/en/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)" class="wl"><i>Variety</i></a> honored her at their <a href="/en/Variety_Hitmakers" title="Variety Hitmakers" class="mw-redirect wl">Hitmakers Awards</a> for being "one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

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Live" class="wl">Grammy Museum</a> in 2019</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Elizabeth Woolridge Grant</div><br><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1985-06-21</span>) </span>June 21, 1985<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>37)</span><br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, New York, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other<span>&nbsp;</span>names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Lana Del Ray</li><li>Lizzy Grant</li><li>May Jailer</li><li>Sparkle Jump Rope Queen</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma<span>&nbsp;</span>mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Fordham_University" title="Fordham University" class="wl">Fordham University</a> (<a href="/en/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" class="wl">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Singer</li><li>songwriter</li><li>record producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years<span>&nbsp;</span>active</th><td class="infobox-data">2005–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Lana_Del_Rey_discography" title="Lana Del Rey discography" class="wl">Discography</a></li><li><a href="/en/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Lana_Del_Rey" title="List of songs recorded by Lana Del Rey" class="wl">songs</a></li><li><a href="/en/Lana_Del_Rey_videography" title="Lana Del Rey videography" class="wl">videography</a></li><li><a href="/en/List_of_Lana_Del_Rey_live_performances" title="List of Lana Del Rey live performances" class="wl">live performances</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Lana_Del_Rey" title="List of awards and nominations received by Lana Del Rey" class="wl">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Alt-pop" title="Alt-pop" class="mw-redirect wl">Alt-pop</a></li><li><a href="/en/Baroque_pop" title="Baroque pop" class="wl">baroque pop</a></li><li><a href="/en/Rock_music" title="Rock music" class="wl">rock</a></li><li><a href="/en/Dream_pop" title="Dream pop" class="wl">dream pop</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Vocals</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records" class="wl">Polydor</a></li><li><a href="/en/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records" class="wl">Interscope</a></li><li><span class="nowrap">5 Points</span></li><li>Stranger</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://lanadelrey.com" class="external text" target="_blank">lanadelrey<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png/100px-Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="220" data-file-type="bitmap" height="75" width="100" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png/150px-Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png/200px-Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png 2x" alt="Lana_Del_Rey_signature.png"></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>Raised in northern New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a music career. After numerous projects, including her <a href="/en/Lana_Del_Ray_(album)" title="Lana Del Ray (album)" class="wl">self-titled debut studio album</a>, Del Rey's breakthrough came in 2011 with the viral success of her single "<a href="/en/Video_Games_(song)" title="Video Games (song)" class="wl">Video Games</a>"; she subsequently signed a recording contract with <a href="/en/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records" class="wl">Polydor</a> and <a href="/en/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records" class="wl">Interscope</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> She achieved critical and commercial success with her second album, <i><a href="/en/Born_to_Die" title="Born to Die" class="wl">Born to Die</a></i> (2012), which contained the <a href="/en/Sleeper_hit" title="Sleeper hit" class="wl">sleeper hit</a> "<a href="/en/Summertime_Sadness" title="Summertime Sadness" class="wl">Summertime Sadness</a>". Del Rey's third album, <i><a href="/en/Ultraviolence_(album)" title="Ultraviolence (album)" class="wl">Ultraviolence</a></i> (2014), featured greater use of guitar-driven instrumentation and debuted atop the U.S. <a href="/en/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200" class="wl"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>. Her fourth and fifth albums, <i><a href="/en/Honeymoon_(Lana_Del_Rey_album)" title="Honeymoon (Lana Del Rey album)" class="wl">Honeymoon</a></i> (2015) and <i><a href="/en/Lust_for_Life_(Lana_Del_Rey_album)" title="Lust for Life (Lana Del Rey album)" class="wl">Lust for Life</a></i> (2017), saw a return to the stylistic traditions of her earlier releases, while her critically acclaimed sixth album, <i><a href="/en/Norman_Fucking_Rockwell!" title="Norman Fucking Rockwell!" class="wl">Norman Fucking Rockwell!</a></i> (2019), explored <a href="/en/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock" class="wl">soft rock</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span> Her next studio albums, <i><a href="/en/Chemtrails_over_the_Country_Club" title="Chemtrails over the Country Club" class="wl">Chemtrails over the Country Club</a></i> and <i><a href="/en/Blue_Banisters" title="Blue Banisters" class="wl">Blue Banisters</a></i>, followed in 2021. Del Rey collaborated with <a href="/en/Taylor_Swift" title="Taylor Swift" class="wl">Taylor Swift</a> on "<a href="/en/Snow_on_the_Beach" title="Snow on the Beach" class="wl">Snow on the Beach</a>" for Swift's tenth studio album <i><a href="/en/Midnights" title="Midnights" class="wl">Midnights</a></i> (2022), which peaked at number four on the U.S. <a href="/en/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100" class="wl"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>, becoming Del Rey's highest-charting song on the chart.</p>

<p>Del Rey has collaborated on soundtracks for visual media; in 2013, she wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed musical short <i><a href="/en/Tropico_(film)" title="Tropico (film)" class="wl">Tropico</a></i><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span> and released "<a href="/en/Young_and_Beautiful_(Lana_Del_Rey_song)" title="Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey song)" class="wl">Young and Beautiful</a>" for the romantic drama <i><a href="/en/The_Great_Gatsby_(2013_film)" title="The Great Gatsby (2013 film)" class="wl">The Great Gatsby</a></i>. In 2014, she recorded "<a href="/en/Once_Upon_a_Dream_(Sleeping_Beauty_song)" title="Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song)" class="wl">Once Upon a Dream</a>" for the dark fantasy adventure film <i><a href="/en/Maleficent_(film)" title="Maleficent (film)" class="wl">Maleficent</a></i> and <a href="/en/Big_Eyes_(song)" title="Big Eyes (song)" class="wl">the self-titled theme song</a> for the biopic <i><a href="/en/Big_Eyes" title="Big Eyes" class="wl">Big Eyes</a></i>. Del Rey collaborated with <a href="/en/Ariana_Grande" title="Ariana Grande" class="wl">Ariana Grande</a> and <a href="/en/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus" class="wl">Miley Cyrus</a> on "<a href="/en/Don't_Call_Me_Angel" title="Don't Call Me Angel" class="wl">Don't Call Me Angel</a>" for the action comedy <i><a href="/en/Charlie's_Angels_(2019_film)" title="Charlie's Angels (2019 film)" class="wl">Charlie's Angels</a></i> (2019), which peaked at number 13 on the U.S. <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100. Additionally, Del Rey published the poetry and photography collection <i><a href="/en/Violet_Bent_Backwards_over_the_Grass" title="Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass" class="wl">Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass</a></i> (2020).</p>



Elizabeth Woolridge Grant , known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, with frequent references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s–1960s Americana. Raised in northern New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a music career. After numerous projects, including her self-titled debut studio album, Del Rey's breakthrough came in 2011 with the viral success of her single "Video Games"; she subsequently signed a recording contract with Polydor and Interscope. Her next studio albums, Chemtrails over the Country Club and Blue Banisters, followed in 2021. Del Rey collaborated with Taylor Swift on "Snow on the Beach" for Swift's tenth studio album Midnights , which peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming Del Rey's highest-charting song on the chart. 