
Since then, Del Rey has released Honeymoon (2015) and Lust for Life (2017), the latter of which topped the charts in numerous countries and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album.ĭel Rey's sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell!, was released on August 30, 2019. Her first poetry book, titled Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass was was released on September 29, 2020, accompanied by an audiobook. That same year, Del Rey recorded the eponymous theme for Big Eyes (2014), which garnered her both a Grammy and Golden Globe nomination.

Del Rey subsequently issued her sophomore major-label effort, Ultraviolence (2014), to similar success as it topped the charts and spawned the hit single, " West Coast".


In 2013, Del Rey ventured into film as she wrote, directed and starred in the short music film, Tropico (2013), and released " Young and Beautiful", the theme for The Great Gatsby (2013). Her major-label debut Born to Die (2012) proved an international success and spawned her first top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of " Summertime Sadness".ĭel Rey released the Grammy-nominated EP, Paradise (2012), to further positive reviews. 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 then signed with Interscope and Polydor later that year. Raised in Upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to embark on her music career. Her music has been noted by critics for its stylized cinematic quality its preoccupation with themes of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia and its references to pop culture, particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana. For her self-titled EP, see Lana Del Rey (EP).Įlizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, poet, model, and music video director. For her debut album, see Lana Del Ray (album). This article is about the singer Lana Del Rey. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).
