Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey ( born June 21, 1986 in New York as Elizabeth Woolridge Grant ) is an American singer. She became famous with the song Video Games, with which she took first place in the 2011 German charts in December. The first studio album Born to Die world could sell more than 5 million times, thus at number 5 in the best-selling albums of 2012.
- 3.1 Studio albums
Biography
Lana Del Rey was born in New York City and grew up in Lake Placid, New York. From the age of 18, she worked as a social worker in New York's homeless shelters and rehabilitation centers for alcoholics and drug addicts. She now lives mainly in London. She stands at the record company Universal under contract. Your artist name Elizabeth Grant chose her own, in order to connect with their music. He reminded her of the splendor of the sea - at this time it was common in Miami and in contact with Cuban friends:
" I wanted a name i could shape the music towards [ ... ]. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey Reminded us of the glamor of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue. "
Musical Career
2003-2010: Start of career
At the age of 17 she started her musical career. She performed initially under several pseudonyms or small ensemble with guitar in small clubs in Brooklyn and the Lower East Side on. Between 2005 and 2006 she took the pseudonym May Jailer on the album Sirens, which became public in May 2012. In 2010, she published under the name Lizzy Grant Album Lana Del Rey aka Lizzy Grant.
Before her breakthrough she had gone with Mando Diao on tour. She was involved in the recording of the MTV Unplugged album, Above and Beyond, which was released in November 2010.
2011-2013: Musical breakthrough Born to Die
On YouTube you title Video Games reached within one month over a million views. Meanwhile, the video has more than 56 million times (as of February 19, 2014 ). In addition, the song reached number one on the German singles charts and went platinum. Her first performances in front of a German audience had Lana Del Rey in the broadcast November 12, 2011 episode of the television program Inas night as well as during two sold-out concerts also on November 12, 2011 in Cologne, and on November 14, 2011 in Berlin.
The album Born to Die was released on 27 January 2012. It reached among other things, number one on the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK, as well as second place in the United States. The video for the single from the album of the same name was released in December of the previous year.
The third single was released on 22 June in Germany the song Summertime Sadness. He reached the Top 5 in Germany and Switzerland. A publication in the U.S. and the UK was not provided. In these countries, the National Anthem was it released as a single.
The album was recorded under the name Born to Die - The Paradise Edition, included on the seven new songs, re-released on 16 November, 2012. As part of H & M campaign Lana Del Rey published in advance the song Blue Velvet, a cover of the song by Bobby Vinton. The single was released on September 20, 2012, and placed in the charts, including the UK. The first single from the new version was the song Ride, was released on September 25. The song Burning Desire was provided as download. As a further single of the title Dark Paradise appeared on 1 March 2013. The song Young and Beautiful, a part of the soundtrack for the film The Great Gatsby, appeared on April 23, 2013, the accompanying video the day before. In the U.S., this is Del Rey's most successful single on the video games. It reached number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100
From April to September 2013, it was on a larger European tour. The Paradise tour of Europe began on April 3 in Amneville (France) and ended on September 20, 2013 in Istanbul. During the tour, she joined the end of April 2013 in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Frankfurt and Munich. In November 2013 she joined the Paradise Tour to performances in Latin America.
Since 2014: Ultraviolence
The initial work on a new studio album she recorded in February 2013. According to his own statements this " somewhat reduced ", but still should be " cinematic and gloomy".
On December 5, 2013 Lana Del Rey published the short film Tropico. At the premiere, she confirmed the title of their new album, Ultraviolence. The album will be released on May 1.