Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985),[1] known by her stage name Lana Del

Rey, is an American singer-songwriter !e" #ey starte$ songwriting at the age o% 18[2] an$
signe$ her &rst recor$ing contract with 5 'oints #ecor$s in 2((),[*] re"easing her &rst $igita"
a"bum Lana Del Rayin January 2(1( !e" #ey bought herse"% out o% the contract with 5 'oints
#ecor$s in A+ri" 2(1([3] [4] ,he signe$ a -oint contract with .ntersco+e,'o"y$or, an$ ,tranger
#ecor$s in Ju"y 2(11[/]
!e" #ey re"ease$ her secon$ stu$io a"bum Born to Die in January 2(12 .t $ebute$ at number
two on the 0, Billboard 2((, an$ was the &%th best-se""ing a"bum o% 2(12 A remi1 o% its &%th
sing"e 2,ummertime ,a$ness2, +ro$uce$ by 3e$ric 4er5ais, became her highest-charting
track on the 0,Billboard 6ot 1(( a%ter +eaking at number si1 in the country !e" #ey
re"ease$ her thir$ e1ten$e$ +"ay Paradise that 7o5ember8 three o% its tracks were %eature$ in
her short &"m Tropico, which was +remiere$ in !ecember 6er thir$ stu$io
a"bum Ultraviolence was re"ease$ in June 2(1/ an$ $ebute$ as number one on the 9i""boar$
2((
!e" #ey:s music has been note$ %or its cinematic soun$ an$ its re%erences to 5arious as+ects
o% +o+ cu"ture, +articu"ar"y that o% the 195(s an$19;(s Americana <he singer has $escribe$
herse"% as a 2se"%-sty"e$ gangsta 7ancy ,inatra2 =usica""y, she $raws in>uence %rom what she
$eems to be the masters o% each genre, inc"u$ing ?"5is 'res"ey, Amy @inehouse, Janis
Jo+"in, 7ir5ana,[5] [6] ?minem, 9ruce ,+ringsteen, an$ 9ritney ,+ears,[)] as we"" as
%rom +oetry an$ &"m noir[8]