MUST HAVES. MUSIC EDITION.LANA DEL REY.

BACKGROUND HISTORY. June 21st 1985, New York City

GENRE indie rock

GREATEST HITS. Summertime Sadness,Blue Jeans, Born to Die, National Anthem.

ALBUMS, “Born To Die” (2012), “Ultraviolence” (2014), “Honeymoon” (2015), “Lust For Life” (2017), and “Norman Fucking Rockwell!” (2019).

CULTURAL IMPACT.

Lana Del Rey’s impressive mark on the music industry and popular culture.Each record, with its distinct aesthetic and sound, charts the course of the singer's career by examining her interpretation of the "American ideal" at the time of release.

"Born To Die," Del Rey's debut album, has spent over 350 weeks on and off the Billboard 200 chart. This is a remarkable achievement that demonstrates Del Rey's skill, timelessness, and impressionistic power in the landscape of music and popular culture. "Born To Die" is the only female artist's debut album to reach 350 weeks on the chart, and one of just three female artist's albums to reach 300 weeks. It comes in just ahead of Carole King's "Tapestry" (318 weeks) and behind Adele's "Hello" (317 weeks).

Until the rise of SoundCloud rappers and alternative pop singers who followed Del Rey in the mid-2010s, "sad" lyrics on mainstream radio were unheard of.

Lana Del Rey's vintage, old Hollywood, and literary references in her visuals and audios add to the "persona" she has cultivated. She makes retroactive allusions to the past while seamlessly modernizing themes to appeal to younger generations.