Lana Del Rey

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant , better known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, is an American singer, songwriter, and model. Born and raised in New York, Del Rey embarked on a music career in 2005 and first received widespread attention in 2011, when the music video for her single Video Games became a viral internet sensation. Del Rey received further recognition after her majorlabel debut Born to Die peaked at number two on the U.S. charts and was the fifth bestselling album of 2012. A remix of its single Summertime Sadness, produced by Cedric Gervais, peaked at number six on the U.S., and the Paradise EP followed that November, garnering Del Rey her first Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. Three of the EPs tracks were featured in her short film Tropico, which premiered in December 2013.

Lana Del Rey was born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant in New York City on June 21, 1985 to Robert England Grant, Jr., a Grey Group copywriter turned entrepreneur, and Patricia Ann Pat , a former Grey account executive turned high school teacher. She has one younger sister, Caroline Grant , and one brother, Charlie . Her paternal grandfather, Robert England Grant, Sr. was a Kidder, Peabody amp Co. investment banker, a vice president for Plough, Inc and Textron, and venture capitalist. She is of Scottish descent.

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