


She attended the high school where her mother taught for one year, but when she was 15 her parents sent her to Kent School to resolve a budding drinking problem. Agnes School in her elementary years and began singing in her church choir, where she was the cantor. In Lake Placid, her father worked for a furniture company before becoming an entrepreneurial domain investor her mother worked as a schoolteacher. When she was one year old, the family moved to Lake Placid, New York. She was raised Roman Catholic and is of Scottish descent. She has a younger sister, Caroline, and a younger brother, Charlie.

She achieved critical and commercial success with her second album, Born to Die (2012), which contained the sleeper hit " Summertime Sadness". After numerous projects, including her self-titled debut studio album, Del Rey's breakthrough came in 2011 with the viral success of her single " Video Games" she subsequently signed a recording contract with Polydor and Interscope. Raised in upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a music career. Variety honored her at their Hitmakers Awards for being ″one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century." She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Brit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and a Satellite Award, in addition to nominations for six Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Her music is noted for its cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour, and melancholia, containing references to contemporary pop culture and 1950s– 1960s Americana.

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 22, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter.
