
Raised in upstate New York, Del Rey moved to New York City in 2005 to pursue a music career. She also has been recognized with the Variety's Decade Award at the Variety Hitmakers Awards for being ″regarded as one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the 21st century″.

She has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and one Golden Globe Award.

She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Brit Awards, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and a Satellite 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 and 1960s Americana. Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter.
