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Lana Del Rey's Born To Die debuts at No. 1 in fourteen countries
By James Brady RyanFebruary 1st, 2012, 4:45 pmComments (10)
At this point I'm not sure there's much left to say about Lana Del Rey — honestly, has more time and attention been devoted to one person with such little output except for maybe Rebecca Black? Anyway, you know how it goes: some people like her, some people don't care, some people think she's a manipulative corporate hack exploiting music blogs' love of all things indie, some people watched her performance on SNL and thought, "What a lifelike, if glitchy, animatronic!" (For the record: I love "Video Games" and it may or may not have a play count in the low triple digits on my iTunes. The rest of her music is fine to my ears but nothing I'd get excited about.)
But, as we've all learned by now, if you can't ride a wave of love to success, you may as well ride a wave of hatred. Or maybe more like a spring tide of hatred with a storm surge of love. This metaphor is getting complicated. Let's move on. The point is: despite tepid reviews, Del Rey's album Born To Die debuted at number one in fourteen countries this week:
Released on Jan. 31, Born To Die topped the iTunes chart in 14 countries, the U.S., U.K., Italy, France, Germany, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, Mexico, and Luxemburg, according to the singer's representatives.
Perhaps even Lana herself was surprised by the success, since she took to Facebook to thank her fans for landing the top spot in only eleven countries. Del Rey already announced plans to rerelease her first album, which she originally put out under her real name, Lizzy Grant, and I'm sure the success of Born To Die will only reaffirm that decision. You may now commence with your extreme hating or loving in the comments, as mandated by internet law.
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@Hoo Exactly.
There's something about this girl's rise to "fame" that is just not normal.
Six Nerve articles in a week and a half seems completely normal.
I for one celebrate the success of others.
I don't get her.... this....
Manufactured stardom, facilitated by her already rich daddy. In the old days wealthy parents bought their daughters horses. Now they buy them fame and celebrity.
I'm glad I downloaded the FLACs of her album from a torrent. No way I'm giving her a fucking penny. (I was suprised to note that there were a couple of pretty decent songs on there, and I do like her voice even if most of her lyrics are just fucking stupid. Maybe -- just maybe -- she'll grow up and write some intelligent songs.)
Every time I see this chick's name, I'm left thinking about Vanessa Del Rio, a black porno star. Ahh, pre-internet video cassette memories from the early 90s.
Vanessa del Rio isn't black. She's Hispanic (though she may have some African ancestry being part Cuban). She was the first person who popped into my head when I first heard of this singer. I still remember her appearance on NYPD Blue, when James Martinez (played by Nicholas Turturro) freaked out at meeting "The Latin from Manhattin".
Haha I'm kind of happy about this. I never really had much against her. But the internet loves to hate her even though there is worse out there(bieber). You could say I was having my own Lana Del Rey backlash-backlash. At first you praise her, then you hate her? Grow up.
I too have a play count of video games in the low triple digits. I feel like had we known each other in context other than me reading your articles on the internet we would have been friends.
Also even if she is completely fabricated what does it say about people's tastes if they can be so easily predicted and manipulated. I still like a lot of her songs.