2 on the Billboard 200, sold more than 7 million copies worldwide and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Though critics didn't embrace the album, it reached No. 'Born to Die'ĭel Rey's first major-label album was Born to Die, which came out in 2012. It came out in 2010, but the digital release was only available for a couple of months.
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Albums 'AKA Lizzy Grant'īefore Del Rey adopted the professional moniker of Lana Del Rey, she made an album titled Lana Del Ray AKA Lizzy Grant (spelling Ray with an "a," not an "e"). However, her first studio album was still a success, as were subsequent releases. In 2012, Del Rey appeared on Saturday Night Live and was criticized for looking nervous and singing hesitantly. There was also speculation that her father was a millionaire who'd bankrolled her (Del Rey has said her family was never wealthy). The news that Del Rey had signed with the label Interscope made some wonder if "Video Games" was a marketing ploy and not a video she'd created herself. She flirted with names like Sparkle Rope Jump Queen and May Jailer before settling on Lana Del Rey, which was selected on a trip to Miami in part for its evocation of coastal glamour. Becoming Lana Del Reyīy the time her first album came out, Del Rey had decided she wanted to work under a new name. With the $10,000 she earned for this deal, Del Rey moved into a New Jersey trailer park. In 2006, she entered a songwriting competition she didn't win, but a judge on the panel helped her create a demo, which led to her signing with the indie label 5 Points. Early Careerĭel Rey, then still known as Lizzy Grant, started her career with open mic nights and club gigs. Though Del Rey soon enrolled at Fordham University in the Bronx, where she studied philosophy, music became her true focus. Instead of attending college right away, she went to live with her aunt and uncle on Long Island her uncle taught her to play guitar. Those who don't adhere to the system on some level are unfortunately doomed to fail.Boarding school wasn't a complete cure, but by the age of 18, Del Rey was sober. Indie labels like Domino or Rough Trade just can't compete against such financial giants and it is all too common to see artists to sign deals that are more financially viable, i.e. The idea of a tier system exists currently because of the big 3 record labels are able to designate certain artists subsidiary labels that on the surface appear to be 'indie' but are in fact still kicking up their cash to Universal, Sony or Warner.
You often find what appears to be underground or independent music is actually still part of the bigger picture though, and there are very few truly independent labels in existence nowadays because they've either been acquired by the big name labels or have simply gone bust. Mainstream, bankable music making money for the labels and less mainstream, underground music made by people who either don't want to or can't access the marketing budgets. Maybe in a few years we'll have a more distinct two tier music system. My own personal Vintage Trouble backlash started when I went to see them live and realised they had no more than 3 decent songs and the rest were a beigeness of Middle America. and guess who VT are opening for this summer? Yep.Bon Jovi. Interesting thread and I wonder how long it will be before the Vintage Trouble backlash starts, when people realise the band they 'discovered' playing at their local venue and they've told all their mates about, are actually not a gang of 40 somethings who are 'keeping it real' and doing it the hard way by gigging relentlessly, but are in fact signed to Doc McGhee's management company, and the 'underground band' thing is just a very clever marketing ploy aimed squarely at the middle aged, middle income, middle class rock fans who hate what the music biz has become - ie: Simon Cowell's toy, and relish the chance to get behind a 'real band' (man).ĭoc McGhee you will know as the ex manager of Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Kiss.
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