Lana Del Rey is born Elizabeth Grant in New York City.
Lana Del Rey releases her first single, "Video Games," a song inspired by two fractured relationships.
Little-known Lana Del Rey takes heaps of social media abuse for her lethargic performance on Saturday Night Live. She gets retribution when her Born To Die album, released two weeks later, earns her a global fanbase.
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