The international men's magazine GQ a few years ago created the "Person of the Year" award, which is presented to representatives of the stronger sex for achievements in the field of culture. Among the numerous nominations, only one is designed for the fair sex.
On September 6, 2012, the GQ UK affiliate held the Man of the Year Award Ceremony. The winner in the nomination "Woman of the Year" was the singer Lana del Ray. According to the editors of the magazine, Lana was chosen for a sharp rise in her musical career: this year the girl released a new album, which took a leading place in the UK charts, and also entered into a number of important advertising contracts.
The real name of this performer is Elizabeth Grant. She was born on June 21, 1986 in a suburb of New York. From childhood, the girl sang in a church choir and dreamed of a career as a star. Due to poor behavior, Elizabeth was expelled from school at the age of fifteen, and then her father, businessman Robert Grant, specializing in working with domains on the Internet, was closely involved in raising her daughter.
In 2004, the future star moved to New York and, in order to earn a piece of bread, began performing in restaurants and clubs. Four years later, Elizabeth was able to prepare a mini-album consisting of three own songs and release it under the creative pseudonym Lana Del Ray. The girl, with the help of her friends, began to distribute the mini-album through labels.
Soon she was lucky: the famous producer David Kane paid attention to her. The girl signed a contract and soon released her first full-length album, Lana Del Rey. The album was quite well received by the public. In the summer of 2011, Elizabeth's video games song sounded on all UK radio stations, after which the girl literally woke up famous. Around the same time, a contract was signed with Stranger Records, which, however, later had to be broken. In January 2012, Lana del Ray released her second album, Born to Die, whose promotion rests on the shoulders of Interscope Records.
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