LANA DEL REY HAS HER BIGGEST YEAR TO DATE FOR RECORDED MUSIC
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
TIME OUT #1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR
THE GUARDIAN #1 SONG OF THE YEAR FOR ‘A&W’
NME #1 SONG OF THE YEAR FOR ‘A&W’
#10 MOST STREAMED ARTIST GLOBALLY ON SPOTIFY THIS YEAR
Following the release of her ninth studio album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, 2023 has become Lana Del Rey’s biggest year to date for recorded music.
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Having secured her sixth UK No. 1 Album for Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Del Rey’s seminal album has become the 10th best selling album of the year (released this year) and the third biggest selling vinyl of the year. 2023 also saw Lana Del Rey become the 10th most streamed artist globally on Spotify this year, and Ocean Blvd provided Del Rey with her strongest opening week in nearly a decade since Ultraviolence in 2014. Since its release, Ocean Blvd has sold 1.4 million adjusted units globally
Dubbed “the greatest American songwriter of the 21st century” by Rolling Stone UK and spotlighted as being “poised to become the most memorable artist of a generation” by The Sunday Times, Lana Del Rey is without a doubt one of the world’s biggest and critically acclaimed artists.
In the end of the year round-ups, The Sunday Times and Time Out awarded Ocean Blvd as the #1 Album Of The Year, and The Guardian, Pitchfork, and NME placed ‘A&W’ – the second single released from her new album – as the #1 Song Of The Year. Elsewhere in other lists, Ocean Blvd was placed #23 in NME, #37 in Crack, #14 in PopBuzz, and it was included in the unranked GQ Albums Of The Year list. ‘A&W’ also scored at #9 in i-D’s Songs Of The Year list.
Elsewhere across Lana Del Rey’s catalogue, ‘Young And Beautiful’ and ‘Summertime Sadness’ have both reached 1 billion streams on Spotify, the first of Del Rey’s songs to reach this milestone. She has also now accumulated over 50 million adjusted global album sales (4.3 million in the UK), and 75 billion global streams (over 3.2 billion in the UK). Further, 25 billion of the streams across her catalogue are from 2023 alone.
The new album was co-produced by Lana Del Rey alongside Mike Hermosa, Jack Antonoff, Drew Erickson, Zach Dawes, and Benji, and includes features from Jon Batiste, Bleachers, Father John Misty, Judah Smith, Tommy Genesis, and SYML.
Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album, Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, is available to purchase now, with CD, cassette and various exclusive vinyl formats available at select retailers and www.lanadelrey.com. Official merchandise is also now available to pre-order on Lana Del Rey’s official website.
In 2024, Lana Del Rey is set to headline both Reading and Leeds (UK festival exclusive) and Primavera Sound Barcelona.
Recently, Del Rey was nominated for five Grammys Awards for her album Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd.
Album Of The Year
‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd’
Song Of The Year
‘A&W’
Best Alternative Music Album
‘Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd’
Best Alternative Music Performance
‘A&W’
Also featured on
Taylor Swifts ‘Midnights’ (Album Of The Year Nominee)
Jon Batiste’s ‘World Music Radio’ (Album Of The Year Nominee)
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd Tracklist
The Grants
Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
Sweet
A&W
Judah Smith Interlude
Candy Necklace (feat. Jon Batiste)
Jon Batiste Interlude
Kintsugi
Fingertips
Paris, Texas (feat. SYML)
Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing (feat. RIOPY)
Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)
Margaret (feat. Bleachers)
Fishtail
Peppers (feat. Tommy Genesis)
Taco Truck x VB
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
