base talk Lana Del Rey ate this whole year up. I got the proof.

[NOW]

Arts

• 5 Grammy nominations including Album of the Year and Song of the Year
• UK Rolling Stone's Greatest American songwriter of the century
• Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest singers of all time
• Billboard Women in Music Visionary award
• First (and long overdue) VMA
• Ocean Blvd is the 3rd most acclaimed album of the year (#1 on year-end lists for Dazed, Nylon, Time Out, Slant, and The Times)
• A&W is the most acclaimed song of the year (#1 on year-end lists for NME, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Gorilla vs Bear)
• Enters Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list

& Charts

• Ocean Blvd debuted with her highest numbers since Honeymoon, and continues to rise up the charts due to two album tracks going viral
• Ocean Blvd is the second fastest selling vinyl album in the UK this year
• Holds record for most Alternative Album #1s with 7 total
• Say Yes to Heaven shattered all her records with her biggest solo debut of all time, despite zero promo
• Say Yes to Heaven became her first UK solo Top 10 in over a decade
• Born to Die spent 500+ weeks on the Billboard 200, the longest for a major label female debut
• Born to Die charted higher on 2023's year-end chart than its debut year in 2012
• 500k vinyl albums sold in just the US this year, the second highest after Taylor Swift
• Ends the year with the 7th and 11th best-selling vinyl albums in the US
• Sold out vinyl re-press for Ultraviolence and Lust for Life
• Achieved career best of 5 of her albums appearing on the Billboard 200 within a single year
• Official receipts updated with a total of 41M album sales & 58B streams
• Ranks at #10 on IFPI's list of the world's best selling artists in 2023 (her highest position since 2012)
• Most certified songwriter of Q4 2023

Streaming

• Hit a new peak of 57M+ Spotify monthly listeners
• Ends the year with almost 8B Spotify streams
• Perched at #2 of the most streamed female artist globally
• #10 most streamed artist of the year
• Hit new peaks on highest album debut streaming day and overall streaming day
• Summertime Sadness and Young & Beautiful became her first tracks to hit 1B Spotify streams
• Stargirl Interlude becomes the most streamed interlude on Spotify
• Radio resurges and becomes one of her biggest album tracks ever
• Countless album and unreleased tracks went viral

Touring, Television, and Interviews

• Sold out her shows for the European and US legs
• Sold out her first stadium date in Mexico
• Tour dates rejuvenated local economies
• Acclaimed live performer and singer
• Sold out Interview print magazine
• Fun and in her element in rare video interviews

 

Beloved by all generations

• Idol acknowledgement by Elvis' family, Joan Baez, Liz Phair, David Lynch, John Waters and more
• Shout outs by Taylor Swift, SZA, Rosalia, Lorde, Billie Eilish, Australia's PM and more
• Referenced on songs by Olivia Rodrigo, Peso Pluma, Jesse from The Neighborhood and Paris Texas

 

Fever dream timeline

• Waffle House
• Singing for K Part 2 and referencing Lizzy Grant countless times
• Releasing Say Yes to Heaven
• Debuting Flipside live
• Nude alternate album cover
• Modeling ponchos in knitting magazine
• Forgotten tunnel to reopen as a speakeasy
   

 

What a year this has been for her

 

Edited June 25 by NOW

[Escape]

Is any proof needed at this point though?

[ontherocks]

 

[Escape]

She delivered with this.

[Katamari]

Omg she beat the evil is a liar pt 2?

[ScorpiosGroove]

we don’t need any proof wbk 

[BloodLuster]

wonderful post, sis

 

and yes, queen mother smashed and will continue to do so

[Gelato]

Excellent post, educating the masses and raising the bar on this hellsite 

[Bimbo]

That’s why they call her Lanita

[queenoftheclouds]

This is Album of the year

 

[Big Bad Wolf]

You forgot Radio doing 1M daily. That was a huge. Cult classic smash status. 

[Trainwreck]

PERIODTTTTTT 

[May]

I remember being in high school , when ppl would ask who I listen to and id say Lana Del Rey and NOBODY knew her

 

and now….

[Bosque]

That's what happens when you keep a steady stream of high quality releases and cap off your discography with an excellent album like DYKTTATUOB (with production by Jack Antonoff)  she never apologizes for being herself and became an icon in the process 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Dephira

[CottageHore]

And it’s only up from here, gen z really has taken to Lana and I feel like Lana will keep getting passed down through each generation. See, when you do timelessness and talentry!

[Paky McGee]

I'm so proud of her! Her recent album smashed so unexpectedly. This is making me want to cry. 

[G.U.Y.]

All the receipts were shown.

[SadGirl]

probably her best year to date 

[scenekiller]

I always knew she was a legend but I never expected the gp to "get it" after the SNL/"she's not authentic"/etc nonsense and then UV and Honeymoon not really smashing

 

So as a fan for 11 years, seeing where she is now is so heartwarming

[Infinite]

she deserve all of this

[Unreachable101]

Living Legend.. all this with  0% promotion. Her pockets are full.

[RideOrDie]

arts AND charts  it is settled 

[stjosephprey4us]

Not reading all that, but yes, she eats every year (even when she doesn’t release) 

[Blackout2006]

This will be one of the most significant and influential albums of the decade The Grants, title track, Let The Light In, A&W, Sweet, and Margaret  Who told her to go off THIS hard? 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Blackout2006

[Lana Banana]

Whitney found dead in a tub with these receipts.