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Overall albums- https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lana-del-reys-biggest-albums-on-the-uks-official-chart-revealed__32733/ ©2023 Official Cha 1 BORN TO DIE 2 ULTRAVIOLENCE 3 NORMAN FU**KING ROCKWELL 4 LUST FOR LIFE 5 HONEYMOON 6 CHEMTRAILS OVER THE COUNTRY CLUB 7 BLUE BANISTERS The UK loves streaming UV I guess

An interlude is bigger than any song post UV

more interestingly 10. National Anthem Released: 2012 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 92 Total UK chart sales: 320,000 Money is the anthem, god you're so handsome. On Lana's big 2012 summer single (the more propulsive demo version is the biggest single she never released), she leaned into the enigmatic allure of celebrity for the first time; spinning a tale of scandalous Page Six romance told against the flash of paparazzo cameras and devotion to the American flag. Its music video, casting Lana as the Jackie to A$AP Rocky's JFK, is perhaps the ultimate distillation of her first album persona; corrupted, beautiful and totally dedicated to her man. 9. Stargirl Interlude (with The Weeknd) Released: 2016 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 73 Total UK chart sales: 336,000 Despite being less than 2 minutes long, Stargirl Interlude has become one of Lana's most popular tracks in recent years, thanks to TikTok. With the recent success of The Weeknd adding Ariana Grande into a remix of Starboy single Die For You, it doesn't seem a stretch to imagine a fuller version of Stargirl arriving at some point. 8. Don't Call Me Angel (with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus) Released: 2019 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 2 Total UK chart sales: 357,000 While it was perhaps surprising to see Lana team up with Ariana and Miley on this Max Martin cut - she had been steadily dipping her toe into more commercial chart prospects for a while, hooking up with both Martin and Benny Blanco on tracks for Lust For Life - the biggest shock on Don't Call Me Angel is how the song stops in its tracks to accommodate her, proving that even when she was masquerading as a Big Pop Girl (Don't Call Me Angel is still Lana's highest-peaking song in the UK), Lana Del Rey will always be Lana Del Rey. 7. Doin' Time Released: 2019 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 42 Total UK chart sales: 372,000 A cover of a track originally released by ska-pop band Sublime, Doin' Time is by far the biggest single to come from Lana's confident and assured Norman F**king Rockwell! album, which properly established her as her generation's greatest living songwriter (ironic, then, that Doin' Time is a cover). 6. West Coast Released: 2014 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 21 Total UK chart sales: 394,000 Ultraviolence is Lana's magnum opus, and bruised and brilliant sophomore records that abandons the aggressively enshrined aesthetic of Born To Die and, track by track, slowly strips the Lana Del Rey character away. It's lead track, West Coast, is most indicative of this; helping Lana set fire to her old persona and leave New York, setting out on the open road. 5. Blue Jeans Released: 2011 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 32 Total UK chart sales: 505,000 With hindsight, it's easy to see just how Born To Die and its singles helped to influence the ebb, flow and feel of pop music for the next decade - but Blue Jeans is a succinct reminder of the sometimes under-played effect hip-hop played on Lana's early career. Indeed, her flow, bars and cadence have been just an influential on mumble-rap and SoundCloud-core rappers as they have pop stars like Halsey, Billie Eilish and Selena Gomez. 4. Born To Die Released: 2012 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 9 Total UK chart sales: 757,000 One criticism levied against Lana early in her career was that she was too overly morose. And, yeah, we have to give it to her - Born To Die isn't what you'd listen to for a little pick me up. But fresh off the success of Video Games, Born To Die burnt a very depressing trail back into the UK Top 10, establishing Lana as one of the biggest breakout stars of her time. 3. Young and Beautiful Released: 2013 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 23 Total UK chart sales: 813,000 A swooning orchestral masterstroke, Young and Beautiful was originally meant for Lana's Paradise EP, but found its home on the original soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's adaption of the Great Gatsby. And so it should; its focus on the trap of materialism perfectly melds to the film's themes of lost innocence in a world that's obsessed with image and status, and how they will both, inevitably, fade. 2. Video Games Released: 2011 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 9 Total UK chart sales: 1.4 million Quite simply one of the most brilliant and influential debut singles of the 21st century, Lana Del Rey entered the culture as a fully-formed being, with a definitive point of view. The fact that it was also a chart success here - Number 9 peak and over 92 million streams to date - is a testament to Lana reading the temperature of pop music in the early 10s and setting out defy odds and subvert expectations, something she still does to this day. 1. Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais) Released: 2012 Official Singles Chart peak: Number 4 Total UK chart sales: 2 million In its original form, Summertime Sadness is evocative and stirring. Its big rave-up remix courtesy of Cedric Gervais certainly sands down its edges (just take the tracks Sapphic music video, cut up and edited out of all meaning) but was an unqualified success. Up until Don't Call Me Angel, it was Lana's highest-peaking single in the UK, and with over 2 million total UK chart sales and a staggering 158 million streams, it diluted Lana's image and message for the masses brilliantly. The story goes that Lana wasn't even aware of the remix's existence until she heard it on the radio one day. For an artist who has never willingly forsaken her artistry for commercial gain, you can certainly believe it.

Since when is gods and monsters a Uk top 40 hit and west coast at 21 on the charts- I’ve seen this chart before and it wasn’t this- honestly feel like I’ve stepped into a parallel universe. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7180/lana-del-rey/

@1000Times aka charli ain’t leaking shit, we love her but she only gives us existing song stems

Oh I’m not saying it will happen and again I think there’s a difference between what’s on Lanas records and amp clipping? But even still clipping is just bad practice generally and her engineers get paid to reduce the likelihood of this when recording her vocals.

I mean you can research yourself- I agree the songs take precedent but again do you want to damage speakers you’ve bought for a song you like? Clipping occurs when you’re overpowering or overloading a signal which is not healthy for electronics

It happens a lot now unfortunately even on some Kanye songs- too many artists on recording iPhones aswell which shouldn’t be used for recording vocals because they’re not programmed for it.

I just don’t think she cares about clipping anymore tbh- I will say blue banisters as an album is the probably the worst case for this technically with wildflower being the worst case rendering it unlistenable it’s kind of meta though because clipping in high amounts like that can damage your speakers so really she’s saying fuck you to the consumers who purchase ha music

Wait I did hear some vocals when I was listening intensely that slightly clipped on the highest points very quietly- is this the issue?

I know all of our takes are subjective though in actuality so let’s all try and get along eh? can someone describe what they hate about Arcadia’s vocals so much though- I genuinely don’t hear anything off key- the lyricism is off on one part with the car line but otherwise it’s fine.

The thing is Lana was bound to fizzle out for some of us- I’m sorry but it’s like saying Eminem's new material is miles better than the prior because it’s less world building and more general- just because the critics are more receptive means sh*t to me- I enjoy some of the new songs but you can’t expect us to like everything she puts out- it’s obvious what side of her discog will stand the test of time to me.

You were right and had a point my hated ass is loving these newfound takes aligning to mine.

I admit I was shocked

Yes but I think her voice naturally has a baby streak in my opinion especially when she’s nervous in interviews

The ending isn’t baby voice though and she is belting that part

Like do you both just hate well executed belts?

wtf did I just see- I’m sorry perma ban is needed for this

Adele has a follow up album coming in a few weeks reportedly- I wonder if this will have any effect on Lanas streams

It’s about the media? I couldn’t hear what she was singing- I like the melody though

The GP said no classics only

Are you joking? You can hear every syllable on UV- her voice is caked in reverb aswell so it’s impossible. it’s when her mixing and recording using ole mics became less “polished for sure” but she was veering away from that sound and it added to that album with subtle distortion bringing psychedelic vibes. I’ll agree on NFR except the production which is muffled as hell like every Jack prod- I don’t even know how I’d define calfornia genre wise because it’s a great song- it’s prod however is a mushy mess where nothing leads.

Ocean is definitely a weird case to me where it sounds like each song has its own mastering and mixing style- usually her albums are pretty consistent in this regard but nearly every song here has volume and compression differences etc

Anyway on the positive we have a video coming soon I hope

the way I was called deaf for years on here for saying this I wouldn’t call it buried under the instruments though because even they are quite light