So I was listening to Born To Die last week for the first time aside from Summertime Sadness & a few other song I never listened to much of her music.
I must confess after listening Born To Die I'm definitely a fan she's so talented with a beautiful voice! I mean the way she puts words together is just on another level, she's like a breath of fresh air!
Then I got to thinking why isn't she bigger? I never seen her at award shows or be nominated even tho she's delivered great quality music and music videos too!
So I guess my question is why isn't she a huge artist yet?
The industry keeps trying to force these nick jr kids on us but won't give Lana her shine!
Songs like National Anthem and High By The Beach should've been huge hits with radio support!
Her debut is one of the most successful albums and eras of the decade and it completely redefined the sound, image and audience of the "indie popstar". She did blow up. She didn't get a lot of mainstream hit singles, especially in the US, because she didn't try to promote or even make radio friendly music. She still got plenty of hits around the world and a big US hit too
She's been hugely successful and most younger people know who she is so...she did blow up? She makes fairly niche music in the sense that it's very feminine/appeals to girls/gays for the most part. Her music isn't really made to SMASH if that's what you mean.
BTD has sold 5.5 million copies, she had Top10 singles all around the world (and a No.1 in Germany) and UV ended up selling like 1.7 million.
I think she did just fine. Honeymoon went nowhere, but she really shouldn't release material every year. The market is flooded with her songs, released and unreleased.
She is not played on the radio and hasn't had any televized performances in years.
Considering she is and was classified as an indie girl, she did incredibly good. She's still very famous; most people of the current generation will recognise her name, if not at least Summertime Sadness. She never aspired to be such a huge star and has clearly regretted the limelight since she was so badly burned by it, but has nonetheless succeeded in blowing up far bigger than any other indie star of recent history.