Lana is the type of artist that doesn't need Grammys to establish her power; her talent is recognized by her fellow artists that have embraced her music and style. Critics don't know what they're talking about, just ask Gagz
Meanwhile she's thanking the GRAMMYs for an award she didn't even won
Quote:
Lana Del Rey @LanaDelRey 20h
@TheGRAMMYs thank you for the award - we're honored.
Even Madonna's global smash that broke the record for #1 in most countries:
Madonna - Hung Up (Official Music Video)
by Warner Bros Records 4 years ago 36,603,621 views
Mariah's local smash that's only remembered in US:
Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
by MariahCareyVEVO 4 years ago 99,387,248 views
Why does nobody care to remember about Madonna? Oh yeah, I'm sure "the video was blocked in countries so that's why it has 63 million less" is the logical excuse.
Um, that is a perfectly logical excuse.
Why has Hung Up and WBT sold nearly the same in the US? Despite one peaking at #7 while the other went #1 for 16 weeks.
Meanwhile she's thanking the GRAMMYs for an award she didn't even won
She doesn't really gaf about that, hence why she didn't show up But at least she was nominated for multiple categories, I can't say the same for other mainstream pop acts
Why has Hung Up and WBT sold nearly the same in the US? Despite one peaking at #7 while the other went #1 for 16 weeks.
"Copyright blocks" for a song that smashed in 40+ countries having 63 million less views than a song that smashed in 1 country is not a logical excuse.
IF WE REALLY NEED A MEASUREMENT then we have Youtube. Youtube is perfect for measuring how much the general public remembers a song.
Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
28,879,816 views
Mariah Carey - Hero
39,725,730 views
Mariah Carey - AIWFCIY
71,499,516 views
How come Madonna is GLOBAL and Mariah is local, yet:
Madonna - Like a Virgin
12,375,227 views
Madonna - Vogue
21,836,907 views
Madonna - Holiday
2,796,129 views
-Waits for excuse on how 4 radio stations playing a song somehow makes it a better measurement than the public actually taking time to look up the song-
Madonna's videos are blocked in a lot of countries
"Copyright blocks" for a song that smashed in 40+ countries having 63 million less views than a song that smashed in 1 country is not a logical excuse.
Yes it is. How are people suppose to watch the video and count towards a view if it's blocked?
Lana Del Rey
The next big thing, erm, according to some. But her song Video Games, which catapulted her to the fore, sure is a thing of beauty. I’ve been listening to it on a loop for a good while now, and what a gorgeously haunting song it is. My pick for Best Song of 2011. Her sort of debut album, Born to Die, was released into the world last week and has already shot to No.1 in 13 countries. Sounds peachy? Far from it; she’s got tongues lashing wagging, read on to know Why This Kolaveri Di for Lana Del Rey.
Okay, take a deep breath. She was born as Elizabeth Grant in 1986 to *minted parents* (her dad’s a millionaire, just saying) in New York City, and grew up in another rich men’s playground Lake Placid, New York. While studying metaphysics (which is working out whether it’s possible to mathematically prove God’s existence, if you didn’t know!) at Fordham University in NYC, she trawled bars in Brooklyn for a singing gig. Persistence pays as they say, ‘cos she bagged a recording contract with New York indie label 5 Points Records. Under her own name, Lizzy Grant, she released an EP titled Kill, Kill in October, 2008 and a full-length album in *January, 2010* titled Lana Del Ray, both of which tanked. In *March, 2010*, bizarrely, that album, along with footage/recordings/anything to do with Lizzy Grant, was scrubbed from the Internet. That is, there was no trace of Lizzy Grant to be found in the virtual world, and she even decamped… to London.
Lana Del Rey Skip to July, 2011, and enters Lana Del Rey, the pillow-lipped pouty, sultry, seductive version of Lizzy Grant to be known as of now, to sign a recording contract with Interscope Records (did daddy bribe the record execs?). Suspiciously, that deal was not made public.
Then, the supposedly self-made video for Video Games surfaced on the internet, and, just like that, it went on to become crazily viral (did Interscope seed and viralize it? Cynical git you’re for thinking so…), making her the poster child for indie kids along the way.
Lizzy Grant (photo courtesy | HipsterRunoff.com)
In September, 2011, noted indie music and meme interpreter Carles, of Hipster Runoff, posted a bunch of old photos of Lizzy Grant LDR in which she had smaller lips, and with it started the storm about her authenticity altogether. Then in an attempt to refute allegations of cosmetic surgery through an interview with Complex, she accidentally (ha!) muddled with her cushty background: “I haven’t had anything done at all. Anyone who’s known me will tell you that. I’m sorry, but I was living in a trailer park for a few years. I didn’t even have enough money to buy Cocoa Puffs. ”
GLOBAL 
so many good videos with wasted potential.
