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| Length = | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Lana Del Rey'' (2012) | This album = ''Born to Die'' (2012) | Next album = ''Paradise'' (2012) | Misc = }} ''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American recording artist Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey collaborated with producers including Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, and Al Shux to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily baroque pop record, which sees additional influences from alternative hip hop, indie pop and trip hop music. Contemporary music critics were divided in their opinions of ''Born to Die''; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. ''Born to Die'' reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold more than four million copies worldwide as of July 2014. After attaining online success after its initial premiere on June 29, 2011, "Video Games" was released as the lead single from ''Born to Die'' on October 17, 2011; it peaked at number 91 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Its follow-up singles "Born to Die", "Off to the Races", "Blue Jeans", "Summertime Sadness", "National Anthem", and "Dark Paradise" performed sporadically across ''Billboard'' component charts and international record charts. "Summertime Sadness" was re-released on July 11, 2013 after being remixed by Cedric Gervais, and became Del Rey's highest-charting single in the United States after reaching number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Del Rey additionally promoted ''Born to Die'' with several televised performances, including a widely-criticized appearance on ''Saturday Night Live''. It was reissued on November 9, 2012 as an expanded version subtitled ''The Paradise Edition'', which was packaged with her third extended play ''Paradise'' (2012). As of 2015, Born To Die has become the second most streamed album by a female artist on Spotify of all time. == Background and development == In 2007, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Grant signed a recording contract with the independent record label 5 Point Records, and began planning for her debut studio album. However, after hiring new management services, taking an interest in adopting the stage name Lana Del Ray, and a perceived lack of motivation during production, she found herself in conflict with the record label and her producer David Kahne. The final product ''Lana Del Ray'' was digitally released in January 2010, although her stage name was respelled Lana Del Rey shortly after its launch. Grant was successfully bought out of her recording contract upon the request of her manager; consequently, ''Lana Del Ray'' was pulled out of circulation before physical versions were produced. After settling with her current stage name, Del Rey signed a recording contract with Stranger Records in June 2011, and released the track "Video Games". Initially, she had released the song because it was her "favorite" and had no intentions of releasing it as a single, although the video went viral on YouTube after its premiere. During an appearance on the French television series ''Taratata'' in November 2011, Del Rey announced that her second studio album would be titled ''Born to Die''. The cover for ''Born to Die'' was photographed by Nicole Nodland, while Del Rey and David Bowden oversaw the overall direction for its packaging. On behalf of ''Complex'', Dale Eisinger ranked the cover eighth on their list of "The 50 Best Pop Album Covers of the Past Five Years", commending its usage of the typeface Steelfish and speaking favorably of the "ominous" feeling it evoked, which she credited to "the shadows or whatever the shapes in the background are () how properly Lana can affect her detached and still-flawless persona to a simple gaze". Its track listing was announced on January 9, 2012, while the record itself was released on January 31 in the United States; it became her major-label debut after securing a distribution arrangement with Interscope Records. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Born to Die (Lana Del Rey album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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