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Big Brother and the Holding Company's 'Cheap Thrills' is not a compilation album, by our common definition of that term. Also, Elvis Presley is inaccurately referred to as a contemporary of Del Rey. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.80.156.7 (talk) 03:50, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong information.

she is 27 years old not 29. the brith date is wrong. it was correct a few days ago so somebody changed it recently.

See the section above you. She was born on June 21, 1985, and is 29 years old. Littlecarmen (talk) 11:38, 21 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Under the "Career" heading, subsection "2011–13: Born to Die, Paradise, and Tropico," Paragraph 3, it says "Ride" became available for purchase on September 25, 2013. Shouldn't that be 2012, since that's when the "Paradise" EP was released? Bnewall1 (talk) 06:30, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed Littlecarmen (talk) 09:51, 22 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Can the entire page be proof read. Her name is Lana Del Rey and not Ray. It says Lana Del Ray in the known a space too and throughout the document. Jamiehenriques12 (talk) 20:33, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done, no changes necessary. She did release her first album with the spelling Ray, so that is correct to refer to the album and her during that time period. —C.Fred (talk) 20:37, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Contemporaneity

I read:

Amongst her musical influences, Del Rey cites several contemporary artists such as Elvis Presley, Antony and the Johnsons, Frank Sinatra, Eminem and Amy Winehouse.

Elvis Presley: long dead. Frank Sinatra: long dead. Eminem: alive, but a name from the past. Amy Winehouse: dead (though recently so). (Antony and the Johnsons: I've no idea.) What does "contemporary" mean here? -- Hoary (talk) 14:15, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It occurred to me that "contemporary music" might have some additional, non-obvious meaning. Sure enough, "contemporary music" takes me to "contemporary classical music", which tells me: "Contemporary music" and "Contemporary art music" redirect here. For other forms of contemporary music, see Popular music. (But the word "contemporary" appears nowhere within the latter article.)

How about: Amongst her influences, Del Rey cites several popular musicians such as Elvis Presley, Antony and the Johnsons, Frank Sinatra, Eminem and Amy Winehouse?

(I note from the top of this talk page that it's not just me who's puzzled by "contemporary".) -- Hoary (talk) 00:21, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Pretty When You Cry (song)

Pretty When You Cry (song) was recently expanded from a redirect, but contains little information. Is this song notable enough for its own article? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:30, 14 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox image

This image of her has been up for over three years now, while there are a handful of other better, and more recent images of her (specifically ones of her performing). Why exactly is there a notice to consult on the Talk page before changing the photo? At this point, the photo of Del Rey in 2012 promoting her first album would be better placed in the body of the article for context, while a more recent photo would make more sense in the infobox (especially since her physical appearance has slightly shifted). Scottdoesntknow (talk) 11:30, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Three years in the context of a BLP page is not unheard of. I would be worried however (considering your talk page) what image you had in mind and if it would qualify under copyright rules. Karst (talk) 22:22, 16 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The current infobox image choice is strange, seeing as it's from 2012 (we have more recent images) and it looks very washed-out and overexposed. All of these images are more recent - why not one of them?

May 2012

February 2013

March 2013

November 2013

April 2014

My preference would be for the May 2012 or March 2013 images as they are of the highest quality with the clearest shots of Del Rey's face. –Chase (talk / contribs) 20:33, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 20:37, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Scottdoesntknow and Karst: thoughts? –Chase (talk / contribs) 21:04, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

May 2012 would have my preference too. Karst (talk) 21:52, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

April 2014 is the one I'm partial to, mainly because I think it gives a good profile of her face with the addition of her being live in performance; it may be silly, but I always find photos of musicians/singers "in action," so to speak, to be the best types of infobox photos. The image would need to be cropped to focus on her face though, which I could do. Scottdoesntknow (talk) 09:21, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I personally would go for March 2013; has quality capture of face and is more recent than May 2012 Snuggums (talk / edits) 17:35, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm ok with either May 2012 or March 2013. Δρ.Κ. ^{λόγοςπράξις} 05:53, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Everyone except Scottdoesntknow prefers the May 2012/March 2013 pictures. From there, Karst prefers May 2012 and SNUGGUMS prefers March 2013. Dr.K has not expressed further preference. I initially did not either, but lean towards May 2012 due to the brighter lighting and less-distracting background. I will go ahead and change the image to this one, but if anyone finds this controversial then feel free to revert and we can keep this discussion going (BRD). –Chase (talk / contribs) 20:41, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Earlier father estrangement

I can't seem to find it again, but she had set the record straight in an interview about how she hadn't spoken with her father in years and all of a sudden people were saying he financed and helped her album, which was weird for her and untrue. This is notable and should be included as a real life example of Igby Goes Down/privileged people distancing themselves from their family at one point or another.