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post 30th August 2019, 12:38 PM
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Lana Del Rey's official Top 10 biggest selling singles
30 August 2019 | By Rob Copsey

Lana Del Rey has landed 20 songs in the UK's Official Top 100, but which are her ten biggest?

Ever since making her grand entrance to the mainstream in 2011 with the stirring Video Games, Lana Del Rey has been a creature of mystery.

Across her four studio albums (discounting her independently-released record under Lizzy Grant), she has used American pastiche to explore love, addiction and deception via all manner of female characters – from Stepford moll, to ‘60s flower-power hippy, to surf-rock Instagram baddie on her new collection Norman F**king Rockwell.

To celebrate the release of her fifth album, we have revealed Lana's biggest tracks in the UK to date, based on downloads and streams. See where all of Lana Del Rey's songs have charted in the UK

Across her 20 songs that have charted inside the UK's Top 100, Lana has amassed 5.2 million chart sales. That figure includes a whopping 431 million streams.

Young And Beautiful
Released: April 2013
Official Chart peak: 23
Chart sales: 477,000

Originally meant for her Born To Die: Paradise album, this sweeping and lush ballad was later released as part of The Great Gatsby movie soundtrack in 2013. Written by Lana and legendary songwriter Rick Nowels, Young and Beautiful was key in establishing the star in America, where it became her first Top 40 single. In the UK, it ranks as her fourth biggest track.

Born To Die
Released: December 2011
Official Chart peak: 9
Chart sales: 525,000

The title track of Lana’s debut album followed her massive debut single Video Games, proving she was more than a one-trick pony. About a doomed relationship and packed with apocalyptic lyrics, it’s a signature song in Lana’s cannon. The accompanying music video sees Lana in the arms of a tattoo-clad man (model Bradley Soileau), who Lana said was cast because he reminded her of the ex-boyfriend the song was about. Amazing.

Lust For Life
Released: April 2017
Official Chart Peak: 38
Chart Sales: 175,000

Lana's most recent entry in her all-time Top 10 is the title track from her 2017 album, a collaboration with The Weeknd with a doo-wop, Motown-inspired sound that took her from adored miserablist to adored optimist. It stands as Lana's eighth biggest track overall, including 21 million streams.

Summertime Sadness
Released: January 2012
Official Chart peak: 4
Chart sales: 1.3 million

As is often the case with Lana, her biggest successes arrive when you least expect them. A year and a half after the release of her Born To Die album, the wistful album cut Summertime Sadness had new life breathed into it by French house producer Cedric Gervais, sending the song Number 4 on the Official Singles Chart – her highest peak on the UK Top 40. The song's 1.3 million chart sales figure includes a mega 88 million streams.

Lana Del Rey's Official UK Top 10 biggest singles
POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR HIGHEST CHART SALES
1 SUMMERTIME SADNESS LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS 2013 4 1.3M
2 VIDEO GAMES LANA DEL REY 2011 9 890,345
3 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY 2012 9 524,959
4 YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL LANA DEL REY 2013 23 476,950
5 BLUE JEANS LANA DEL REY 2012 32 331,657
6 WEST COAST LANA DEL REY 2014 21 205,685
7 LOVE LANA DEL REY 2017 41 202,800
8 LUST FOR LIFE LANA DEL REY FT THE WEEKND 2017 38 174,526
9 NATIONAL ANTHEM LANA DEL REY 2012 92 155,153
10 RIDE LANA DEL REY 2012 32 148,362

Copyright Official Charts Company 2019. All Rights Reserved.

Bonus trivia: Lana's biggest album track, placing 12th behind High By The Beach, is Dark Paradise. It wasn't released as a single in the UK but was serviced in Australia, Germany and Switzerland as the final single from her debut album Born To Die.

Speaking of which, Born To Die is Lana's biggest album in the UK, with 1.17 million chart sales, followed by 2014's Ultraviolence on 230,000.
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post 30th August 2019, 01:24 PM
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Nice to see such detailed numbers. smile.gif

And wow, her album sales really burnt out fast didn't they?
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post 30th August 2019, 01:42 PM
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Really late to the party but I only bought Born To Die on Tuesday and I’m really enjoying it. I really loved Video Games back in 2011 but I never got round to really exploring her, probably because of a lot of issues I had going on in my life at the time.
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post 30th August 2019, 01:52 PM
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I love Lana's music! wub.gif
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post 30th August 2019, 02:54 PM
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So nice to see Blue Jeans at 330k wub.gif such an underrated track!
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post 18th March 2021, 05:02 PM
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Updated for 2021:

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Lana Del Rey's Top 20 biggest singles on the Official Chart
18 March 2021 | By Rob Copsey

Ever since making her grand entrance to the mainstream in 2011 with the stirring Video Games, Lana Del Rey has been a creature of mystery.

Across her six studio albums (discounting her independently-released record under Lizzy Grant), she has used American pastiche to explore themes of love, addiction and deception via all manner of female characters – from Stepford moll and ‘60s flower-power hippy to surf-rock Instagram baddie and, currently, high society baller on her new album Chemtrails Over The Country Club.

Below, we reveal Lana's biggest tracks in the UK to date, based on sales and streams. Across her 25 songs that have charted inside the UK's Top 100, Lana has amassed 7.1 million chart sales.

10. National Anthem (2012)
Official Chart peak: 92
UK chart sales: 208,000

The fifth and final single from her debut album Born To Die is pure pop grandeur; a playful take on love as materialism that is best summed up in the line: "Money is the reason we exist/ Everybody knows it, it's a fact/ Kiss kiss!” It's impossible not to imagine the song without its music video, in which Lana plays both Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy, and A$AP Rocky as JFK.

9. Lust For Life (2017)
Official Chart Peak: 38
UK chart Sales: 218,000
Title track from her 2017 album has a doo-wop, Motown-inspired sound that took her from adored miserablist to adored optimist. It stands as Lana's eighth biggest track overall, including 22 million streams.

8. Love (2017)
Official Chart peak: 41
UK chart sales: 246,000
With daisies adorning her hair and defiant lyrics about love conquering all, the lead single from her Lust For Life album is a rare and welcome and well executed uplifting moment in Lana's catalogue.

7. West Coast (2014)
Official Chart peak: 21
UK chart sales: 250,000

The trailer for her second album Ultraviolence has a bluesy, grungey feel to it; its echoing Stratocaster guitars and gritty percussion a marked switch-up in sound from lush pop of her debut.

6. Don't Call Me Angel (Charlie's Angels Theme) (2019)
Official Chart peak: 2
UK chart sales: 303,000
Lana's most recent entry in her all-time Top 10 is also her most commercial pop moment; a collaboration with Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus for the Charlie's Angels 2019 reboot. Helmed by super producer Max Martin, the finished result didn't quite live up to its hype, but Lana should be commended for not comprimising her moody aesthetic on this slick pop banger.

5. Blue Jeans (2012)
Official Chart peak: 32
UK chart sales: 402,000
This trip-hop-meets-surf-rock ballad, which served as the third single from Born To Die, is a powerfully atmospheric ode to a bad boy lover.

4. Young And Beautiful (2013)
Official Chart peak: 23
UK chart sales: 593,000

Originally meant for her Born To Die: Paradise album, this sweeping and lush ballad was later released as part of The Great Gatsby movie soundtrack in 2013. Written by Lana and legendary songwriter Rick Nowels, Young and Beautiful was key in establishing her in America, where it became her first Top 40 single. In the UK, it ranks as her fourth biggest track.

3. Born To Die (2012)
Official Chart peak: 9
UK chart sales: 616,000

The title track of Lana’s debut album followed her massive debut single Video Games and proved she was more than a one-trick pony. About a doomed relationship and packed with apocalyptic lyrics, it’s a signature song in Lana’s cannon. The accompanying music video sees Lana in the arms of a tattoo-clad man (model Bradley Soileau), who Lana said was cast because he reminded her of the ex-boyfriend the song was about. Amazing.

2. Video Games (2011)
Official Chart peak: 9
UK chart sales: 1.05 million
Lana caused quite a stir when she appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, with Video Games. It's sighing melancholy, beguiling melody and haunting vocal delivery was unlike anything seen in pop before. Who was she? What was her story? And was it genuine? None of it mattered, because Video Games is a magnificent track.

1. Summertime Sadness (2013)
Official Chart peak: 4
UK chart sales: 1.53 million

As is often the case with Lana, her biggest successes arrive when you least expect them. A year and a half after the release of her Born To Die album, the wistful album cut Summertime Sadness had new life breathed into it by French house producer Cedric Gervais (apparently unbeknown to Lana), sending the song Number 4 on the Official Singles Chart – her highest peak on the UK Top 40. The song's 1.53 million chart sales figure includes a mega 95.5 million streams.

Lana Del Rey's Official UK Top 20 biggest singles
POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK
1 SUMMERTIME SADNESS LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS 4
2 VIDEO GAMES LANA DEL REY 9
3 BORN TO DIE LANA DEL REY 9
4 YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL LANA DEL REY 23
5 BLUE JEANS LANA DEL REY 32
6 DON'T CALL ME ANGEL (CHARLIE'S ANGELS) GRANDE/CYRUS/LANA DEL REY 2
7 WEST COAST LANA DEL REY 21
8 LOVE LANA DEL REY 41
9 LUST FOR LIFE LANA DEL REY FT THE WEEKND 38
10 NATIONAL ANTHEM LANA DEL REY 92
11 RIDE LANA DEL REY 32
12 DOIN' TIME LANA DEL REY 42
13 HIGH BY THE BEACH LANA DEL REY 60
14 DARK PARADISE LANA DEL REY N/A
15 OFF TO THE RACES LANA DEL REY N/A
16 RADIO LANA DEL REY N/A
17 ONCE UPON A DREAM LANA DEL REY 60
18 GODS & MONSTERS LANA DEL REY 39
19 BROOKLYN BABY LANA DEL REY 86
20 PRISONER WEEKND FT LANA DEL REY 78

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post 18th March 2021, 05:08 PM
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I know it is her highest charting song but actually surprised at how high DCMA is, thought the long tail streams of her earlier lower charting songs would have placed a few more of them ahead! A predictable top 4 of course, happy enough with 'West Coast' at least being solidly top 10. Oops at there only being one NFR! song in the top 20.

Yay for 'Video Games' passing the 1m mark as well!
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post 18th March 2021, 05:12 PM
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Great to get those sales and good to see 2 over a million, does anyone have sales for her albums?
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'National Anthem' deserved so much better sad.gif
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Prisoner just about making it into her top 20! wub.gif
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QUOTE(Feel_The_Fever @ Mar 18 2021, 06:12 PM) *
Great to get those sales and good to see 2 over a million, does anyone have sales for her albums?

they were posted in another thread last week:


Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (#1, 2012) 1,248,425
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (#1, 2014) 254,760
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (#2, 2015) 140,162
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life (#1, 2017) 134,304
Lana Del Rey - Norman F*cking Rockwell! (#1, 2019) 137,701



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QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 18 2021, 07:11 PM) *
they were posted in another thread last week:
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (#1, 2012) 1,248,425
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (#1, 2014) 254,760
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (#2, 2015) 140,162
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life (#1, 2017) 134,304
Lana Del Rey - Norman F*cking Rockwell! (#1, 2019) 137,701


Thanks for the the info, appreciate it, her last 3 albums selling in very similar numbers.
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I'd imagine NFR and Lust For Life would overtake Honeymoon in not too long! Good to see Lana's songs are kinda as expected! Shame Ride has just dropped out but that was inevitable.
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I adore Lana's music. I suppose it would have been nice to have seen DCMA reach #1 just so she could have a Number 1 single to her name but for true authenticity it should have been something like the beautiful Video Games.
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I loved the first album but haven’t liked anything since!
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I have to admit that I mostly only go back to the first 2/3 albums (depending on if you count Paradise separately). I did love Video Games & Born To Die when they were first released but I think it was around the time Ultraviolence came out that I really got into her and then went back and appreciated all the earlier album tracks. Some of her unreleased stuff that was leaked is amazing too. Admittedly her more recent stuff doesn't appeal to me quite as much although i'm a big fan of Lust For Life.
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QUOTE(T Boy @ Aug 30 2019, 02:42 PM) *
Really late to the party but I only bought Born To Die on Tuesday and I’m really enjoying it. I really loved Video Games back in 2011 but I never got round to really exploring her, probably because of a lot of issues I had going on in my life at the time.


Listen to Norman f***ing Newman. It's her best album since BTD by FAR!!!!
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QUOTE(Dot Branning @ Mar 18 2021, 11:28 PM) *
I adore Lana's music. I suppose it would have been nice to have seen DCMA reach #1 just so she could have a Number 1 single to her name but for true authenticity it should have been something like the beautiful Video Games.


That clown song didn't deserve it. Better that it's forgotten.
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QUOTE(Bjork @ Mar 18 2021, 07:11 PM) *
they were posted in another thread last week:
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die (#1, 2012) 1,248,425
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence (#1, 2014) 254,760
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (#2, 2015) 140,162
Lana Del Rey - Lust for Life (#1, 2017) 134,304
Lana Del Rey - Norman F*cking Rockwell! (#1, 2019) 137,701

Glad to see NFR ahead of LFL and could it possibly overtake Honeymoon within a few months?
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Her best song: Blue jeans
Her best album: Ultraviolence
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