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On choosing a
stage name for her feature debut album, she said: "ı wanted a name ı could shape the Music towards. I was going to miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of spanish with my friends from cuba – lana Del rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue."
[41] the name was also inspired by actress
Lana Turner and the
Ford Del Rey sedan, produced and sold in brazil in the 1980s.
[42][43][44] ınitially she had chosen the alternate spelling of lana Del ray, the name under which her
self-titled debut album was released in january 2010.
[37] her father helped with the marketing of the album,
[45] which was available for purchase on
iTunes for a brief period before being withdrawn in april 2010.
[37] kahne, as well as previous label owner nichtern both stated that Del rey bought the rights back from the label, 5 points, as she wanted it out of circulation to "stifle future opportunities to distribute it—an echo of rumors the Action was part of a calculated strategy."
