10 things you didn't know about Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey is currently Artist of the Month on my blog and has a very interesting history in terms of her career and her biography! Here are 10 interest facts about Lana Del Rey.

1. Lana Del Rey released her first ever demo album "Sirens" under the name of May Jailer. The album was recorded between 2005 and 2006 and leaked in 2012. It contains 7 songs, the titles of which are unknown.

2. She is of Scottish descent

3. Lana went to Fordham University to study metaphysics which is a type of philosophy. Metaphysics deals with abstract concepts, in particular "being"

4. When Del Rey chose her stage name she had been visiting Miami several times and speaking Spanish with Cuban friends. She said "Lana Del Ray reminded us of the glamour of the seaside" eventually her lawyers convinced her to change it to Lana Del Rey.

5. Del Rey was featured on a live MTV Unplugged album by Swedish rock band Mando Diao in 2010.

6. Del Rey suffered from alcohol dependence at the age of 15.

7. Lana Del Rey claims she draws influences from "the masters of each genre". These masters include Elvis, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Nirvana, Eminem, Janis Joplin and Bruce Springsteen

8. There has been a lot of speculation about how genuine Del Rey's image is. Under the name of Lizzy Grant her music was described as "light and airy" however as Lana Del Rey it has been described as "dark and sultry". As well as her music her appearance has changed considerably causing a lot of speculation.

9. Her second album "Born To Die" was number 1 in 13 countries on it's first week of release.

10. Lana Del Rey's father Rob Grant was responsible for the marketing of her debut studio album "Lana Del Ray" which was withdrawn from iTunes due to Del Rey being unable to fund it.

Del Rey has certainly had an interesting past and with her new album "Ultraviolence" coming out her future looks interesting too!

10 things you didn't know about Kelis

Artist of the Month Kelis' 6th studio album Food drops this Monday but there are some pretty interesting things you may not know about the tasty treats lady!

1. The name Kelis is combination of her parents' names: Kenneth and Evelis!

2. At the age of 13 Kelis shaved off all her hair

3. Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo managed to get Kelis a record deal as a production duo named The Neptunes.

4. Kelis has a son named Knight who was born in 2009.

5. Kelis loved food and even wrote a cookbook with Lauren Pesavento

6. To promote her new album "Food", Kelis took a food truck to a music festival and worked in it serving gourmet dishes!

7. Kelis' mother Evelis is a Puerto-Rican and Chinese fashion designer.

8. Kelis has 3 sisters and is the third sibling out of the 4.

9. Kelis used to be signed to will.i.am's record label: will.i.am Music Group. Other artists on this label include Macy Gray, LMFAO and Natalia Kills.

10. French producer David Guetta produced her fifth studio album "Flesh Tone"

10 Things You Didn't Know About Shakira

You might know colombian superstar and Artist of the Month Shakira for Hips Don't Lie and Whenever Wherever but here are some interesting facts you might not know about her...

1.     Shakira recorded her debut studio album Magia when she was just 13 years old!

2.     According to her ex husband Antonio De La Rua, Shakira “hated” the track Hips Don’t Lie which then went on to become the biggest selling song of the 21^st century worldwide.

3.     Shakira wrote her first poem La Rose De Cristal (The Crystal Rose) when she was just 4 years old.

4.     Shakira is in the worlds cleverest 1%.

5.     Shakira’s albums Fijacion Oral vol.1 and Oral Fixation vol.2 got their title from oral being Shakira’s biggest source of pleasure! (kissing surely…)

6.     Shakira turned down collaborations from Pitbull twice for personal reasons however they have collaborated 3 times together.

7.     Shakira was known as “the belly dancing girl” in her school.

8.     Shakira’s native language is Spanish, she is also fluent in English and Portuguese. She also speaks a little Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic

9.     Shakira is the cousin of Valerie Dominguez, who is a beauty pageant title-holder.

10. In 1996 Shakira starred in a Colombian soap opera El Oasis, however it was cancelled, as it was highly unsuccessful.