![]() ![]() She’s also just the coolest, kindest, nicest girl to ever exist, and Lana…I love you. And if that doesn’t make you a visionary, I truly don’t know what does. She never sacrificed her unique voice and perspective on a world and an industry that constantly tries to put people in a box. Lana has forged her own path, her entire career constantly raising the bar for herself and creating art that pushes boundaries and changes lives. What I admire most about Lana though, even more than her perfectly written albums, life-changing poetry and heavenly voice is her unwavering authenticity. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs of the United States. She captures sadness, anger and sensuality in a way only the greatest of songwriters ever could. The first song that I ever heard of Lana’s was “Video Games.” I still consider that song to be probably the best love song of all time. Lana has raised an entire generation of music lovers and songwriters like me, and taught them that there’s beauty in their vulnerability and power in their melancholy. More important than her lost list of accolades though, is the unique way she impacts everyone who encounters her in her music. Rodrigo, a chart-topping, award-winning superstar is just 20 but she’s. ![]() And last year’s Woman of the Year, Olivia Rodrigo, stopped by to introduce the trailblazing singer-songwriter. She’s brought equal passion to poetry, photography and film, including collaborations with soundtracks like “Big Eyes” and “The Great Gatsby.” Lana Del Rey was honored with the Visionary Award at the 2023 Billboard Women in Music Awards at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday (March 1). Lana’s career has spawned 15 Hot 100 hits and eight consecutive top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. And I’m beyond honored to present the visionary award to someone who couldn’t be more deserving of it if they tried, Miss Lana Del Rey. Hey guys, I am so grateful to be here tonight celebrating so many incredible women. Read Olivia Rodrigo’s induction speech in full below. Rodrigo, a three-time Grammy Award winner, is one of those fans who’s life is changed by Del Rey, for the better. The greatness doesn’t end with those “perfectly written albums, life-changing poetry and heavenly voice,” said Rodrigo, praising the living legend’s “unwavering authenticity.”īillboard’s Visionary Award recipient, she continued, “has forged her own path, her entire career constantly raising the bar for herself and creating art that pushes boundaries and changes lives.” “She captures sadness, anger and sensuality in a way only the greatest of songwriters ever could.” “I still consider that song to be probably the best love song of all time,” she explained. Like many of us, it was 2012’s “Video Games” that hooked-in Rodrigo. “Lana has raised an entire generation of music lovers and songwriters like me,” Rodrigo enthused, “and taught them that there’s beauty in their vulnerability and power in their melancholy.”
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