Lana Del Rey has just crossed a major streaming milestone: her song “Born To Die” has officially surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. This achievement cements the track’s place in the Spotify Billions Club.
But this isn’t just a standalone moment for her, it’s part of a bigger story about Del Rey’s enduring influence. Let’s break it down.
Del Rey’s cinematic title track from her breakthrough album Born To Die, released in 2012 has now hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. While it wasn’t an instant global radio smash, the song has grown steadily in popularity over more than a decade.
This puts it in elite company with songs like Summertime Sadness and Video Games, meaning that Born To Die now joins her list of multi-billion-streaming tracks.
Lana’s Spotify Legacy So Far
This milestone brings the number of Lana Del Rey songs with over 1 billion Spotify streams to at least eight. The confirmed tracks include:
- Summertime Sadness (over 2 billion)
- Video Games
- West Coast
- Young and Beautiful
- Stargirl Interlude (with The Weeknd)
- Other major catalogue favourites
- Born To Die (now confirmed)
Hitting 1 billion streams on a single song is a rare feat and having multiple songs reach that mark puts an artist in a very elite category.
This milestone also contributes to Born To Die becoming one of the longest-charting albums by a female artist in recent history.
Twenty-plus years into her career, Born To Die stands as a defining track for Lana Del Rey.
In the broader music world, hits continuing to climb streaming milestones years after release isn’t unusual but it is significant. Only a select group of artists have multiple tracks with 1 billion+ Spotify streams.