Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights, and acting in school plays. She is known for her unconventional style and visual experimentation. She has twelve โGuinness World Recordsโ to her name, and she is also known as the โQueen of Pop.โ Learning to play piano at the age of 4, she created her first piano ballad when she was only 13 years old, and a year later, she started performing at open mic nights.
She has also studied method acting at the โLee Strasberg Theatre and Film Instituteโ in New York for ten years. She has played lead roles in plays such as โGuys and Dollsโ and โFunny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.โ The name โLady Gagaโ was suggested to her by her former boyfriend Robert Fusari. Fusari was texting Gaga about the โQueenโ song โRadio Ga Ga,โ when a glitch changed it to โLady Gaga.โ Fusari and Gaga had also created a company named, โTeam Lovechildโ to promote Gagaโs career. They used to record and produce โelectropop tracksโ and send it to music industry executives. โDef Jam Recordingsโ responded positively to her tracks, and they signed her into โDef Jamโ in September 2006. However, she was dropped from the label three months later. She returned home and started performing at โNeo-Burlesqueโ shows. While performing at โNeo-Burlesqueโ shows, she met the performance artist, โLady Starlight,โ who helped her mold her onstage persona. They started performing at many shows, and eventually, they were known as โLady Gaga and the Starlight Revue.โ They also performed at the โ2007 Lollapalooza Music Festival.โ
In November 2007, she struck a music publishing deal with โSony/ATV.โ She was hiredย to write songs for โBritney Spears,โ โNew Kids on the Block,โ โFergie,โ and โThe Pussycat Dolls.โ She also used to record โreference vocalsโ for Akon, who loved her voice, and he helped Gaga sign a joint deal with โKonLiveโ to make Gaga a franchise player. In 2008, Gaga moved to Los Angeles, formed her creative team, โThe Haus of Gaga,โ and finished her first album, โThe Fame.โ โThe Fameโ was an instant hit and its first two singles, โPoker Faceโ and โJust Danceโ reached number one in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the UK. In 2010, she received two โGrammyโsโ for her album, โThe Fame.โ In February 2011, she released her second album, โBorn This Way.โ The song sold more than one million copies in the first five days and earned the โGuinness World Recordโ for the fastest-selling single on iTunes. The album sold eight million copies worldwide. She wrote the title song of her album โBorn This Wayโ in just ten minutes. Her tour โThe Monster Ball Tourโ grossed $227.4 million in total, making her the highest engrossing debut artist. She considers โBorn This Wayโ a lyrical masterpiece including topics like sex, love, religion, money, identity, liberation, drugs, sexuality, individualism, and freedom. The album had been recorded in English, French, Spanish, and German.
Lady Gaga mentioned that her fashion sense was inspired by the American singer, โCher.โ She calls her fans โLittle Monsters,โ and her fans call her โMother Monster.โIn March 2011, her bracelet store raised $1.5 million to help Japanโs community, when it was hit by a tsunami. While speaking at the โ2009 The Gender Equality Summit,โ she said that it was โthe single most important momentโ of her career.
In 2011, she started the โBorn This Way Foundationโ with her mother to empower youth and prevent bullying. In 2015, she starred in the FX horror show, โAmerican Horror Story: Hotelโ in the lead role as โThe Countess.โ She was appreciated for her acting, and she also won the award for the โBest Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film.โ On January 7, 2020, she appeared on Oprah Winfreyโsย show, โ2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus.โ On the show, she discussed how she was sexually assaulted several times when she was 19 years old, and how medication had helped her get through it and cope in her day-to-day life.
Lady Gaga Bio
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