[307] The video for "Telephone" earned Gaga the Guinness World Record for Most Product Placement in a Video. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, popularly known as Lady Gaga, was born on 28th March 1986, in Manhattan, New York. [290][291] In summing up her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote: "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind the way she uses her voice. The relatively understated Joanne (2016) performed poorly until Lady Gagas halftime Super Bowl performance in February 2017 brought it favourable attention. [13][14] She later said of her inclination towards music: I don't know exactly where my affinity for music comes from, but it is the thing that comes easiest to me. [163], In February 2016, Gaga sang the US national anthem at Super Bowl 50,[164] partnered with Intel and Nile Rodgers for a tribute performance to the late David Bowie at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards,[165] and sang "Til It Happens to You" at the 88th Academy Awards, where she was introduced by Joe Biden and was accompanied on-stage by 50 people who had suffered from sexual assault. 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Exploring Lady Gaga's Gender Identity: Is She A He Or A She? Both were unharmed. [484] The following year, she topped Forbes' List of Top-Earning Celebs Under 30,[478] which she also topped in 2011,[485] and in February 2016, the magazine estimated her net worth to be $275million. A street painting with the Daniel Quasar's version of the pride flag featuring the album's title was also unveiled on Robertson Boulevard as a tribute to the album, and how it has inspired the LGBT community over the years. [109], In 2011, Gaga also worked with Tony Bennett on a jazz version of "The Lady Is a Tramp",[110] with Elton John on "Hello Hello" for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet,[111] and with The Lonely Island and Justin Timberlake on "3-Way (The Golden Rule)". [42] She collaborated with him in the recording studio for a week on her debut album, signing with Cherrytree Records, an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum; she also wrote four songs with Kierszenbaum. [254] She earned the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and nominations for the BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. [209][210] Commercially, the soundtrack debuted at number one in the US, making Gaga the first woman with five US number-one albums in the 2010s, and breaking her tie with Taylor Swift as the most for any female artist this decade;[211] Swift tied with her again in 2019. [124][125] The second Artpop single, "Do What U Want", featured singer R. Kelly and was released later that month,[126] topping the charts in Hungary and reaching number 13 in the US. She was born in an upper-middle-class family to Cynthia Louise, an internet entrepreneur, and Joseph Germanotta, a philanthropist. [234] In February 2021, her dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after getting shot in Hollywood. Her fashion combined with her up-tempo, synthetic dance music and her edgy, theatrical performance to create stunning sounds and visuals. [317], In an October 2018 article for Billboard, Rebecca Schiller traced back Gaga's videography from "Just Dance" to the release of A Star Is Born. [73] She was the most nominated artist for a single year, and the first woman to receive two nominations for Video of the Year at the same ceremony. When we were getting ready to really start performing, I decided that Id been playing under my real name for so long I wanted a new way to reinvent myself, Gaga revealed. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/stfni drmnt/ (listen) STEF-n-ee JUR-m-NOT-; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. [328] Partly awarded in recognition of the dress, Vogue named her one of the Best Dressed people of 2010 and Time named the dress the Fashion Statement of the year. [112] She also performed a concert at the Sydney Town Hall in Australia that year to promote Born This Way and to celebrate former US President Bill Clinton's 65th birthday. [381] One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo. "[304] On Chromatica, Gaga returned to her dance-pop roots, and discussed her struggles with mental health. Cynthia Louise Germanotta ( ne Bissett; born August 30, 1954) is an American philanthropist, activist and entrepreneur. Ally Maine, is an American singer-songwriter and performance artist known for her flamboyant costumes, provocative lyrics, and strong vocal talents. [82][83] The Monster Ball Tour ran from November 2009 to May 2011 and grossed $227.4million, making it the highest-grossing concert tour for a debut headlining artist. Her first single, Just Dance, became popular in clubs throughout the United States and Europe and eventually landed at number one on the Billboard Pop Songs chart (also called the radio chart). "[22], In 2005, Gaga recorded two songs with hip-hop artist Melle Mel for an audio book accompanying Cricket Casey's children's novel The Portal in the Park. "[371][372] In September 2020, Gaga released an anthology book, Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community, featuring fifty-one stories about kindness, bravery, and resilience from young people all over the world collected by the Born This Way Foundation, and introduced by herself. Lady Gaga cowrote most of the movies songs, including Shallow, which won two Grammy Awards and the Oscar for best original song. [321] When Gaga met briefly with then-president Barack Obama at a Human Rights Campaign fundraiser, he found the interaction "intimidating" as she was dressed in 16-inch heels, making her the tallest woman in the room. [468] She is the fourteenth top digital singles artist in the US, with 85.5 million equivalent units certified according to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[d] was the first woman to receive the Digital Diamond Award certification from RIAA, one of three artists with at least two Diamond certified songs ("Bad Romance" and "Poker Face"),[470][471] and the first and only artist to have two songs pass seven million downloads ("Poker Face" and "Just Dance"). [388], In June 2016, during a vigil held in Los Angeles for victims of the attack at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Gaga read aloud the names of the 49 people killed in the attack, and gave a speech. Gaga began playing the piano at age four when her mother insisted she become "a cultured young woman". She calls herself "a little bit of a feminist" and asserts that she is "sexually empowering women". She took piano lessons and practiced through her childhood. Lady Gaga | Biography, Songs, Oscar, & Facts | Britannica Because I'd been being abused. [473], According to Guinness World Records, she was the most followed person on Twitter from 2011 to 2013,[474] the most famous celebrity in 2013,[475] and the most powerful popstar in 2014. group work .docx - Thesis- Beyonce and lady gaga provoke Officials also changed the title of the song "Sexxx Dreams" to "X Dreams. [49] The video for "Bad Romance" became the most watched on YouTube in April 2010, and that October, Gaga became the first person with more than one billion combined views. [336] Scott Hardy, CEO of Polaroid, praised Gaga for inspiring fans and for her close interactions with them on social media. Gaga was one of the many celebrities to call him out and spread the #WontBeErased campaign to her 77 million Twitter followers. She was named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People and was named by Forbes magazine as one of the worlds most powerful women, and she capped off 2010 by being named Billboard magazines artist of the year. [74] The Fame Monster won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, and "Bad Romance" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. She says the continual reinvention is "liberating" herself, which she has been drawn to since childhood. [27] Their relationship lasted until January 2007. 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[352] Sales have raised more than $202million to fight HIV and AIDS. After arriving at the 2011 Grammy Awards ceremony encased in a giant egg, Lady Gaga went on to claim honours for best pop vocal album (for The Fame Monster) and best female pop vocal performance and best short form video (for Bad Romance). Gaga began performing atneo-burlesqueshows, which according to her represented freedom. [316] As Gaga's choreographer and creative director, Laurieann Gibson provided material for her shows and videos for four years before she was replaced by her assistant Richard Jackson in 2014. [99], Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011,[97] and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1.1million copies. [461][462] Her album Born This Way (2011) featured on Rolling Stone's 2020 revision of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the song "Bad Romance" and its music video were among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time, respectively, in 2021. [298] The album explores new genres, such as electronic rock and techno. [266][267] Gaga's musical inspiration varies from dance-pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as the theatrics of the pop artist Andy Warhol and her own performance roots in musical theater. [384] Gaga urged her fans via YouTube to contact their senators in an effort to overturn the policy. Lady Gaga is an American singer-songwriter and actress who rose to fame in 2008 with her debut studio album, The Fame. [466] As of 2022, she has grossed more than $689.5 million in revenue from concert tours and residencies with attendance of 6.3 million, being the fifth woman to pass the half-billion total as reported to Billboard Boxscore,[233][467] receiving the Pollstar Award for Pop Touring Artist of the Decade (2010s). It saved my life, and it will save theirs. [70] Both tracks reached the top five in the US. Lady Gaga. [226] Chromatica was preceded by two singles, "Stupid Love", on February 28, 2020,[227] and "Rain on Me", with Ariana Grande, on May 22. She studied music there, and improved her songwriting skills by writing essays on art, religion, social issues and politics, including a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst. She has also been included in several Forbes' power rankings and ranked fourth on VH1's Greatest Women in Music (2012). Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [198] Cooper approached Gaga after seeing her perform at a cancer research fundraiser. Related: [319], Public reception of her music, fashion sense, and persona is polarized. [362] The foundation's initiatives have included the "Born Brave Bus" that followed her on tour as a youth drop-in center as an initiative against bullying. [18] That year, she also played an unsuspecting diner customer for MTV's Boiling Points, a prank reality television show. [158] Running from October 2015 to January 2016, Hotel is the fifth season of the television anthology horror series, American Horror Story, in which Gaga played a hotel owner named Elizabeth. Lady Gaga cultivated a devoted following, particularly among gay men (she acknowledged her own bisexuality), who became some of her most loyal fans. She is the president of the Born This Way Foundation, which she co-founded with her daughter Lady Gaga in 2012. [408] In 2015, Time also noted that Gaga had "practically invented the current era of pop music as spectacle". Her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, a name given to her by her parents, Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta. Lady Gaga's full name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or Stefani Germanotta for short. [447][448], In Taichung, Taiwan, July 3 is designated as "Lady Gaga Day" marking the first day Gaga visited the country in 2011.