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Pop icon Lady Gaga's debut album, 'The Fame,' included the hits "Just Dance" and "Poker Face." She also won a Golden Globe for her role in 'American Horror Story' and an Oscar nomination for her co-starring role in 'A Star Is Born.'

Who Is Lady Gaga?

Lady Gaga attended ny University's Tisch School for the humanities but left to seek out creative expression. Her debut album, The Fame, was an enormous success, and therefore the single "Poker Face" topped charts in almost every category, in almost every country. Lady Gaga has since earned approval for subsequent albums, including a collaboration with Tony Bennett, also as her acting skills, nabbing a Golden Globe for her contributions to American Horror Story and an Oscar nomination for her co-starring role during a Star Is Born.
Early Life and Career

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, in Yonkers, New York, to Cynthia and Joseph Germanotta. Now referred to as Lady Gaga (the inspiration for her name came from the Queen song "Radio Ga-Ga"), she has become a world pop star.

Gaga learned to play the piano by the age of 4. At the age of 11, she was accepted to the Juilliard School in Manhattan, but instead attended a personal Catholic school within the city. She continued studying music and performing, writing her first piano ballad at the age of 13, and she or he held her first performance during a ny nightclub at the age of 14.


A few years later, Gaga was granted early admission to ny University's Tisch School of the Arts—she was one among only 20 students within the world to receive the respect of early acceptance. While there, she studied music and worked on her songwriting skills. She later withdrew from school to seek out creative inspiration. to form ends meet, she took three jobs, including a stint as a gogo dancer, while she honed her performance-art act.

In 2005, Lady Gaga was briefly signed by Def Jam Records, but was dropped just months later. Being dropped by the label propelled the singer to perform on her own in clubs and venues on ny City's Lower side . There, she collaborated with several rock bands, and commenced her experimentation with fashion.
Debut Album: 'The Fame'

In 2007, at the age of 20, Gaga began work on Interscope Records as a songwriter for other artists on the label, including Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block and therefore the Pussycat Dolls. R&B singer Akon discovered Gaga while she was performing a burlesque show that she created, called "Lady Gaga and therefore the Starlight Revue." Impressed, Akon signed the performer to his label under the Interscope umbrella, Kon Live. Through 2007 and 2008, Gaga wrote and recorded her debut album, The Fame. The record received positive reviews and was successful within the us . With the assistance of her own creative team, "Haus of Gaga," the performer also began to form a reputation for herself internationally.

'Just Dance,' 'Poker Face'

Lady Gaga's debut single, "Just Dance," was released to radio in early 2008, and received both popular and commercial acclaim. The song was then nominated for a Grammy Award (for best dance recording) in 2008. The song lost to Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," but this didn't keep Gaga from reaching No. 1 on the mainstream pop charts in January 2009. The second single off the celebrity , "Poker Face," earned Gaga even more success. The song topped singles charts in almost every category, and in almost every country. Both songs were produced by Akon's affiliate RedOne, who co-wrote most of Lady Gaga's album.
'Born This Way'

Later in 2008, Lady Gaga opened for the newly reformed New Kids on the Block. She also collaborated with them on the song "Big Girl Now" from the group's album The Block. the subsequent year, Gaga released an album of eight songs, the celebrity Monster, followed by 2011's Born this manner . In 2013, Lady Gaga released her third studio album, Artpop. The album didn't resonate as strongly together with her audience as her previous works. Among the shake-ups in her clique , she and her manager parted ways.

Working With Tony and Golden Globe

In 2014, she released an album of jazz duets with crooner Tony Bennett entitled Cheek to Cheek, which later won a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In an interview with Parade, Lady Gaga said of her latest collaboration, “Working with Tony has reaffirmed everything I knew but that you simply start to forget when your life changes and it gets really noisy. For ­Tony, it’s all about great music.”

Gaga continued to showcase her versatility and strength as a vocalist at the Academy Awards telecast in Feburary 2015, paying tribute to the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music and actress/singer Julie Andrews by performing selections from the musical.
Golden Globe for 'American Horror Story'

Later that year, Gaga also showed her gifts as an actress by co-starring in American Horror Story: Hotel, earning a Golden Globe for her portrayal of The Countess. At the ceremony, a visibly stunned and emotional Gaga acknowledged that acting was her first dream before she embraced music, and thanked her fellow cast members and producer Ryan Murphy for his or her support. Gaga returned to the show for its sixth season, playing a witch in American Horror Story: Roanoke.

In February 2016, Gaga, joined by guitarist/producer Nile Rodgers, performed a tribute to the late David Bowie. Paying homage to at least one of her biggest musical heroes, a red-wigged Gaga sang a brief medley of Bowie's hits. She also performed at the 88th Annual Academy Awards, performing "Til It Happens to You" after being introduced by vice chairman Joseph Biden. The song was from the 2015 documentary The Hunting Ground, which checked out the difficulty of rape on college campuses. Assault survivors were delivered to the stage toward the close of the song, with the performance earning a ovation .

Lady Gaga Biography
(1986–)

Updated:
Mar 27, 2020
Original:
Jan 25, 2018

Pop icon Lady Gaga's debut album, 'The Fame,' included the hits "Just Dance" and "Poker Face." She also won a Golden Globe for her role in 'American Horror Story' and an Oscar nomination for her co-starring role in 'A Star Is Born.'
Who Is Lady Gaga?

Lady Gaga attended ny University's Tisch School for the humanities but left to seek out creative expression. Her debut album, The Fame, was an enormous success, and therefore the single "Poker Face" topped charts in almost every category, in almost every country. Lady Gaga has since earned approval for subsequent albums, including a collaboration with Tony Bennett, also as her acting skills, nabbing a Golden Globe for her contributions to American Horror Story and an Oscar nomination for her co-starring role during a Star Is Born.
Early Life and Career

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, in Yonkers, New York, to Cynthia and Joseph Germanotta. Now referred to as Lady Gaga (the inspiration for her name came from the Queen song "Radio Ga-Ga"), she has become a world pop star.