Real name: Stephanie Joanne Angeline Germanotta

Lady Gaga as a child

The singer was born on March 28, 1986 in New York into a low-income family. Her father is Joseph Germanotta, an entrepreneur and entrepreneur, as well as a former musician. Since childhood, the girl was interested in music and began playing the piano at the age of 4. She loved to compose cover versions of Michael Jackson songs, which she later recorded with her father.

In 1997, Stephanie entered the Roman Catholic school Convent of the Sacred Heart. She studied with the Hilton sisters. Lady Gaga's parents were not very rich - they had to work two jobs to provide for their daughter's education.

The future celebrity wrote her first composition at the age of 13, and already at 14 she hosted open evenings. In general, her school life was full of events related to the stage and music. She played leading roles in theater productions and sang in the school's jazz orchestra.

Later, Stephanie, as very gifted and talented, was early accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Throughout her studies, Gaga continues to improve her songwriting technique, continues to sing and play a musical instrument, and also works as a go-go dancer.

Lady Gaga - the beginning of her career

The singer first performed under the pseudonym in 2006. Rob Fusari, the producer she was working with at the time, gave her the nickname Gaga because of Freddie Mercury's song "Radio Ga-Ga". In his opinion, Stefani then grimaced in the same way as the legendary singer in his video.

The first contract was signed with Def Jam Recordings, the second with Interscope Records a few years later. Stefani collaborated with the latter label as a songwriter. For example, she wrote musical compositions for Britney Spears.

After the release of her first album, The Fame, in 2008, her career took off.

Now she is the owner of many awards, including, for example, 8 from the MTV Music Awards 2010.

Biography of Lady Gaga - personal life

For a long time, the singer’s personal life was shrouded in mystery. It was only in 2011, when she met actor Taylor Kinney on the set of the “You and I” video, that the first rumors about their romance appeared. They separated in 2012, but later resumed their relationship.

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On February 14, 2015, information appeared in the press that Kinney proposed to Stephanie. And she gladly accepted him.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga, real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Born March 28, 1986 in New York. American singer, songwriter, producer, philanthropist, designer and actress.

She began her career performing in clubs, and by the end of 2007, producer Vincent Herbert signed the singer to the Streamline Records label, which is an offshoot of Interscope Records. Gaga initially worked as a staff writer for Interscope, but after Gaga's vocal talents attracted rapper Akon, she was signed to an album recording contract.

In 2008, Lady Gaga released her debut album, The Fame, which became a commercial success and was received positively by critics. Five singles were released from the album, two of which "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" became international hits, while "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi" were moderate successes.

In 2009, the mini-album The Fame Monster was released, which sold out in large quantities like its predecessor. The singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro" released from the album achieved high sales worldwide. The international tour in support of The Monster Ball Tour became one of the most profitable shows of all time.

The second studio album Born This Way topped the charts in almost all countries of the world and became the second best-selling album in 2011. It was supported by the release of five singles, four of which became international hits ("Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory") or were moderately successful ("Yoü and I"). The third studio album Artpop was released on November 11, 2013.

Lady Gaga signed her first contract with Def Jam, but lost it after 9 months. A year later, she was noticed by music executive Vincent Herbert and signed her to Interscope Records in January 2008, initially as a songwriter. Lady Gaga's material has been used by artists such as Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, and New Kids on the Block. Subsequently, when asked about the significance of collaboration with the Pussycat Dolls for her, Lady Gaga said: “Well, first of all, I generally like girls in underwear... it was working on songs for them that prompted me to improve my writing skills.” field."

Among those impressed by Lady Gaga's vocal and theatrical abilities was rapper Akon, who listened to her demo and signed her to the KonLive Distribution label. “On the one hand, it was as if he was presenting everything to me on a silver plate, on the other, he helped me stand firmly on the ground with both feet,” she later said.

During those same days, Lady Gaga met the performance artist Lady Starlight: she used some of the latter’s ideas when developing her stage image. The duo began collaborating on projects such as Lady GaGa and the Starlight Revue (a 1970s-style retro variety show), where Stefani played synthesizer. It was during these days that Lady Gaga formed a concept that she later expressed in her famous statement: “I write songs to go with dresses.” “The dress here is a kind of metaphor: I just want to say that each of my songs appears under everything at once: that is, when its full audio and visual design is already formed in my imagination,” she clarified.

With the direct participation of Akon, Lady Gaga began preparing original material for her debut album with producer RedOne. “He is the heart and soul of my universe... I met him and he, well, just 150 thousand percent embraced all my talent with his arms,” she later recalled. The goal of their creative duo was to combine electro-glam (with elements of the style of Bowie and Queen) with hip-hop melodies and rhythms, but maintaining a rock and roll attitude.

The singer later named Scissor Sisters among her favorite performers who influenced the sound and style of the album.

The first song they recorded "Boys, Boys, Boys", was inspired by Mötley Crüe's hit "Girls, Girls, Girls", with elements of AC/DC's "T.N.T." In August 2007, Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue performed at Lollapalooza. Here she received a reprimand from a police officer about her “indecent self-exposure.” By 2008, Lady Gaga moved to Los Angeles and began working on her debut album, The Fame.

The Fame was released in August 2008 in Canada(where it rose to No. 2), Australia (No. 7) and some European countries. On October 28, the album was released in the United States and debuted at No. 17 (the first week's circulation was 24 thousand), soon rising to the top of the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart.

By September 2010, it had spent a record 154 weeks in the top 75 of the UK Albums Chart, beating Oasis' previous record of 134 weeks. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Times Online describing it as "a fantastic mix of Bowie ballads, Queen-esque mid-tempo drama and synth-dance tracks satirizing rich kids who want fame at any cost."

The album's first single, "Just Dance", was released on April 8, 2008 and topped the charts in Australia and Canada. In October, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Pop 100 Charts.

Lady Gaga - Just Dance

On December 4, 2008, the single reached number 9 in the Russian radio chart, repeating the success of the single Poker Face, released on September 29, 2008 and reaching number two.

On September 6, 2009, Lady Gaga was officially declared the "Queen of Download" after being featured on The Official Charts Company's Top 40 Music Download Chart of All Time (to coincide with the British company's 5th anniversary), "Poker Face" appeared at No. 1 (779 thousand), and “Just Dance” at No. 3 (700 thousand).

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

In June 2009, Kanye West announced an upcoming joint tour with Lady Gaga (noting that he is a big fan of her work).

At the beginning of July 2009, Lady Gaga's single "Paparazzi" was released; it peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. During the filming of the video, Lady Gaga (whom The Guardian, which published the video interview, calls "the most provocative of pop stars") said about the history of "Paparazzi": "The song was originally inspired by the (police-themed) mugshots of some very famous Bond girls. That's when I realized that fame really is an art form. So, this video is about three things: death, fashion and celebrities for sale.".

Release The Fame Monster EP took place on November 23, 2009. It did not appear on the charts in many countries (circulations were summed up with those of The Fame), with the exception of the USA, Canada and Japan.

The first single from the album was "Bad Romance": it rose to No. 1 in Canada and Belgium, to No. 3 in Australia, No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, to No. 3 in Britain and became the singer’s first single to reach the top of the Russian radio chart. Based on the results of 2009, Lady Gaga became the most rotated performer on Moscow radio.

The album received somewhat controversial, but generally high marks from critics: in particular, Simon Price (The Independent), Paul Leicester (BBC Music) and Kitty Empire (The Observer) considered it an original, highly eccentric work that is not a formal application to the debut album, but having undoubted independent value.

On January 31, 2010, at a ceremony at the Los Angeles Staples Center, Lady Gaga received two Grammy Awards: Best Dance Recording of the Year (Poker Face) and Best Dance/Electronic Album (The Fame).

On February 17, 2010, Lady Gaga became the main character of the Brit Awards ceremony held in London: she won in three categories: “Best Foreign Artist”, “International Breakthrough of the Year” and “Best Foreign Album”.

"Telephone", the second single from The Fame Monster EP, recorded by the singer with the participation of Beyoncé Knowles, topped the Billboard Pop Songs list (rising on the Hot 100 to No. 3), and at the end of March 2010, the UK Singles Chart. In March, in an interview with MTV UK, the singer announced the start of work on a new album and that “the core of it is already ready.”

Lady Gaga - Telephone ft. Beyoncé

In June 2010, Lady Gaga, in an interview with Larry King on CNN, said that doctors found that she had a predisposition to systemic lupus erythematosus, but at that time she did not have lupus. In the fall of 2010, information about the singer’s illness began to be discussed in the press again.

In September 2010, at the next MTV VMA ceremony, Lady Gaga won in eight categories, which became an award record. At the same time, she entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most popular woman in terms of the number of search queries on the Internet (previously it was Sarah Palin).

In the spring of 2011, information appeared that Lady Gaga had given her song “The Greatest Thing” (which was not included in Gaga’s debut album) to the singer. At the end of the summer of 2011, the information was confirmed. It was originally planned that Gaga would provide backing vocals for the song, but Cher and Lady Gaga later recorded a duet. In early June 2013, Cher announced that "The Greatest Thing" would not be included on her 26th studio album, Closer to the Truth.

On February 10, 2012, Lady Gaga launched her own social network, LittleMonsters. Registered visitors to the resource will be able to share photos and videos with each other, “tag” places and objects of interest to them, and also communicate with the singer via chat.

Album release Artpop(2013-2014) was accompanied by an application for smartphones and tablet computers. Artpop took first place on the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming the singer's second album to top the chart, with sales of 258,000 copies in the first week.

At the end of 2013, the performer, citing creative differences, stopped working with her manager Troy Carter. On March 28, 2014, Gaga's twenty-eighth birthday, the third single, "G.U.Y.", was released.

Lady Gaga - G.U.Y.

Gaga starred in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete Kills, as one of the characters of the killer La Chamelion. The film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. For her role, Gaga was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in the Worst Supporting Actress category.

In 2012-2014, the performer recorded the jazz album Cheek to Cheek with American singer Tony Bennett.

On February 22, 2015, Lady Gaga performed at the 87th Academy Awards, performing several songs from the musical The Sound of Music.

On June 12, 2015, she performed John Lennon’s song “Imagine” to her own accompaniment at the opening ceremony of the European Games in Baku.

On September 18, 2015, the song Til It Happens to You was released, recorded for the documentary The Hunting Ground (2015), dedicated to the topic of sexual violence on college campuses. The song was written by Lady Gaga herself and Diane Warren. The song received positive reviews from music critics and was nominated for both the 2016 Grammy Award in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category and the 2016 Academy Award in the category for Best Song Written for a Film.

On January 10, 2016, she received a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries for her role as Countess Elizabeth Johnson in the television series American Horror Story: Hotel.

On February 15, 2016 at the Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga paid tribute to David Bowie by performing songs such as: “Space Oddity”, “Changes”, “Ziggy Stardust”, “Suffragette City”, “Rebel Rebel”, “Fashion”, “Fame”, "Under Pressure", "Let's Dance" and "Heroes".

On February 28, 2016, she performed at the Academy Awards with the song “Til It Happens to You.”

On September 18, Lady Gaga announced the postponement of part of her European tour due to health problems; the singer suffers from a rather rare disease - fibromyalgia.

Lady Gaga's height: 155 centimeters.

Personal life of Lady Gaga:

For a long time Lady Gaga dated Luc Carl. Their relationship began even before the singer achieved world fame. Information regularly appeared that the singer was preparing in full for her wedding with Luke Karl. They even said that one of the British castles would become the venue for the wedding ceremony of Lady Gaga and Luke Karl. But it never came to marriage.

Lady Gaga and Luke Carl

In 2010, there were rumors about an affair between Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie(the latter then had a cooling-off period with Brad Pitt).

Jolie's biographer Ian Halperin, who once published a scandalous book about Jolie's life with Brad Pitt, claims that Gaga was always admired by the Lara Croft star and dreamed of getting closer to her not only spiritually, but also physically. “She talks about only one person in the world so often - about Jolie... I think they are two boots.” Western tabloids wrote about a meeting between Jolie and Lady Gaga in an intimate setting in 2010 immediately after the Grammy ceremony.

In September 2011, it became known about the romance between Lady Gaga and the actor Taylor Kinney- Stars of the TV series "The Vampire Diaries".

The romance between them began on the set of the “You and I” video. In this video, Taylor played the singer's lover.

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

On February 14, 2015, Valentine's Day, Taylor Kinney proposed marriage to Lady Gaga. In July 2016, Lady Gaga announced that she had separated from Kinney.

Discography of Lady Gaga:

2008 - The Fame
2009 - The Fame Monster EP
2011 - Born This Way
2013 - Artpop
2014 - Cheek To Cheek (with Tony Bennett)
2016 - Joanne

Filmography of Lady Gaga:

2011 - “Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden” - cameo
2011 - “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving” - cameo
2013 - “Machete Kills” - the third guise of the Chameleon
2014 - “Sin City 2” - Bertha
2015 - “American Horror Story: Hotel” - Countess Elizabeth
2016 - “American Horror Story: Roanoke” - Scathach

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This is the case when almost circus tricks on stage during the performance of a song and outrageous outfits (like a dress made from meat scraps) are just a piquant addition to the enormous talent. Lady Gaga’s biography already had so many unusual things (despite her young age) that it seems there is nothing left to surprise or shock. But she manages to do it!

Biography of Lady Gaga

In honor of Mercury

Several years ago, her name was included in the Guinness Book of Records - Lady Gaga turned out to be the most popular lady on the Internet (by the number of requests). Her strange stage name can be explained very simply - one of the singer’s idols was and remains Freddie Mercury. She drew inspiration from the compositions of Queen, and borrowed her pseudonym from the popular song Radio Ga Ga.

In fact, her name is pretentious and pretentious - Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. She was born into an American family with Italian roots living in New York. In addition to Stephanie, Joseph and Cynthia raised another daughter, Natalie. Stephanie was born on March 28, 1986, her younger sister six years later.

From a very early age, Stephanie had a lot of character, and she also selflessly fell in love with music - she already mastered the piano in preschool age. The little girl performed compositions by 1980s idol Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson and recorded herself on a cassette player. Apparently, she inherited her father’s genes - he also “sinned” in his youth by participating in musical groups. Lady Gaga's school biography was not easy - she ended up in an elite educational institution (Hilton's offspring and girls from the Kennedy clan went there). And since Stephanie, from her youth, had a “special view” on fashion and the wardrobe of a young lady, ridicule was inevitable.

Even then, the future star sang in groups that performed in clubs, and stood out from the crowd with extravagant costumes and terrifying makeup and hairstyles. She became a student at New York University (the School of the Arts there), but still shocked her dad by working in dubious shows alongside “exotic” dancers and transvestites.

“God's spark” + theatrical style

The early stage of Lady Gaga’s creative biography is associated with Rob Fusari, a producer who discerned a “divine spark” in the girl behind all the external “tinsel.” The same period (2006-2007) saw the birth of the artist’s high-profile pseudonym. She learned a lot from the work of the prominent representative of glam rock, David Bowie, and the already mentioned Britons from Queen; this is how the singer’s special theatrical and shocking style was formed, a mixture of pop and rock music and stage extravaganza.

At the end of 2007, Lady Gaga settled in Los Angeles and worked on her first disc, “The Fame,” writing both lyrics and music for it. The album was released in the summer in Canada and took 2nd place in the Canadian charts and 7th in Australia. It appeared in the States at the end of October and sold 24,000 copies in the first week. The single “Just Dance” became very popular - it was played endlessly on all radio stations. In January, it topped the British charts, and there the singer was instantly dubbed “the new Madonna.”

A resounding triumph

The warmest welcome awaited Lady Gaga on her debut tour of North America, which started in mid-March 2009. The composition “Paparazzi” almost repeated the success of “Just Dance”, and then work began on the next disc, and everyone was simply listening to the song “Bad Romance”. In 2010, the American was awarded two Grammys, followed by three Brit Awards. In September of the same year, a simply deafening triumph awaited her - 8 (!) victories at the MTV VMA.

Having become the most popular person on the World Wide Web, Lady Gaga soon set another record: her video clips on YouTube were watched more than 1 billion times! The album “Artpop” was released in November 2013 and immediately took first position on the American Billboard 200.

Also a film actress

Of course, cinema could not ignore such a bright performer. And if the actress almost received the Golden Raspberry for her microscopic role in the parody trash action film Machete Kills, then in the sequel to Sin City by the same Rodriguez she was magnificent. It is interesting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the main male role in this project, did not really want to work with the singer, apparently having heard enough myths about her outrageousness. But as soon as he saw the level of Lady Gaga's skill, he was fascinated by the talent of this woman.

Our heroine was among the lucky ones who appeared in the fifth season of the highly rated show American Horror Story. In the season called “Hotel,” she played the main character, the beautiful Elizabeth, who cannot live without human blood.

Personal life of Lady Gaga

Successful February in all respects

February 2015 turned out to be very successful for the singer. Firstly, she amazed everyone with her charming number at the Oscars ceremony, and secondly, the star became a bride. So Lady Gaga's personal life will change very soon. Her fiancé is Taylor Kinney, an artist. She first met him in 2011 on the set of her own video. True, the happiness did not last so long: in the middle of the summer of 2016, the singer and actress announced that she had broken off the engagement. She's still free!

"Golden heart

Contrary to stereotypes about the “eccentric Gaga,” the composer, actress and singer is a person with a “golden” heart. She is a philanthropist who does not skimp on donations, actively defends the rights of sexual minorities and is a member of organizations fighting AIDS. Lady Gaga was one of those who actively protested after the presidential election: she was not happy with the conservative Trump. So, it turns out that her “mask” is superficial; behind it lies a vulnerable soul that can sympathize and empathize.

Lady Gaga has become a true icon of modern dance-pop music. She is the winner of the most prestigious music awards and prizes. But perhaps the most important indicator of success is the love of fans.

And the singer has millions of them all over the world. She turns concert tours into a real show, in which glitz, glamor, sex and a whole sea of ​​catchy rhythms reign.

Every time I show her own image, she never ceases to amaze the audience. But where does the singer get her inspiration? Let's try to find out together.

In music since childhood

The musical talent of the future Lady Gaga was discovered at the age of 4. She was able to independently master the piano, playing simple tunes for herself.

Her father was Italian by birth, and her mother was American. In addition to the daughter, there were three more children in the family, so the parents often experienced financial difficulties.

As a child, the future celebrity's name was Stefani Joanni Angelina Germanotta. It combined both his father’s roots and his mother’s line of descent. The girl studied at a Catholic school.

From a young age, she discovered not only a penchant for music, but also for acting. She often performed in school plays and simultaneously played in a jazz orchestra.

After graduating from high school, the girl moves to New York and enters art school.

There she shows fantastic abilities and takes the course as an external student. In the entire history of the school, only two dozen people have managed to do this.

“I always wanted something original”

Stephanie begins her creative career with little-known groups.

They perform in nightclubs and try to somehow earn a living. But all this was not enough for the girl. Her soul demanded something brighter, richer and more unusual.

The first producer of the future star will be Robert Fasari. He tells the girl what direction to work in and helps her produce two singles. The singer also decides on her stage name – Lady Gaga.

It has a hidden message to the Queen song “Radio Ga-Ga”. But Lady Gaga had nothing to do with the work of the legendary British, or with rock music in general.

Lady Gaga in the video "Paparazzi"

A landmark in the performer’s life was her acquaintance with singer Akon. They are working together on demo versions of several songs, and also signed a contract with the Kon Live record company.

At this time, the singer's performing style was formed. It included elements of urban, pop and rock and roll.

But the “visual” part of the show was helped by Lady Gaga’s good friend, DJ Lady Starlight.

Together they made several concerts in the style of the 70s, where they danced madly and cheekily, launched pyrotechnic effects at the audience and amazed the imagination with their outfits.

In 2008, the singer’s debut recording, “Just Dance,” was released. The song immediately topped the charts in Canada and the USA. Thus began the stellar career of the outrageous Lady Gaga.

The following year, she receives the title of “most downloaded singer,” and several songs receive distinctions in the “best dance song” category.

After the release of the video for the song “Paparazzi”, Stefani was recognized as the most provocative pop singer.

And already in 2010, Lady Gaga received 8 awards at the prestigious MTV ceremony and was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most popular singer on the Internet. The star didn't stop there.

Since 2010, she has been constantly on world tours and at the same time releasing new albums. It seems that no one can surpass the success of Lady Gaga at the moment.

Life beyond music

Stephanie's personal life was filled with men. In 2009, she dated Matthew Williamson, a creative who worked on her team.

The relationship did not last even a year. Then the girl tried to restore her former connection with Luke Karl, but also to no avail.

Back in 2011, the singer met her current boyfriend. It was actor Teilo Kinn. The couple dated for 4 years, and only after that they announced a possible formalization of the relationship.

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The flamboyant singer Lady Gaga conquered the top of Olympus in foreign show business with lightning speed. She is the recipient of numerous honorary awards, including a Grammy, MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards. Recognized as the most influential woman in the world by the Times newspaper

Lady Gaga's childhood and youth

Stephanie Joanne Angeline Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986 in New York City. Father is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, former musician Joseph Germanotta, mother is Cynthia Germanotta. Both parents are Italian-American.

As a child, Stephanie was fond of music and already at the age of 4 she masterfully played cover versions of Michael Jackson songs on the piano, which she recorded on a cassette recorder. She composed her first composition at the age of 13.

In 1997, Stephanie went to study at the Roman Catholic school Convent of The Sacred Heart. Her classmates were Paris Hilton and Caroline Kennedy, but, according to the singer, they mutually ignored each other.

At school, the girl was a diligent, disciplined student, but schoolchildren did not like her for her extravagant clothes. And also for the fact that she played in musical groups.

In 2000, Lady Gaga began performing on stage at the Bitter End club. At this time at school, she began to participate in several musicals, which were staged by the students themselves. At the same age, she played in the Regis Jazz Band.

The following year, Stephanie was invited to perform in downtown New York clubs with the groups Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand. It was at the age of 15 that the girl first appeared on stage in an ultra-short miniskirt and bikini. From that moment on, a new, shocking milestone began in the life of young Stephanie.

After graduating from high school in 2003, she became a student at the School of the Arts at New York University. At this time, she moved from her parents to the university dormitory. After completing two courses, Stephanie left the School to engage in stage activities.

Lady Gaga's musical career

In 2006, Stefani first used the stage name Lady GaGa. The story of its creation comes from Freddie Mercury's song "Radio Ga-Ga". This is what producer Rob Fusari, with whom she began collaborating at this time, began to call her. In his opinion, the singer grimaced just like the great singer in the video. Together with him as a producer, she wrote several songs, which she performed while performing in New York clubs.

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

At the same time, she signed her first contract with the Def Jam Recordings label, which belongs to the global recording giant owned by Universal Music Group. However, less than a year later the contract was terminated. In 2008, Lady Gaga signed a new contract, this time with Interscope Records. She was helped in this by show business tycoon, producer Vincent Herbert. The girl collaborated with this label as a songwriter. There she became the author of musical compositions for Britney Spears. Later she met rapper Akon, who liked the demo recording of Lady Gaga's songs. He eventually signed her to record an album under his own label, Kon Live Records.

The first popularity of Lady Gaga's songs

Popularity came to Lady Gaga after the release of her first album “The Fame” in Canada in 2008. The disc was a commercial success, topping the charts in six countries and entering the top ten in radio station ratings around the world. The songs “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” were especially noted.

She gave her first concert after the release of the record in the fall of the same year. Musicians from the group New Kids on the Block helped her. In January of the following year, she went on tour with the Pussycat Dolls in European countries.

Lady Gaga went on a solo tour in March 2009 across North America. Over the next few years, she received five Grammy Awards, despite being nominated 12 times.

Clip Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Alejandro)

Lady Gaga's second album, The Fame Monster, was released in November 2009 and included singles such as "Bad Romance", "Telephone" (recorded by the singer with the participation of Beyoncé Knowles), "Alejandro", "Monster", "Dance in the Dark."

In the summer of 2010, information appeared in the press that the star had a predisposition to a disease called lupus, which the singer later confirmed. This topic was actively discussed in various sources, but the disease itself was not identified.

During the MTV VMA Awards in the fall of 2010, Lady Gaga received recognition in eight categories, setting a record for the entire existence of the ceremony. At the same time, the Guinness Book of Records awarded her the title of the most popular woman in terms of the number of search queries on the Internet. And a month later, the number of views of her video clips on the YouTube channel exceeded a billion, also for the first time in history.

Lady Gaga's second full-length studio album, Born This Way, was officially released in France on May 19, 2011. Three months before this date, the singer began presenting singles from this album: “Born This Way”, “Judas”, “The Edge of Glory”, “Hair”. Thanks to the Internet, the album quickly spread throughout the world. Fans of the star actively downloaded songs.

The next album, Artpop, was released two years after the previous one, in November 2013. Work on it began in early 2012 together with producer Fernando Garibay. In the fall of 2014, Lady Gaga's fourth jazz album, Cheek to Cheek, was released, work on which began back in 2012. The release date was planned to be January 1, but during the recording process the dates shifted by several quarters. The album was recorded together with American singer Tony Bennett. At the end of the year, the singer and Tony went on a joint tour in support of the record.

In 2015, at the 87th Oscars ceremony, the singer performed several songs from the film musical “The Sound of Music”; a year later, Lady Gaga again performed compositions at the main film award of the year, as well as at the Grammy ceremony, where the singles “Space Oddity” were sung ", "Changes", "Ziggy Stardust" in honor of the memory of David Bowie. 2016 gave Lady Gaga fans her fifth album, Joanne. The album turned out to be more personal, and the lyrics are filled with the singer’s personal experiences.

Lady Gaga in the movies

The star not only sings, travels around the globe and basks in fame. She has always been no stranger to a certain theatricality inherent in her videos and performances. Therefore, it is not surprising that Lady Gaga began acting in films. The first film with her participation was “Machete Kills” directed by Robert Rodriguez. True, the film failed at the box office, collecting only 15 million dollars when they spent 20 on it. And for the role of one of the murderers La Chamelion, Lady Gaga was nominated for a Golden Raspberry in the category “Worst Supporting Actress.”

In 2014, the film “Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For” was released, in which the star played a small role as Bertha.

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

At the end of February 2016, the singer appeared in the fifth season of the horror series American Horror Story. The producers of the show announced this two years before the premiere. For her role as Countess Elizabeth Johnson, Gaga received a Golden Globe in the category Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries.

Personal life of Lady Gaga

Until some time, nothing reliable was known about the star’s personal life - it was a collection of rumors and gossip. On the set of the “You and I” video, the star met actor Taylor Kinney in 2011. A few months later, Lady Gaga began dating Kinney. In 2012, the lovers broke up for some time, but then resumed their romance

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2015, her lover proposed to her, which Gaga accepted. The star shared this news with her followers on Twitter. However, in the summer of 2016, the singer announced a breakup. In February 2017, it became known about Lady Gaga's relationship with her agent Christian Carino, and an engagement took place in the summer of the same year. The girl said in an interview that due to deteriorating health and a busy tour schedule, the wedding was postponed indefinitely.

Lady Gaga now

Lady Gaga played the title character in Bradley Cooper's debut directorial project A Star is Born, which is a remake of the 1937 film of the same name. The premiere of the musical, where Bradley also played the leading role, took place in the fall of 2018, and already at the beginning of 2019 the singer was nominated as best actress for the Oscar film award. In terms of the number of albums sold, she is currently a leader: more than 23 million records and about 60 million singles have been sold. For these merits, she was twice included in the Guinness Book of Records.

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

Lady GaGa actively advocates for gays and lesbians; in America she is called a gay icon. She often goes to rallies in support of sexual minorities, and actively protested against the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” law, according to which US military personnel should not talk about their orientation.

The American music weekly Billboard named her the best artist of 2010. The editors of the publication also included her in the list of the best artists of the 2000s, she took 73rd place.

Forbes magazine included her in the list of the hundred most influential celebrities in the world. She also took seventh place in the top 100 most influential women, which was compiled by the publication.