[46][47] Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face",[48] reached number one in the United States,[49] Australia,[50] Canada[51] and the UK. The main source of her income is from her successful long-term career as an American singer, songwriter, and actress. [214] The album won Gaga four Grammy AwardsBest Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Shallow", as well as the latter category for "I'll Never Love Again"and a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music. [98] Both reached the top 10 in the US and the UK. It takes its name from her 2011 single and album. [34], Having initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance music, Gaga began to incorporate pop melodies and the glam rock style of David Bowie and Queen into her songs. [234] In February 2021, her dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after getting shot in Hollywood. It started when she was dating music producer Robert Fusari. [472] In 2020, she became the first female artist to have four singles ("Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance" and "Shallow") sell at least 10 million copies globally. She played the role of a vampiric countess with no regard for life or suffering. 1 on Amazon", "Lady Gaga Says Boyfriend Michael Polansky Is the 'Love of My Life': Watch", "Album Classifica settimanale WK 23 (dal 29.05.2020 al 04.06.2020)", "Lady Gaga scores fastest-selling album of 2020 so far", "Lady Gaga Scores Sixth No. [153][154] She and Diane Warren co-wrote the song "Til It Happens to You" for the documentary The Hunting Ground, which earned them the Satellite Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. However, conditions for Artpop to go on sale legally in China were placed on the album artwork, covering her almost naked body. It received 10 MTV Video Music Awards nominations and won seven of those. For her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020), Lady Gaga returned to her earlier music, mixing disco and electronic-pop. [167] Her engagement to Taylor Kinney ended in July; she later said her career had interfered with their relationship. "[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. [458][459][460] She is the longest-reigning act of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart with 244 weeks at number one, while The Fame (2008) holds the record for the most time on top in the chart's history, with 175 non-consecutive weeks. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City,[1] to an upper middle class Catholic family. [325] People ranked her number one on their "Best Dressed Stars of 2021" list, writing that Gaga "strutted the streets in high-fashion designs, from a sculptural seersucker number to a black lace corseted gownaccessorizing each with elegant updos, sky-high heels and retro shadeslike it was no sweat. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart", "Taylor Swift's Lover debuts at Number 1 in America with the biggest one-week sales since her last album Reputation", "Lady Gaga Chart History: Billboard Canadian Albums", "The A Star Is Born soundtrack bests Twenty One Pilots for Official Irish Albums Chart Number 1", "Charts.org.nz Soundtrack / Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born", "Lady Gaga tops Official Albums Chart for fourth time thanks to A Star Is Born", "BAFTA Awards: 'The Favourite' Dominates With 7 Wins, But 'Roma' Claims Top Prize 2019", "Lady Gaga thanks her 'fianc' during speech", "Lady Gaga and Christian Carino call off their engagement ahead of the Academy Awards", "Lady Gaga announces Las Vegas residency show details", "Lady Gaga Delivers the Show She Was Born to Perform With 'Enigma', "Review: In Las Vegas, Lady Gaga solves the problem of 'A Star Is Born', "Lady Gaga's new holiday lipstick is already No. View this post on Instagram [400], Gaga has often been praised for using controversy to bring attention to various issues. 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[212] It additionally topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK. The star revealed that her stage name takes inspiration from. [293] Gaga believes that "all good music can be played on a piano and still sound like a hit". "[7], By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, The Fame, and to set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga, modeled on Andy Warhol's The Factory. 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[409] A 2017 journal published by Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts studying structural patterns in melodies of earworm songs compiled lists of catchiest tracks from 3,000 participants, in which Gaga's "Bad Romance", "Alejandro", and "Poker Face" ranked number one, eight, and nine, respectively. [57] At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, The Fame and "Poker Face" won Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance Recording, respectively. [118][119][120] In August 2013, Gaga released the album's lead single "Applause",[121] which reached number one in Hungary, number four in the US, and number five in the UK. [373] She had been promoting it with a 21 days of kindness challenge on her social media, using the "BeKind21" hashtag. [258][259] In July 2022, she embarked on The Chromatica Ball stadium tour,[260] which had twenty dates and grossed $112.4 million from 834,000 tickets sold. I was really, really good at piano, so my first instincts were to work so hard at practicing piano, and I might not have been a natural dancer, but I am a natural musician. [186] In April, Gaga headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The tour earned $164.1million in 2012 and $22.5million in 2013. [368] She also appeared in a video by Staples Inc. to raise funds for the foundation and DonorsChoose.org. [183] The performance led to a surge of 410,000 song downloads in the United States for Gaga and earned her an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Special Class Program category. [240] On September 3, she released her third remix album, Dawn of Chromatica. Philanthropist, activist, entrepreneur. [10] Gaga played the lead roles of Adelaide in the play Guys and Dolls and Philia in the play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Regis High School. [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. Her natural hair color is brown. [217] They ended the engagement in February 2019. Three other singles off The FamePoker Face, LoveGame, and Paparazzialso reached number one on the radio chart, making Lady Gaga the first artist in the 17-year history of that chart to have four number ones from a debut album. [65] "Telephone", with Beyonc, followed as the second single from the EP and became Gaga's fourth UK number one. [198] Cooper approached Gaga after seeing her perform at a cancer research fundraiser. Lady Gaga, born in New York City in 1986 as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, experienced a fast-paced rise to the top of the music industry. [303] The A Star Is Born soundtrack contains elements of blues rock, country and bubblegum pop. [345] All profits from her online store that day were also donated, and Gaga announced that $500,000 was collected for the fund. [449] In May 2021, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Born This Way and its cultural impact, West Hollywood mayor, Lindsey P. Horvath, presented a key to the city to Gaga and declared May 23 as "Born This Way Day." [58], Following her opening act on the Pussycat Dolls' 2009 Doll Domination Tour in Europe and Oceania, Gaga headlined her worldwide The Fame Ball Tour, which ran from March to September 2009. Her adopted stage name is derived from Queens song Radio Ga Ga.. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [53][54] Three other singles, "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi", were released from the album;[55] the lattermost reached number one in Germany. [62] Its first single, "Bad Romance", was released one month earlier[63] and went number one in Canada[51] and the UK,[52] and number two in the US,[49] Australia[64] and New Zealand. [224][225] It debuted atop the US charts, becoming her sixth consecutive number-one album in the country, and reached the top spot in more than a dozen other territories including Australia, Canada, France, Italy and the UK. [457] At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, she was honored with the inaugural Tricon Award representing achievement in three (or more) fields of entertainment. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Chromatica', "Lady Gaga Is About to Drop Her New Single 'Stupid Love' and We Are Not Calm: Find Out the Release Date", "Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's 'Rain on Me' Collaboration Is Coming Really Soon", "Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's 'Rain on Me' Debuts at No. The name "Lady Gaga" was suggested to her by her former boyfriend Robert Fusari. For her performance in the anthology series, Lady Gaga received a Golden Globe Award. She is known for her eccentric fashion and clothing. [314] She continued the blood-soaked theme during The Monster Ball Tour, causing protests in England from family groups and fans in the aftermath of the Cumbria shootings, in which a taxi driver had killed 12 people, then himself. Popular as: Queen of Pop. [275], Gaga was inspired by her mother to be interested in fashion, which she now says is a major influence and integrated with her music. Also, it received the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Video. Germanotta was born into an Italian American family in New York City. [270] Gaga has also cited heavy metal bands as an influence, specifically Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Marilyn Manson. Haley's stylish appearance at the Independent Spirit Awards follows her wild night at the SAGs, where The White Lotus cast won Best Ensemble in a Drama Series.. Richardson had a blast after the . (@ladygaga)", "NU'EST's Ren Reveals What His Reaction Would Be If He Met His Role Model Lady GagaIt's Super Adorable", "Slayyyter is 2018 Pop, Inspired by 2007 Britney, Lindsay, and Paris", "Inspired by @chancetherapperk, @Beyonce, @BrunoMars, @Adele, @ladygaga. [294] Simon Reynolds wrote in 2010, "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy naughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R&B-ish beats. [177] The album's second single, "Million Reasons", followed the next month and reached number four in the US. [401][402] According to Frankie Graddon of The Independent, Gagawho wore a meat dress to highlight her distaste for the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policyinfluenced protest dressing on red carpet. She was the fourth highest-earning female musician on the list. [324] Entertainment Weekly put her outfits on its end of the decade "best-of" list, saying that she "brought performance art into the mainstream". [197] Later that year, she starred as struggling singer Ally in Bradley Cooper's musical romantic drama A Star Is Born, a remake of the 1937 film of the same name. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. [100] The album sold eight million copies worldwide and received three Grammy nominations, including Gaga's third consecutive nomination for Album of the Year. [138] In the meantime, Gaga split from longtime manager Troy Carter over "creative differences",[139] and by June 2014, she and new manager Bobby Campbell joined Artist Nation, the artist management division of Live Nation Entertainment. [252] Her method acting approach took a toll on her mental wellbeing, and towards the end of filming she had to be accompanied on-set by a psychiatric nurse. [204], Gaga and Cooper co-wrote and produced most of the songs on the soundtrack for A Star Is Born, which she insisted they perform live in the film. ", "First Look! [31][41], In late 2007, Gaga met with songwriter and producer RedOne. [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. When I was like three years old, I may have been even younger, my mom always tells this really embarrassing story of me propping myself up and playing the keys like this because I was too young and short to get all the way up there.