[450], Gaga has won thirteen Grammy Awards,[451] an Academy Award,[204] two Golden Globe Awards,[452] a BAFTA Award,[204] three Brit Awards,[453] sixteen Guinness World Records,[454] and the inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame's Contemporary Icon Award. Now, one of the co-defendants is reportedly suing. Rodemeyer's suicide prompted Gaga to meet with then-President Barack Obama in order to address anti-gay bullying in American schools. Stefani Germanotta (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta), who performs under the stage name Lady Gaga, was born on March 28, 1986 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, New York, the eldest child of Joseph and Cynthia (ne Bissett) Germanotta. Behind Lady Gaga's New Album Title", "Lady Gaga Scores Her Fourth No. [130][131] "G.U.Y." The name "Lady Gaga" was suggested to her by her former boyfriend Robert Fusari. [93][279] She considers fashion designer Donatella Versace her muse; Versace has called Lady Gaga "the fresh Donatella". [9] As a teenager, she played at open mic nights. She is a succesful fashion designer and stylist and has styled her big sister on magazine shoots. [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"). [342] In the following years, Gaga's image was blacked out in reporting of the 91st Academy Awards in China and her appearance was cut from Friends: The Reunion; both incidents received backlash from her Chinese fans. [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. [101][102] Rolling Stone listed it among "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2020. Currently, Haus member Frederic Aspiras is the main hair stylist and wig maker, who joined Gaga in November of 2009. No, Lady Gaga is not married but she is currently in a relationship with Michael Polansky and reportedly happier than ever. [329][330] It attracted the attention of worldwide media; the animal rights organization PETA found it offensive. [162] She received Editor of the Year award at the Fashion Los Angeles Awards. 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[31][41], In late 2007, Gaga met with songwriter and producer RedOne. > Download Our App For All The Latest Lady Gaga News, The White Lotus Star Haley Lu Richardson Manifested Her Jonas Brothers Childhood Dreams. "My mom and dad were not buying me a $600 purse," she told New York . was released as the third single in March 2014 and peaked at number 76 in the US. [177] The album's second single, "Million Reasons", followed the next month and reached number four in the US. [52][49][122] A lyric video for Artpop track "Aura" followed in October to accompany Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills, where she plays an assassin named La Chameleon. [378][379] Early in her career, Gaga had difficulty getting radio airplay, and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. In her acceptance speech, she denounced racism and white supremacy and addressed her social responsibility as a high-profile artist and white woman. But to her loved ones she's just Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Not everyone watches the Super Bowl for the football: Last year, Lady Gaga's halftime show on Fox was viewed by 117.5 million people, which is nearly six million more than watched the New . [209] Billboard says its lyrics are about wanting change, its struggle, love, romance, and bonding, describing the music as "timeless, emotional, gritty and earnest. Download 'About Damn Time' on iTunes. The song sold more than one million copies within five days, earning the Guinness World Record for the fastest selling single on iTunes. Gaga began performing atneo-burlesqueshows, which according to her represented freedom. 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[231], Acknowledged by Billboard as the Greatest Pop Star in 2009, with honorable mention in 2010 and 2011, and Woman of the Year in 2015, Gaga has consecutively appeared on the magazine's Artists of the Year chart (scoring the definitive title in 2010), and ranked 11th on its Top Artists of the 2010s chart. No, Lady Gaga does not have any children yet but she has been very open about the fact she wants to have a big family one day. "[295], Gaga's songs have covered a wide variety of concepts; The Fame discusses the lust for stardom, while the follow-up The Fame Monster expresses fame's dark side through monster metaphors. [205] Its lead single, "Shallow", performed by the two, was released on September 27, 2018[206] and topped the charts in various countries including Australia, the UK and the US. "[326], Time placed Gaga on their All-Time 100 Fashion Icons list, stating: "Lady Gaga is just as notorious for her outrageous style as she is for her pop hits [Gaga] has sported outfits made from plastic bubbles, Kermit the Frog dolls, and raw meat. Bryan Bedder / Getty Images The dress was created by TechHaus, the technology. 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. The Fame is an electropop and dance-pop album that has influences of 1980s pop and 1990s Europop,[296] whereas The Fame Monster displays Gaga's taste for pastiche, drawing on "Seventies arena glam, perky ABBA disco, and sugary throwbacks like Stacey Q". Lady Gaga (kneeling left) during her days in NYU In 2005, during the second semester of her sophomore year, she quit school to focus on her music career. In 2010, Fusari claimed he was entitled to a 20% share of the company's earnings, but the, Both of the fragrances were released in association with, Gaga says that the song "Poker Face" was about her. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She earned $62million, $90million, $52million, $80million, $33million, and $59million from 2010 through 2015, and $50million, $39million and $38million between 2018 and 2020. However, her father was not happy with her decision. Gaga's five succeeding studio albums all debuted atop the US Billboard 200. [410] In 2018, NPR named her the second most influential female artist of the 21st century, noting her as "one of the first big artists of the 'Internet age'". Her parents encouraged her to pursue music and enrolled her in Creative Arts Camp. [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. Lady Gaga 's halftime show at Super Bowl LI wasn't the showstopper that last year's performance by Beyonce was, and it certainly wasn't as provocative as the pop singer has been in the . Lady Gaga, born Stefani Germanotta, has always been supportive of her sister, Natali, who's a fashion designer and stylist. [88] She also partnered with Polaroid in January 2010 as their creative director and announced a suite of photo-capture products called Grey Label. In collaboration with Cyndi Lauper, Gaga joined forces with MAC Cosmetics to launch a line of lipstick under their supplementary cosmetic line, Viva Glam. [98] Both reached the top 10 in the US and the UK. 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