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In February 2010 she also picked up three Brit Awards (the British equivalent of the Grammys)for best international female, best album, and breakthrough act. [70] Both tracks reached the top five in the US. Almost never does she overwhelm a song with her vocal ability, recognizing instead that artistry is to be found in nuance rather than lung power. [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. In 2021 Lady Gaga appeared in Ridley Scotts House of Gucci, which centres on the true story of the murder of Maurizio Gucci, who headed his familys luxury fashion brand. [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. Lady Gaga's full name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or Stefani Germanotta for short. [337], In 2011, the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China acting on behalf of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, banned Gaga for "being vulgar. Although the energetic lead single Applause extended her string of chart successes, the album was perceived as a commercial disappointment. [191] Throughout the film, she was seen suffering from chronic pain, which was later revealed to be the effect of a long-term condition called fibromyalgia. [168], Gaga played a witch named Scathach in American Horror Story: Roanoke, the series' sixth season,[169] which ran from September to November 2016. [4] Brought up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Gaga said in an interview that her parents came from lower-class families and worked hard for everything. In 2012, she ranked fourth in VH1's Greatest Women in Music[398][399] and became a feature of the temporary exhibition The Elevated. [235][236] Two days later, on February 26, a woman brought the dogs to a police station in Los Angeles. [107] While refunds for the cancellations were estimated to be worth $25million,[108] the tour grossed $183.9million globally. [241] This was followed by her second collaborative album with Tony Bennett, titled Love for Sale, on September 30. 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Los Angeles Police initially said the woman who dropped off the dogs did not appear to be involved with the shooting,[237] but on April 29, she was one of five people charged in connection with the shooting and theft. Germanotta was born into an Italian American family in New York City. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. [212] It additionally topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. [277][280] During her early career, members of the media compared her fashion choices to those of Christina Aguilera. 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At seventeen, she was one of twenty people in the world to have gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. [36] In November 2007, Herbert signed Gaga to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, established that month. [159][160] At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, Gaga received the Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film award for her work on the season. The 110 exclusive pieces will be sold at private sales, and the profits will benefit the foundation. And although Gaga has explored different monikers for her alter-egos, including Yyi and Jo Calderone, when it comes to representing herself, it's never her birth name it's always some variation of Lady Gaga. [365] In 2016, the foundation partnered with Intel, Vox Media, and Recode to fight online harassment. [217] They ended the engagement in February 2019. [297] Born This Way has lyrics in English, French, German, and Spanish and features themes common to Gaga's controversial songwriting such as sex, love, religion, money, drugs, identity, liberation, sexuality, freedom, and individualism. Though Gaga does credit Robert with the original joke leading to her adaptation of the name, the real inventor of the Lady Gaga name has been a point of turbulence between the two. [141][142], In September 2014, Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek. 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Vigil", "49 Celebrities Honor 49 Victims of Orlando Tragedy", "Lady Gaga Protests Outside Of Trump Tower After Hillary Clinton Loses Election", "Lady Gaga has a Message for Trump About His Transgender Military Ban", "Lady Gaga: 'Hillary Clinton Is Made of Steel, Is Unstoppable', "What it means for the Trump administration to legally define 'sex', "Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox, More Stars Slam Trump's Potential Policy to Roll Back Trans Protections", "Lady Gaga slams Mike and Karen Pence as 'worst representation' of Christianity", "Lady Gaga makes surprise appearance outside Stonewall Inn", "Those Elevated Ones. [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. 7 Facts To Know About The GRAMMY-Winning 'Chromatica' Singer, Lady Gaga - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). What is Lady Gaga's real name? [257] The song earned her nominations for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Lady Gaga, real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, a.k.a. Date of Birth: March 28, 1986 Zodiac Sign: Aries Gaga's first love was the piano so her first instincts were to work hard at the practicing piano. [366] The sales revenue of the 99th issue of the V magazine, which featured Gaga and Kinney, was donated to the foundation. Her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, a name given to her by her parents, Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta. [28], Fusari and Gaga established a company called "Team Lovechild, LLC" to promote her career. She ventured into acting, winning awards for her leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel (20152016) and the musical film A Star Is Born (2018). "[380] She thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBT marketing company with whom her label Interscope works, in the liner notes of The Fame. I was locked away in a studio for months. Before her debut album "The Fame," Mother Monster was just plain ole Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. [247] At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Love for Sale won Gaga and Bennett the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. [487], 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. "[358] In recognition of her contribution to the Black Lives Matter movement, Gaga received the Yolanda Denise King High Ground Award from the King Center's Beloved Community Awards in January 2021. 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. Lady Gaga, byname of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, (born March 28, 1986, New York City, New York, U.S.), American singer-songwriter and performance artist, known for her flamboyant costumes, provocative lyrics, and strong vocal talents, who achieved enormous popular success with songs such as Just Dance, Bad Romance, and Born This Way.. Born to an Italian-American family in New York City. [408] In 2015, Time also noted that Gaga had "practically invented the current era of pop music as spectacle". [290][291] In summing up her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote: "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind the way she uses her voice. Because of her influence on modern culture, and her rise to global fame, sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina has offered a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame" since early 2011 with the objective of unraveling "some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga". Speaking withFlybein 2010, she shared that the idea for her stage name all started when Robert shared she reminded him of the classic Queen song Radio Gaga, something Stefani immediately took a shine to. Lady Gaga - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com [128] Helen Brown in The Daily Telegraph criticized Gaga for making another album about her fame and doubted the record's originality, but found it "great for dancing". [318] Reviewing The Chromatica Ball in 2022, Chris Willman of Variety wrote that Gaga "could have further played the authenticity card for all it's worth" after the release of Joanne and A Star Is Born, but instead "has determined to keep herself weird or just weird enough to provide necessarily ballast to her more earnest inclinations". Gaga and Polansky are "the real deal," and he's been her "North Star." After more than a year of dating, Gaga and Polansky are reportedly "the real deal." A source told Entertainment. [242] The record received generally favorable reviews, and debuted at number eight in the US. [158] She appeared in Nick Knight's 2015 fashion film for Tom Ford's 2016 spring campaign[161] and was guest editor for V fashion magazine's 99th issue in January 2016, which featured 16 different covers. [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. Children. In 2021 Lady Gaga sang the national anthem at the U.S. presidential inauguration of Joe Biden. Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in March 1986, Gaga got her start in music working with producer Robert Fusari, and first began to develop what would become her iconic stage identity. [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. [378][379] Early in her career, Gaga had difficulty getting radio airplay, and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. [368] She also appeared in a video by Staples Inc. to raise funds for the foundation and DonorsChoose.org. An admirer of Cooper's work, Gaga agreed to the project due to its portrayal of addiction and depression. Lady Gaga Age, Husband, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More The star revealed that her stage name takes inspiration from fellow musical talent Queen and their hit song, Radio Ga-Ga. The secret behind how Lady Gaga got her stage name is it came from a nickname she had growing up. [269] Gaga says that she wants to revolutionize pop music as Madonna has. [463] In 2023, the magazine included Gaga among the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. She has also been known to change her image drastically from time to time in search of authenticity. Fusari was texting Gaga about the "Queen" song "Radio Ga Ga," when a glitch changed it to "Lady Gaga." As soon as she got the text, she replied- This is it! [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. Related: Her second album, The Fame Monster, was released in November 2009 (it was originally conceived as a bonus disc) and almost instantly produced another hit, Bad Romance. Other popular singles from the album followed, including Telephone (which featured Beyonc, as did a nine-minute video produced by Jonas kerlund starring the pair and referencing Quentin Tarantinos film Kill Bill: Vol. She is a well-known pop star and actor today who has carved a name for herself in the industry. [39] At Interscope, musician Akon was impressed with her singing abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio. In the early years, before she became a household name, Lady Gaga did go by her real name. Now she's made the cover of Rolling Stone 's annual Hot List issue, and in an intimate interview with the magazine Gaga opened up about her image, her relationship with her parents and the. [95] The Global Language Monitor named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark "no pants" a close third. [391][392] She supported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. [350] That October, Yoko Ono gave Gaga and four other activists the LennonOno Grant for Peace in Reykjavk, Iceland. 4", "Who Is Joanne? Lady Gaga garnered critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for her first lead role, a guileless up-and-coming singer-songwriter in the 2018 remake of the movie A Star Is Born. [286] Gaga is a contralto, with a range spanning from B2 to B5. [11] She also studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for ten years. What is Lady Gaga's real name? - The Sun Gaga began playing the piano at age four when her mother insisted she become "a cultured young woman". [329][330] It attracted the attention of worldwide media; the animal rights organization PETA found it offensive. [209] Billboard says its lyrics are about wanting change, its struggle, love, romance, and bonding, describing the music as "timeless, emotional, gritty and earnest. Hollywood Life, Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News. [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. 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. [25] Fusari collaborated with Gaga, who traveled daily to New Jersey, helping to develop her songs and compose new material. Other tracks on the album featured guest appearances from guitarist Brian May of Queen and saxophonist Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteens E Street Band. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [151], In February 2015, Gaga became engaged to Taylor Kinney. Lady Gaga has never been married although she was engaged to Taylor Kinney in 2015 on valentine's day after five years of being together, now the relationship is over. The main themes of her music videos are sex, violence, and power. 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. [199][200] A Star Is Born premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, and was released worldwide that October. [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. [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. [177] The album's second single, "Million Reasons", followed the next month and reached number four in the US. That same year Lady Gaga, who also wrote songs for other pop artists such as Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, and Britney Spears, was signed by the singer Akon and Interscope Records and began preparing her debut album, The Fame, which was released in 2008. So I said, What about Lady Gaga? because Gaga is sort of crazy and Lady has such connotations.. [187] She also released a standalone single, "The Cure", which reached the top 10 in Australia. [16][17] In 2005, she withdrew from school during the second semester of her second year to focus on her music career. [175][178] She later released a piano version of the album's title track in 2018,[179] which won a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance. Lady Gaga Net Worth in 2023 - Age, Children, Husband, Songs, Movies The album also yielded Lady Gaga five Grammy nominations, including for album of the year and song of the year (Poker Face); she captured two Grammysbest dance recording (Poker Face) and best electronic/dance album (The Fame)and her opening duet with Sir Elton John was among the most talked-about elements of the 2010 Grammys telecast. [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. [56] Remixed versions of the singles from The Fame, except "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", were included on Hitmixes in August 2009. [156][157], Gaga had spent much of her early life wanting to be an actress, and achieved her goal when she starred in American Horror Story: Hotel. While Gaga and Starlight were performing, Fusari continued to develop the songs he had created with her, sending them to the producer and record executive Vincent Herbert. [167] Her engagement to Taylor Kinney ended in July; she later said her career had interfered with their relationship. The Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party also issued an order for state-controlled media to condemn this meeting. [309] Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of "The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time" in 2020, stating that "the name 'Lady Gaga' will forever be synonymous with culture-shifting music videos". [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. She was born on March 28, 1986, in Manhattan, New York, United States, and brought up in a humble Catholic family alongside her younger sister, Natali. [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. Interscope music executive Vincent Herbert hired her in January 2008 as a music writer. Lady Gaga is an American singer-songwriter, performance artist and actress, known for her flamboyant costumes. [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. It received acclaim from critics, with a consensus that the movie had "appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story". [271][272][273][274] She credits Beyonc as a key inspiration to pursue a musical career. [385], Gaga appeared at Europride, an international event dedicated to LGBT pride, in Rome in June 2011. [11] After the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame New Songwriters Showcase at the Cutting Room in June, talent scout Wendy Starland recommended her to music producer Rob Fusari. Lady Gaga bio. Following this event, The Advocate named her a "fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians. Lady Gaga cowrote most of the movies songs, including Shallow, which won two Grammy Awards and the Oscar for best original song. There is a background to the story. [240] On September 3, she released her third remix album, Dawn of Chromatica. She was born on 28th March 1986. [40] Akon convinced Jimmy Iovine, chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records (a brother company for Def Jam), to form a joint deal by having Gaga also sign with his own label KonLive, making her his "franchise player". [38] Having served as an apprentice songwriter during an internship at Famous Music Publishing, Gaga struck a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV. [188][189] Four months later, Gaga began the Joanne World Tour, which she announced after the Super Bowl LI halftime show. [20] She has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which she attributes to the incident, and credits support from doctors, family and friends with helping her. New York University Tisch School of the Arts, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, among the best-selling remix albums of all time, highest-grossing concert tour for a debut headlining artist, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden, Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular, Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.