196-651: The Fame is the debut studio album by American singer Lady Gaga . It was released on August 19, 2008, by Interscope Records . After joining KonLive Distribution and Cherrytree Records in 2008, Gaga began working on the album with different producers, primarily RedOne , Martin Kierszenbaum , and Rob Fusari . Musically, The Fame is an electropop , synth-pop , and dance-pop record that displays influences from 1980s music . Lyrically, it visualizes Gaga's love of fame in general, while also dealing with subjects such as love, sex, money, drugs, and sexual identity. The album
392-458: A BAFTA Award for Best Film Music . "Shallow" also won her the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award , Critics' Choice Award , and Satellite Award for Best Original Song. Gaga gave live performances of the song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards and the 91st Academy Awards . In October, Gaga announced her engagement to talent agent Christian Carino whom she had met in early 2017. They ended
588-447: A V Magazine article, she said the song is an "endorsement to same-sex marriage ". The show received positive critical appreciation, with critics complimenting Gaga's vocal clarity and fashion sense as well as her ability to pull off theatrics like a professional artist. The Fame received generally positive reviews from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,
784-440: A dark sound with clear vocals on the chorus and a pop hook. "Just Dance" is synth -based while "LoveGame" has a more dance-oriented beat, and "Money Honey" has a moderate techno groove. All of them combine synths of clipped marching beats, sawing electronics and contained mild R&B -infused beats. "Paparazzi" carries a sultry beat while "Summerboy" had influences of the music of Blondie . "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"
980-577: A jazz version of " The Lady Is a Tramp ", with Elton John on "Hello Hello" for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet , and with The Lonely Island and Justin Timberlake on " 3-Way (The Golden Rule) ". She also performed a concert at the Sydney Town Hall in Australia that year to promote Born This Way and to celebrate former US President Bill Clinton 's 65th birthday. In November, she
1176-652: A seven-day concert residency commemorating the last performance at New York's Roseland Ballroom before its closure. Two months later, she embarked on the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour, building on concepts from her ArtRave promotional event. Earning $ 83 million, the tour included cities canceled from the Born This Way Ball tour itinerary. In the meantime, Gaga split from longtime manager Troy Carter over "creative differences", and by June 2014, she and new manager Bobby Campbell joined Artist Nation,
1372-456: A "five-star marvel" and Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian termed it an "instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might". 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; Swift tied with her again in 2019. It additionally topped
1568-515: A New York City setting. Gaga spoke to Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly during a "Behind the Scenes" episode of the shoot, about her inspirations for the video. She wanted to have a "giant" dance video with "LoveGame", describing it as "plastic, beautiful, gorgeous, sweaty, tar on the floor". There would be scary and dangerous looking men also in the video. Gaga had the idea of portraying herself and her co-actors as New York inhabitants taking on
1764-432: A brilliant track which "leaves us awarding Gaga the yearbook title of 'pop star most likely to kill'." Nick Levine from Digital Spy believed that lines like "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" was a direct reason of Gaga's commercial success. Although he felt that the song was "attention-seeking", he knew that it would provoke reaction from the masses, be it good or bad. Genevieve Koski from The A.V. Club called
1960-511: A companion album to the film, titled Harlequin , which was released on September 27, 2024. She and Polansky co-wrote four of the tracks on it. The lead single from Gaga's upcoming eighth studio album, " Disease ", was released on October 25, 2024. It charted at number seven in the UK. The album—a pop record per Polansky's recommendation—is set to follow in February 2025. Gaga is scheduled to return as
2156-508: A corner at my parents' house because I was vomiting and sick. Because I'd been being abused. I was locked away in a studio for months." 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 . She also formed a band called the SGBand with some friends from NYU. They played gigs around New York and became
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#17331001248242352-605: A debut headlining artist. Concerts performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City were filmed for an HBO television special, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden . Gaga also performed songs from her albums at the 2009 Royal Variety Performance , the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, and the 2010 Brit Awards . Before Michael Jackson 's death , Gaga was set to take part in his canceled This Is It concert series at
2548-518: A female version of the song that rockers would like too. " Beautiful, Dirty, Rich " summed up her time of self-discovery, living in the Lower East Side and dabbling in drugs and the party scene. " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) " was about breaking up with a boyfriend and finding someone new. "Brown Eyes" was inspired by the British rock band Queen and, according to Gaga, is the most vulnerable song on
2744-500: A fence on the street". She wore them on the opening shot of the music video along with a chain link hood garment , saying that "they look so hard. It looks like I plied them right out of the fence and put them on my face". The video starts with the heading "Streamline presents" and three men moving through Times Square . They open a manhole cover on which "Haus of Gaga" is written. Gaga is then shown naked with blue and purple paint and glitter on her body, frolicking with two men who have
2940-512: A fire escape and walking on a lonely street, without intricate choreography and back-up dancers. Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011, and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1.1 million copies . It sold eight million copies worldwide and received three Grammy nominations, including Gaga's third consecutive nomination for Album of the Year . Rolling Stone listed
3136-574: A fixture of the downtown Lower East Side club scene. 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 . Fusari collaborated with Gaga, who traveled daily to New Jersey, helping to develop her songs and compose new material. The producer said they began dating in May 2006, and claimed to have been
3332-413: A half years and completed half of it during the first week of January 2008. As well as writing the lyrics, Gaga worked on the melodies and synth work of the album, with record producer RedOne . According to Gaga, the first track " Just Dance " is a joyous, heart-themed song, which appeals to people going through tough times in their life. " LoveGame ", the second track, was inspired by Gaga's sexual crush on
3528-738: A headliner for the 2025 Coachella festival two months afterwards. She is also set to appear in the upcoming second season of the Netflix series Wednesday . Gaga grew up listening to artists such as Michael Jackson, the Beatles , Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bruce Springsteen , Pink Floyd , Led Zeppelin , Whitney Houston , Elton John, Prince , En Vogue , TLC , Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson , and Blondie , who have all influenced her music. Gaga's musical inspiration varies from dance-pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury , as well as
3724-405: A high-school student in a 2001 episode of The Sopranos titled " The Telltale Moozadell ". 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. 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
3920-451: A hit". 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." 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. The Fame
4116-432: A joint deal by having Gaga also sign with his own label KonLive , making her his "franchise player". In late 2007, Gaga met with songwriter and producer RedOne . She collaborated with him in the recording studio for a week on her debut album, signing with Cherrytree Records , an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum ; she also wrote four songs with Kierszenbaum. Despite securing
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#17331001248244312-785: A key inspiration to pursue a musical career. Gaga was inspired by her mother to be interested in fashion, which would later become a major influence and integrated with her music. Stylistically, Gaga has been compared to Leigh Bowery , Isabella Blow , and Cher ; she once commented that as a child, she absorbed Cher's fashion sense and made it her own. Gaga became friends with British fashion designer Alexander McQueen shortly before his suicide in 2010, and became known for wearing his designs, particularly his towering armadillo shoes . She has called fashion designer Donatella Versace her muse ; Versace referred to Gaga as "the fresh Donatella". Gaga has also been influenced by Princess Diana , whom she has admired since childhood. Gaga has called
4508-486: A lawsuit against her production team, Mermaid Music LLC. At this time, Gaga was tested borderline positive for lupus but claimed not to be affected by the symptoms and hoped to maintain a healthy lifestyle. In February 2011, Gaga released " Born This Way ", the lead single from her studio album of the same name . The song sold more than one million copies within five days, earning the Guinness World Record for
4704-411: A limited single release, while " Beautiful, Dirty, Rich " served as a promotional single . The Fame has won multiple awards since its release. The album was nominated for a total of five Grammy Awards at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year . It won Best Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording for its single "Poker Face", and also won Best International Album at
4900-401: A massive sound like previous single " Poker Face ", nor has a big melody like subsequent single, "Paparazzi". Instead the composition of the song is electro-R&B, consisting of big beats and a number of hooks , with Gaga repeating the word "huh!" from time to time. Gaga explained that the lyrics of "LoveGame" were clear about what the song is all about. She thought that the lyrics portrayed
5096-550: A music school at New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts , and lived in an NYU dorm . She studied music there and improved her songwriting skills by writing essays on art, religion, social issues, and politics, including a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst . In 2005, Gaga withdrew from school during the second semester of her second year to focus on her music career. That year, she also played an unsuspecting diner customer for MTV 's Boiling Points ,
5292-586: A new disco stick in her hand. Gaga also performed the song on her 2018–2022 Las Vegas residency show, Enigma . At The Chromatica Ball stadium tour (2022), "LoveGame" featured "grinding guitars that transformed the tune into a hybrid of dance-pop and heavy metal ". Australian CD single UK 7-inch Vinyl (Limited Edition) LoveGame (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Fix) iTunes single UK iTunes Remix EP US and Canadian iTunes remix single iTunes remixes (Bonus Track Version) Germany 'The Remixes' CD single UK CD single Credits adapted from
5488-641: A peak of number 12. The Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) certified it gold for shipment of 7,500 copies of the single. On the issue dated March 6, 2009, the song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 49 and peaked at number 30, after eight weeks on the chart. It also debuted at number 19 in Finland and has since moved to a peak of number 12. In early 2009, the song charted on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 89 based on downloads only. It re-entered
5684-438: A powerful message about love, fame, and sexuality which was the central theme of The Fame . According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing , "LoveGame" is set in the time signature of common time and is composed in the key of B minor with a moderate tempo of 104 beats per minute . Gaga's vocal range spans from B 3 to G 5 . It follows in the chord progression of Bm–Em–D–Bm–Em–D in
5880-447: A prank reality television show. In a 2014 interview, Gaga said she was raped at age 19 by her producer, and later underwent mental and physical therapy for this. She has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attributes it to the incident, and has credited support from doctors, family, and friends with helping her. Gaga later gave additional details about the rape, including that "the person who raped me dropped me off pregnant on
6076-648: A record 83 weeks on Billboard magazine's Digital Songs chart. Three other singles, " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) ", " LoveGame " and " Paparazzi ", were released from the album; the lattermost reached number one in Germany. Remixed versions of the singles from The Fame , except "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", were included on Hitmixes in August 2009. At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards , The Fame and "Poker Face" won Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance Recording , respectively. Following her opening act on
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6272-441: A record deal, she said that some radio stations found her music too "racy", "dance-oriented", and "underground" for the mainstream market, to which she replied: "My name is Lady Gaga, I've been on the music scene for years, and I'm telling you, this is what's next." 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
6468-454: A remake of the 1937 film of the same name . The film follows Ally's relationship with singer Jackson Maine (played by Cooper), which becomes strained after her career begins to overshadow his. It received acclaim from critics, with a consensus that the movie had "appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story". Cooper approached Gaga after seeing her perform at a cancer research fundraiser. An admirer of Cooper's work, Gaga agreed to
6664-689: A rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire 's "Mon truc en plumes" at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. Gaga released the single " Die with a Smile ", a duet with Bruno Mars , on August 16, 2024. The song became the longest-running number one of 2024 on the Billboard Global 200 , and reached number two in the US. Gaga starred as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Phillips 's musical psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux ,
6860-490: A silver and black short skirt looking like a tutu and shaped like a peplum . She had a triangular piece attached on the dress on her right breast, and completed her look with high heeled ultra spike shoes. On May 17, 2009, Gaga performed the song live on Australian talk show, Rove . She also performed the song at the season finale of the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars . A remixed version of "Poker Face" and "LoveGame"
7056-412: A stranger in a night club to whom she said, "I wanna ride on your disco stick". It was written in four minutes based on the disco stick hook . " Paparazzi " has been interpreted with different meanings. However Gaga explained in an interview with About.com , that the song was inspired by her struggles and hunger for fame and love. Essentially a love song, "Paparazzi" dealt with enticing the media and asked
7252-471: A string of successful singles, including " Just Dance ", " Poker Face ", " Bad Romance ", " Telephone ", and " Alejandro ". Gaga's five succeeding studio albums all debuted atop the US Billboard 200 . Her second full-length album, Born This Way (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies in the first week. Its title track became the fastest-selling song on
7448-501: A subway station, hence several scenes are reminiscent to Michael Jackson 's " Bad " music video, which was also shot in a similar location. The music video for "LoveGame" was shot back-to-back with the video for " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) " on the weekend of January 9, 2009, inside a warehouse at the Port of Los Angeles . Although the video was filmed in Los Angeles, it nevertheless has
7644-513: A tee-shirt as she performed the song at a desert party". It continued with her performances in the film as well as her stage persona. 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". LoveGame " LoveGame "
7840-569: A teenager, she played at open mic nights. 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 . She also studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for ten years. Gaga unsuccessfully auditioned for New York shows, though did appear in a small background role as
8036-400: A third dog named Miss Asia escaped and was subsequently recovered by police. Gaga later offered a $ 500,000 reward for the return of her pets. Two days later, on February 26, a woman brought the dogs to a police station in Los Angeles. Both were unharmed. Los Angeles Police initially said the woman who dropped off the dogs did not appear to be involved with the shooting, but on April 29, she
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8232-573: A train where the second verse takes place with choreographed dance routines and Gaga wearing black and white jackets. During the intermediate music, Gaga is shown entering a ticket booth with an inspector while kissing and caressing. As the camera pans from right to left the inspector changes from a man to woman in each frame. According to Emma Hope Allwood of Dazed , in the clip Gaga wears Nazi chic fashion based on an outfit Charlotte Rampling wore in The Night Porter (1974); Allwood noted that
8428-470: Is "the most talented artist I have ever met". Before the album was released, it produced the singles " Anything Goes " and " I Can't Give You Anything but Love ". Cheek to Cheek received generally favorable reviews; The Guardian ' s Caroline Sullivan praised Gaga's vocals and Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune wrote that " Cheek to Cheek serves up the real thing, start to finish". The record
8624-476: Is "uneven at best". He added that the highlights such as "Poker Face", "Starstruck", "Paper Gangsta", and "Summerboy" rely "almost solely on their snappy production and sing-along hooks." Freedom du Lac from The Washington Post criticized the album for lacking originality. MSN Music ' s Robert Christgau gave the album an "honorable mention" and quippedly referred to it as "shallowness at its most principled." The Fame garnered five Grammy nominations at
8820-532: Is a song released by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, The Fame (2008). Produced by RedOne , the track was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) ". "LoveGame" was also released as the fourth single in the United Kingdom, after " Paparazzi ". Critics appreciated
9016-548: Is almost killed by her boyfriend, but in the end takes her revenge and reclaims her fame and popularity. To promote the album, Gaga did several performances worldwide. Her first televised appearance was on Logo 's NewNowNext Awards on June 7, 2008. She also performed on Michalsky StyleNite at Berlin Fashion Week , So You Think You Can Dance , Jimmy Kimmel Live! , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , as well as in Vietnam for
9212-406: Is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in popular music and regarded as a pop icon . After signing with Interscope Records in 2007, Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut studio album, The Fame (2008), and its reissue The Fame Monster (2009). The project scored
9408-958: Is an electropop and dance-pop album that has influences of 1980s pop and 1990s Europop , whereas The Fame Monster displays Gaga's taste for pastiche, drawing on "Seventies arena glam, perky ABBA disco , and sugary throwbacks like Stacey Q ". 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. The album explores new genres, such as electronic rock and techno . The themes in Artpop revolve around Gaga's personal views of fame, love, sex, feminism , self-empowerment, overcoming addiction, and reactions to media scrutiny. Billboard described Artpop as "coherently channeling R&B, techno, disco and rock music". With Cheek to Cheek , Gaga pursued
9604-516: Is credited as a ballad compared to the rest of the dance-fueled tracks. The song has a 1980s synth-pop feel to it, while incorporating the "Eh, Eh" hook from Rihanna 's single " Umbrella " (2007). Lyrically, the songs on The Fame talk about being famous and achieving popularity; "Poker Face" is about sexual innuendo and teasing. Gaga explained to the Daily Star that the lyrics carry a bit of an undertone of confusion about love and sex. According to
9800-522: Is epic, and we are hearing talking about all of this because of that." St. Louis Post-Dispatch 's journalist Kevin C. Johnson with his article "Lady Gaga helps bring EDM to the masses", acknowledges the impact. In the article, Rob Lemon said Gaga "definitely has had influence" and that she "is exposing people to the music, and anybody exposing people to it is part of the machine." Radio personality Zane Lowe and record producer/DJ Calvin Harris , addressed
9996-437: Is sick / I wanna take a ride on your disco stick' might be the trashiest-yet-awesomest refrain I've heard on a major-label record this year." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine criticized the song for "cheap" lyrics and "painfully enunciat[ing] without any resemblance of actual sex appeal". While reviewing The Fame , BBC said that the song sounded robotic in the line "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick", though deemed it
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#173310012482410192-404: Is slightly focused, but it's also eclectic. ... The music is intended to inspire people to feel a certain way about themselves, so they'll be able to encompass, in their own lives, a sense of inner fame that they can project to the world, and the carefree nature of the album is a reflection of that aura . I like to funnel interesting ideas to the rest of the world through a pop lens." "Just Dance"
10388-669: Is the fifth season of the television anthology horror series, American Horror Story , in which Gaga played a hotel owner named Elizabeth . At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards , Gaga received the Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film award for her work on the season. She appeared in Nick Knight 's 2015 fashion film for Tom Ford 's 2016 spring campaign and was guest editor for V fashion magazine's 99th issue in January 2016, which featured 16 different covers. She received Editor of
10584-513: The 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019 and placed her on their All- Time 100 Fashion Icons list. Gaga's philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBT rights . She has her own non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation , which supports the wellness of young people. Her business ventures include vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs , launched in 2019. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
10780-526: The 2010 Brit Awards . In 2013 and 2022, Rolling Stone named The Fame as one of the "100 Greatest Debut Albums of All-Time". As of 2023, it is the 12th biggest album of all time on the US Billboard 200. While establishing herself as an artist and working her way up through the New York underground club scene, Lady Gaga released her debut studio album, The Fame . Speaking about the title and concept of
10976-475: The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on December 2, 2009. The album itself was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Electronic/Dance Album. It also won Best International Album at the 2010 Brit Awards . In 2013 and 2022, Rolling Stone named The Fame as one of the "100 Greatest Debut Albums of All-Time". In the United States, The Fame debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 24,000 on
11172-457: The 57th Miss Universe beauty pageant during the swimsuit competition. On January 31, 2009, she performed on television in Ireland on RTÉ One 's show Tubridy Tonight . Three songs from The Fame were used in the second season of The CW 's series Gossip Girl : "Paparazzi" in the episode " Summer, Kind of Wonderful ", "Poker Face" in " The Serena Also Rises ", and "Money Honey" in " Remains of
11368-484: The BBC , the "Mum-mum-mum-mah" hook used in the song is sampled from Boney M. 's 1977 hit " Ma Baker ". "Just Dance" talks about being intoxicated in a party, with lyrics like "What's going on on the floor? / I love this record, baby but I can't see straight anymore". "LoveGame" portrays a message about love, fame and sexuality. "Paparazzi" portrays a stalker who is following somebody being their biggest fan. The lyrics also portray
11564-483: The Billboard 200, making her the first woman to reach the US chart's summit four times in the 2010s. The album's second single, " Million Reasons ", followed the next month and reached number four in the US. She later released a piano version of the album's title track in 2018, which won a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance . To promote the album, Gaga embarked on the three-date Dive Bar Tour . Gaga performed as
11760-517: The Born This Way Ball tour in April 2012, which was scheduled to conclude the following March, but ended one month earlier when Gaga canceled the remaining dates due to a labral tear of her right hip that required surgery. While refunds for the cancellations were estimated to be worth $ 25 million, the tour grossed $ 183.9 million globally. In 2011, Gaga also worked with Tony Bennett on
11956-717: The Canadian Hot 100 at number 68 before its official release as a single. Its second appearance was on the chart of January 10, 2009, at number 87. After a few weeks, "LoveGame" entered the top ten of the Canadian Hot 100 and climbed to number five. After fluctuating down the chart for a few weeks "LoveGame" reached a new peak of two on the chart. The song was certified double platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in June 2009, for sales of 160,000 paid digital downloads. In Australia,
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#173310012482412152-812: The Convent of the Sacred Heart , a private all-girls Roman Catholic school. Gaga has described her high-school self as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure". She considered herself a misfit and was mocked for "being either too provocative or too eccentric". Gaga began playing the piano at age four when her mother insisted she become "a cultured young woman". She took piano lessons and practiced through her childhood. The lessons taught her to create music by ear, which Gaga preferred over reading sheet music. Her parents encouraged her to pursue music and enrolled her in Creative Arts Camp. As
12348-609: 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 . In 2009, Gaga spent a record 150 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and became the most downloaded female act in a year in the US, with 11.1 million downloads sold, earning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records . Worldwide, The Fame and The Fame Monster together have sold more than 15 million copies, and
12544-530: The Hot Dance Club Songs , and also became Gaga's third number-one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified "LoveGame" triple platinum for shipment of three million copies across United States. It has sold 2.67 million digital downloads in the United States as of February 2019, according to Nielsen Soundscan . In Canada, the song debuted on
12740-641: The Mercury Lounge , the Bitter End , and the Rockwood Music Hall . Their live performance art piece, known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue" and billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", was a tribute to 1970s variety acts. They performed at the 2007 Lollapalooza music festival. Having initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance music , Gaga began to incorporate pop melodies and
12936-542: The New York Film Critics Circle Award , and nominations for the BAFTA Award , Critics' Choice Award , Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Gaga co-wrote the song " Hold My Hand " for the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick , and also composed the score alongside Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermeyer . She performed "Hold My Hand" live at the 95th Academy Awards , where it
13132-459: The O 2 Arena in the UK. During this era, Gaga ventured into business, collaborating with consumer electronics company Monster Cable Products to create in-ear, jewel-encrusted headphones called Heartbeats by Lady Gaga. She also partnered with Polaroid in January 2010 as their creative director and announced a suite of photo-capture products called Grey Label. Her collaboration with her past record producer and ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari led to
13328-577: The Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America . She has been recognized as Billboard 's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015), and placed fifth on their Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century list (2024). Gaga has also been included in several Forbes power rankings and ranked fourth on VH1 's Greatest Women in Music (2012). Time named her one of
13524-406: The glam rock style of David Bowie and Queen into her songs. 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 . In November 2007, Herbert signed Gaga to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records , established that month. Gaga later credited Herbert as
13720-425: The iTunes Store , with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her electronic dance music -influenced third album, Artpop (2013), she pursued jazz on the album Cheek to Cheek (2014) with Tony Bennett , and delved into soft rock on the album Joanne (2016). She ventured into acting, winning awards for her leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016) and
13916-434: The most watched on YouTube in April 2010, and that October, Gaga became the first person with more than one billion combined views. At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards , she won eight awards from 13 nominations, including Video of the Year for "Bad Romance". 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. The Fame Monster won
14112-485: The Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards , and debuted at number one in the US, making Gaga the third person to top the country's chart in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards , Gaga won five awards, including the inaugural Tricon Award recognizing artists accomplished in different areas of the entertainment industry. In September 2020, she appeared in
14308-692: The Born This Way Ball tour; she crafted the album to mirror "a night at the club". In August 2013, Gaga released the album's lead single " Applause ", which reached number one in Hungary, number four in the US, and number five in the UK. 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. The film received generally mixed reviews and earned less than half of its $ 33 million budget. The second Artpop single, " Do What U Want ", featured singer R. Kelly and
14504-583: The Guinness World Record for Most Product Placement in a Video. According to author Curtis Fogel, she explores bondage and sadomasochism and highlights prevalent feminist themes. The main themes of her music videos are sex, violence, and power. She has called herself "a little bit of a feminist" and asserted that she is "sexually empowering women". 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". Regarded as "one of
14700-590: The Haus of Gaga, modeled on Andy Warhol 's The Factory . The Fame was released on August 19, 2008, and reached number one in Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, as well as the top five in Australia and the US. Its first two singles, " Just Dance " and " Poker Face ", reached number one in the United States, Australia, Canada and the UK. The latter was also the world's bestselling single of 2009, with 9.8 million copies sold that year, and spent
14896-481: The Indian alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra a "true inspiration", and has also quoted Indian leader Osho 's book Creativity on Twitter. Gaga said she was influenced by Osho's work in valuing rebellion through creativity and equality. Critics have analyzed and scrutinized Gaga's musical and performance style, as she has experimented with new ideas and images throughout her career. She has said that she finds
15092-508: The J ". Gaga also performed "Poker Face" on American Idol on April 1, 2009. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards , the singer performed "Paparazzi". Her gig involved choreographed dance moves, playing on the piano, theatrical blood dripping from her ribcage, and ended with the singer hung lifeless with one hand rising above her dancers and blood smeared on her face. It is widely considered to be one of Gaga's greatest performances to date, and according to Billboard 's Ashley Laderer, "this
15288-510: The Jazz & Piano in January 2019. Gaga launched her vegan makeup line, Haus Laboratories , in September 2019 exclusively on Amazon . Consisting of 40 products, including liquid eyeliners, lip glosses and face mask sticker, it reached number-one on Amazon's list of bestselling lipsticks. Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica , was released on May 29, 2020, to positive reviews. It debuted atop
15484-600: 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. While traveling the globe, she wrote eight songs for The Fame Monster , a reissue of The Fame . Those new songs were also released as a standalone EP on November 18, 2009. Its first single, " Bad Romance ", was released one month earlier and went number one in Canada and
15680-527: The UK of the 21st century , and the 31st best-selling album in UK chart history . In France, The Fame debuted at number 73 and peaked at number two for five weeks. It has been certified diamond status by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) and, as of February 2012, has sold 630,000 copies. In Ireland, the album entered the charts at number-eight, and in its fifth week climbed to number-one for two consecutive weeks. In mainland Europe,
15876-534: The UK, and number two in the US, Australia and New Zealand. " Telephone ", with Beyoncé , followed as the second single from the EP and became Gaga's fourth UK number one. Its third single was " Alejandro ", which reached number one in Finland and attracted controversy when its music video was deemed blasphemous by the Catholic League . Both tracks reached the top five in the US. The video for "Bad Romance" became
16072-554: The US Billboard 200 , and also topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 190 non-consecutive weeks, the most time on top in history. It has since been certified six-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Fame became the fifth best-selling album of 2009, and has sold over 4.9 million copies in the United States as of January 2019. Combined with The Fame Monster ,
16268-419: 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. Chromatica ' s lead single, " Stupid Love ", was released on February 28, 2020, and charted at number five in the US and the UK. The second single, " Rain on Me " with Ariana Grande , followed on May 22. It won
16464-472: The US it was sent to Contemporary hit radio (CHR) formats for airplay from May 12, 2009. The track initially had been planned as the third single release in the United Kingdom, but deeming its lyrics and music video potentially controversial, it was decided that " Paparazzi " would be released instead. "LoveGame" has received a number of remix treatments, one of which featured vocals from rocker Marilyn Manson . Daniel Kreps from Rolling Stone reported that
16660-500: The US. The album's promotional rollout included the television special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga , released in November 2021, on CBS, which featured select performances from the duo's August 3 and 5 performances at Radio City Music Hall . Another taped performance by the duo recorded for MTV Unplugged was released that December. At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards , Love for Sale won Gaga and Bennett
16856-413: The United Kingdom. The song was critically appreciated for its catchy tune and the "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" hook. The song has reached the top 10 in countries such as the United States, Australia and Canada and the top 20 in others. "Paparazzi" was announced as the third single in the United Kingdom and Ireland with a release date of July 6, 2009, the fourth single in the United States, and
17052-482: The United States, VH1 and MTV played an edited version that removed the scenes showing Gaga naked, and blurred the label on a bottle of alcohol held by a dancer, but they did not change the lyrics. Gaga first performed "LoveGame" live in June 2008 on the Isle of Malta special of MTV Asia . She later performed it on the UK program, The Album Chart Show , on February 4, 2009, while promoting The Fame . On March 20, 2009,
17248-556: The Year award at the Fashion Los Angeles Awards. In February 2016, Gaga sang the US national anthem at Super Bowl 50 , partnered with Intel and Nile Rodgers for a tribute performance to the late David Bowie at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards , and sang "Til It Happens to You" at the 88th Academy Awards , where she was introduced by Joe Biden and was accompanied on-stage by 50 people who had suffered from sexual assault. She
17444-593: The actual video . "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" was initially announced as Gaga's second single. However, "Poker Face" was chosen instead, with the song being released as a promotional single . The song charted on the UK Singles Chart from digital downloads and spent three weeks on the charts, peaking at number 83. The album received further promotion from her first headlining concert tour , The Fame Ball Tour , which started on March 12, 2009, in San Diego , California. It
17640-488: The album debuted at number 12 and peaked at number three. The album has been certified sextuple platinum in Australia, by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of 420,000 copies. The Fame debuted in the United Kingdom at number three with first week sales of 25,228 copies. After spending 10 weeks in the top 10, it replaced Ronan Keating 's Songs for My Mother at
17836-477: The album had sold over 18 million copies worldwide as of August 2019. The first two singles off the album, " Just Dance " and " Poker Face " gained international success, topping the charts in several countries worldwide including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The subsequent singles " LoveGame " and " Paparazzi " were commercial successes as well, charting within the top-ten of over ten countries worldwide. " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) " had
18032-794: The album peaked at number one on the European Top 100 Albums , the Austrian Albums Chart and the German Album Chart . In Germany, it became the fourth most downloaded album ever. It also reached the top 20 in Mexico, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, and Switzerland. Combined with its reissue, The Fame Monster , the album has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. With
18228-436: The album received an average score of 71, based on 13 reviews. AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "music that sounds thickly sexy with its stainless steel synths and dark disco rhythms", and wrote that it is "glorious pop trash and a wicked parody of it." Nicole Powers of URB complimented its "irony-laden lyrics, delivered in a style that owes a little something to Gwen Stefani ," as well as
18424-560: The album's "deluxe ditties". Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly called it "remarkably (and exhaustingly) pure in its vision of a world in which nothing trumps being beautiful, dirty, and rich. In this economy, though, her high-times escapism has its charms". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian found it "packing an immensely addictive melody or an inescapable hook, virtually everything sounds like another hit single", and predicted that it "certainly sounds like it could be big." Daniel Brockman from The Boston Phoenix wrote that "Gaga ups
18620-598: The album's success can be attributed to rising club producer RedOne." Joey Guerra from the Houston Chronicle felt that although the songs present in the album are not innovative, Gaga deserved credit for bringing real dance music to the mass. Genevieve Koski of The A.V. Club felt that the "whole point" of the album is "glitter-laced, dance-inciting energy that bodes well for extended club play". Slant Magazine ' s Sal Cinquemani viewed that Gaga's lyrics veer between "cheap" and "nonsensical drivel", while her singing
18816-409: The album, Gaga explained: " The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous. ... Pop culture is art. It doesn't make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame . But, it's a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle." Gaga stated in an interview with MTV UK that she had been working on the album for two and
19012-1011: The album, with the majority of them complimenting the songs " Bad Romance ", " Telephone ", " Dance in the Dark ", and " Monster ". In some countries the album charted together with The Fame while in others like the United States, Canada and Japan, it charted as a separate album. It has reached top 10 in most of the major markets. She announced The Monster Ball Tour supporting the album, which started on November 27, 2009, in Montreal , Canada, and finished on May 6, 2011, in Mexico City , Mexico. Notes Personnel adapted from The Fame liner notes. Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga ,
19208-429: The album. Gaga further clarified the ideas behind The Fame , and her inspirations and visions for the album. She believed that the most important thing missing from contemporary pop music was the combination of the visual imagery of the artist with the music. Gaga incorporated theatrics in her live performances of the songs from the album. Hence she hoped that people would take notice of the performance art , which she
19404-458: The ante in terms of catchy songwriting and sheer high-in-the-club-banging-to-the-beat abandon." Ben Hogwood of musicOMH praised Gaga's "blend of sassy attitude, metallic beats and sharp, incisive songwriting", elements which he felt are integral to "creating pop music". Although he panned "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "Paper Gangsta", and "Brown Eyes", Evan Sawdey of PopMatters called The Fame "a solid dance album" and wrote that "much of
19600-560: The appearance of "LoveGame" during the tour proved it to be a far superior track than the ones from Gaga's second studio album, Born This Way (2011). In 2017, Gaga performed "LoveGame" during her headline performance at the Coachella Festival while wearing a black leotard. On the Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), Gaga performed the track decked in a light blue Swarovski -embellished bodysuit and knee-high boots, while holding
19796-598: The artist management division of Live Nation Entertainment . She briefly appeared in Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For , and was confirmed as Versace 's spring-summer 2014 ambassador with a campaign called "Lady Gaga For Versace". In September 2014, Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek . The inspiration behind the album came from her friendship with Bennett, and fascination with jazz music since her childhood. He stated that Gaga
19992-541: The award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. After an appearance in the television special Friends: The Reunion , in which Gaga sang " Smelly Cat " with Lisa Kudrow , she portrayed Patrizia Reggiani , who was convicted of hiring a hitman to murder her ex-husband and former head of the Gucci fashion house Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver ), in Ridley Scott 's biographical crime film titled House of Gucci . For
20188-528: The beginning of her career." Following its release, "LoveGame" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 96 for the week ending March 21, 2009, but fell off the chart the following week. After seven weeks it reached number ten on the Hot 100 by selling 107,000 digital downloads and becoming the week's greatest digital gainer. Two weeks later, "LoveGame" peaked at number five on the chart. It reached number-one on
20384-630: 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. At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , Gaga appeared in drag as her male alter ego , Jo Calderone, and delivered a lovesick monologue before a performance of her song "You and I". As Gaga's choreographer and creative director, Laurieann Gibson provided material for her shows and videos for four years before she
20580-500: The car. ... I think you've really got to allow artists' creativity to marinate. It took me a while but really delving into myself I finally got it. I couldn't be more proud of it. It's not just a record[,] it's a whole pop art movement[.] It's not just about one song." Musically, the album combines electropop , synth-pop , and dance-pop , while drawing influences from 1980s music . Songs like "Poker Face", "Just Dance" and "LoveGame" are uptempo dance songs, with "Poker Face" carrying
20776-458: The chart at number 64 after the release of the single was announced, and peaked at 19, becoming her lowest-charting single in the UK at that time. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it gold, for sales and streams of 400,000 units. In the Netherlands the song debuted at number 28 and has peaked at number five. The song debuted at number six in France and moved to its peak of number five
20972-399: The charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK. As of June 2019, the soundtrack had sold over six million copies worldwide. The album won Gaga four Grammy Awards— Best 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
21168-517: The charts in almost all the countries it was released to. "Poker Face" became Gaga's second consecutive number one on the Hot 100. On December 2, 2009, "Poker Face" received three Grammy nominations in the categories of Song of the Year , Record of the Year , and won for Best Dance Recording. "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" was the album's third single in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and Denmark and fourth in France. The song received mixed reviews. Some critics compared it to nineties Europop while
21364-638: The continual reinvention "liberating", which she has been drawn to since childhood. Gaga combines a variety of music genres, particularly incorporating elements of rock into her pop and dance music. She has also branched out into jazz and other non-pop musical genres. Gaga's voice has been classified as a contralto , with a range spanning from B ♭ 2 to B 5 . She has changed her vocal style regularly, and deemed Born This Way "much more vocally up to par with what I've always been capable of". In summing up her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote: "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind
21560-534: The core of the listener." On Chromatica , Gaga returned to her dance-pop roots, and discussed her struggles with mental health. Her second jazz album, Love for Sale , consists of a tribute to Cole Porter . Harlequin was inspired by Gaga's role in Joker: Folie à Deux , and expands on her venture into jazz music. Featuring constant costume changes and provocative visuals, Gaga's music videos are often described as short films. The video for "Telephone" earned Gaga
21756-733: The country. It was ranked at number 12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums of All Time list. Following Gaga's Super Bowl LI halftime show performance, The Fame re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 6, selling 17,000 copies and 38,000 total album-equivalent units. It has spent over 360 weeks on the chart. In Canada, the album reached number-one, and has been certified seven times platinum by Music Canada for shipment of 560,000 copies. It had sold 476,000 copies as of March 2011. The album debuted at number six, and peaked at number two in New Zealand as well as being certified double platinum. In Australia,
21952-407: The course of 2008–09 while travelling around the world, and are expressed through a monster metaphor. The two album covers were shot by Hedi Slimane . One of the covers has a gothic look and was initially declined by her record company, but Gaga persuaded them otherwise. The composition takes its inspiration from Gothic music and fashion shows. Contemporary critics gave mostly positive reviews of
22148-404: The desire of capturing the attention of the camera as well as achieving fame. Gaga explained that, "This idea of The Fame runs through and through. Basically, if you have nothing—no money, no fame—you can still feel beautiful and dirty rich. It's about making choices, and having references—things you pull from your life that you believe in. It's about self-discovery and being creative. The record
22344-399: The disco stick, which was modified to look like a torch . The song was also included on the set list of the Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013), where it was shortened and the singer performed it wearing a Statue of Liberty styled head piece. Gaga ventured into the crowd during the song, through the extended pathways from the stage. Joey Guerra from the Houston Chronicle believed that
22540-603: The documentary The Hunting Ground , which earned them the Satellite Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award nomination in the same category . Gaga won Billboard Woman of the Year and Contemporary Icon Award at the 2015 Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards. 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 . Running from October 2015 to January 2016, Hotel
22736-740: The effect of a long-term condition called fibromyalgia . In February 2018, it prompted Gaga to cancel the last ten shows of the Joanne World Tour, which ultimately grossed $ 95 million from 842,000 tickets sold. In March 2018, Gaga supported the March for Our Lives gun-control rally in Washington, D.C., and released a cover of Elton John's " Your Song " for his tribute album Revamp . Later that year, she starred as struggling singer Ally in Bradley Cooper 's musical romantic drama A Star Is Born ,
22932-416: The eight new songs as a standalone EP in select territories. The decision was also due to Gaga believing the re-release was too expensive and that the albums were conceptually different, describing them as yin and yang . The deluxe edition of the album contains The Fame in its entirety on a second disc along with The Fame Monster . The album deals with the darker side of fame , as experienced by Gaga over
23128-452: The end of 2007, Lady Gaga's management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne , whom they also managed. By 2008, Gaga relocated to Los Angeles in order to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, The Fame , and set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga. "LoveGame" was one of the songs written by Gaga and RedOne who also produced the track. With Rolling Stone , Gaga explained that she
23324-679: The engagement in February 2019. Gaga signed a concert residency , named Lady Gaga Enigma + Jazz & Piano , to perform at the MGM Park Theater in Las Vegas . The residency consists of two types of shows: Enigma, which focused on theatricality and included Gaga's biggest hits, and Jazz & Piano, which involved tracks from the Great American Songbook and stripped-down versions of Gaga's songs. The Enigma show opened in December 2018 and
23520-403: The fastest selling single on iTunes . It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming the 1,000th number-one single in the history of the charts. Its second single " Judas " followed two months later, and " The Edge of Glory " served as its third single. Both reached the top 10 in the US and the UK. Her music video for "The Edge of Glory", unlike her previous work, portrays her dancing on
23716-457: The fifth season of the show ultimately influenced her future music, prompting her to feature "the art of darkness". In September 2016, she released her fifth album's lead single, " Perfect Illusion ", which topped the charts in France and reached number 15 in the US. The album, titled Joanne , was named after Gaga's late aunt, who was an inspiration for the music. It was released on October 21, 2016, and became Gaga's fourth number one album on
23912-416: The fifth single overall. The song has reached the top five in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. It also reached the top 10 in the United States. The song has received critical acclaim for its fun-filled, club-friendly nature and is deemed the most memorable and telling song from the album. The associated music video for the song was shot as a mini-movie with Gaga starring as a doomed starlet who
24108-490: The films House of Gucci (2021) and Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), and the Billboard Global 200 number-one single " Die with a Smile " (2024). Having sold an estimated 170 million records, Gaga is one of the world's best selling music artists and the only female artist to achieve four singles each selling at least 10 million copies globally. Her other accolades include 13 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards , and awards from
24304-537: The final version of the song included Robert Orton who did the audio mixing , and Gene Grimaldi who mastered the song at Oasis Mastering in Burbank, California . Musically, "LoveGame" is an uptempo synth-pop and electro - R&B song. According to Kerri Mason of Billboard , the composition has a vibe of the New York downtown musical scene, but has a more mainstream appeal to it, making it perfect for radio, "without losing its smut and sass". The song does not have
24500-529: The first person to call her "Lady Gaga", which was derived from Queen 's song " Radio Ga Ga ". According to his account, the name was coined when on one occasion he attempted to call her "Radio Ga Ga" via text message, but the spell check converted the word "Radio" to "Lady". Their relationship lasted until January 2007. Fusari and Gaga established a company called "Team Lovechild, LLC" to promote her career. They recorded and produced electropop tracks, sending them to music industry executives. Joshua Sarubin,
24696-417: The first two verse and chorus while progressing as Bm–Em–Bm–Em in the intermediate verse before the final chorus. The song received mostly positive reviews from critics. The Phoenix music editor Daniel Brockman said that "Gaga ups the ante in terms of catchy song writing and sheer high-in-the-club-banging-to-the-beat abandon." He also commented on the lyrics saying that "'Let's have some fun, this beat
24892-413: The girl that I was four years ago, and I wanted to put it in the setting of the underground subway. I worked with Joseph Kahn, and he did an amazing job. He didn't just capture the fashion; he captured the artist." The music video of "LoveGame" was directed by Joseph Kahn and premiered on March 23, 2009, in Australia, and on August 13, 2009, in the UK on 4Music channel. The video mainly takes place in
25088-444: The greatest living musical performers" by Rolling Stone , Gaga has called herself a perfectionist when it comes to her elaborate shows. Her performances have been described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; the blood-spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV News and ranked among the best MTV VMA performances of all time by various publications. She continued
25284-555: The head of Artists and repertoire (A&R) at Def Jam Recordings , responded positively and, after approval from Sarubin's boss Antonio "L.A." Reid , Gaga was signed to Def Jam in September 2006. She was dropped from the label three months later and returned to her family home for Christmas. Gaga began performing at neo-burlesque shows, and said these represented freedom to her. During this time, she met performance artist Lady Starlight , who helped mold her onstage persona. The pair began performing at downtown club venues like
25480-504: The headlining act during the Super Bowl LI halftime show on February 5, 2017. Her performance featured a group of hundreds of lighted drones forming various shapes in the sky above Houston's NRG Stadium —the first time robotic aircraft appeared in a Super Bowl program. It attracted 117.5 million viewers in the United States, exceeding the game's 111.3 million viewers and making it the third most-watched Super Bowl halftime show at
25676-736: The highest grossing female artist touring in 2022. Gaga was appointed as co-chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities by President Joe Biden in April 2023, and collaborated with the Rolling Stones on the song " Sweet Sounds of Heaven ", also featuring Stevie Wonder , from their album Hackney Diamonds that year. Gaga was the featured artist for season two of the online video game Fortnite spin-off, Fortnite Festival , which ran from February to April 2024. She became engaged to entrepreneur Michael Polansky that April, four years after they began dating. In July, she performed
25872-600: The highest level"; Stephanie Zacharek of Time magazine similarly highlighted her "knockout performance" and found her to be "charismatic" without her usual makeup, wigs and costumes. For the role, Gaga won the National Board of Review and Critics' Choice awards for Best Actress, in addition to receiving nominations for the Academy Award , Golden Globe Award , Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Gaga and Cooper co-wrote and produced most of
26068-451: The impact of the album in a Beats 1 radio interview. Lowe stated: " Mike Skinner told me this, cause we were having a debate about Lady Gaga and he was like 'One thing you gotta remember about Lady Gaga, she put four-on-the-floor back on American radio'" and that "up until that moment there was nothing resembling four-on-the-floor in pop music." Harris added: "A 100%. They even had a hip-hop version of 'Poker Face', for radio" and that "it
26264-457: The issue dated January 16, 2010, The Fame moved to a new peak of two on the Billboard 200 after being on the charts for 62 weeks. By the end of 2009, The Fame became the fifth best-selling album of the year. The Fame has sold 4.9 million copies in the United States as of March 2019 and is the seventh best-selling digital album, selling 1.086 million digital copies. Including equivalent album units, The Fame has sold 8.8 million in
26460-399: The issue dated November 15, 2008. After fluctuating down the charts, the album reached number 10 on the issue dated March 7, 2009. The album also topped Billboard ' s Dance/Electronic Albums chart; it has stayed at the number-one spot for 190 non-consecutive weeks, as of week of May 25, 2024, and holds the record for the most time on top in the chart's history. In March 2020, the album
26656-513: The jazz genre. Joanne , exploring the genres of country, funk, pop, dance, rock, electronic music and folk, was influenced by her personal life. The A Star Is Born soundtrack contains elements of blues rock , country and bubblegum pop . Billboard commented that its lyrics are about wanting change, its struggle, love, romance, and bonding, describing the music as "timeless, emotional, gritty and earnest. They sound like songs written by artists who, quite frankly, are supremely messed up but hit to
26852-439: The keys like this because I was too young and short to get all the way up there. Just go like this on the low end of the piano ... 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. That is the thing that I believe I am the greatest at. In 2003, Gaga gained early admission to Collaborative Arts Project 21 ,
27048-407: The latter was 2010's second bestselling album. Its success allowed Gaga to start her second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour , and release The Remix , her final record with Cherrytree Records and among the bestselling remix albums of all time . The Monster Ball Tour ran from November 2009 to May 2011 and grossed $ 227.4 million, making it the highest-grossing concert tour for
27244-542: The lyrical content of the song on Australian talk show, Rove , Gaga said that she was unrepentant about her "disco stick" metaphor, though it led to a banning of the music video on Network Ten in Australia. She added that the metaphor was not meant to be subtle and was clear what the lyrics constituted off. "If anything, I happen to think people are frivolously hard on me", Gaga generalized. She went on to relegate "lot of youth-oriented pop music" as much racier than hers with their sexually provocative lyrics, but Gaga felt that
27440-412: The lyrics to be sometimes odd, especially the statement, "I'm on a mission, and it involves some heavy touchin'." Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe said that the song "has a gutter level quippage with sinuous moves". Priya Elan from The Times was not impressed with the song and called it calculated. Billboard music editor Chris Williams gave the song a positive review, commenting that "It has all
27636-618: The man who discovered her. Having served as an apprentice songwriter during an internship at Famous Music Publishing, Gaga struck a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV . As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears , New Kids on the Block , Fergie , and the Pussycat Dolls . At Interscope, musician Akon was impressed with her singing abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio. Akon convinced Jimmy Iovine , chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records (a brother company for Def Jam), to form
27832-530: The musical film A Star Is Born (2018). Her contributions to the latter's soundtrack , which spawned the chart-topping single " Shallow ", made her the first woman to win an Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Grammy Award in one year. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020), which yielded the number-one single " Rain on Me ", and released her second and final collaborative album with Bennett, Love for Sale (2021). She followed this with starring roles in
28028-655: The next week. It debuted at numbers 19 and 38 on the Belgian Ultratop Flanders and Wallonia charts respectively. In Flanders it has reached a peak of six, while in Wallonia it moved to a peak of five. "LoveGame" also reached a peak of number seven on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles chart. "'LoveGame' is a genuine New York lifestyle video. It's got that feeling of 'gay, black New York,' of inclusion and glamour," [...] I wanted to really bring forth
28224-418: The original version of the tour, the singer wore an off-white costume with skeletal lighted headgear and breastplates shaped like ribs. On the revamped shows of The Monster Ball (2010–2011) "LoveGame" was introduced during the second act and featured a New York City subway car on stage from which Gaga and her dancers emerged. While wearing a revealing plastic dress and an exaggerated nun's habit , Gaga wielded
28420-464: The others criticized it for bringing the party-like nature of the album to a halt. It failed to match the success of the previous singles in Australia and New Zealand by reaching 15 and nine, respectively. It peaked at two in Sweden and at seven in France. "LoveGame" was released as the third single in the United States, Canada and some European nations. It was the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and
28616-484: The outfit had previously been appropriated in the videos for Madonna 's " Justify My Love " (1990) and Marilyn Manson 's " The Fight Song " (2001). The final scene shows Gaga doing a choreographed dance routine with her crew of backup dancers. The video comes to an end as Gaga and her dancers hold their groins , gesturing towards the camera. The music video was censored in many countries after its release in 2009. The video faced censorship troubles in Australia where it
28812-441: The part, Gaga learned to speak with an Italian accent. She also stayed in character for 18 months, speaking with an accent for nine months during that period. Her method acting took a toll on her mental wellbeing, and towards the end of filming she had to be accompanied on-set by a psychiatric nurse . The film was released on November 24, 2021, to mixed reviews, though critics praised Gaga's performance as "note-perfect". She earned
29008-417: The project due to its portrayal of addiction and depression. A Star Is Born premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival , and was released worldwide that October. Gaga's performance was acclaimed by film critics, with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian labeling the film "outrageously watchable" and stating that "Gaga's ability to be part ordinary person, part extraterrestrial celebrity empress functions at
29204-408: The question, whether one can have both fame and love. " Poker Face " was inspired by Gaga's boyfriends who enjoyed gambling, and also dealt with her personal experience of bisexuality ; her fantasies about women while having sex with men, thus representing her 'poker face'." "Boys Boys Boys" was inspired by the similarly titled Mötley Crüe song " Girls, Girls, Girls ". Gaga explained that she wanted
29400-557: The record among " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " in 2020. Born This Way ' s following singles were " You and I " and " Marry the Night ", which reached numbers 6 and 29 in the US, respectively. Its cut, " Bloody Mary ", became a resurgent success and was released as a single in 2022. While filming the "You and I" music video, Gaga met and started dating actor Taylor Kinney in July 2011, who played her love interest. She also embarked on
29596-415: The release of Cheek to Cheek and the attention she received for her performance at the 87th Academy Awards , where she sang a medley of songs from The Sound of Music in a tribute to Julie Andrews . Considered one of her best performances by Billboard , it triggered more than 214,000 interactions per minute globally on Facebook. She and Diane Warren co-wrote the song " Til It Happens to You " for
29792-509: The release of The Fame , Gaga was credited for reviving electronic dance music during the late 2000s on radio. Jonathan Bogart from The Atlantic stated, "EDM came in by no back door but right through the front gate, with Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' in 2008" and that "the sound didn't take long to spread". DJ Tommie Sunshine told MTV that "there wouldn't be a David Guetta top 10 hit... there wouldn't be this Black Eyed Peas record , if it wasn't for The Fame . The influence of that record
29988-571: The remix was conceived during Gaga's photoshoot with the magazine in May 2009, when Manson arrived on the set. The rocker was impressed by the shoot and wanted to collaborate with Gaga on "LoveGame". "LoveGame" was recorded at Record Plant Studios and Chalice Recording Studios, both in Hollywood , California. Along with the production work of the track, RedOne also contributed to its background vocals, instrumentation , programming , audio engineering and recording . Other personnel involved in creating
30184-585: The repeated hook "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick". However, Australian programs like Rage and cable networks Channel V and MTV aired the video in its original form. The video also faced a ban from MTV Arabia citing the same reason as Australia. Since it was very rare to ban videos on MTV, head of MTV Arabia Samer al Marzouki commented, "We represent the young generation's mentality and culture so we can't play something that conflicts with that. If they can't watch something comfortably with their brother, sisters or friends then we will not play it." In
30380-403: The role of designers, performance artists, dancers etc. She enlisted people from downtown New York as dancers, who normally would not get cast in a video. One of the props developed for the video was a pair of sunglasses made of wire. According to Gaga, she imagined "a downtown, bad-ass kid walking down the street with his buddies, grabbing a pair of pliers, and making a pair of sunglasses out of
30576-415: The sequel to his 2019 film Joker . It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival , and was released theatrically in October 2024. While the film received negative reviews, Gaga's performance was met with a positive reception, with critics finding her to be underused. Songs she and Phoenix performed in the film were included on an accompanying soundtrack album . Gaga additionally produced
30772-526: The show with minimal variations were planned by Gaga to accommodate different venues. The show consisted of four segments, with each segment being followed by a video interlude to the next segment, and it ended with an encore. The set list consisted of songs from The Fame only. An alternate set list with minor changes was performed for European dates. Gaga appeared on the stage in new costumes including an innovative dress made entirely of plastic bubbles, and premiered an unreleased song called "Future Love". In
30968-511: The song as a "propulsive club anthem" and complimented its synths and drum programming . She described it aurally as "a dizzying sonic trip that approximates the high point of a chemically enhanced night of club-hopping." Evan Sawdey from PopMatters complimented RedOne's production on the song, listing it as one of the best tracks on The Fame . Ben Hogwood from MusicOMH declared the song as "top notch, diamond-encrusted pop" along with other tracks like "Starstruck" and "Paparazzi". He found
31164-485: The song debuted at number 92 on the ARIA Charts , and then moved up the charts to number 41 the next week. On the issue dated May 11, 2009, the song peaked at number four, becoming Gaga's third top five single there. "LoveGame" was certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 280,000 copies of the single. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 36 and moved up to
31360-410: The song was directed by Joseph Kahn , and portrayed Gaga dancing at an underground subway station and in a parking lot. The music video was a tribute from the singer to the New York lifestyle including its glamour, fans and fashion. It was influenced by the music video for Michael Jackson 's " Bad ", which also took place in a subway station, and features Gaga wearing Nazi chic clothes. The music video
31556-546: The song was performed live at the AOL Sessions along with Gaga's other singles such as " Just Dance ", "Paparazzi", " Beautiful, Dirty, Rich ", and an acoustic version of "Poker Face". An acoustic version of "LoveGame" was performed at the MTV Sessions in January 2009. The song was a major part of Gaga's The Fame Ball Tour as the second number of the set list, and was performed alongside album track, "Starstruck". Gaga wore
31752-477: The song's rhythm and the "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" hook . Gaga had explained that the term "disco stick" is a euphemism for a penis and was inspired by her sexual attraction to a stranger at a night club. Musically carrying the vibe of underground New York discos, "LoveGame" talks about love, fame, and sexuality which was the central theme of the album. The song received a number of remixes, one of them featuring rock musician Marilyn Manson . "LoveGame"
31948-417: The song. On September 8, 2009, Gaga performed "LoveGame" at the season seven premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show . A version featuring a full live band was performed at the thirty-fifth season of American comedy show Saturday Night Live , while wearing a big gyroscope -like contraption that rotated around Gaga. In late 2009, "LoveGame" was added to the set list of Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour . In
32144-430: The songs on the soundtrack for A Star Is Born , which she insisted they perform live in the film. Its lead single, " Shallow ", performed by the two, was released on September 27, 2018 and topped the charts in various countries including Australia, the UK and the US. The soundtrack contains 34 tracks, including 17 original songs, and received generally positive reviews; Mark Kennedy of The Washington Post called it
32340-465: The theatrics of the pop artist Andy Warhol and her own performance roots in musical theater. She has been compared to Madonna, who has said that she sees herself reflected in Gaga. Gaga has expressed her desire to revolutionize pop music the way Madonna did. Gaga has also cited heavy metal bands as an influence, specifically Iron Maiden , Black Sabbath and Marilyn Manson . She has credited Beyoncé as
32536-571: The time. 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. CBS Sports included her performance as the second best in the history of Super Bowl halftime shows. In April, Gaga headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival . She also released a standalone single, " The Cure ", which reached
32732-495: The top 10 in 16 other countries. The song received a Grammy nomination in the Best Dance Recording category but lost to electronic duo Daft Punk for their song " Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger ". "Poker Face" was released as the second single from the album. It was also well received by critics, most of whom have praised the robotic hook and the chorus. The single achieved greater success than "Just Dance" by topping
32928-475: The top 10 in Australia. Four months later, Gaga began the Joanne World Tour , which she announced after the Super Bowl LI halftime show. Gaga's creation of Joanne and preparation for her halftime show performance were featured in the documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two , which premiered on Netflix that September. Throughout the film, she was seen suffering from chronic pain , which was later revealed to be
33124-484: The top position. Since then, the album spent four consecutive weeks at the number-one spot. It has since been certified eleven-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and has sold 3 million copies as of October 2018. It also became the first album to reach the platinum certification based on digital sales after selling 300,000 units in the UK. The album is the ninth best-selling album in
33320-515: The video campaign for Valentino 's Voce Viva fragrance, singing a stripped-down version of Chromatica track " Sine from Above ", along with a group of models. During the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021, Gaga sang the US national anthem. In February 2021, her dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after getting shot in Hollywood. Two of her French Bulldogs , Koji and Gustav, were taken while
33516-408: The way she uses her voice. 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." According to Evan Sawdey of PopMatters , Gaga managed "to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace" with The Fame . Gaga has said that she believes "all good music can be played on a piano and still sound like
33712-485: The whole context of her visuals alongside the music was what made people react. "It's the music in relation to the visual, in relation to the way I move and the way I articulate the lyrics. But if I wanted to make music to make people sing 'la di da' that would be very boring," she concluded. "LoveGame" was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) ". In
33908-524: The winning ingredients of its predecessors: a radio-friendly, club/electropop feel; a provocative, yet silly enough catchphrase and hook; and a dash of '80s synth magic, so the adults can play along. On 'LoveGame' Gaga is in it to win it." While reviewing The Fame on its fifth anniversary, Bradley Stern from Idolator noted that "LoveGame" could "easily be erased from Gaga's back catalog with little consequence" since he felt it to be nothing more than an "electro-dance" track. But Stern believed that "LoveGame"
34104-472: The words "Love" and "Fame" shaved into their heads. The scene shifts to a subway where Gaga starts singing in a grey-white leotard with a hood. She carries her characteristic disco stick and wears chain-linked glasses. The chorus starts with Gaga and her dancers progressing through the subway and dancing down a staircase. Two harlequin Great Danes , are also shown on top of the staircase. The video shifts to
34300-607: Was Gaga's first concert tour with North American shows in March, followed by dates in Oceania and a solo trek through Europe. Dates in Asia soon followed, as well as two performances at England's V Festival and two shows in North America that had been postponed from April. Gaga described the tour as a traveling museum show incorporating artist Andy Warhol 's pop - performance art concept. Tickets were distributed for charity also. Alternate versions of
34496-545: Was Gaga's third consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200, and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album . The duo recorded the concert special Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! , and embarked on the Cheek to Cheek Tour from December 2014 to August 2015. In February 2015, Gaga became engaged to Taylor Kinney. After the lukewarm response to Artpop , Gaga began to reinvent her image and style. According to Billboard , this shift started with
34692-473: Was a commercial success, charting within the top ten in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Germany, and other European countries. It became Gaga's third consecutive number-one song on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart and achieved triple platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The New York underground-inspired music video for
34888-402: Was an important component of Gaga's career trajectory, since it was the last testament of her image as "that of the disco-stick wielding pop star from out of space"—the image was later deconstructed as the doomed starlet in the music video of "Paparazzi". He concluded by saying that the song "is a wonderful moment of pop frivolity which served to keep the upstart Lady Gaga machine chugging along at
35084-473: Was at a nightclub and had a "sexual crush" on somebody. She went up to the person and uttered the line, "I wanna ride on your disco stick". Thinking it to be a thoughtful metaphor for penis , Gaga went to the recording studio the next day and wrote the song in roughly four minutes. Gaga also had ideas for the live performance of the song where she used "an actual stick—it looks like a giant rock-candy pleasuring tool—that lights up". While commenting in regards to
35280-561: Was banned from broadcast at the PG-rated time slots in Australian television channels because of its sexual content. "LoveGame" has been performed live a number of times by Gaga, including television appearances, such as Dancing with the Stars and The Ellen DeGeneres Show , the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards , and many of the singer's concert tours. She usually performs the song while holding her characteristic "disco stick" in one hand. Towards
35476-652: Was born into an upper-middle-class Catholic family on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. Both of her parents have Italian ancestry. Her parents are Cynthia Louise ( née Bissett ), a philanthropist and business executive, and Internet entrepreneur Joseph Germanotta, and she has a younger sister named Natali. 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. From age 11, she attended
35672-407: Was certified six-times Platinum for shipments of six million copies, by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With the release of The Fame Monster , which was also combined with The Fame as a deluxe edition, the album jumped from 34 to 6 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 151,000. It reached its highest sales week on the issue dated January 9, 2010 with 169,000 copies sold. On
35868-512: Was featured in a Thanksgiving television special titled A Very Gaga Thanksgiving , which attracted 5.7 million American viewers and spawned the release of her fourth EP, A Very Gaga Holiday . In 2012, Gaga guest-starred as an animated version of herself in an episode of The Simpsons called " Lisa Goes Gaga ", and released her first fragrance, Lady Gaga Fame , followed by a second one, Eau de Gaga , in 2014. Gaga began work on her third studio album, Artpop , in early 2012, during
36064-679: Was honored that April with the Artist Award at the Jane Ortner Education Awards by The Grammy Museum , which recognizes artists who have demonstrated passion and dedication to education through the arts. Her engagement to Taylor Kinney ended in July; she later said her career had interfered with their relationship. Gaga played a witch named Scathach in American Horror Story: Roanoke , the series' sixth season, which ran from September to November 2016. Her role in
36260-470: Was nominated for Best Original Song. The track also earned Gaga her third win for Best Original Song at the Satellite Awards . In July 2022, she embarked on The Chromatica Ball stadium tour, which concluded that September. It grossed $ 112.4 million from 834,000 tickets sold throughout twenty dates and produced an HBO concert special titled Gaga Chromatica Ball . By the end of the year, she became
36456-563: Was one of five people charged in connection with the shooting and theft. In December 2022, James Howard Jackson, the man who shot Fischer, was sentenced to 21 years in prison. In April 2021, Gaga teamed up with Champagne brand Dom Pérignon , and appeared in an ad shot by Nick Knight. On September 3, she released her third remix album, Dawn of Chromatica . This was followed by her second collaborative album with Tony Bennett, titled Love for Sale , on September 30. The record received generally favorable reviews, and debuted at number eight in
36652-427: Was performed at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA), during the indoor-outdoor street-side show. The performance, which included Gaga being trapped in a fake subway car surrounded by fake police officers, was billed as a tribute to New York City. In 2014, Toronto Sun listed the performance as the fifth most "jaw-dropping" moment in the history of MMVAs, when Gaga introduced her characteristic "flaming bra" during
36848-487: Was primarily promoted through The Fame Ball Tour and multiple television appearances, and was reissued as a deluxe edition with The Fame Monster on November 18, 2009. The album received generally favorable reviews from critics, who commended its lyrical content, Gaga's musicianship and vocal ability. It was a commercial success, topping the charts in several countries including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Switzerland. It peaked at number two on
37044-417: Was rated M by Network Ten for the "suggestive video footage involving bondage and sexual acts ". The channel demanded an edited version of the video which would not violate censorship rules. Video Hits refused to air the video in its G - and PG -rated time slots. They cited "numerous sexual references both visually and lyrically" as the reason they could not create a child-friendly edit without bleeping
37240-465: Was released as the album's lead single commercially worldwide on June 17, 2008, through digital distribution. The song was critically acclaimed with reviewers complimenting its club anthem-like nature and the synth-pop associated with it. It achieved commercial success by topping charts in the United States, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as well as reaching
37436-576: Was released as the third single in March 2014 and peaked at number 76 in the US. Gaga hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in November 2013. After holding her second Thanksgiving Day television special on ABC , Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular , she performed a special rendition of "Do What U Want" with Christina Aguilera on the fifth season of the American reality talent show The Voice . In March 2014, Gaga had
37632-460: Was released later that month, topping the charts in Hungary and reaching number 13 in the US. Artpop was released on November 6, 2013, to mixed reviews. Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph criticized Gaga for making another album about her fame and doubted the record's originality, but found it "great for dancing". The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, and sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide as of July 2014. " G.U.Y. "
37828-479: Was replaced by her assistant Richard Jackson in 2014. In an October 2018 article for Billboard , Rebecca Schiller traced back Gaga's videography from "Just Dance" to the release of A Star Is Born . Schiller noted that following the Artpop era, Gaga's stripped-down approach to music was reflected in the clips for the singles from Joanne , taking the example of the music video of lead single "Perfect Illusion" where she eschewed "the elaborate outfits for shorts and
38024-429: Was the 4/4 one that hit, and then it just went ridiculous." In 2020, Stephen Daw from Billboard stated that " The Fame not only changed the course of Gaga's career, but corrected the course of modern pop music for generations to come." The Fame Monster is a reissue of The Fame , released on November 18, 2009. Initially planned solely as a part of the deluxe edition of The Fame , Interscope later decided to release
38220-421: Was the performance that really made Lady Gaga. It proved she was more than just a superficial pop star—she was an artist". To celebrate the launch of the show Dirty Sexy Money , ABC created a music video of Gaga's song "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich", directed by Melina Matsoukas . There were two videos released for the song – the first version, which was composed of clips from the show and the second version, being
38416-403: Was trying to bring back with the album and its music; according to her, the music put the lifestyle in front of it. "I just feel like this record is really different- you[']ve got club bangers to more 70s glam to more singer-songwriter records to rock music. ... The Fame is not about who you are—it's about how everybody wants to know who you are! Buy it and listen to it before you go out or in
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