Merry Christmas Lil' Mama is a collaborative Christmas mixtape by singer Jeremih and rapper Chance the Rapper . It is the fourth mixtape by Jeremih, and the fifth mixtape by Chance the Rapper. The mixtape was self-released via SoundCloud on December 22, 2016, and features collaborations with Noname , King Louie , and comedian Hannibal Buress , amongst others. The mixtape is dedicated to the city of Chicago .
108-414: The mixtape was reissued on December 19, 2017, as a double-disc mixtape titled Merry Christmas Lil' Mama Re-Wrapped . The mixtape contained nine new songs and a piano remix of "Stranger At The Table". Disc Two featured a returned guest appearance from Hannibal Buress and Chicagoan rapper Valee . A second reissue occurred in 2020, titled Merry Christmas Lil' Mama: The Gift that Keeps on Giving , featuring
216-458: 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
324-577: 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
432-614: 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 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
540-652: 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,
648-456: 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
756-511: 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
864-508: 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
972-605: 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
1080-442: A few tracks to the back end of an album and release one of them to radio, slap on a new coat of paint, and—voila!—a stocking stuffer is born." Examples of such releases include Lady Gaga 's The Fame Monster (2009) following her debut album The Fame (2008), and Kesha 's Cannibal (2010) following her debut album Animal (2010). Some recordings are reissued to celebrate their popularity, influence, or an anniversary of
1188-512: 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
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#17328515016391296-574: 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
1404-738: 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
1512-405: 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
1620-451: 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
1728-487: 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
1836-785: 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
1944-486: 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
2052-672: A low price in venues other than record stores, several record companies started "budget" or " drugstore records " subsidiaries to sell their deleted items at lower prices. This could be where a self-released work in one territory signs a proper record deal in a new territory. For example, an act in North America who self-release an album may re-release it via an official label in Europe a couple of years later. When one record label buys out another record label or acquires an individual recording artist's back catalogue, their albums are often reissued on
2160-550: 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 ,
2268-447: 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
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#17328515016392376-648: 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
2484-441: 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
2592-454: 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
2700-689: 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 ,
2808-512: A similar manner; Taller in More Ways following Mutya Buena 's replacement with Amelle Berrabah , and Sweet 7 after Keisha Buchanan 's replacement with Jade Ewen . " Do What U Want " by Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly was removed from all streaming and online versions and new vinyl and CD pressings of Gaga's third studio album Artpop in light of the documentary Surviving R. Kelly . Some reissued albums were released for making sequel of
2916-569: 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
3024-454: 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
3132-470: 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
3240-958: 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
3348-400: Is another prolific reissue label that licenses recordings from other labels. Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga , 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
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3456-669: 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
3564-513: 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
3672-483: 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
3780-517: 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
3888-812: 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
3996-667: 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
4104-641: 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
4212-542: 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
4320-459: 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
4428-406: 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
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4536-434: 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
4644-463: The music industry , a reissue (also re-release , repackage or re-edition ) is the release of an album or single which has been released at least once before, sometimes with alterations or additions. Recordings originally released in an audio format that has become technologically or commercially obsolete are reissued in new formats. For example, thousands of original vinyl albums have been reissued on CDs since introduction of that format in
4752-485: 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
4860-692: 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
4968-583: 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
5076-646: 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
5184-481: 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
5292-510: 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
5400-551: 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
5508-584: 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
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#17328515016395616-419: 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
5724-500: 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
5832-556: 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
5940-598: 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
6048-465: The artist or the recording. Some recordings are reissued soon after their original release because one of the tracks was seen in a negative light. " Cop Killer " by Body Count was one such example. Some recordings are remixed and reissued in an effort to erase prior band member's contributions. Two such examples were Ozzy Osbourne ’s Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman . British girl group Sugababes reissued two of their studio albums in
6156-541: 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
6264-630: 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
6372-399: 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
6480-638: 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
6588-534: 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
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#17328515016396696-603: 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
6804-466: The early 1980s. With the introduction of the LP record in 1948, some collections of 78 rpm records were reissued on LP. More recently, many albums originally released on CD or earlier formats have been reissued on SACD , DVD-Audio , digital music downloads , and on music streaming services . Beginning with Pickwick Records , which acquired the rights to reissue many of Capitol Records ' non-current albums at
6912-740: 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 ,
7020-679: 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
7128-457: 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
7236-506: 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
7344-529: 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,
7452-430: The first week. Its title track became the fastest-selling song on 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
7560-444: 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
7668-555: 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
7776-504: 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
7884-736: 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
7992-600: 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
8100-513: 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
8208-439: 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 ,
8316-403: The late 2000s to early 2010s, reissues of studio albums with expanded track listings were common, with the new music often being released as stand-alone EPs . In October 2010, a Vanity Fair article regarding the trend noted reissues and post-album EPs as "the next step in extending albums' shelf lives, following the "deluxe" editions that populated stores during the past few holiday seasons—add
8424-407: 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
8532-618: 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
8640-421: The miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016) and 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
8748-529: The musical contents of the original disc must remain the same on a reissue for it to count towards certification. Some record labels specialize in reissuing recordings originally released on other labels. Four of the biggest reissue labels are Rhino Records , Craft Recordings , Hip-O Records , and Legacy Recordings . Each of these companies reissues material from the labels of a major music conglomerate : Warner Music Group , Concord , Universal Music Group , and Sony BMG , respectively. Collectables Records
8856-439: 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 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
8964-709: 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 , awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America , and recognition as Billboard 's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015). She has also been included in several Forbes power rankings and ranked fourth on VH1 's Greatest Women in Music (2012). Time named Gaga one of
9072-441: 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
9180-453: The previous EP. Another example is Twicecoaster: Lane 2 by Twice . The repackage album is the sequel of their previous EP, Twicecoaster: Lane 1 Common additions to reissued albums include: For the purposes of quantifying sales, an album's original and subsequent releases are counted together. For example, if an album sold 300,000 of its original release and 700,000 in reissues, it would be entitled to platinum certification. However,
9288-536: The previously unreleased songs "The Return", “Who’s to Say”, and “Let Me Bang”. Craig Jenkins from Vulture called "All the Way" and "Snowed In" the mixtape's best tracks, despite calling the project "less like Christmas music and more like a fun, low-stakes love letter to both artists' place of birth". Pitchfork published a review of the mixtape's reissue in 2017, awarding it 7.7 out of 10. Songwriting credits adapted from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Notes Reissue In
9396-417: 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
9504-450: The promotion project. This is different to special or limited album, where both special and limited album were released for certain event like Christmas or group's anniversary. An example is Funky Town by T-ara , where this repackage album was released as the sequel of their previous EP, Black Eyes . The album was released for their drama video project where the video was released as the sequel of their previous drama video, Cry Cry from
9612-512: The purchasing label. For example, Polydor Records reissued many of James Brown 's albums which were originally released on his former label, King Records . King Records had itself previously reissued albums and singles by Brown that were originally recorded for its subsidiary label, Federal Records . Recordings are reissued to meet continuing demand for an album that continues to be popular after its original release. In other cases, albums are reissued to create interest in and hopefully revive
9720-557: 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
9828-415: 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
9936-424: The sales of a release which has sold poorly. For example, the heavy metal label Roadrunner Records is notorious for reissuing their artist's works' only months after releasing the original album. According to US music magazine Billboard , reissues target "casual consumers who hadn't picked up the album when it was originally released, as well as obsessives who need to own every song in an artist's catalog." In
10044-415: 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
10152-430: 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
10260-465: 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
10368-571: 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
10476-534: 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
10584-515: 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
10692-408: 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
10800-545: 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
10908-652: 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
11016-512: 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
11124-679: 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
11232-470: 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
11340-563: 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
11448-624: 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
11556-460: 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. "
11664-479: 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
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