Lady Gaga's Biography
This unconventional and outrageous singer has taken the entertainment world by storm. She's won countless prestigious awards, including Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and MTV Europe Music Awards. She was ranked as the most influential woman in the world by The Times newspaper. Her net worth: $320 million.Early Years
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, in New York. Her father, Joseph Germanotta, is an entrepreneur and former musician, while her mother is Cynthia Louise. Both her parents are Americans of Italian origin.
In 2000 Lady Gaga started performing on the stage of the Bitter End club. At the same time, she started taking part in musical performances at school. She also played in the Regis Jazz Band.
A year later, Stefani was invited to play with Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand in New York down-town clubs. At 15, she first hit the stage wearing an ultra-short miniskirt and bikini. This marked the beginning of a provocative new chapter in young Stefani's life.
Music Career Start
Stefani first used the pseudonym Lady GaGa in 2006. It came from Freddie Mercury's song "Radio Ga Ga." She had just begun working with producer Rob Fusari, who started calling her that. According to Fusari, Stefani made the same dramatic faces as the legendary singer in his video. Together, they wrote songs that she performed in New York clubs.In 2008 Lady Gaga signed a new contract with Interscope Records. Entertainment industry heavyweight Vincent Herbert helped make this happen. The singer worked as a songwriter for the record label. She began writing songs for Britney Spears. Later, Lady Gaga met rapper Akon, who loved her demo recordings. As a result, he signed a contract with her and recorded her first album at his own studio, Kon Live Records.
First Fame
Lady Gaga burst onto the scene in 2008 with her debut album The Fame. The album was a massive commercial hit, topping charts in six countries and landing in the Top 10 on radio station playlists worldwide. The songs Just Dance and Poker Face earned special recognition.
She launched her own North American tour in March 2009. Over the next few years, she received five Grammy Awards and twelve Grammy nominations.
At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards that fall, Lady Gaga swept eight awards, breaking the ceremony's all-time record. Simultaneously, Guinness World Records crowned her the most-searched woman on the Internet. A month later, she made history again when her YouTube video views surpassed one billion.
Her next album, Artpop, dropped two years later in November 2013. The singer had started working on it back in 2012, together with producer Fernando Garibay. Fall 2014 saw the release of Lady Gaga's fourth album – the jazz collaboration Cheek to Cheek. The work on this album had also started in 2012. Originally slated for a January 1 release, recording delays pushed the album back several months. The album was recorded together with American singer Tony Bennett. The duo kicked off a joint tour to promote the album at year's end.
Big Screen
The star doesn't just sing, travel the world, and bask in her glory. She has always enjoyed acting, which is specifically seen in her videos and performances. So it's no surprise that Lady Gaga started appearing in movies. Her first movie was Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills. The movie bombed at the box office though, earning just $15 million against a $20 million budget. For her role as the assassin La Chameleon, Lady Gaga was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress.
Lady Gaga starred in Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star is Born, remaking the 1937 film of the same name. The musical, which also stars Cooper in the lead role, premiered in fall 2018, and by early 2019 the singer had earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
Lady Gaga's Personal Life
Until recently, details about the singer's personal life were scarce, beyond rumors and gossip. The star met actor Taylor Kinney on the set of the You and I music video in 2011. They started dating a few months later. The couple briefly split in 2012 but got back together.
In February 2017, news broke about Lady Gaga's relationship with her agent Christian Carino; they got engaged that summer. But in an interview, the singer revealed that health issues and a packed tour schedule had put the wedding on indefinite hold.
In 2019, media reports suggested that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga had developed feelings for each other during filming of "A Star Is Born." Reports later claimed the singer briefly moved into Cooper's mansion after his wife Irina Shayk moved out. The couple soon addressed the split, later revealing their entire "romance" was just PR for the film.
Lady Gaga Now
Lady Gaga released her sixth studio album "Chromatica" in May 2020. It shot straight to the top of the American charts upon release. That same year, Gaga's collaboration with Ariana Grande, "Rain on Me," was released.Interesting Facts about Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga currently stands as one of music's biggest superstars, with over 23 million albums and around 60 million singles sold worldwide. These impressive numbers have earned her two Guinness World Records.Billboard named her Artist of the Year in 2010. The magazine also placed her at number 73 on their list of the decade's best artists.
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