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| Img_capt = Gaga performing on [[The Monster Ball Tour]] in 2010 |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1988|08|24}} |
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| birth_place = [[Chalk Farm]], [[London]], <br>[[England]] |
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| Birth_name = Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta |
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| occupation = [[Photographer]], |
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| Born = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|28}}<br>New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation = Singer-songwriter, performance artist,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/profile/lady-gaga|title=Lady Gaga Profile|work=[[Forbes]]|accessdate=2010-10-08}}</ref> record producer, dancer, businesswoman |
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| nationality = British |
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| Label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]], [[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]], Streamline, [[Kon Live]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] |
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'''Nicholas Creevy''' (born August 24, 1988 in [[Chalk Farm]], [[London]], [[England]])<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://www.nicholascreevy.co.uk|title=Nicholas Creevy's official website}}</ref> is a young professional [[fashion]], [[editorial]] and [[portrait]] [[photographer]] who currently resides in [[Camden]], [[England]]. |
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'''Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta''' (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name '''Lady Gaga''', is an American pop [[singer-songwriter]]. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's [[Lower East Side]] in 2003 and enrolled at [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts]]. She soon signed with [[Interscope Records|Streamline Records]], an imprint of [[Interscope Records]]. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of [[Akon]], who recognized her vocal abilities, and signed her to his own label, [[Kon Live Distribution]]. |
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Since 2006<ref name="official" /> when he was a beginner [[graphic designer]]<ref name="official" />, he has chosen to focus his attentions on capturing moments through the lens whilst still retaining a [[fashion]] and [[editorial]] mind.<ref name="official" /> Since self teaching himself<ref name="official" /> Nicholas has had the opportunity to express his creative mind in the fashion industry along with publicising his work in many nationwide photography magazines<ref name="official" />. He has now put his attentions towards working closely with many modelling agencies and creatives in the industry to produce creatively unique photographic imagery.<ref name="official" /> |
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Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album ''[[The Fame]]'' (2008), which was a commercial success and achieved international popularity with the singles "[[Just Dance]]" and "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]". The album reached number one on the record charts of six countries, accomplished positions within the top-ten worldwide, and topped the [[Dance/Electronic Albums|''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums]] chart while simultaneously peaking at number two on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in the United States. Achieving similar worldwide success, the follow-up EP ''[[The Fame Monster]]'' (2009), produced a further two global chart-topping singles "[[Bad Romance]]" and "[[Telephone (song)|Telephone]]" and allowed her to embark on a second global headlining concert tour, [[The Monster Ball Tour]], just months after having finished her first, [[The Fame Ball Tour]]. Her second studio album, ''[[Born This Way]]'', is scheduled for release in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/202983|title=Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way'|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2010-09-13|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]|accessdate=2010-11-11}}</ref> |
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Inspired by [[glam rock]] artists like [[David Bowie]] and [[Queen (band)|Queen]], as well as pop singers such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Michael Jackson]], Gaga is well-recognized for her outré sense of style as a recording artist, in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including two [[Grammy Award]]s, amongst twelve nominations; two ''[[Guinness World Records]]'';<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Lands In 'Guinness World Records' Book|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647973/20100916/lady_gaga.jhtml|author=Kaufman, Gill|date=2010-09-16|accessdate=2010-12-16}}</ref> and the estimated sale of fifteen million albums and fifty-one million singles worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/06/12/2010-06-12_seen_this_act_before_word_to_gaga__madonna_did_it_first_and_did_it_better.html|title=Word of advice to Lady Gaga: Madonna did it first and she did it better|last=Molloy|first=Joanna|date=2010-06-12|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|accessdate=2010-08-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/08/12/lady-gaga-los-angeles/|title=Spotted: Lady Gaga Celebrates Success In Los Angeles|date=2010-08-12|publisher=[[MTV News]]|accessdate=2010-08-18}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' named her as the Artist of the Year in 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Gaga Is Billboard's 2010 Artist of the Year, Ke$ha Takes Top New Act|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-is-billboard-s-2010-artist-of-1004134049.story|date=2010-09-12|author=Caulfield, Keith|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref> and ranked her as the 73rd Artist of the 2000s decade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/artists-of-the-decade?year=2009&begin=71&order=position|title=Artists of the Decade: Lady Gaga|date=2009-12-21|accessdate=2010-05-21|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref> Gaga has been included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's annual [[Time 100]] list of the most influential people in the world as well as ''[[Forbes]]''' list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dorothy|last= Pomerantz |first2= Lacey|last2= Rose |url=http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/22/oprah-winfrey-lady-gaga-twilight-business-entertainment-celeb-100-10-intro.html |title=The World's Most Powerful Celebrities |work=Forbes|accessdate=2010-06-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dorothy|last= Pomerantz |first2= Lacey|last2= Rose|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/53/celeb-100-10_Lady-Gaga_8UOG.html |title=The Celebrity 100: #4 Lady Gaga|work= Forbes |accessdate=2010-06-29}}</ref> ''Forbes'' also placed her at number seven on their annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649491/20101006/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga, Beyonce Among Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women |last=Johnson|first=Jamey|date=2010-10-06|accessdate=2010-11-03|work=MTV|publisher=[[MTV Networks]]}}</ref> |
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== Life and career == |
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=== 1986–2004: Early life === |
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Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in New York City on March 28, 1986,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lady-gaga/bio/294098|title=Lady GaGa: Biography|work=[[TV Guide]]|accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> the eldest child of Joseph Germanotta, an internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia (née [[Bissett (surname)|Bissett]]).<ref name="timesonline2">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5746827.ece| title=Lady Gaga: ready for her close-up | first=Ruby | last=Warrington | work=[[The Sunday Times]]| publisher=[[News International]]| date=2009-02-22 | accessdate=2009-02-22 | location=London}}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/525756.html |title=Pop Star Lady Gaga Has Roots in Ohio Valley |work=[[The Intelligencer & Wheeling News Register]] |publisher=[[Ogden Newspapers]] |date=2008-12-06 |accessdate=2009-12-22|last=Severt|first=Holand}}</ref> --> She learned to play piano from the age of four, went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at [[open mike]] nights by age 14.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.ladygaga.com/bio/ | title=Biography of Lady Gaga | publisher=LadyGaga.com | accessdate=2009-01-09}}</ref> Gaga was raised a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641149/lady-gagas-alejandro-director-defends-videos-religious-symbolism.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro' Director Defends Video's Religious Symbolism|last=Montogomery|first=James|date=2010-06-09|accessdate=2011-01-11|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)}}</ref> At the age of 11, Gaga attended [[Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York)|Convent of the Sacred Heart]], a private all-girls [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] school on Manhattan's [[Upper East Side]],<ref name="Times Online.co.uk">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1|title=Lady GaGa: the future of pop?|date=2008-12-14|work=The Sunday Times|publisher=News International| first=Collins |last=Hattie |accessdate=2009-12-06 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-how-the-world-went-crazy-for-the-new-queen-of-pop-1684375.html|title=Lady Gaga: How the world went crazy for the new queen of pop|last=Sturges|first=Fiona|date=2009-05-16|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=[[Independent News & Media]]|accessdate=2009-05-26 | location=London}}</ref> but has stressed that she does not come from a wealthy background, saying that her parents "both came from lower-class families, so we've worked for everything – my mother worked eight to eight out of the house, in telecommunications, and so did my father."<ref name="TimesOnlineDec09">{{cite news | first=Lynn | last=Barber | title=Shady lady: The truth about pop's Lady Gaga | work=The Sunday Times | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6940885.ece | authorlink=Lynn Barber | date=2009-12-06 | accessdate=2010-06-14 | publisher=News International | location=London}}</ref> |
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An avid [[thespian]] in high school musicals, Gaga portrayed lead roles as Adelaide in ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'' and Philia in ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]''.<ref name='growingupgaga'>{{cite news | first= Vanessa| last=Grigoriadis |authorlink= Vanessa Grigoriadis | title=Growing Up Gaga| date=2010-03-28 | publisher=New York Media Holdings|url=http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/65127 | work =[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|pages=7|accessdate=2010-03-29 }}</ref> She described her academic life in high school as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure" as she told in an interview, "I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn’t fit in, and I felt like a freak."<ref>{{cite news | first=Jon | last=Bream |title=Don't Gag on Gaga | date=2009-03-21| publisher=The Star Tribune Company | url =http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/41533957.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ | work =[[Star Tribune]] | accessdate = 2010-01-23 | language = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Seth | last=Poppell | title=Lady Gaga was surprisingly normal | date=2009-12-22 | publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]] | url =http://www.intouchweekly.com/2009/12/in_touch_exclusivelady_gaga_wa.php | work =[[In Touch Weekly]] | accessdate = 2010-01-23 }}</ref> Acquaintances dispute that she did not fit in school. "She had a core group of friends; she was a good student. She liked boys a lot, but singing was No. 1," recalled a former high school classmate.<ref name='whos-that-lady'>{{cite news | first=Maureen |last=Callahan|first2= Sara|last2= Stewart | title=Who's that lady? | date=2010-01-22 | publisher= News Corporation| url =http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/who_that_lady_CBlHI927dRlLmIwjVfGrwK | work =[[New York Post]] | accessdate = 2010-03-26 }}</ref> Referring to her "expressive, free spirit", Gaga told ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine "I'm [[left-handed]]!"<ref>{{cite news | first=Joe | last=Zee | title=Lady Gaga – An Exclusive Interview with ELLE's January Cover Girl | date=2009-12-01| url =http://www.elle.com/Pop-Culture/Cover-Shoots/Lady-Gaga | work =Elle | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]]|accessdate = 2010-05-05}}</ref> |
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At age 17, Gaga gained early admission to the [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts]] and lived in a NYU dorm on 11th Street. There she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion, social issues and politics.<ref name="Bio" /><ref name=ARTISTdirect>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4931544,00.html |title= Interview: Lady GaGa |accessdate=2009-02-18|last=Florino|first= Rick |date=2009-01-30|publisher=[[Artistdirect]]. Artistdirect, Inc.}}</ref> Gaga felt that she was more creative than some of her classmates. "Once you learn how to think about art, you can teach yourself," she said. By the second semester of her sophomore year, she withdrew from the school to focus on her musical career.<ref name="mtv 55">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589013/20080609/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady GaGa Brings Her Artistic Vision Of Pop Music To New Album |last=Harris|first=Chris|date=2008-06-09|accessdate=2009-05-07|work=MTV|publisher=[[MTV Networks]]}}</ref> Her father agreed to pay her rent for a year, on the condition that she re-enroll for Tisch if she was unsuccessful. "I left my entire family, got the cheapest apartment I could find, and ate shit until somebody would listen," she said.<ref name='growingupgaga' /> |
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=== 2005–07: Career beginnings === |
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[[File:Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza 2007.jpg|thumb|Gaga (''right'') performing with Lady Starlight (''left'') at "Lollapalooza 2007"]] |
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Gaga had initially signed with [[Def Jam Recordings]] at the age of 19, although she was dropped by the label after only three months.<ref name="Allmusic bio">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=lady-gaga-p1055684|pure_url=yes}}|title=Allmusic <nowiki>|</nowiki> Lady Gaga |last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|date=2008-04-20|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2010-01-03}}</ref> Shortly after, her former management company introduced her to songwriter and producer [[RedOne]], whom they also managed.<ref name="hitquarters.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_RedOne_Interview.html|title=Interview With RedOne|date=2009-03-23|publisher=[[HitQuarters]]|accessdate=2009-12-19}}</ref> The first song she produced with RedOne was "Boys Boys Boys",<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> a [[mashup (music)|mash-up]] inspired by [[Mötley Crüe]]'s "[[Girls, Girls, Girls (song)|Girls, Girls, Girls]]" and [[AC/DC]]'s "[[T.N.T. (song)|T.N.T.]]"<ref name="Contactmusic.com" /> She moved into an apartment on the [[Lower East Side]] and recorded a couple of songs with hip-hop singer [[Melle Mel|Grandmaster Melle Mel]] for an audio book accompanying the children's book ''The Portal in the Park'' by Cricket Casey.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2010/01/lady_gaga_did_a.php| title=Lady Gaga Did a Children's Book In 2007! | date=2010-01-19|work=[[The Village Voice]]|publisher=|last=Musto|first=Michael|accessdate=2010-01-19}}</ref> She also started the Stefani Germanotta Band with some friends from NYU. They recorded an extended play of their ballads at a studio underneath a liquor store in New Jersey, becoming a local fixture at the downtown Lower East Side club scene.<ref name='growingupgaga' /> She began experimenting with drugs soon after, while performing at [[neo-burlesque]] shows.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> Her father did not understand the reason behind her drug intake and could not look at her for several months.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk" /><ref name="Contactmusic.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/info/lady_gaga |title=Lady GaGa Profile|accessdate=2009-02-20|last=Reporter|first=Staff |publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]] }}</ref> Music producer [[Rob Fusari]], who helped her write some of her earlier songs, compared some of her vocal harmonies to that of [[Freddie Mercury]].<ref name="mirrorstone" /> Fusari helped create the moniker Gaga, after the [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song "[[Radio Ga Ga]]". Gaga was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she received a text message from Fusari that read "Lady Gaga."<ref name="Nj.com">{{cite news | first=Lisa | last=Rose |title=Lady Gaga's outrageous persona born in Parsippany, New Jersey | date=2010-01-21 | publisher=[[Advance Publications]] | url =http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/01/lady_gaga_her_outrageous_perso.html | work =[[The Star-Ledger]] |accessdate = 2010-01-23}}</ref> He explained, |
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{{blockquote|Every day, when Stef came to the studio, instead of saying hello, I would start singing 'Radio Ga Ga'. That was her entrance song. [Lady Gaga] was actually a glitch; I typed 'Radio Ga Ga' in a text and it did an [[T9 (predictive text)|autocorrect]] so somehow 'Radio' got changed to 'Lady'. She texted me back, "That's it." After that day, she was Lady Gaga. She’s like, "Don't ever call me Stefani again."<ref name="Nj.com" />}} |
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[[File:Gaga at bazaar.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Gaga performing at "The Bazaar" in Atlanta, Georgia|alt=Full right profile of a young blond woman, surrounded by sitting spectators in a pub. She wears a black leotard and her long hair falls around her side. With her right hand she holds a pair of video sunglasses to her eyes.]] |
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She was known thereafter as Lady Gaga.<ref name="Contactmusic.com" /> The ''[[New York Post]]'', however, has reported that this story is incorrect, and that the name resulted from a marketing meeting.<ref name='whos-that-lady' /> Throughout 2007, Gaga collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped create her on-stage fashions.<ref name="Blast">{{cite news|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/meet-the-woman-who-inspired-lady-gaga_100324226.html|title=Meet the woman who inspired Lady Gaga|last=Cassis|first=Christine|date=2010-02-22|publisher=[[Thaindian News]]|accessdate=2010-02-03}}</ref> The pair began playing gigs at downtown club venues like the [[Mercury Lounge]], [[The Bitter End]], and the Rockwood Music Hall, with their live performance art piece known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue."<ref name="seattleweekly">{{cite news|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-11-19/music/lady-gaga-some-like-it-pop/|title=Lady GaGa: Some Like it Pop|last=Hobart|first=Erika|date=2008-11-18|publisher=[[Village Voice Media]]|work=[[Seattle Weekly]]|accessdate=2009-01-10}}</ref><ref name="METRO">{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/461127-profile-just-who-is-lady-gaga|title=Just Who Is Lady GaGa?|last=Lee|first=Ann|date=2009-01-06|work=[[Metro (Associated Metro Limited)|Metro]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]]|accessdate=2009-02-26}}</ref> Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", their act was a low-fi tribute to 1970s variety acts.<ref name="BMI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/535267|title=Lady Gaga|last=Reporter|first=BMI|date= 2007-07-09|publisher=[[Broadcast Music Incorporated]]|accessdate=2009-02-26}}</ref><ref name="SUN">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2148146.ece|title=GaGa: On stripping, drugs and No 1s|last=Martin|first=Charlotte|date=2009-01-23|work=[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]|accessdate=2009-02-26|publisher=News International}}</ref> In August 2007, Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the American [[Lollapalooza]] music festival.<ref name="WMagazine">{{cite news|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/10/lady_gaga|title=Going Ga-Ga for Lady Gaga|last=D'Souza|first=Nandini|date=2007-10-18|work=[[W (magazine)|W Magazine]]|accessdate=2009-01-03|publisher=[[Condé Nast Publications]]}}</ref> The show was critically acclaimed, and their performance received positive reviews.<ref name="Bio" /><ref name="seattleweekly"/> Having initially focused on [[avant-garde]] [[electronic dance music]], Gaga found her musical niche when she began to incorporate pop melodies and the [[glam rock]] of David Bowie and Queen into her music.<ref name="Electro Pop Diva">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1110125/Why-world-going-gaga-electro-pop-diva-Stefani.html | title=Why the world is going gaga for electro-pop diva Stefani | work=[[Daily Mail]] | publisher=Associated Newspapers| first=Adrian |last=Thrills | date=2009-01-09 | accessdate=2009-01-12 }}</ref> |
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Fusari sent the songs he produced with Gaga to his friend, producer and [[record executive]] Vincent Herbert.<ref name="trans26">{{cite video|title=Transmission Gaga-vision: Episode 26|date=2008-12-16|publisher=Lady Gaga Official website|people=Haus of GaGa|accessdate=2009-12-17}}</ref> Herbert was quick to sign her to his label Streamline Records, an [[imprint]] of [[Interscope Records]], upon its establishment in 2007.<ref name="newimprent">{{cite journal|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|date=2007-11-10|title=Interscope's New Imprint|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|volume=119|issue=45|page=14|url=http://books.google.com/?id=xw4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA14&dq=%22vincent%20herbert%20launches%20streamline%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2010-05-06|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> She credited Herbert as the man who discovered her, adding "I really feel like we made pop history, and we're gonna keep going."<ref name="trans26" /> Having already served as an apprentice songwriter under an internship at [[Famous Music Publishing]], which was later acquired by [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]], Gaga subsequently struck a [[music publisher (popular music)|music publishing]] deal with Sony/ATV.<ref name="bbcover" /> As a result, she was hired to write songs for [[Britney Spears]] and labelmates [[New Kids on the Block]], [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]], and the [[Pussycat Dolls]].<ref name="bbcover">{{cite news|last=Harding|first=Cortney|date=2009-08-15|title=Lady Gaga: The Billboard Cover Story |work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-the-billboard-cover-story-1004001347.story|accessdate=2010-05-06}}</ref> While Gaga was writing at Interscope, singer-songwriter [[Akon]] recognized her vocal abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio.<ref name="totallygaga">{{cite news |url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Lady-GaGa-Totally-GaGa.4891798.jp |title=Lady GaGa: Totally Ga-Ga|accessdate=2009-02-20|last=Cowing|first= Emma |date=2009-01-20 |work=[[The Scotsman]]|publisher=[[Johnston Press]]}}</ref> He then convinced [[Interscope-Geffen-A&M]] Chairman and CEO [[Jimmy Iovine]] to form a joint deal by having her also sign with his own label [[Kon Live Distribution]]<ref name="Allmusic bio" /> and later called her his "franchise player."<ref name="franchise">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1613350/20090605/akon.jhtml|title=Akon Calls Lady Gaga His 'Franchise Player'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2009-06-05|publisher=MTV Networks|work=MTV|accessdate=2009-06-20}}</ref> Gaga continued her collaboration with RedOne in the recording studio for a week on her debut album<ref name="bbcover" /> and also joined the roster of [[Cherrytree Records]], an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter [[Martin Kierszenbaum]], after co-writing four songs with Kierszenbaum including the single "[[Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)]]".<ref name="bbcover" /> |
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=== 2008–10: ''The Fame'' and ''The Fame Monster'' === |
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[[File:Lady GaGa at 2009 MTV VMA's.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Gaga at the [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards]]|alt=Right profile of a young blond woman. She wears a mauve leotard with purple stripes. Her hair is curled up behind her head. She holds a silver trophy in her right hand. A black background with red letters is visible behind her.]] |
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By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles, working closely with her record label to finalize her debut album ''[[The Fame]]''.<ref name="Contactmusic.com" /> She combined different genres on the album, "from [[Def Leppard]] drums and hand claps to [[heavy metal music|metal]] drums on [[urban music|urban tracks]]."<ref name="Allmusic bio" /> ''The Fame'' received positive reviews from contemporary critics; according to the music review aggregation of [[Metacritic]], it garnered an average score of 71/100.<ref name="thefamemeta">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-fame| title=Lady Gaga: The Fame | publisher=[[Metacritic]] | accessdate=2009-01-09}}</ref> The album peaked at number one in United Kingdom, Canada, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland, and the top-five in Australia, the United States and fifteen other countries.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html | title=Lady GaGa's 'Fame' rises to No. 1 | work=[[Jam!]] |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] | first=John |last=Williams | accessdate=2009-01-14|date=2009-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/37558|title=Lady Gaga – The Fame – World Charts|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2009-01-08}}</ref> Worldwide, ''The Fame'' has sold over fourteen million copies.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.universalmusic.fr/lady-gaga/actu/dance-in-the-dark-le-nouveau-single-de-lady-gaga/ | title=“Dance In The Dark”, le nouveau single de Lady Gaga | publisher=Universal Music France | language=French | accessdate=2010-10-26 | date=2010-08-25}}</ref> Its lead single "[[Just Dance]]" topped the charts in six countries – Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States – and later received a Grammy Award nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]].<ref name="Grammy">{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx|title=The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations List|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref> The following single "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]" was an even greater success, reaching number-one in almost all major music markets in the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="Poker Face on acharts">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/37371|title=Lady Gaga – Poker Face – World Charts|publisher=aCharts.us|accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> It won the award for Best Dance Recording at the [[52nd Grammy Awards]], over nominations for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]. ''The Fame'' was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]; it won the [[Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/31/grammys.winner.list/index.html |title=List of Grammy winners |publisher=[[CNN]]. [[Turner Broadcasting System]]|date=2010-02-01 |accessdate=2010-04-25}}</ref> Although her first concert tour happened as an opening act for fellow Interscope pop group, the reformed [[New Kids on the Block]],<ref>{{cite news|title=International Pop Star Lady Gaga Set to Tour With New Kids on the Block|work=Reuters|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=2008-10-31|last=Reporter|first=Staff|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS16002+04-Oct-2008+PRN20081004|accessdate=2009-01-08|date=2009-01-08}}</ref> she ultimately headlined her own worldwide concert tour, [[The Fame Ball Tour]], which was critically appreciated and began in March 2009; culminating in September of that year.<ref name="billboardreview">{{cite news|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003969033|title=Lady Gaga / May 2, 2009 / New York (Terminal 5)|last=Menze|first=Jill|date=2009-05-29|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2009-05-05}}</ref> The cover of the annual "Hot 100" issue of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in May 2009 featured a semi-nude Gaga wearing only strategically placed plastic bubbles.<ref name="mirrorstone">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/05/28/lady-gaga-gets-naked-for-rolling-stone-cover-shoot-see-her-sexy-pictures-here-115875-21396568/|title=Lady GaGa gets naked for Rolling Stone cover shoot|last=Gregory|first=Jason|date=2009-05-28|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|accessdate=2009-05-28}}</ref><ref name="rsannual" /> In the issue, she said that while she was beginning her career in the New York club scene, she was romantically involved with a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] drummer. She described their relationship and break-up, saying of it, "I was his Sandy, and he was my Danny [of ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''], and I just broke." He later became an inspiration behind some of the songs on ''The Fame''.<ref name="rsannual">{{cite journal|last=Hiatt|first=Brian|date=2009-05-30|title=The Rise of Lady Gaga|journal=Rolling Stone|publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]|location=New York|volume=1080|issue=43|accessdate=2009-06-02|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> She was nominated for a total of nine awards at the [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards]], winning the award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]], while her single "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]" won two awards for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]].<ref name="MTV VMA award winners">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/winners.jhtml|title=2009 MTV Video Music Awards Winners|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks|accessdate=2009-09-14}}</ref> In October, Gaga received ''Billboard'' magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/beyonce-accepts-billboard-s-woman-of-the-1004018301.story|title=Beyonce Accepts Billboard's Woman Of the Year Award, Lady Gaga Is Rising Star|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=2009-10-03|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|accessdate=2009-10-06}}</ref> She attended the [[Human Rights Campaign]]'s "National Dinner" the same month, before marching in the [[National Equality March]] for the equal protection of [[LGBT]] people in all matters governed by US civil law in Washington, D.C.<ref name="E!">{{cite news |url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b148428_kanye_who_lady_gaga_teams_up_with.html |title=Kanye Who? Lady Gaga Teams Up With President Obama |accessdate=2009-12-12|first=Fowler |last=Brand |date=2009-10-12|work=[[E! Entertainment Television]] |publisher=E! Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101892_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2009101101924 |title=For Gay Activists, The Lady Is a Champ |accessdate=2009-12-12|last=Zak|first=Dan|date=2009-10-12|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> |
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Written over the course of 2008–09, ''[[The Fame Monster]]'', a collection of eight songs, was released in November 2009. Each song, dealing with the darker side of fame from personal experience while she travelled the world, is expressed through a [[Paranoia|monster]] metaphor. Its first single "[[Bad Romance]]" topped the charts in eighteen countries, while reaching the top-two in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="finance2">{{cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lady-gaga-returns-with-8-new-songs-on-the-fame-monster-63780227.html|title=Lady Gaga Returns With 8 New Songs on 'The Fame Monster'|last=Release|first=Press|date=2009-10-08|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/51422|title=Lady Gaga – Bad Romance – World Charts|publisher=acharts.us|accessdate=2010-04-17}}</ref> In the US, Gaga became the first artist in digital history to have three singles (along with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face") to pass the four million mark in digital sales.<ref name="ussaleofthefame">{{cite news|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/55472/week-ending-june-20-2010-lets-thank-him-now/|title=Week Ending June 20, 2010: Let's Thank Him Now|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=2010-06-23|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|accessdate=2009-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/59466/chart-watch-extra-gagas-nice-round-number/|pages=2|title=Chart Watch Extra: Gaga's Nice Round Number |
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|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=2010-07-23|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=2009-07-24}}</ref> The song received a Grammy nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] while its accompanying music video was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]]. The album's second single "[[Telephone (song)|Telephone]]", which features singer [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]], was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals]] and became Gaga's fourth UK number-one single<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga tops UK album and single charts|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8579244.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=2010-03-22|accessdate=2010-12-13}}</ref> while its accompanying music video, although controversial, was met mostly positive reception from contemporary critics: praising her for "the musicality and showmanship of Michael Jackson and the powerful sexuality and provocative instincts of Madonna."<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady GaGa's Telephone video|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7466152/Lady-GaGas-Telephone-video.html|publisher=The Daily Telegraph (London)|author=McCormick, Neil|date=2010-03-17|accessdate=2010-12-13}}</ref> Her following single "[[Alejandro (song)|Alejandro]]" paired Gaga with fashion photographer [[Steven Klein]] for a music video similarly as controversial – critics complimented its idea and dark nature,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1641026/20100608/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro' Video: German Expressionism With A Beat!|date=2010-06-08|accessdate=2010-12-13|last=Montgomery|first=James|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks}}</ref> but the [[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]] attacked Gaga for her use of [[blasphemy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicleague.org/release.php?id=1881|publisher=[[Catholic League (U.S.)|Catholic League]]|accessdate=2010-12-13|title=Catholic League: For Religious and Civil Rights}}</ref> Despite the controversy surrounding her music videos, they made Gaga the first artist to gain over one billion [[Viral video|viral views]] on video-sharing website [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11626592|title=Lady Gaga beats Justin Bieber to YouTube record|last=Whitworth|first=Dan|date=2010-10-26|work=[[BBC]]|publisher=[[Newsbeat|BBC Newsbeat]]|accessdate=2010-12-28}}</ref> Musically, ''The Fame Monster'' has also received abundant success. Equating to the amount of Grammy nominations her debut received, ''The Fame Monster'' garnered a total of six – among them [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]] and her second-consecutive nomination for Album of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations list for the 53rd annual Grammy awards|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/grammys/2010-12-01-grammy-nominations-list_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip|date=2010-12-01|publisher=USA Today}}</ref> The success of the album allowed Gaga to embark on her second headlining worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just weeks after the release of ''The Fame Monster'' and months after having finished her first.<ref name="bbannounceball">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-unveils-monster-ball-tour-dates-1004022735.story|title=Lady Gaga Unveils 'The Monster Ball'|accessdate=2009-10-15|date=2009-10-15|last=Herrera|first=Monica|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref> Upon finishing in May 2011, the critically acclaimed<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/nov/30/lady-gaga-monster-ball|title=Lady Gaga's Monster Ball, reviewed by a theatre critic|last=Nestruck|first=Kelly|date=2009-11-30|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]]|accessdate=2009-12-01}}</ref><ref name="rs">{{cite journal|url=|title=Live Review: Lady Gaga Brings Her Pop Theatricality to Boston in First U.S. “Monster Ball” Show|last=Adams|first=Jeremy|date=2009-12-02|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]|accessdate=2009-12-04|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> and commercially accomplished<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/features/top-25-tours-2010-1004134022.story|title=Top 25 Tours 2010|date=2010-12-13|accessdate=2010-12-14|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref> concert tour will have ran for over one and a half years. Additionally, Gaga has performed other songs from the album at international events like the 2009 [[Royal Variety Performance]] where she sang "[[Speechless (Lady Gaga song)|Speechless]]", a [[Ballad#Pop and rock ballads|power ballad]], in the presence of [[Queen Elizabeth II]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/12/08/lady-gaga-meets-the-queen-at-royal-variety-performance-115875-21881111/|title=Lady GaGa meets the Queen at Royal Variety Performance|last=Lawter|first=Daniel|date=2009-12-08|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|accessdate=2009-12-09}}</ref> the [[52nd Grammy Awards]] where her opening performance consisted of the song "Poker Face" and a piano duet of "Speechless" in a medley of "[[Your Song]]" with [[Elton John]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Elton John gets dirty with Lady Gaga as they duet at the Grammys||url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1247638/Grammy-Awards-2010-Elton-John-Lady-Gaga-duet-sing-Your-Song-Speechless.html|first=Lizzie|last=Smith|date=2010-02-01|accessdate=2011-01-05|work=Daily Mail|location=London}}</ref> and the [[2010 BRIT Awards]] where a performance of an acoustic rendition of "Telephone" followed by "[[Dance in the Dark]]" dedicated to the late fashion designer and close friend, [[Alexander McQueen]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga throws Brit Awards into chaos as she ditches plans for big performance|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1251380/Brit-Awards-2010-Lady-Gaga.html|publisher=The Daily Mail|location=London|date=2010-02-16|accessdate=2010-12-28|first1=Lizzie|last1=Smith|first2=Ben|last2=Todd}}</ref> supplemented her hat-trick win at the awards ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga wins Brit Awards triple|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8517579.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=2010-02-16|accessdate=2010-12-28}}</ref> |
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[[Barbara Walters]] chose Gaga as one the "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" for her annual [[ABC News]] special. When interviewed by the journalist, Gaga dismissed the claim that she is [[intersex]] as an [[urban legend]]. Responding to a question on this issue, she stated, "At first it was very strange and everyone sorta said, 'That's really quite a story!' But in a sense, I portray myself in a very [[androgyny|androgynous]] way, and I love androgyny."<ref name="walters">{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9640579|title=Lady Gaga: 'I Love Androgyny'|publisher=[[ABC News]]|accessdate=2010-05-03|last=Walters|first=Barbara|date=2009-12-30|authorlink=Barbara Walters}}</ref> Excited about bringing back [[Polaroid Corporation|Polaroid]] and "combining it with the digital era", Gaga was named Chief Creative Officer for a line of imaging products for the international optic company in January 2010 with the intent of creating fashion, technology and photography products.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lady Gaga wears hat made entirely from her own hair|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2010/01/08/2010-01-08_lady_gaga_wears_hat_made_entirely_from_her_own_hair.html |last=Eisinger|first=Amy|work=Daily News|publisher=News Corporation|date=2010-01-08|accessdate=2010-01-10}}</ref> Her production team, Mermaid Music LLC, was sued in March by [[Rob Fusari]]; claiming that he was entitled to a 20% share of its earnings. Gaga's lawyer, Charles Ortner, described the agreement with Fusari as "unlawful" and declined to comment,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/7486678/Lady-Gaga-bites-back-at-music-producer.html|title=Lady Gaga bites back at music producer|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=2010-03-20|publisher=Telegraph Media LLC|last=Reporter|first=Staff | location=London | date=2010-03-20}}</ref> however, five months later, the [[New York Supreme Court]] dismissed the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6895NZ20100910|title=Lady Gaga and jilted producer drop legal dispute|date=2010-09-10|work=[[Reuters]]|publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]]|accessdate=2010-09-11}}</ref> In April, Gaga was named one of ''Time'' magazine's 100 most influential people of the year.<ref name="time2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1984685,00.html |title=The 2010 TIME 100|work=Time|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|accessdate=2010-05-06|date=2010-05-02}}</ref> While giving an interview to ''[[The Times]]'', Gaga hinted at having [[Systemic lupus erythematosus]], commonly referred to as lupus, which is a connective tissue disease.<ref name="comeparty">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7129672.ece|title=Come party with Lady Gaga|date=2010-05-23|accessdate=2010-05-24|last=Moran|first=Caitlin|work=[[The Times]]|authorlink=Caitlin Moran}}</ref> She later confirmed with [[Larry King]] that she does not have lupus but "the results were borderline positive".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/02/2916101.htm?section=entertainment|title=Gaga was to open Jackson's This Is It tour|last=Temple|first=Sarah|date=2010-06-02|accessdate=2010-06-02|publisher=ABC News}}</ref> |
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===2010–present: ''Born This Way''=== |
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Gaga's second studio album and third major release ''[[Born This Way]]'', whose title was announced during her acceptance speech for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/09/12/lady-gaga-announces-new-album-name-in-vma-speech-steals-show/|title=Lady Gaga Announces New Album Name in VMA Speech|date=2010-09-12|accessdate=2010-09-13|work=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> will be released on May 23, 2011. Its arrival will follow the release of its lead single on February 13, 2011. These dates were [[Twitter|tweeted]] by Gaga at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga announces release date for 'Born This Way'|url=http://www.nme.com/news/lady-gaga/54408|date=2011-01-01|accessdate=2011-01-01|work=NME}}</ref> Described as "a marriage of electronic music with major [...] metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats", ''Born This Way'' will be Gaga's third release in three years.<ref name="newsbeat">{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga reveals plans for Born This Way album|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12038773|first=Greg|last=Cochrane|date=2010-12-20|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2010-12-24}}</ref> She stated, "It came so quickly. I've been working on [the album] for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/23/lady-gaga-new-album-finished|title=Lady Gaga's new album 'finished'|last=Michaels|first=Sean|date=2010-06-23|accessdate=2010-06-23|work=The Guardian}}</ref> With two tracks already confirmed by Gaga – one she has been performing during [[The Monster Ball Tour]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way'|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-names-her-new-album-born-this-way-20100913|work=Rolling Stone|date=2010-09-13|accessdate=2010-12-24|first=Daniel|last=Kreps}}</ref> she has referred to the album as "the greatest" of the decade about "what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lady Gaga Says Born This Way Will Be 'Greatest Album Of This Decade'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1653141/20101129/lady_gaga.jhtml|date=2010-11-09|last=Dinh|first=James|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=2010-11-30}}</ref> Likening ''Born This Way'' to "bad kids going to church" that are "having fun on a high level",<ref name="BadChurch">{{Cite news|title=Lady Gaga to Release first Born This Way Single in February |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1653302/20101201/lady_gaga.jhtml|date=2010-12-01|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=2010-12-01}}</ref> Gaga characterized her new music as "something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or a fucking meat dress" and upon hearing it, Akon remarked that she will take music to the "next level."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Gaga's Born This Way Will 'Grab All The Monsters,' Akon Says |
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Lending her vocal talent elsewhere, Gaga also paired with [[Elton John]] to record an original duet for the [[Gnomeo and Juliet (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the forthcoming animated feature film ''[[Gnomeo and Juliet]]''. The song, titled "[[Hello, Hello (song)|Hello, Hello]]", is scheduled for release in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elton John and Lady Gaga record duet|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/25/elton-john-lady-gaga-duet|last=Michaels|first=Sean|date=2010-10-25|accessdate=2010-12-15|publisher=The Guardian (London)}}</ref> |
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== Musical style and influences == |
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Gaga has been influenced by [[glam rock]] artists such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop music artists such as [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Britney Spears]] and [[Michael Jackson]].<ref name="Allmusic bio" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.popcrunch.com/britney-spears-lady-gaga-collaboration-in-the-works/|title=Britney Spears/Lady Gaga collaboration in the works|work=The Sun|accessdate=2010-06-20|publisher=Pop Crunch|last=Reporter|first=Staff | location=London | date=2010-02-10}}</ref><ref name="DR">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FEAR+FACTOR%3B+Lady+Gaga+used+tough+times+as+inspiration+for+her...-a0213005824|last=Dingwall|first=John|title=The Fear Factor; Lady Gaga used tough times as inspiration for her new album|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|pages=48–49|date=2009-11-27|accessdate=2009-05-06|accessdate=2010-05-06}}</ref> The [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song "[[Radio Ga Ga]]" inspired her stage name, "Lady Gaga".<ref name='whos-that-lady' /><ref name="soundtrack">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock|title=Soundtrack of my life: Lady Gaga|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|last=Thomson|first=Graeme|date=2009-09-06|accessdate=2010-05-06 | location=London}}</ref> She commented: "I adored [[Freddie Mercury]] and Queen had a hit called 'Radio Gaga'. That's why I love the name [...] Freddie was unique – one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music."<ref name="DR" /> In response to the comparisons between herself and Madonna, Gaga stated: "I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago."<ref name="DR" /> Actress and singer [[Grace Jones]] was also cited as an inspiration, along with [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] singer [[Debbie Harry]].<ref name="Prefix magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/lady-gaga-grace-jones-androgynous-robo-future-fash/26057/|title=Lady GaGa: "Grace Jones, Androgynous, Robo, Future Fashion Queen"|first=Alexandra |last=Symonds|work=Prefix |accessdate=2009-07-11|date=2009-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23694934-debbie-harry-would-love-to-perform-with-lady-gaga.do|title=Debbie Harry Would Love To Perform With Lady Gaga|date=2009-10-25|last=Smith|first=Liz|work=[[Evening Standard]]|publisher=[[Daily Mail and General Trust]]|accessdate=2009-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/01/lady-gaga-review|title=Lady Gaga: Academy, Manchester|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=2009-07-01|accessdate=2009-10-30|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media | location=London}}</ref> |
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[[File:Gagafameball.jpg|left|thumb|upright|alt=A blond woman in a bob-cut, sitting cross-legged on a transparent platform which is full of bubbles and lit from inside in pink. The woman is wearing a dress made of transparent bubbles of varying sizes. She is holding a microphone in her left hand and appears to be smiling.|Gaga wearing a plastic bubble dress while performing on The Fame Ball Tour]] |
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Gaga's vocals have drawn frequent comparison to those of Madonna and [[Gwen Stefani]], while the structure of her music is said to echo classic 1980s pop and 1990s [[Europop]].<ref name=BG>{{Cite news|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame|work=The Guardian|date=2009-01-09|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame|authorlink=Alexis Petridis|date=2009-01-03|accessdate=2010-05-06|publisher=Guardian News and Media | location=London}}</ref> While reviewing her debut album ''The Fame'', ''The Sunday Times'' asserted "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, Lady GaGa evokes Madonna, Gwen Stefani circa '[[Hollaback Girl]]', [[Kylie Minogue]] 2001 or Grace Jones right now."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Lady GaGa: the future of pop?|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=2008-12-14|accessdate=2009-08-09|last=Hajibageri|first=Sarah|publisher=News International | location=London}}</ref> Similarly, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' critic Sarah Rodman commented that she draws "obvious inspirations from Madonna to Gwen Stefani... in [her] girlish but sturdy pipes and bubbly beats."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rodman|first=Sarah|title=Lady Gaga|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/10/27/lady_gaga/|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=2008-10-27|accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> Though her lyrics are said to lack intellectual stimulation, "[she] does manage to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace."<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/|title=Lady GaGa The Fame|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=2009-01-12|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|accessdate=2009-04-30}}</ref> Music critic [[Simon Reynolds]] wrote that "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 [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]-ish beats.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/22/eighties-revival-decade|title =The 1980s revival that lasted an entire decade|first=Simon |last=Reynolds|authorlink=Simon Reynolds|work=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media|accessdate=2010-01-22|date=2010-01-22 | location=London}}</ref> |
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Gaga has identified fashion as a major influence.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk" /><ref name="mtv 55" /> She considers [[Donatella Versace]] her [[muse]].<ref name="Times Online.co.uk" /> Gaga has her own creative production team called the Haus of Gaga, which she handles personally. The team creates many of her clothes, stage props, and hairdos.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/143_40885.html|title=Lady Gaga Burning Up Album Charts|first=Cathy |last=Garcia|date=2009-03-08|accessdate=2009-03-10|publisher=[[Hankook Ilbo]]|work=[[The Korea Times]]}}</ref> Her love of fashion came from her mother, who she stated was "always very well kept and beautiful."<ref name="timesonline2" /> "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes I want to wear on stage. It's all about everything altogether—performance art, pop performance art, fashion. For me, it's everything coming together and being a real story that will bring back the super-fan. I want to bring that back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us."<ref name="mtv 55" /> The [[Global Language Monitor]] named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark "no pants" coming in at No. 3.<ref>{{cite news|last=Silva |first=Horacio |url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/the-world-according-to-gaga/ |title=The World According to Gaga |work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Horatio|date=2010-03-04 |accessdate=2010-04-25}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' put her outfits on its end of the decade "best-of" list, saying, "Whether it's a dress made of Muppets or strategically placed bubbles, Gaga's outré ensembles brought performance art into the mainstream."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Geier|first=Thom|date=2009-12-11|title=The 100 Greatest Movies.. Trends That Entertained Us Over The Past 10 Years|work=Entertainment Weekly|volume=1079/1080|issue=74|pages=84|publisher=Time Inc.|accessdate=2010-05-06|issn=10490434}}</ref> |
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[[File:Lady Gaga covered in blood.jpg|thumb|upright|Gaga, well-recognized for her unconventionality, during a "blood soaked" performance on The Monster Ball Tour]] |
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Critical reception of Gaga's music, fashion sense and persona are mixed. Her status as a role model, trailblazer and fashion icon is by turns affirmed and denied.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/12/24/style/YEARGAGA1227_index.html?ref=lady_gaga|title=The Year in Style <nowiki>|</nowiki> Lady Gaga|last=Buckner|first=Michael|date=2009-12-28|accessdate=2010-06-17|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="nytimesreview">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/arts/music/04gaga.html?_r=1|title=An Artist Whose Chief Work Is Herself |last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=2009-05-03|accessdate=2010-06-17|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/07/27/lady-gaga-you-are-no-grace-jones/|title=Lady Gaga, You Are No Grace Jones|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=2009-07-07|accessdate=2010-06-17|publisher=MTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/newmusicalexpress/2110/lady-gaga-vs-roisin-murphyspot-the-difference/|title=Lady Gaga Vs. Roisin Murphy – Spot The Difference|last=Lewis|first=Luke|date=2009-08-09|accessdate=2010-06-18|publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref> Gaga's albums have received mostly positive reviews,<ref name="thefamemeta" /> with critics pointing out her unique place in pop music, the need for new movements in popular culture, the attention Gaga brings to important social issues, and the inherently subjective nature of her art.<ref>{{cite journal|issn=10490434|title=Is Lady GaGa a saviour of Pop?|last=Browne|first=David|date=2010-01-09|volume=1091|issue=02|work=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://out.com/detail.asp?id=26601|title=Heather Cassils: Lady Gaga's Prison Yard Girlfriend|last=Andres|first=Joanna|date=2010-04-09|accessdate=2010-06-18|work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Celebrity-Fashion-Lady-Gaga|title=Lady Gaga Fashion – Vote on 15 of Lady Gaga's Outfits |date=2009-12-01|accessdate=2010-06-18|work=Elle}}</ref> Her role as a self-esteem booster for her fans is also lauded, as is her role in breathing life into the fashion industry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/06/15/kylie-minogue-thinks-theres-an-element-of-her-in-lady-gaga/|title=Kylie Minogue thinks there's an element of her in Lady Gaga |date=2010-06-13|accessdate=2010-06-18|publisher=Hollywood News}}</ref> Her performances are described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; in particular, the blood-spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621395/20090913/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Lets It Bleed During Eye-Popping VMA Performance |date=2009-09-13|accessdate=2010-06-18|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|publisher=MTV}}</ref> She continued the "blood soaked" theme in The Monster Ball Tour, in which she wore a revealing leather corset and is "attacked" by a performer dressed in black who gnaws on her throat, causing "blood" to spurt down her chest, after which she lies "dying" in a pool of blood. Her performances of that scene in [[Manchester]], England triggered protests from family groups and fans in the aftermath of a local tragedy, in which a taxi driver had murdered 12 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/06/03/2010-06-03_fans_protest_lady_gagas_bloodspattered_monster_ball_show_in_england_after_shooti.html|title=Fans protest Lady Gaga's blood-spattered Monster Ball show in England after shooting spree|last=Roberts|first=Sorya|date=2010-06-03|accessdate=2010-06-23|work=New York Daily News}}</ref> "What happened in [[Bradford]] is very fresh in people's minds and given all the violence which happened in [[Cumbria]] just hours earlier, it was insensitive," said Lynn Costello of Mothers Against Violence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Gaga-s-bloody-stage-show-sparks-fury/Article1-552890.aspx|title=Gaga's bloody stage show sparks fury|date=2010-06-04|accessdate=2010-06-23|work=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> [[Chris Rock]] later defended her flamboyant, provocative behavior. "Well, she's Lady Gaga," he said. "She's not 'Lady Behave Yourself.' Do you want great behavior from a person named Gaga? Is this what you were expecting?"<ref>{{cite web|title=Q&A with Chris Rock |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/blog/116941/index.html |last=Patrick|first=Dan|date=2010-07-09|publisher=CNN|accessdate= 2010-07-16}}</ref> She later returned to the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]] wearing a dress which was supplemented by boots, a purse and a hat—each fabricated from the flesh of a dead animal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Gaga's meat dress divides opinion|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8001267/Lady-Gagas-meat-dress-divides-opinion.html|date=2010-09-14|accessdate=2010-06-12|last=Roberts|first= Laura|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> The dress, named ''Time'' magazine's Fashion Statement of 2010<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga – The Top 10 Everything of 2010 – TIME|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2035319_2034464,00.html|last=Luscombe|first= Belinda|date=2010-12-09|accessdate=2010-12-15|work=Time}}</ref> and more widely known as the "meat dress", was made by Argentinian designer Franc Fernandez and received divided opinions—evoking the attention of worldwide media but invoking the fury of animal rights organization [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Five interpretations of Lady Gaga's meat dress|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11297832|date=2010-09-14|accessdate=2010-06-12|first=Denise |last=Winterman |first2= Jon |last2=Kelly|publisher=BBC (BBC Online)}}</ref> Gaga, however, later denied any intention of causing disrespect to any person or organization and wished for the dress to be interpreted as a statement of human rights with focus upon those in the LGBT community.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Gaga defends meat dress by claiming she's no 'piece of meat'|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/840850-lady-gaga-defends-meat-dress-by-claiming-shes-no-piece-of-meat|date=2010-09-14|accessdate=2010-06-12|last=Lee|first= Ann|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]}}</ref> |
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Gaga's treatment of her fans as "Little Monsters" has inspired criticism, due to the highly commercial nature of her music and image.<ref name="nytimesreview" /> To some, this dichotomy contravenes the concept of outsider culture. Writing for ''The Guardian'', [[Kitty Empire]] opined that the dichotomy "...allows the viewer to have a 'transgressive' experience without being required to think. At [her performance's] core, though, is the idea that Gaga is at one with the freaks and outcasts. The Monster Ball is where we can all be free. This is arrant nonsense, as the scads of people buying Gaga's cunningly commercial music are not limited to the niche worlds of [[drag queen]]s and hip night creatures from which she draws her inspiration. But Gaga seems sincere."<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/21/lady-gaga-men-arena-manchester|title=Lady Gaga at MEN arena, Manchester|date=2010-02-21|accessdate=2010-06-18|last=Empire|first=Kitty|work=The Guardian|location=london}}</ref> [[Camille Paglia]] wrote a cover story "Lady Gaga and the death of sex" on September 12, 2010, in ''[[The Sunday Times]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shakenstir.co.uk/index.php/features/gaga-and-the-death-of-sex/features/20608/ |title=Lady Gaga and the death of sex|authorlink=Camille Paglia|last=Paglia|first=Camille|date=2010-09-12|accessdate=2010-10-04|work=The Sunday Times}}</ref> in which she asserts that Gaga "is more an identity thief than an erotic taboo breaker, a mainstream manufactured product who claims to be singing for the freaks, the rebellious and the dispossessed when she is none of those."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/lady-gagas-grab-for-attention-enough-to-make-you-gag/story-e6freri6-1225923966643 |title=Lady Gaga's grab for attention enough to make you gag|first=Jane |last=Fynes-Clinton|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|date=2010-09-15|accessdate=2010-10-04}}</ref> |
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==Public image== |
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Contrary to her outré style, the ''New York Post'' described her early look as like "a refugee from ''[[Jersey Shore (TV series)|Jersey Shore]]''" with "big black hair, heavy eye makeup and tight, revealing clothes."<ref name='whos-that-lady' /> Gaga is a natural [[brunette]]; she bleached her hair blonde because she was often mistaken for [[Amy Winehouse]].<ref name="timesonline2" /> She often refers to her fans as her "little monsters" and in dedication, she had that inscription [[tattoo]]ed on "the arm that holds [her] mic[rophone]."<ref name="monsters">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/02/03/2010-02-03_lady_gaga_dedicates_her_new_little_monsters_tattoo_to_her_fans.html|title=Lady Gaga dedicates her new 'Little Monsters' tattoo to her fans|publisher=News Corporation|work=Daily News|accessdate=2010-04-02|last=Odell|first=Amy|date=2010-02-03}}</ref> She has another six known tattoos, among them a [[peace symbol]], which was inspired by [[John Lennon]] whom she stated was her hero,<ref name="soundtrack" /> and a curling German script on her left arm which quotes the poet [[Rainer Maria Rilke]], her favorite [[philosophy|philosopher]], commenting that his "philosophy of solitude" spoke to her.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/08/11/2009-08-11_lady_gaga_shows_off_new_german_quote_tattoo_while_on_tour_in_japan.html | title=Lady Gaga shows off new German quote tattoo while on tour in Japan | publisher=News Corporation| work=Daily News | date=2009-08-11| accessdate=2009-09-06|last=Odell|first=Amy }}</ref> Towards the end of 2008, comparisons were made between the fashions of Gaga and fellow recording artist [[Christina Aguilera]] that noted similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk" /> Aguilera stated that she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "didn't know if it [was] a man or a woman."<ref name="Times Online.co.uk" /> Gaga released a statement in which she welcomed the comparisons due to the attention providing useful publicity, saying, "She's such a huge star and if anything I should send her flowers, because a lot of people in America didn't know who I was until that whole thing happened. It really put me on the map in a way."<ref name="who copied?">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1135704/So-copied-Lookalikes-Lady-GaGa-Christina-Aguilera-embroiled-style-row.html | title=So who copied who? Lookalikes Lady GaGa and Christina Aguilera | work=Daily Mail | first=Daily Mail |last=Reporter | date=2009-02-03| accessdate=2009-02-06|publisher=Associated Newspapers}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/6299/GaGa-I-m-thankful-for-Christina/|title=GaGa: I'm thankful for Christina|date=2008-12-31|publisher=[[Northern & Shell]]|work=[[OK!]]|accessdate=2009-01-08|last=Temple|first=Sonic}}</ref> Comparisons continued into 2010 when Aguilera released the music video of her single "[[Not Myself Tonight]]". Critics noted similarities between the song and its accompanying music video with Gaga's video for "Bad Romance".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1269136/Christina-Aguilera-copies-Lady-GaGa-dons-PVC-outfit-new-video.html|title=Christina Aguilera Copies Lady GaGa|date=2010-05-02|accessdate=2010-05-10|work=Daily Mail|publisher=Associated Newspapers|last=Thrills|first=Adrian}}</ref> There have also been similar comparisons made between Gaga's style and that of fashion icon [[Dale Bozzio]] from the band [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]. Some have considered their respective images to be strikingly parallel although fans of Missing Persons note that Bozzio had pioneered the look more than thirty years earlier.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://musicblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/12/dale-bozzio-should-be-flattere.html|title= Dale Bozzio should be flattered...maybe |last=Tarradell|first=Mario|date=2009-12-14|accessdate=2010-11-03|work=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref><!-- . Lady Gaga, was named one of Vogue.com UK’s Best Dressed people of 2010<ref>[http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/101214-best-dressed-list-2010.aspx VOGUE.COM UK] ''VOGUE.COM UK'' – The Best Dressed People of the Year 2010</ref> and her stylist, Dazed & Confused creative director Nicola Formichetti, won the Fashion Creator of the Year Award at the British Fashion Awards.<ref>[http://www.vogue.co.uk/special-events/101124-british-fashion-awards-2010.aspx VOGUE.COM UK] ''VOGUE.COM UK'' – The British Fashion Awards 2010</ref> --> |
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Gaga's influence on modern culture and society has provoked the [[University of South Carolina]] into offering a full-time course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame"<ref>{{Cite news|title=US College Offering Lady GaGa Degree|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lady-gaga/news/244144-us-college-offering-lady-gaga-degree|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Netweoks|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|accessdate=2010-11-03|date=2010-10-30}}</ref> in the objective of unravelling "the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga with respect to her music, videos, fashion, and other artistic endeavors".<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOCY 398D – Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame |first= Mathieu |last=Deflem|url=http://www.cas.sc.edu/socy/faculty/deflem/gaga.html|publisher=[[University of South Carolina]]|accessdate=2010-03-11}}</ref> |
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==Philanthropy== |
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Besides her career in music, Gaga has enhanced her repertoire as a philanthropist who has contributed to various charities and [[humanitarianism]] works. |
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Although declining an invitation to record [[We Are the World 25 for Haiti|a benefit song]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Explains Her Absence From 'We Are The World' Recording|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631353/lady-gaga-explains-her-absence-from-we-world-recording.jhtml|date=2010-02-05|accessdate=2011-01-06|work=‘‘MTV’’|publisher=MTV Networks|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena}}</ref> Gaga held a concert of The Monster Ball Tour following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] and dedicated it to the country’s reconstruction relief fund. This concert, held at the [[Radio City Music Hall]], New York, on January 24, 2010, donated any received revenue to the relief fund while, in addition, all profits from sales of products on Gaga’s official online store on that same day were donated. Gaga announced that an estimated total of [[United States dollar|$]]500,000 was collected for the fund.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630614/20100127/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Says She Raised $500,000 For Haiti Relief|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2010-01-27|work=''MTV''|publisher=MTV Networks|accessdate=2011-01-06}}</ref> |
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Gaga also contributes in the fight against [[HIV]] and [[AIDS]] with the focus upon educating young women about the risks of the disease. In collaboration with [[Cyndi Lauper]], Gaga joined forces with [[Make-up Art Cosmetics|MAC Cosmetics]] to launch a line of lipstick under their supplementary cosmetic line, Viva Glam. Titled Viva Glam Gaga and Viva Glam Cyndi for each contributor respectively, all net proceeds of the lipstick line were donated to the cosmetic company’s campaign to prevent HIV and AIDS worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga gets lippy: The pop star teams with Mac to raise Aids awareness|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1264165/Lady-Gaga-gets-lippy-The-pop-star-teams-Mac-raise-Aids-awareness.html|date=2010-04-10|accessdate=2011-01-06|first=Benji|last=Wilson|work=Daily Mail|location=London}}</ref> In a press release, Gaga declared, "I don't want Viva Glam to be just a lipstick you buy to help a cause. I want it to be a reminder when you go out at night to put a condom in your purse right next to your lipstick."<ref>{{cite web|title=Going Gaga|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/interviews/lady-gaga-interview|date=Undated|accessdate=2011-01-06|first=Ning|last=Chao|work=Marie Claire}}</ref> |
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[[File:LadyGaga-EqualityMarch-Crop.jpg|upright|thumb|Gaga delivers a speech at the [[National Equality March]], October 11, 2009|alt=A blond woman speaking on a kiosk. She wears a white shirt and black glasses. Behind her, the balcony of a building is visible.]] |
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Gaga attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered to be a rising [[gay icon]].<ref name="fabmag">{{cite news|url=http://www.fabmagazine.com/features/362/Gaga.html|title=Going Gaga|last=Thomas|first=Matt|publisher=[[Pink Triangle Press]]|work=[[fab (magazine)|fab]]|accessdate=2009-08-11|date=2009-07-09}}</ref> Early in her career she had difficulty getting [[airplay|radio airplay]], and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. I've got so many gay fans and they're so loyal to me and they really lifted me up. They'll always stand by me and I'll always stand by them. It's not an easy thing to create a fanbase."<ref name="mtvgayicon">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610781/20090506/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga On Success: 'The Turning Point For Me Was The Gay Community'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2009-05-07|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks|accessdate=2009-08-11}}</ref> She thanked FlyLife, a [[Manhattan]]-based [[LGBT]] marketing company with whom her label Interscope works, in the liner notes of ''The Fame'', saying, "I love you so much. You were the first heartbeat in this project, and your support and brilliance means the world to me. I will always fight for the gay community hand in hand with this incredible team."<ref name="thefame">{{cite album-notes|artist=Lady Gaga|title=[[The Fame]]|format=Liner notes |publisher=[[Interscope Records]] |year=2008|publisherid=2726601}}</ref> One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the [[NewNowNext Awards]], an awards show aired by the LGBT television network [[Logo (TV channel)|Logo]], where she sang her song "Just Dance".<ref name="newnownext">{{cite web|url=http://www.logotv.com/video/franchise.jhtml?ctid=1956|title=NewNowNext Awards|accessdate=2009-08-11|date=2008-05-03}}</ref> In June of the same year, she performed the song again at the [[San Francisco Pride]] event.<ref name="sfpride">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfpride.org/celeb/mainstage_08.html|title=2008 Main Stage Line-Up|accessdate=2009-08-11|date=2008-06-13|publisher=[[San Francisco Pride]]}}</ref> |
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[[File:DADT rally Lady Gaga.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Gaga addresses the crowd at the [[Servicemembers Legal Defense Network]] DADT rally in Portland, Maine on September 20, 2010.]] |
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After ''The Fame'' was released, she revealed that the song "Poker Face" was about her [[bisexuality]]. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', she spoke about how her boyfriends tended to react to her bisexuality, saying "The fact that I'm into women, they're all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They're like, 'I don't need to have a threesome. I'm happy with just you'."<ref name="rsannual" /> When she appeared as a guest on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in May 2009, she praised DeGeneres for being "an inspiration for women and for the gay community".<ref name="ellen">{{ cite news | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1181210/Lady-GaGas-wacky-headgear-knocks-chat-host-Ellen-DeGeneres.html | title=Lady GaGa's wacky headgear almost knocks out chat show host Ellen DeGeneres | date=2009-05-13| work=Daily Mail | accessdate=2009-08-11 |publisher=Associated Newspapers}}</ref> She proclaimed that the October 11, 2009, [[National Equality March]] rally on the [[national mall]] was "the single most important event of her career." As she exited, she left with an exultant "Bless God and bless the gays,"<ref name="E!" /> similar to her [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards]] acceptance speech for Best New Artist a month earlier.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621407/20090914/lady_gaga.jhtml | title=Lady Gaga's Shocking 2009 VMA Fashion Choices | date=2009-08-14| last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks| accessdate=2009-08-19}}</ref> At the rally, she performed a cover of [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]]" declaring that "I'm not going to [play] one of my songs tonight because tonight is not about me, it's about you." She changed the original lyrics of the song to reflect the death of [[Matthew Shepard]], a college student murdered because of his sexuality.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lady Gaga performs her version of 'Imagine' at the Human Rights Campaign dinner in Washington D.C.|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/10/12/2009-10-12_lady_gaga_performs_her_version_of_imagine_at_the_human_rights_campaign_dinner_in.html|publisher=News Corporation|work=Daily News|date=2009-12-10|accessdate=2010-06-12|author=Carter, Nicole}}</ref> |
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On September 12, 2010, she was accommpanied to the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]] by four service members; Major Mike Almy, Former Staff Sergeant, David Hall U.S. Air Force, Former Sergeant First Class Stacy Vasquez, U.S. Army, and former West Point student Katie Miller; who had all been affected by the US military's [[Don't ask, don't tell]] policy, which prohibits lesbian, gay and bisexual people from serving openly,<ref>{{cite news |title=Lady Gaga Goes Political in Maine|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2010-09-20|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/us/politics/21gaga.html?_r=1&src=me|last=Zezima|first=Katy|accessdate=2010-09-21}}</ref> and released three [[YouTube]] videos that urged her fans to contact their Senators in an effort to get the policy overturned. On September 20, 2010 she spoke at the "4the14K" Rally in Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine that was organized by the [[Servicemembers Legal Defense Network]]. The name of the rally signified the number of service members discharged under DADT at the time, which was an estimated 14,000. During her remarks, she urged members of the US Senate (and in particular, Republican Senators from Maine, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins) to vote in favor of legislation that would repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Editors of ''[[The Advocate]]'' commented that she had become the "fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obama: I’m a ‘Fierce Advocate’ for Gay and Lesbians|work=The Washington Independent|date=2008-12-08|url=http://washingtonindependent.com/22526/obama-im-a-fierce-advocate-for-gay-and-lesbians|last=McGann|first=Laura|accessdate=2010-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/09/21/Lady_Gaga_Weve_Found_Our_Fierce_Advocate/|title=Gaga: We've Found Our Fierce Advocate|accessdate=2010-09-21|date=2010-09-28|work=The Advocate}}</ref> |
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== Discography == |
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* ''[[The Fame]]'' (2008) |
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* ''[[Born This Way]]'' (2011) |
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== Tours == |
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* [[The Fame Ball Tour]] (2009) |
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* [[The Monster Ball Tour]] (2009–11) |
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==Awards and nominations== |
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== See also == |
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* [[List of best-selling music artists]] |
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== References == |
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== Further reading == |
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| title = Lady Gaga: Just Dance – The Biography |
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| isbn = 978-1-40911-567-0}} |
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| title = Lady Gaga: Critical Mass Fashion |
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* [http://www.digital-photography-school.com/nicholas-creevy-photographer-interview] on digital-photography-school.com |
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* [http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/53051/year-in-gaga-a-provocative-2010#index/0 Year in Gaga: A Provocative 2010 ] — slideshow by ''[[Life magazine]]'' |
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Nicholas Creevy | |
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| Born | August 24, 1988 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer, |
| Website | http://nicholascreevy.co.uk |
Nicholas Creevy (born August 24, 1988 in Chalk Farm, London, England)[1] is a young professional fashion, editorial and portrait photographer who currently resides in Camden, England.
Since 2006[1] when he was a beginner graphic designer[1], he has chosen to focus his attentions on capturing moments through the lens whilst still retaining a fashion and editorial mind.[1] Since self teaching himself[1] Nicholas has had the opportunity to express his creative mind in the fashion industry along with publicising his work in many nationwide photography magazines[1]. He has now put his attentions towards working closely with many modelling agencies and creatives in the industry to produce creatively unique photographic imagery.[1]
References
External links
- Official website
- Tumblr
- [1] on digital-photography-school.com
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