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She wrote music for New Kids On The Block?

The article states she wrote music for established artists and includes NKOTB, but they were only active from 1984-1990, and she was born in 1986.72.24.140.168 (talk) 07:13, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I should have read more into the NKOTB article, where it explains it.72.24.140.168 (talk) 07:15, 16 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Consider creating a user, Anywho she wrote Big Girl Now which is feat. on their new album. Think more abstractly next time. Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 00:41, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Public image and media

This may be a section that should be included, but as it stands information on her hair color is irrelevant. I'm deleting it for now to clean up the article, but it would be nice if someone who knows more on the subject and its importance could come in and create a section that is of some value. (Lewzer99 (talk) 20:23, 16 May 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Thank you for your contribution (now that was irrelevant). if you know Gaga well, then you should know that this is one quite a long story 9somone back me up here0. Any who the section, is needed. Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 00:44, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Section Idea's

Fashion - Lady Gaga has some of the most elaborate fashion sense of any artists to date but none of this is mentioned.

August Break- Lady Gaga's production managers gave her the month of August off work.

Business Endorsements: Beats by Dr.Dre are all seen in most of her music videos and promotional videos.

Haus of Gaga: Lady Gaga's creative team who has produced most of her stage outfits, short films, etc.

Backup Dancers: She knocked one of thems tooth out.

Personal Life: Dating a man named Speedy whom she met on the set of her new "LoveGame" music video. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.223.175 (talk) 04:05, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sources are needed, guidelines are used to tell us what is encyclopedic. Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 04:49, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inspiration.influence

There is a difference between the two, so I think we should catogries them. I bring this up because of Gaga on ellen, in which she states ellen is an inspiration to her and the gay community. Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 04:13, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NewNowNext Award 2009

Lady Gaga was nominated for one.

Is their website a valid source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.223.175 (talk) 23:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I love it how her song titles and album are so original and not inspired by David Bowie at all.

She really does not compare to the latter individual in the slightest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.255.59 (talk) 11:23, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

MMVA 2009 Nomination

Lady Gaga was nominated for MMVA this year! This should be added to Awards & Nominations —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.223.175 (talk) 00:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome! Could you provide the source where you found it? Sparks Fly 00:06, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure there on the wikipedia page for the MMVA's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.91.223.175 (talk) 19:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fashion

The Fashion section needs to be updated. Its been long since the Christina mayhem and her fashion sense has appeared in media for other reasons also. Fame Ball tour fashion needs to be covered as is the controversy regarding the Hussein Chalayan ripp off bubble dress. Any thoughts? --Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:32, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I actually think all the fashion info needs to be dispersed into the main test of the article, not given it's own section. It's a violation of WP:UNDUE and is more likely to collect trivial info. — R ² 11:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm. Interesting thought. But do you think we can chip in the fashion comments in between the article? Wouldn't it seem too dispersed? --Legolas ^(talk2me) 03:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I agree, it needs some comments about her negative fashion, there has been some critisim. Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 06:58, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would be much better to disperse the relevant info rather than give it an entire isolated section. — R ² 01:20, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes but it would cluttered if you know what I mean. A new section should be about her music, well should it not? Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 05:04, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have made some changes to the article. That Philanthropy section was completely necessary and has been merged to the main article. Also the section titled Fashion has been renamed as Inflences and styles because I believe it will later on deal with not only fashion but musical style, performance and influences of other artists. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 09:54, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Birth Year

How can she be born in 1986 and be 19-years old in 2007? I'm changing the first line of "music career" to "when she was 21". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.46.58.5 (talk) 12:55, 25 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My guess would be that the person who added the year to the header was not the same person who wrote that sentence. She was signed to Def Jam when she was 19 (look at the source given[1]) but that was not in 2007. Siawase (talk) 08:50, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sexuality, would die if not famous and likes girly me

She states her sexualitiy is private (BS) and yes she does like girly me and states she will die if not famous (OCD). Can it go on the article. Soures-http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/27958.html - http://www.theinsider.com/news/2199543_Lady_GaGa_Likes_Girly_Boys - http://newsblaze.com/story/20090524081553reye.nb/topstory.html Hey Boys and Girls (Welcome to the Show…) ° 07:03, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One thing, the sources actually state Wikipedia, hence fails as RS. Also, too tabloidy to be worthy of WP:NOTABILITY. If there is any instance about Gaga being bi-sexual, however, speculations are not encyclopedic. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 07:51, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The quote about fame appear to originate from this [2] interview with The Independent, which is certainly a reliable source. However I don't think that particular quote carries a lot of WP:WEIGHT, but there might be other material in that article that woule be useful. Siawase (talk) 08:46, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for sorting that out :)

Lady GaGa history

We should mention some really formidable feats:

In Canada, she has 3 number one singles and her first two, Just Dance and Poker Face have both gone six times platinum, something that no other artist has accomplished. Source:http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/26/c7506.html

Pokerface has the most radio airplay in history. (It was in an interview by MTV with GaGa on the set of Wale's Chillin' video when she explicitly said herself that Pokerface had set a record. If someone can find a reliable source, that would be great)

First artist in nearly ten years to have his/her first two singles hit Number one. Source:http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lady-gaga-draws-a-pair-of-no-1s-1003957967.story

Madonna and her daughter Lourdes, Zac Posen, and Cyndi lauper attended her New York City show at Terminal 5 and Perez Hilton and Kanye West attended her Los Angeles show at the Wiltern Theater. Source: http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/05/04/lady-gaga-brings-out-madonna-cyndi-lauper-for-nyc-show AND http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/03/16/lady-gagas-fame-attracts-kanye-west-perez-hilton-to-la-show/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.82.62 (talk) 06:27, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]