[266][267] Gaga's musical inspiration varies from dance-pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as the theatrics of the pop artist Andy Warhol and her own performance roots in musical theater. [128] Helen Brown in The Daily Telegraph criticized Gaga for making another album about her fame and doubted the record's originality, but found it "great for dancing". Her accolades include 13 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and recognition as Billboard's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015). [95] The Global Language Monitor named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark "no pants" a close third. She was born to Cynthia, a businesswoman, and entrepreneur Joseph Germanotta in New York City. She was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28, 1986, in New York City, New York, U.S. [349], In 2012, Gaga joined the campaign group Artists Against Fracking. A street painting with the Daniel Quasar's version of the pride flag featuring the album's title was also unveiled on Robertson Boulevard as a tribute to the album, and how it has inspired the LGBT community over the years. [233] By the end of the year, she became the highest grossing female artist of 2022. [59][84] Concerts performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City were filmed for an HBO television special, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden. From music to film to fashion, its hard to imagine a world today without Lady Gaga. Hollywood Life [345] All profits from her online store that day were also donated, and Gaga announced that $500,000 was collected for the fund. The album was later reissued to include the extended play The Fame Monster (2009), which yielded the successful singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". [238] In December 2022, James Howard Jackson, the man who shot Fischer, was sentenced to 21 years in prison. [269] Gaga says that she wants to revolutionize pop music as Madonna has. Lady Gaga also contributed songs to other films. [221] Gaga launched her vegan makeup line, Haus Laboratories, in September 2019 exclusively on Amazon. [156][157], Gaga had spent much of her early life wanting to be an actress, and achieved her goal when she starred in American Horror Story: Hotel. [89][90] Her collaboration with her past record producer and ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari led to a lawsuit against her production team, Mermaid Music LLC. [201] Gaga's performance was acclaimed by film critics, with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian labeling the film "outrageously watchable" and stating that "Gaga's ability to be part ordinary person, part extraterrestrial celebrity empress functions at the highest level";[202] Stephanie Zacharek of Time magazine similarly highlighted her "knockout performance" and found her to be "charismatic" without her usual makeup, wigs and costumes. An admirer of Cooper's work, Gaga agreed to the project due to its portrayal of addiction and depression. [286] Gaga is a contralto, with a range spanning from B2 to B5. 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That same year Lady Gaga, who also wrote songs for other pop artists such as Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, and Britney Spears, was signed by the singer Akon and Interscope Records and began preparing her debut album, The Fame, which was released in 2008. Lady Gaga has never been married although she was engaged to Taylor Kinney in 2015 on valentine's day after five years of being together, now the relationship is over. Lady Gaga cultivated a devoted following, particularly among gay men (she acknowledged her own bisexuality), who became some of her most loyal fans. Cynthia Germanotta - Wikipedia Lady Gaga - Songs, Movies & Facts - Biography Cynthia Louise Germanotta ( ne Bissett; born August 30, 1954) is an American philanthropist, activist and entrepreneur. [275], Gaga was inspired by her mother to be interested in fashion, which she now says is a major influence and integrated with her music. [285] Gaga combines a variety of music genres, particularly incorporating elements of rock into her pop and dance music. [2] Her parents are Cynthia Louise (ne Bissett), a philanthropist and business executive, and Internet entrepreneur Joseph Germanotta,[3] and she has a younger sister named Natali. [290][291] In summing up her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote: "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind the way she uses her voice. [299], The themes in Artpop revolve around Gaga's personal views of fame, love, sex, feminism, self-empowerment, overcoming addiction, and reactions to media scrutiny. [175][178] She later released a piano version of the album's title track in 2018,[179] which won a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance. Her starring role in 2018's "A Star Is Born" won Lady Gaga critical acclaim as a respected actor. [219] The residency consists of two types of shows: Enigma, which focused on theatricality and included Gaga's biggest hits,[220] and Jazz & Piano, which involved tracks from the Great American Songbook and stripped-down versions of Gaga's songs. The lead single, Shallow, won two Grammy Awards and the Oscar for best original song. Do Friends Call Lady Gaga By Her Real Name - CloudKickerMusic [342] In the following years, Gaga's image was blacked out in reporting of the 91st Academy Awards in China and her appearance was cut from Friends: The Reunion; both incidents received backlash from her Chinese fans. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Fueled by Oscars Gains", "A Star Is Born [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Lady Gaga", "Review: 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack is a five-star marvel", "A Star Is Born soundtrack review instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might", "Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Debuts at No. Is Lady Gaga Married? What's Net Worth 2022? Boyfriend/Husband, Bio [27] They recorded and produced electropop tracks, sending them to music industry executives. Gaga later offered a $500,000 reward for the return of her pets. [362] The foundation's initiatives have included the "Born Brave Bus" that followed her on tour as a youth drop-in center as an initiative against bullying. [449] In May 2021, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Born This Way and its cultural impact, West Hollywood mayor, Lindsey P. Horvath, presented a key to the city to Gaga and declared May 23 as "Born This Way Day." [370], In March 2019, she penned a letter to supporters of the Born This Way Foundation, announcing the launch of a new pilot program for a teen mental health first aid project with the National Council for Behavioral Health. [255] Gaga co-wrote the song "Hold My Hand" for the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick,[256] and also composed the score alongside Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermeyer. [297] Born This Way has lyrics in English, French, German, and Spanish and features themes common to Gaga's controversial songwriting such as sex, love, religion, money, drugs, identity, liberation, sexuality, freedom, and individualism. [78][79][80] Its success allowed Gaga to start her second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, and release The Remix, her final record with Cherrytree Records[81] and among the best-selling remix albums of all time. Lady Gaga's Edge of Glory video", "Lady Gaga Crashes Billboard With 1.1 Million", "Lady Gaga Biopic: 5 Stars Who Could Play the Role", "Lady Gaga's "Marry The Night": Will Facebook Campaign Help It Chart Better? [11][24] They played gigs around New York and became a fixture of the downtown Lower East Side club scene. [365] In 2016, the foundation partnered with Intel, Vox Media, and Recode to fight online harassment. Her contributions to the latter's soundtrack, which spawned the chart-topping single "Shallow", made her the first woman to win an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Grammy Award in one year. [39] Despite securing a record deal, she said that some radio stations found her music too "racy", "dance-oriented", and "underground" for the mainstream market, to which she replied: "My name is Lady Gaga, I've been on the music scene for years, and I'm telling you, this is what's next. [231], Acknowledged by Billboard as the Greatest Pop Star in 2009, with honorable mention in 2010 and 2011, and Woman of the Year in 2015, Gaga has consecutively appeared on the magazine's Artists of the Year chart (scoring the definitive title in 2010), and ranked 11th on its Top Artists of the 2010s chart. [229][230] At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga won five awards, including the inaugural Tricon Award recognizing artists accomplished in different areas of the entertainment industry. [190] Gaga's creation of Joanne and preparation for her halftime show performance were featured in the documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, which premiered on Netflix that September. As per some sources, her net worth is estimated to be around $150 million (134 million ). [258][259] In July 2022, she embarked on The Chromatica Ball stadium tour,[260] which had twenty dates and grossed $112.4 million from 834,000 tickets sold. Interscope music executive Vincent Herbert hired her in January 2008 as a music writer. Her second album, The Fame Monster, was released in November 2009 (it was originally conceived as a bonus disc) and almost instantly produced another hit, Bad Romance. Other popular singles from the album followed, including Telephone (which featured Beyonc, as did a nine-minute video produced by Jonas kerlund starring the pair and referencing Quentin Tarantinos film Kill Bill: Vol. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City,[1] to an upper middle class Catholic family. [243][244] The album's promotional rollout included the television special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, released in November 2021, on CBS, which featured select performances from the duo's August 3 and 5 performances at Radio City Music Hall. [456] In 2019, she became the first woman to win an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Grammy Award in one year for her contribution to A Star Is Born's soundtrack. 3. Children. [34], Having initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance music, Gaga began to incorporate pop melodies and the glam rock style of David Bowie and Queen into her songs. Background. [303] The A Star Is Born soundtrack contains elements of blues rock, country and bubblegum pop. [450], Gaga has won thirteen Grammy Awards,[451] an Academy Award,[204] two Golden Globe Awards,[452] a BAFTA Award,[204] three Brit Awards,[453] sixteen Guinness World Records,[454] and the inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame's Contemporary Icon Award. [176] It was released on October 21, 2016, and became Gaga's fourth number one album on the Billboard 200, making her the first woman to reach the US chart's summit four times in the 2010s. [15], In 2003, at age 17, Gaga gained early admission to Collaborative Arts Project 21, a music school at New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts, and lived in an NYU dorm. Hollywood Life, Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News. What is Lady Gaga's real name? Because of her influence on modern culture, and her rise to global fame, sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina has offered a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame" since early 2011 with the objective of unraveling "some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga". Gaga has become one of the most recognizable figures in pop music, with her outrageous outfits and catchy songs. Her second full-length album, Born This Way (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies in its first week. [217] They ended the engagement in February 2019. [377] She attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered a gay icon. 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It received acclaim from critics, with a consensus that the movie had "appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story". Also, it received the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Video. [49] The video for "Bad Romance" became the most watched on YouTube in April 2010, and that October, Gaga became the first person with more than one billion combined views. [242] The record received generally favorable reviews, and debuted at number eight in the US. [271][272][273][274] She credits Beyonc as a key inspiration to pursue a musical career. She was born in an upper-middle-class family to Cynthia Louise, an internet entrepreneur, and Joseph Germanotta, a philanthropist. [309] Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of "The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time" in 2020, stating that "the name 'Lady Gaga' will forever be synonymous with culture-shifting music videos". Now she's made the cover of Rolling Stone 's annual Hot List issue, and in an intimate interview with the magazine Gaga opened up about her image, her relationship with her parents and the. The album also yielded Lady Gaga five Grammy nominations, including for album of the year and song of the year (Poker Face); she captured two Grammysbest dance recording (Poker Face) and best electronic/dance album (The Fame)and her opening duet with Sir Elton John was among the most talked-about elements of the 2010 Grammys telecast. Although the energetic lead single Applause extended her string of chart successes, the album was perceived as a commercial disappointment. [391][392] She supported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. What Is Lady Gaga's Real Name? Here's How the 'Star Is Born' Actress [57] At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, The Fame and "Poker Face" won Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance Recording, respectively. And although Gaga has explored different monikers for her alter-egos, including Yyi and Jo Calderone, when it comes to representing herself, it's never her birth name it's always some variation of Lady Gaga. She also stayed in character for 18 months, speaking with an accent for nine months during that period. "[292], According to Evan Sawdey of PopMatters, Gaga "manage[s] to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace". Gaga says she was influenced by Osho's work in valuing rebellion through creativity and equality. [172] In September 2016, she released her fifth album's lead single, "Perfect Illusion", which topped the charts in France and reached number 15 in the US. [40] Akon convinced Jimmy Iovine, chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records (a brother company for Def Jam), to form a joint deal by having Gaga also sign with his own label KonLive, making her his "franchise player". [123] The film received generally mixed reviews and earned less than half of its $33million budget. It continued with her performances in the film as well as her stage persona. Evidence-By giving a name, body, and voice to Jo Calderone, Lady Gaga authoritatively challenges notions of masculinity in American culture.Their regular exhibitions of female and sexual . [192] In February 2018, it prompted Gaga to cancel the last ten shows of the Joanne World Tour, which ultimately grossed $95million from 842,000 tickets sold. Her diverse music style is commendable & she has a prolific . 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[397], Gaga was named the "Queen of Pop" in a 2011 ranking by Rolling Stone based on record sales and social media metrics. [234] In February 2021, her dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after getting shot in Hollywood. [18][276] Stylistically, Gaga has been compared to Leigh Bowery, Isabella Blow, and Cher;[277][278] she once commented that as a child, she absorbed Cher's fashion sense and made it her own. [198] Cooper approached Gaga after seeing her perform at a cancer research fundraiser. [193][194], In March 2018, Gaga supported the March for Our Lives gun-control rally in Washington, D.C.,[196] and released a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" for his tribute album Revamp. [280][281] Gaga has also been influenced by Princess Diana, whom she has admired since her childhood. Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Lady Gaga and Bey met first as they appeared in a Thelma and Louise-themed music video for Gaga's 2009 hit single 'Telephone,' which Bey filmed. [118][119][120] In August 2013, Gaga released the album's lead single "Applause",[121] which reached number one in Hungary, number four in the US, and number five in the UK. [346] Hours after the 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, Gaga tweeted a link to Japan Prayer Bracelets. Taking to Twitter during the 2020 election to laugh at herself (and urge followers to get out the vote), Gaga reminded her followers to always double-check they use their correct, state-identified name in their ballot. [11] After the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame New Songwriters Showcase at the Cutting Room in June, talent scout Wendy Starland recommended her to music producer Rob Fusari. [61] Those new songs were also released as a standalone EP on November 18, 2009. [58], Following her opening act on the Pussycat Dolls' 2009 Doll Domination Tour in Europe and Oceania, Gaga headlined her worldwide The Fame Ball Tour, which ran from March to September 2009. Don't call me Stefani ever again" In her acceptance speech, she denounced racism and white supremacy and addressed her social responsibility as a high-profile artist and white woman. [321] When Gaga met briefly with then-president Barack Obama at a Human Rights Campaign fundraiser, he found the interaction "intimidating" as she was dressed in 16-inch heels, making her the tallest woman in the room. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020), which yielded the number-one single "Rain on Me". [308] According to author Curtis Fogel, she explores bondage and sadomasochism and highlights prevalent feminist themes. [105][106] She also embarked on the Born This Way Ball tour in April 2012, which was scheduled to conclude the following March, but ended one month earlier when Gaga canceled the remaining dates due to a labral tear of her right hip that required surgery.