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BACKGROUND INFORMATIONBIRTH NAME Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
BORN March 28, 1986 (age 24)
HOMETOWN Manhattan, New York, United States
GENRES Pop, dance
OCCUPATIONSSinger-songwriter, record producer, dancer, businesswoman
INSTRUMENTS Vocals, piano, synthesizer, keytarYears
ACTIVE 2006–present
MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM The Fame (2008)
MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE “Poker Face” (2008)
LABELSDef Jam, Streamline, Kon live, Cherrytree, Interscope
LIFE AND CARRER
2005-07 CAREER BEGINNINGS
• at 19: signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings.• Before leaving the label, she met producer and composer
RedOne. The first song was produced with RedOne "Boys Boys Boys". The song is a mash-up inspired by "Girls, Girls, Girls" Motley Crue and "TNT" AC / DC.
• The music producer Rob Fusari, Gaga helped to compose some of their early songs.
• Rob, dubbed him the nickname of Gaga, who comes from the song by Queen, "Radio Ga Ga". From that time began to use his nickname as a stage name from being known as Lady Gaga.
• In 2007: gaga was invited to play in the American music festival "Lollapalooza".
• Gaga was hired to write songs for Britney Spears as well as being commissioned to write for Interscope label mates, the New Kids on the Block, Fergie and lasPussycat Dolls.
• The singer-songwriter Akon, recognizing the voice capacity of Gaga, convinced Interscope-Geffen-A & M, Chairman and CEO Jimmy Lovin, to form a joint agreement, holding her as a singer with his own label, Kon Live Distribution.
• Gaga continued its collaboration with RedOne working with him in the studio for a week in his debut album, working on international hits as "Just Dance" and "Poker Face."
2005-07 CAREER BEGINNINGS
2008-2009: THE NEW REVELATION OF POP
• On July 14, 2008 Gaga was released with the song "Just Dance" at Miss Universe 2008 in Nha Trang, Vietnam. It was his first presentation, Gaga was accompanied by two dancers and she wore a black ensemble eccentric, a yellow vest and a red leather Guate, Lady sang the first song from her album "The Fame", "Just Dance" where she received critical positive about your presentation, where his fame began to surface.
• In 2008, Gaga had moved to Los Angeles to work with their record label in order to complete their debut album, The Fame.
• The Fame went to number one in countries such as Austria, UK, Canada, Ireland, among other countries, and number two in the U.S.
• The second single, "Poker Face", released on September 23, 2008.
• He began the tour with them in Los Angeles on October 8, 2008, and lasted until the end of November. His first North American tour, The Fame Ball Tour, began on March 12, 2009, and has received critical acclaim .
• In October 2009, Gaga was awarded the Rising Star of 2009 by Billboard magazine.
• In November 2009 it was announced the launch of The Fame Monster, a disc of eight songs that deal with the dark side of fame, as well as its experience in the course of 2008 to 2009 during his voyage around the world, in which Lyrics are expressed through a metaphor of monster. "Bad Romance" was released as the album's first single.
• On 19 March, former producer Rob Fusari Gaga sued the company alleging that Gaga was entitled to a share of 20% of their income. Gaga's lawyer, Charles Ortner, described it as illegal and refused to give comments.
2008-2009: THE NEW REVELATION OF POP
2010 A NEW DECADE
• In an interview with MTV UK, Gaga said he had begun to work on their third album.
• In April 2010, the video for "Bad Romance" became the most watched video in YouTube history, with 179 830 000 hits in the time of the award, and is the first video from youtube to overcome the 200 million hits.
• On June 20, 2010, the song "Bad Romance" managed to surpass the four million digital copies sold, making Gaga's first digital artist in history to have three singles over four million digital copies sold, just after "Just Dance" and "Poker Face."
MUSICAL STYLE AND INFLUENCES
• Lady Gaga has been influenced by glam rock bands and musicians such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop music artists as Madonna, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson.
• The song of the band Queen, “Radio Ga Ga” is what has inspired his stage name.
• Madonna in an interview with Rolling Stone said she sees reflected in Gaga.
• The reception of his music, his unique sense of fashion and personality are mixed. His status as a role model and as a fashion icon was at times asserted and denied by others.
• Their performances are described as very "entertaining and innovative, in particular, it emphasizes the presentation at the VMA 2009" where the singer pretends to lose blood, which was described by MTV as "amazing.”
PUBLIC IMAGE
ECCENTRICITY• Gaga said and proved that fashion is a big influence on his career.• Lady Gaga created an own production team called the House of
Gaga, which is responsible for inventing and creating many of their clothes, accessories and hairstyles for the stage.
• According to the singer, her love of fashion comes from her mother, and stated that "when I'm writing music, I'm thinking of the clothes I wear on stage.
• In 2009, the singer was nominated by his clothes for two categories in the awards NME Awards, awarded by the magazine Musical America voted NME. The singer as the best dressed, but in turn, was also voted as the worst dressed .
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