Sat 11/21/2009
Lady Gaga, aka Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Why hadn't someone told me earlier that Lady Gaga is Italian American. While VERY Edgy, and Flashy, she showed her talent in song writing, performing, and fashion at a very early age, and then later developed an interest in Philosophy and Civil Rights. Her admission of BiSexuality has made her even more controversial.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
an American recording artist.better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, was born March 28, 1986, in Yonkers, New York, the eldest child of Italian American parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta, at age 11 she was set to join Juilliard School in Manhattan, but instead attended Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school.Playing piano by ear from the age of 4, she went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open mike nights by age 14. At age 17, she gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. There, she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion and socio-political order. She later withdrew from the school to focus on her musical career.is
After being signed to and quickly dropped from Def Jam Records at age 19, she moved out of her parent's house to start performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side. During this time, she was also working at Interscope Records as a songwriter for several established acts, including Akon, who, after hearing Gaga sing, convinced Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine to sign her to a performer deal. Around the same time she started taking drugs, and performing at burlesque shows: Gaga says her father "just didn't understand" at that he could not look at her for several months.
Music Producer Rob Fusari compared her style to Freddie Mercury,and nicknamed her Gaga, after the Queen song Radio Ga Ga, which she then adopted as her stage name.
She relocated to Los Angeles, and her debut album The Fame, was released in August 2008 a critical and commercial success. In addition to receiving generally positive reviews, it has gone to number one in four countries, also topping the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart in the United States. The album's first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", have become international number-one hits, and the former was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, after having opened for New Kids on the Block and the Pussycat Dolls, Gaga embarked on her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball Tour.
Gaga is inspired by glam rockers such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop singers such as Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and Michael Jackson. She is also inspired by fashion, Andy Warhol and Grace Jones which she has said is an essential component to her songwriting and performances. To date she has sold over 20 million digital singles and more than four million albums worldwide.
Gaga appeared semi-nude, wearing only plastic bubbles, on the cover of the annual 'Hot 100' issue of Rolling Stone in May 2009.In the issue she discussed that while she was making her beginnings in the New York club scene, Gaga was romantically involved with a heavy metal drummer. Gaga described their relationship and break-up, saying of it, "I was his Sandy, and he was my Danny [of Grease], and I just broke." He later became an inspiration behind some of the songs on her debut album The Fame. Gaga also stated that she is bisexual and is inspired by beautiful women, stating I'm a free sexual woman and I like what I like. I don't want people I'm saying it because I'm trying to be edgy or underground."
Gaga was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video for "Poker Face" and Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction for "Paparazzi" Gaga managed to win the award for "Best New Artist" while her single "Paparazzi" won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and "Best Special Effects." In October, Gaga received Billboard magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award.[Later she appeared on Saturday Night Live in a comic skit with Madonna and performing a part of her upcoming single "Bad Romance", from her forthcoming album titled The Fame Monster . Gaga attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" on October 10th, 2009, before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. Musical style and influences
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