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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (lahir 28 Maret 1986; umur 24 tahun; lebih dikenal dengan nama panggungnya Lady Gaga) adalah seorang pemusik Amerika Serikat. Ia menulis lagu untuk Interscope Records, selain itu ia juga menyanyikannya. Mula-mulanya ia menyanyi di klub-klub di kota New York.
Lady Gaga terutama dikenal karena pakaiannya yang provokatif dan ekstravagan serta pengaruhnya yang besar terhadap selebiritis lainnya. Gaya musiknya diilhami oleh para rocker glam seperti David Bowie dan Queen serta penyanyi seperti Michael Jackson dan Madonna. Ia telah memproduksi dua buah album (satu album dan satu album repackage) berjudul The Fame (2008) dan The Fame Monster (2009). Album pertamanya dirilis pada tanggal 19 Agustus 2008 di Amerika Serikat. Album ini menjadi Album nomor 1 beberapa negara seperti Kanada, Austria, Jerman, dan Republik Irlandia. Setelah itu, ia menjadi nominasi untuk 6 kategori di Grammy Award dan memenangkan kategori Best Electronic/Dance Album dan Best Dance Recording.

Daftar isi

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[sunting]Singel

  • "Just Dance" adalah singel pertama dari Lady Gaga pada album The Fame. Merupakan sebuah debut singel yang sukses secara komersial dan tangga lagu, terbukti, lagu ini mampu menduduki posisi pertama dalam Billboard Hot 100 untuk tiga minggu, namun sebelumnya lagu ini adalah sebuah "Sleeper Hit", yang berhasil menduduki posisi atas Hot 100 setelah 23 minggu. Lagu ini sudah mendapatkan sertifikasi 3x Platinum dari RIAA, menjadikannya lagu dengan penjualan terbaik keempat selama tahun 2009, dibelakang "Boom Boom Pow" dari Black Eyed Peas, "Love Story" dariTaylor Swift, dan singelnya sendiri, "Poker Face", dan menjadi lagu tersukses kedua untuknya saat ini, dibalik "Poker Face". Lagu ini menduduki posisi pertama di 20 negara diseluruh dunia. Musik videonya menceritakan tentang Gaga yang "gila pesta", tidak mempedulikan apapun dan hanya ingin berpesta. Di Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Singles of 2009, singel ini menduduki posisi #3.
  • "Poker Face" adalah singel kedua dari Lady Gaga pada album The Fame. Seperti "Just Dance", lagu ini juga merupakan singel yang sangat sukses, dan merupakan singel tersukses dari Gaga saat ini. Lagu ini berhasil menjadi "World Single of Year" tahun 2009, alias lagu paling laris sepanjang tahun 2009. Di Billboard Hot 100 sendiri, lagu ini pun menduduki posisi pertama untuk satu minggu, dan posisi kedua untuk sepuluh minggu. Lagu ini mendapatkan sertifikasi 3x Platinum dari RIAA, dan adalah lagu tersukses ketiga ditahun 2009, dibelakang "Boom Boom Pow" dan "Love Story". Musik videonya pun tak kalah sukses, membuat Gaga memenangkan 2 penghargaan dalam MTV Video Music Awards 2009, dalam kategori "Best Female Video" dan "Best Video Artist". Dalam ajang super bergengsi Grammy Award ke 52 kemarin, lagu ini sukses menyabet penghargaan "Best Dance Recording", mengalahkan beberapa artis lainnya, seperti pop icon Britney Spears dan superstar Madonna. Lagu ini berhasil menduduki posisi pertama di 36 negara diseluruh dunia. Di Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Singles of 2009, singel ini menduduki posisi #2.
  • "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" adalah singel ketiga dari Lady Gaga dari album The Fame. Namun, singel ini tidak dirilis di Amerika Serikat, namun lebih ke negara-negara Eropa dan Oceania. Dan, lagu ini ternyata tidak sesukses "Just Dance" dan "Poker Face", singel ini hanya mampu bertahan diposisi Top 20 dinegara kebanyakan seperti Australia dan Selandia Baru. Musik videonya bertema gaya 80'an, dan bersetting di Italia.
  • "LoveGame" adalah singel keempat dari Lady Gaga, dan ketiga di Amerika Serikat dari album The Fame. Singel ini mampu mendapatkan kesuksesan yang tidak diraih "Eh, Eh", namun, lagu ini menyimpan kontroversi besar mengenai liriknya yang tidak biasa. Di Billboard Hot 100, singel ini mendapatkan posisi #5, menjadikannya singel Top 5 ketiga dari Gaga. Lagu ini mendapatkan sertifikasi Platinum di Amerika Serikat dan beberapa negara lainnya, serta 3x Platinum di Kanada. Musik videonya sangat kontroversial, karena memperlihatkan Gaga yang beradegan telanjang dan dengan tema "Underground New York" yang keras. Lagu ini berhasil menduduki posisi pertama di 12 negara didunia. Di Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Singles of 2009, singel ini menduduki posisi #25.
  • "Paparazzi" adalah singel kelima dan terakhir dari Lady gaga, dan keempat di Amerika Serikat dari album The Fame. Singel ini berhasil meraih kesuksesan yang sedikit lebih tinggi daripada "LoveGame", namun masih sedikit dibawah "Just Dance" dan "Poker Face". Lagu ini dikenal dan banyak disukai karena beat lagunya yang terdengar lebih slow daripada keempat singel sebelumnya. Di Billboard Hot 100, singel ini mendapatkan posisi #5, menjadi singel Top 5 keempat dari Gaga. Lagu ini sudah mendapatkan sertifikasi 2x Platinum dari Amerika Serikat, dan Platinum di negara-negara lainnya. Musik videonya juga sangat sukses seperti "Poker Face", namun agak kontroversial mengenai isinya. Musik videonya berhasil memenangkan 2 penghargaan 2009 MTV Video Music Awards untuk kategori "Best Cinematography" dan "Best Special Effects". Lagu ini berhasil menduduki posisi pertama di 23 negara didunia. Di Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Singles of 2009, singel ini menduduki posisi #22.
  • "Bad Romance" adalah singel pertama dari Lady Gaga dari album sophomore nya The Fame Monster. Gaga menjelaskan bahwa di album terbarunya ini, ia berubah menjadi lebih garang dan lebih gila sebagai Monster dibanding sebelumnya. Singel ini sangat sukses dan berhasil menyamai kesuksesan "Poker Face" sebagai singel tersukses Gaga. Lagu ini pun lumayan unik karena banyakbridge "ooo ooo ooo..." dan penggunaan synthpop seperti "Paparazzi". Di Billboard Hot 100, lagu ini berhasil meroket sampai posisi #2, namun terhalang untuk melaju ke posisi #1 oleh lagu dariJay-Z dan Alicia Keys yang berjudul "Empire State of Mind" dan lagu dari Kesha yang berjudul "Tik Tok". Singel ini pun sudah disertifikasi 3x Platinum dari Amerika Serikat, serta Platinum dan Gold di beberapa negara lainnya. Musik videonya tidak kalah unik dari video-video Gaga sebelumnya, menceritakan Gaga yang diculik oleh sekawanan mafia Rusia untuk dijadikan budak, namun pada akhirnya, ia sendiri yang mengambil alih dengan menghancurkan kawanan tersebut dan berubah menjadi monster. Lagu ini berhasil menduduki posisi puncak di 28 negara didunia.
  • "Telephone" adalah singel kedua dari Lady Gaga dari albumnya The Fame Monster. Yang unik adalah, dia mengajak serta penyanyi R&B yang telah mengantongi 16 penghargaan Grammy,Beyonce Knowles. Singel ini bercerita tentang seseorang yang tidak mau terus-terusan ditelepon pacarnya. Singel ini reaksi kritikannya sangat positif, dan juga sangat sukses. Sejauh ini, di Billboard Hot 100, lagu ini telah sampai diposisi #3, dan menjadi singel Top 3 keempat Gaga, Top 5 kelima Gaga, dan Top 10 keenam Gaga. Yang menarik lainnya dari singel ini selain kehadiran Beyonce adalah, musik videonya yang kembali dibuat 9 Minute Short-Story seperti "Paparazzi", serta musik videonya adalah sekuel dari "Paparazzi". Dimulai dari kehidupan Gaga di penjara, keluar dari penjara karena Beyonce dan membunuh semua orang di bar, dan akhirnya melarikan diri dari kejaran polisi. Seperti lagunya, musik videonya pun disambut baik oleh para kritikus. Lagu ini berhasil menduduki posisi puncak di 11 negara didunia.
  • "Alejandro" dikonfirmasi akan menjadi singel ketiga dari Lady Gaga dari albumnya The Fame Monster. Kali ini, Gaga akan bereksperimen dengan musik campuran electropop, dance-pop dan europop. Lagu ini menceritakan Gaga yang meninggalkan tiga lelaki: Alejandro, Fernando, dan Roberto. Sejauh ini, di Billboard Hot 100 lagu ini telah sampai diposisi #16, hanya berdasarkan radio airplay saja. Mungkin jika nanti dirilis sebagai singel, lagu ini akan meroket seperti "Bad Romance" atau "Telephone". Video klip dari lagu "Alejandro" berkisah tentang kekaguman Gaga pada teman-temannya yang gay. Di dalam videonya, Gaga tampil dalam beberapa model pakaian, termasuk diantaranya bra berpistol yang mirip dengan bra runcing ala Madonna. Meskipun videonya direspons positif oleh para kritikus, Gaga dikritik karena dalam salah satu adegan di video durasi 8 menit 43 detik ini, ia berpakaian ala biarawati dan menelan kalung rosario.

[sunting]Musik video dari "Paparazzi"

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Musik video dari "Paparazzi" lumayan unik, karena dijadikan 8 Minute Short-Story. Pada awalnya, pembukaan credit card dengan judul "Paparazzi". Lalu disebuah rumah, dapat dilihat Gaga dan pacarnya sedang berduaan dikasur. Mereka lalu pindah keberanda, dimana ternyata diluar sudah menunggu Paparazzi yang menangkap foto mereka berdua. Gaga menyadari hadirnya paparazzi tersebut, dan mereka berdua terlibat dalam argumentasi sampai akhirnya pacarnya menjatuhkan Gaga dari beranda tersebut. Media cetak menyiarkan Gaga sudah tewas, namun belum. Gaga masih hidup dan pulang kerumahnya. Saat dirumahnya, musik mulai bermain.
Reffrain pertama dimulai saat Gaga dengan bajunya yang terbuat dari metal dan besi beserta helm besi. Lalu, Gaga diisyaratkan istirahat dan merencanakan balas dendam dengan pacarnya. Sepanjang lagu berikutnya, Gaga berdandan seperti Rapunzel dan duduk diatas seekor kuda. Reffrain kedua dimulai saat Gaga dan lima penari latar menari disebuah Ballroom, dimana Gaga memakai white long suit dengan renda-renda disepanjang kaki kanan dan tangan kanannya, dan melebar kekepalanya. Reffrain ketiga dimulai saat Gaga menyamar ke kediaman pacarnya, dan sukses membunuh dan membalas dendam kepada pacarnya. Ia lalu meninggalkan pesan kepada polisi, dan ditangkap malam itu juga, dan berhasil merebut kembali "Fame"/ketenarannya, dan mengisyaratkan bahwa ia akan melakukan apa saja agar bisa terkenal. Musik video ini berakhir saat ia bergaya didepan mesin kamera untuk foto para narapidana.

[sunting]Musik video dari "Telephone"

Video ini adalah lanjutan dari video "Paparazzi", dan kembali menjadi 9 Minute Short-Story, bersetting setelah Gaga dibawa kepenjara. Disini adegannya lumayan dimana adegan awal ditampilkan Gaga sedang diborong ke sel-nya oleh 2 polisi wanita bertubuh kekar, dan mereka melucuti baju yang dipakai Gaga hingga ia telanjang. Lalu, selama 3 menit berikutnya diperlihatkan bagaimana kehidupannya dipenjara. Ia menerima sebuah telepon, lalu musik mulai berjalan.
Ia menanyikan chorus pertama dari "Telephone" dengan hanya memakai bra dan celana dalam yang lumayan tipis, sehingga dapat terlihat jelas bahwa tidak ada yang "menonjol" dari bagian bawah tubuh Gaga (hal ini dikarenakan Gaga ingin membuktikan pada publik bahwa ia bukan seorang hermaphrodite, atau berkelamin ganda). Setelah chorus ini selesai, musik kembali berhenti, dan Gaga keluar dari penjara dan bertemu dengan Beyonce dengan mobilnya "Pussy Wagon" (Mobil yang sama dalam film Kill Bill). Setelah terjadi percakapan diantara keduanya, Beyonce menyanyikan versinya dimobil tersebut, dan keduanya sampai disebuah bar dimana pacar Beyonce menunggu. Saat pacarnya lengah, ia menaruhkan racun kedalam kopinya. Racun tersebut membuatnya lemah, sementara didapur, Gaga menyanyikan chorus kedua sambil menari dan menyiapkan sandwich dengan racun yang sangat mematikan.
Gaga lalu memberikan sandwich tersebut kepada pacar Beyonce, dan juga pada semua orang yang ada dibar itu. Semuanya tewas, dan Gaga dan Beyonce menari diantara mayat-mayat disana. Lalu polisi mengejar, dan mereka berdua kabur setelah menyamar dengan kostum gaun sutra dan topi lebar berselendang sutra. Didetik terakhir, saat mereka sedang kabur dengan "Pussy Wagon", terlihat tulisan "to be continued" dan musik video berhenti.

[sunting]Diskografi

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  • The Fame Ball Tour
  • The Monster Ball Tour
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American recording artist. 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 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.
Released on August 19, 2008, her debut album, The Fame, reached number one in the UK, Canada, Austria, Germany and Ireland, and reached the top-ten in numerous countries worldwide; in the United States, it peaked at two on the Billboard 200 chart and topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", co-written and co-produced with RedOne, became international number-one hits, topping the BillboardHot 100 in the United States as well as the charts of other countries. The album later earned a total of six Grammy Award nominations and won awards forBest Electronic/Dance Album and Best Dance Recording. In early 2009 she embarked on her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball Tour. By the fourth quarter of the year, she had released her second studio album The Fame Monster, with the global chart-topping lead single "Bad Romance", as well as having embarked on her second headlining tour of the year, The Monster Ball Tour.
Lady Gaga is inspired by glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Queen, as well as pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. She has also stated fashion is a source of inspiration for her songwriting and performances. Gaga was ranked the 73rd Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard.[1] As of August 2010, Gaga has sold more than 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide.[2][3] In May 2010, Time magazine included Gaga in its annualTime 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In June 2010, Forbes listed Gaga fourth on its list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world; she is also ranked as the second most powerful musician in the world.[4][5]

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Life and career

1986–2004: Early life

Stefani Germanotta was born in New York City on March 28, 1986,[6] the eldest child of Joseph Germanotta, an Italian American internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia (née Bissett).[7][8] 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.[9] At the age of 11, Germanotta attended Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school on Manhattan's Upper East Side,[10][11] 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."[12] An avid thespian in high school musicals, Germanotta portrayed lead roles as Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.[13] 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."[14][15] 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.[16] Referring to her "expressive, free spirit", Gaga told Elle magazine "I'm left-handed!"[17]
At age 17, Germanotta gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts on August 23, 2003 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.[9][18] Germanotta 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.[19] 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.[13]

2005–07: Career beginnings

Gaga (right) performing with Lady Starlight (left) at "Lollapalooza 2007".
Germanotta had initially signed with Def Jam Recordings at the age of 19, although she was dropped by the label after only three months.[20] Shortly after, her former management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed.[21] The first song she produced with RedOne was "Boys Boys Boys",[21] a mash-up inspired by Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls" and AC/DC's "T.N.T."[22] She moved into an apartment on the Lower East Side and recorded a couple of songs with hip-hop singer Grandmaster Melle Mel for an audio book accompanying the children's book The Portal in the Parkby Cricket Casey.[23] She also started the Stefani Germanotta Band with some friends from NYU. They recorded an EP 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.[13] She began experimenting with drugs soon after, while performing at neo-burlesque shows.[10] Her father did not understand the reason behind her drug intake and could not look at her for several months.[10][22]Music producer Rob Fusari, who helped her write some of her earlier songs, compared some of her vocal harmonies to that of Freddie Mercury.[24] Fusari helped create the moniker Gaga, after the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga". Germanotta 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."[25] He explained,
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 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."[25]
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.
Gaga performing at "The Bazaar" in Atlanta, Georgia.
She was known thereafter as Lady Gaga.[22] The New York Post, however, has reported that this story is incorrect, and that the name resulted from a marketing meeting.[16] Throughout 2007, Gaga collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped create her onstage fashions.[26] 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."[27][28] Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", their act was a low-fi tribute to 1970s variety acts.[29][30] In August 2007, Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the American Lollapalooza music festival.[31] The show was critically acclaimed, and their performance received positive reviews.[9][27]Having initially focused on avant-garde and electronic dance music, Gaga found her musical niche when she began to incorporate pop melodies and the vintage glam rock of David Bowie and Queen into her music.[32]
Fusari sent the songs he produced with Gaga to his friend, producer and record executive Vincent Herbert.[33] Herbert was quick to sign her to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, upon its establishment in 2007.[34] She credited Herbert as the man who discovered her, adding "I really feel like we made pop history, and we're gonna keep going".[33] 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 publishing deal with Sony/ATV.[35] As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears and labelmates New Kids on the Block, Fergie, and the Pussycat Dolls.[35] 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.[36] 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[20] and later called her his "franchise player."[37] Gaga continued her collaboration with RedOne in the studio for a week on her debut album,[35] spawning the future singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face." She 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)."[35]

2008–present: The Fame, The Fame Monster and Born This Way

By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles, working closely with her record label to finalize her debut album The Fame.[22] She combined different genres on the album, "from Def Leppard drums and hand claps to metal drums on urban tracks".[20] The Fame received positive reviews from critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it garnered an average score of 71/100.[38] The album peaked at number one in Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland, and the top-five in Australia and the United States.[39][40] Worldwide, The Fame has sold over twelve million copies.[41] 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 Best Dance Recording.[42] The following single, "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.[43] It won the award for Best Dance Recording at the 52nd Grammy Awards, over nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The Fame was nominated for Album of the Year; it won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.[44] Although her first concert tour happened as an opening act for fellow Interscope pop group, the reformed New Kids on the Block,[45] she ultimately headlined her own concert tour, The Fame Ball Tour, which began on March 2009.[46]
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.
Gaga at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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.[24][47] 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 drummer. She 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 The Fame.[47] She was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, winning the award for "Best New Artist", while her single "Paparazzi" won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and "Best Special Effects."[48] In October, Gaga received Billboard magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award.[49] She attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" the same month, before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C.[50][51] Gaga releasedThe Fame Monster, a collection of eight songs that dealt with the darker side of fame as experienced by her over the course of 2008–2009, while travelling around the world and are expressed through a monster metaphor. Her second concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, was announced in support of The Fame Monster and began in November 2009.[52] "Bad Romance" was released as the first single from the album and topped the charts in eighteen countries, while reaching the top-two in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.[53][54] "Speechless", a song from The Fame Monster, was performed at The 2009 Royal Variety Performance where Gaga met and sang for Queen Elizabeth II.[55]
Upper torso of a young blond woman. Her hair falls in waves up to her shoulders. She wears a black shiny bustier and a white wrapping is visible underneath it. On her left hand, just below her underarm, a tattoo is visible.
Gaga performing on The Monster Ball Tour 2010
Gaga was chosen as of one the "10 Most Fascinating People of 2009" by Barbara Walters during Walters' annual ABC Newsspecial. When interviewed by the journalist, the singer went to dismiss the claim that she is intersex as an urban legend, responding to a question on this issue by stating: "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 veryandrogynous way, and I love androgyny."[56] In January 2010, she was named chief creative officer for a line of imaging products for Polaroid, stating that she will create fashion, technology and photography products.[57] The second single from The Fame Monster, "Telephone", which features R&B singer Beyoncé, became her fourth UK number-one single.[58] In March, Rob Fusari sued Gaga's production company Mermaid Music LLC, 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.[59] In August, the New York Supreme Courtdismissed the lawsuit.[60] In April, it was reported that her music videos gained over one billion viral views, becoming one of the first artists to reach this milestone.[61]Later that month, Gaga was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the year.[62] In May, in an interview with The Times, Gaga hinted at havingSystemic lupus erythematosus, commonly referred to as lupus, which is a connective tissue disease.[63] In an interview with Larry King, Gaga confirmed that she does not have lupus but the results were borderline positive.[64]
By March 2010, in an interview with MTV United Kingdom, Gaga stated that she had begun work on her new studio album and already finished writing the core theme of it.[65] Three months later, in an interview with Rolling Stone, she stated that her third studio album was finished but will not be released until 2011. She said: "It came so quickly. I've been working on it 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."[66]She announced the title, Born This Way, during her acceptance speech for Video of the Year at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.[67] She signed a long-term licensing deal with global perfume company Coty Inc. to produce fragrances under her name. The first fragrance is due for release in spring 2012.[68]

Musical style and influences

Lady Gaga "Just Dance"
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Gaga has been influenced by glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Queen,[69] as well as pop music artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson.[70][20][71] The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name, "Lady Gaga".[72][16] 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."[71] Madonna told Rolling Stone that she sees "[her]self in Lady Gaga."[73] 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."[71] Actress and singer Grace Jones was also cited as an inspiration, along with Blondie singer Debbie Harry.[74][75][76]
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.[77] 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."[78] 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."[79] Though her lyrics are said to lack intellectual stimulation, "[she] does manage to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace."[80] Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote that "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy noughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R&B-ish beats.[81]
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.
Gaga has identified fashion as a major influence.[10][19] She considers Donatella Versace her muse.[10] 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.[82] Her love of fashion came from her mother, who she stated was "always very well kept and beautiful."[7] "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."[19] The Global Language Monitor named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark "no pants" coming in at No. 3.[83] 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."[84]
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.[85][86][87][88] Gaga's albums have received mostly positive reviews,[38] 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.[89][90][91] Her role as a self-esteem booster for her fans is also lauded, as is her role in breathing life into the fashion industry.[92] 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.[93] She continued the "blood soaked" theme in The Monster Ball Tour, in which she wears 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.[94] "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.[95] 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?"[96]
Gaga's treatment of her fans as "Little Monsters" has inspired additional criticism, due to the highly commercial nature of her music and image.[86] 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 queens and hip nightcreatures from which she draws her inspiration. But Gaga seems sincere."[97]

Public image

Contrary to her subsequent outré style, the New York Post described her early look as like "a refugee from Jersey Shore" with "big black hair, heavy eye makeup and tight, revealing clothes."[16] Gaga is a natural brunette, however she bleached her hair blonde, because she was often mistaken for Amy Winehouse.[7] She often refers to her fans as her 'little monsters' and got a tattoo with that inscription as a tribute.[98] She has another six known tattoos, among them a peace symbol, which was inspired by John Lennon whom she stated was her hero,[72] and a curling German script on her left arm which quotes the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, her favorite philosopher, commenting that his "philosophy of solitude" spoke to her.[99]
Toward the end of 2008, comparisons were made between the fashions of Lady Gaga and recording artist Christina Aguilera, noting similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up.[10] Aguilera later said she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "didn't know if it [was] a man or a woman."[10] 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."[100][101] 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".[102]
A blond woman speaking on a kiosk. She wears a white shirt and black glasses. Behind her, the balcony of a building is visible.
Gaga delivers a speech at theNational Equality March, October 11, 2009.
Gaga attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered to be a rising gay icon.[103] Early in her career she had difficulty getting 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."[104] She thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBT marketing company with whom her label Interscope works, in the liner notes of her debut studio album, 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."[105] One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo, where she sang her song "Just Dance".[106] In June of the same year, she performed the song again at the San Francisco Pride event.[107] 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'."[47] 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".[108] 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,"[50] similar to her 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech for Best New Artist a month earlier.[109]

Discography

Main article: Lady Gaga discography

Tours

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga

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