Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter, actress, model, producer, activist, philanthropist, and businesswoman.
She was born on March 28, 1986, in New York to an American-Italian family. Her mother’s name is Cynthia and her father is Joe (he is an Internet entrepreneur), and she also has a younger sister, Natalie. From a young age, Stephanie has been fascinated by music, theater – she has been playing the piano since she was four years old and has been studying music since her first school years. Then he decided to pursue music and singing. She graduated from the private Catholic school for girls in New York “Convent of the Sacred Heart”, where she also studied the famous Paris Hilton.
The Stefani Germanotta Band
When she turned 19, Stephanie made a deal with her father to leave the family home and, if he did not sign a record deal within a year, return to college. She moved to Lower Eastside, rented a small apartment, and started working in three places. He formed the Stefani Germanotta Band and tried to break through through performances in various bars, but soon the band disbanded. Thanks to a mutual acquaintance, she met her first producer – Rob Fusari (since Gaga is already a superstar, he sued her for the copyright of some of the songs). At first, he is skeptical of her, considering the way she dresses. She says that people from her block thought they had a prostitute as a neighbor. Fusari almost finished her first album, but things didn’t work out and only three months later Gaga was fired and depressed. The video for ‘Marry the Night’ is an illustration of this very moment in her life.
Her unusual pseudonym
About her nickname, the singer says: “Actually, I didn’t call myself Gaga. The producer once told me that I am very theatrical when I sing and am on stage. He told me I was a lot of Ga Ga, like Queen’s song. And that I remind him of Freddie Mercury.
From “The fame” to “Chromatica”
she became famous after the release of the album The Fame (2008), which was a huge commercial success and received critical acclaim. The album topped the six-country charts and Billboard’s a dance / electronic music chart. It also reached number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, it was in the top 10. The first single from the album was Just Dance. The title of this single refers to David Bowie’s song Let’s Dance, and is indicative of Lady Gaga’s influence on Bowie. The song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in many countries. Poker Face is an even more successful song. It became number one in over 30 countries and was named the second most significant song of the decade. Paparazzi (“Paparazzi”) is the third single.
Her next album, The Fame Monster (2009), was a similar success. Originally planned as a sequel to The Fame, the album was released on its own. Gaga again works great with RedOne. The first singles were the total hits “Bad romance” – perhaps the greatest hit of the artist, the video won 9 Video Music Awards and was viewed over 1.1 billion times on the Internet, the song itself won many statuettes for the song of the year, Telephone – starring Beyonce, the video for the song is a 9-minute film that follows the events that took place after those in Paparazzi, directed by Gaga herself, and Alejandro (Alejandro).
Her third studio album Born This Way was released in 2011, released on May 23. It has sold over 1 million copies in just one week in the United States and millions more worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of the last 30 years. The album’s first single of the same name, Born This Way, became the fastest-downloaded song in history, iTunes with over 1 million downloads in 5 days. On February 16, Billboard announced that the song had broken several sales records. It is №1 for 6 weeks. Judas is the second single from the album. The song provoked violent reactions due to the biblical content, but at the same time, it was a great success. In the video, Gaga plays the role of Mary Magdalene, and the apostles are portrayed as rockers with motorcycles. The other singles are The Edge of Glory, You and I, in whose video the singer plays a mermaid. An interesting fact is that during the filming of the video, Gaga met her fiancé, actor Taylor Kinney. The latest single is Marry The Night. Gaga shares that this is her favorite song from the album. The video tells about the singer’s experiences on the day she was fired from her first record company.
On September 23, 2014, the singer and Tony Bennett released a joint jazz album called Cheek to Cheek. The idea for the album was born when Bennett met Gaga at a charity event and was amazed by her vocal abilities. He does not hesitate and offers to work together on a joint album.
Lady Gaga’s fifth studio album, announced for 2016 at the Oscars, will be released on October 21, 2016. The singer has worked with composers and producers such as BloodPop, Mark Ronson (produced the hit “Uptown Funk”), RedWan. The album received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Chromatica is the sixth studio album by American singer Lady Gaga. The album was originally scheduled to be released on April 10, 2020, but was delayed by seven weeks – until May 29, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic in the meantime.
Networth, Social Media, and achievements – The first person to sing the space
She is the first person with over 1 billion views on YouTube. On December 28, 2011, it reached and surpassed 2.5 billion views on the Internet. Her video “Bad Romance” ranks 5th in the most-watched videos of all time on YouTube and in 2010 was the most-watched video in the world. Lady Gaga has over 60 million fans on Facebook, over 50 million followers on Twitter, and over 35 million followers on Instagram. She is the first artist with her own social network – LittleMonsters.com, which today has over one million users.
Lady Gaga’s fortune is estimated at over $ 275 million, which she has earned in seven years. According to other sources, it varies between 220 and 295 million dollars. She was named one of the most famous and influential figures of the decade, and in 2011 she took first place according to Forbes magazine. Total and gross revenue for the years compared to July 2015 amounted to over $ 376 million according to the same media agency, except for 2008.
Lady Gaga was chosen to be the first musician to sing in space. The star collaborated with NASA and Virgin Galactic, with the ambitious goal of making the first concert outside of planet Earth. Unfortunately, the flight, which was supposed to be a fact in 2015, was canceled after the spacecraft crashed during a test flight.
