Birth real name Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Born March 28, 1986 in New York into an American family of Italian descent. As a little girl, she was seriously interested in music, apparently this passion was passed on to her with genes. Her father played in coastal clubs, so music for her was something very common and at the same time necessary for life. At 4 years old, then the future Lady Gaga, she played the piano and recorded the songs of her idol Michael Jackson on her children's tape recorder. As she herself later said, it was her parents who brought up hard work in her. In addition, from childhood, Lady Gaga amazed everyone not only with her hard work, but also with her fearlessness.

From the age of eleven, she studied at the prestigious Convent of The Sacred Heart, where she had to endure the ridicule of her friends more than once. For them, the future Lady Gaga, her passion for music, were not clear. But when a party was organized, it was in the spotlight. At the age of 14, Lady Gaga entered the Tisch School of the Arts at the University of New York and sang at the Bitter End club. Even then, in order to earn the attention of others, she was ready for any provocative actions. This was helped by the shocking clothes she invented. Even the parents were shocked that their daughter visits nightclubs and communicates with people of very dubious reputation.

The beginning of a career and the origin of the name - Lady Gaga (Lady Gaga)

In 2006, the name of Lady Gaga, Lady Gaga, was first heard. It was a pseudonym taken from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga". She then worked with music producer Rob Fusari. It was he who invited her to take this name. The songs that were popular in the clubs - "Dirty Ice Cream", "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich", "Disco Heaven" were written with Rob Fusari. In January 2008, Lady Gaga also became known as a songwriter for Britney Spears, Fergie, and Pussycat Dolls. Lady Gaga continued to compose and sing. It was not only her vocal abilities that were amazed, but also her audio and visual design.

Lady Gaga Costumes

How were her first costumes created? Lady Gaga created them herself, helped only by her own imagination. For the first shows, she did not have enough funds to implement her plans on stage. She herself went from store to store, buying cheap underwear, sequins, sequins. She wanted her show to be perceived and remembered both emotionally and visually. As she herself says, when she performed at one of the first concerts in the bar, it was very noisy, everyone was talking and shouting vying with each other. To silence everyone, she undressed - remained in shoes, stockings and panties - the bar became immediately quiet. So it's not that she learned to shock, she was born to shock everyone at once.

Personal qualities of Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is an unusually confident person. She says that there are people who are born to be stars, and she is one of them. Isn't this confidence enviable? Lady Gaga told about herself that she was a hooligan since childhood, but at the same time, surprisingly to everyone, she studied well. Here is another example for those who are trying to justify their extraordinary attitude towards life in the eyes of others, or to challenge everyone, saying that I am not like everyone else, and at the same time learns badly, as if for evil to everyone, but in fact to himself yourself. Can anyone achieve anything without being able to work from childhood. And Lady Gaga just knows how, since childhood she achieved everything herself, refused the help of her parents, worked as a waitress and danced in a striptease. There were no hard-and-fast rules for her, she was used to choosing her own path, her ideas and achieving them with confidence.

She went to a very prestigious school, but she rejected that purpose and built her life, which is no different from her show. And her show creates the feeling that this is not a simple star, but a star that has eclipsed everyone. During the show, she strives to establish a close emotional bond with her fans, who sing along and repeat the same gestures. She switches from performing a dance number to performing an instrumental ballad, changing costumes more than ten times. And all this is done with high professionalism. She gets ridiculous when she is told - "You work so hard!". To which she always has one answer - “We must work this way! The whole world is looking at me. "

Lady Gaga's attitude to beauty, cosmetology and plastic surgery.
How stressful her days, weeks and months are is indicated by the fact that when asked how many nights in a row she has to go to bed without washing off her makeup, she answers - seven.

By nature, Lady Gaga is a brunette, however, she is often repainted, because the images of reincarnation require it. Therefore, as she herself says, her hair has become much worse, even she often has to be cut due to hair loss. But she recently decided not to use false eyelashes, but only applies eyeliner.

Sometimes she looks very tired - this is quite understandable, her tour has been going on for over three years, without interruption. She can, sitting in the car, close her eyes and fall asleep quickly, and also wake up quickly. Friends and acquaintances, knowing this feature, kindly make fun of it.
How Lady Gaga relates to plastic surgery. This question is indeed, as they say, at. Since Lady Gaga loves to reincarnate and present herself to the public, it is rare enough who can. Lady Gaga herself says that she likes to choose a shell that is perceived by others, but she is against plastic surgery, because she believes that the operation is not only physically traumatic, but also mentally.

What some journalists say about Lady Gaga

As many journalists who had such an opportunity say - to talk with Lady Gaga, she is very well brought up, her speech has good diction, she is fluent in French. But she is a Lady - a former student of a prestigious school from Manhattan. But Lady knows how to quickly switch and become just "Gaga". Stars of such magnitude as her are very rare - that's how they say about her, who managed to personally talk with her.

On stage, Lady Gaga feels free and uninhibited. She says about herself:

I was a unique child.
I play the piano perfectly, I am a great performer.
I am a talented artist.
I am the best singer, my voice is the best.
I am one of the best poets of our time.
I dance well.
I believe that self-confidence is essential.

From all that has been said, it becomes clear that this girl does not hold confidence.

The singer is compared to many other stars, and even accused of stealing other people's ideas and images. But she is not trying to prove anything, she simply says that I am one of them, I was born this way. It combines the influence of disco, electro, glam rock, R&B, Michael Jackson, Madonna. She evokes a storm of delight from her fans. She says about herself that she is perceived as a messenger of freedom (however, she does not explain what kind of freedom she is talking about). She is looking to the future, she has a lot of ideas, and Lady Gaga knows that sooner or later every idea will be picked up.

Not everyone understands the singer, and she knows about it. She would like to be perceived as an escape from reality. Lady Gaga says that she is a tool through which people can find out everything about themselves, and not in order to judge, and not in order to hate, but in order to live life to the fullest! “Now I laugh at everyone…, I got to the very top of the world, I was a girl who was called a whore or a freak at school…” - And most importantly, I achieved everything myself!

Lady Gaga and the fashion industry

Lady Gaga's wardrobe is a desire to stand out from the crowd, to show her own self. Some of her images are simply stunning, and some, like a dress made of meat, are simply shocking. Now, probably in every magazine or on the cover of Lady Gaga. Her gorgeous outfits are no longer surprising. But for designers and stylists Lady Gaga with her reincarnations has received high recognition, she inspires famous couturiers. Her extravagant style defines the style of the modern generation.

She is a favorite of many fashion houses, but she likes to work with little-known designers even with great pleasure, as she tries to support them both financially and morally. On the one hand, you really think that her style of dressing and shocking is dictated by the fact that she attracts those around her (by the way, what is their opinion Lady Gaga is not interested in), and on the other hand, this is her lifestyle, which is dictated by her attitude to her own life, like a show.

When the Nicolas Formichetti collection was shown for the Thierry Mugler brand, there was immediately a stir. After all, Lady Gaga herself will take to the podium! The first model came out in a trouser suit with pointed shoulders, which in the 80s brought fame to Thierry Mugler, the founder of this brand, then other models followed, and only the eleventh came Lady Gaga. She was wearing a long black skirt, a black bra and a transparent bodysuit. Then she appeared all in white and was no worse than professional models. The demonstration continued to the magical music of Lady Gaga.

Glory to Lady Gaga

What does fame mean? Here you should agree with Lady Gaga when she says that the monster of glory can wake up from the inside, and he will change you if you let him. Lady Gaga does not allow such experiments to be made by the monster. This is evidenced by her albums The Fame ("Glory") and The Fame Monster ("Monster of glory"). Lady Gaga not only overcame many temptations, but tries to use her fame for noble purposes. In the life of her parents, nothing has changed since the moment when popularity came to her. But she was and remains a caring daughter who calls her parents almost every day and asks about her father's health (he recently had a heart attack). It's hard to believe, but this is so - Lady Gaga lives in a rather modest apartment and communicates with the same friends that she had before. Isn't it hard to believe that the popular and rich Lady Gaga stays with her friends, lives in a rather modest apartment and does not forget her relatives. Perhaps Lady Gaga is the new image of the rich and successful.

Opinions of different people about Lady Gaga

Some, for example, Elton John call her a bold and talented singer in our modern world, while others try to take advantage of her popularity and even profit from her fame - some say that the lyrics were written with their help, while others wrote the music ... "Actually, I made myself."
"I was born this way."

The star Lady Gaga is the winner of five Grammy awards, 4 EMAs, 11 VMAs, 2 MMVAs, 3 VMAJs.

Her album The Fame (2008) became an international hit and by the beginning of 2010 had sold 13.4 million copies worldwide.
And by August 2010, Lady Gaga's singles sales exceeded 51 million, and albums - more than 13 million.

Lady Gaga - one of the most successful music videos

Outrageous singer Lady Gaga instantly conquered the top of Olympus in foreign show business. She is the recipient of numerous honorary awards, including Grammy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards. Recognized as the most powerful woman in the world by The Times

Childhood and adolescence of Lady Gaga

Stephanie Joanne Angeline Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986 in New York. Father - an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, former musician Joseph Germanotta, mother - Cynthia Germanotta. Both parents are Italian American.

As a child, Stephanie was fond of music and already at the age of 4 she brilliantly played the piano cover versions of Michael Jackson's songs, which she recorded on a cassette recorder. She composed her first composition at the age of 13.

In 1997, Stephanie went to study at Convent of The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School. Her classmates were Paris Hilton and Caroline Kennedy, but, according to the singer, they mutually ignored each other.

At school, the girl was a diligent, disciplined student, while schoolchildren did not like her for her extravagant clothes. And also for the fact that she played in musical groups.

In 2000, Lady Gaga began performing at the Bitter End club. At this time at school, she began to participate in several musicals, which were staged by the students themselves. At the same age, she played in the Regis Jazz Band.

The following year, Stephanie was invited to play in downtown New York clubs with Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand. It was at the age of 15 that the girl first appeared on stage in an ultra-short mini-skirt and bikini. From that moment on, a new, shocking milestone began in the life of young Stephanie.

After graduating from high school in 2003, she became a student at the School of the Arts at New York University. During this time, she moved from her parents to the university dormitory. After completing two courses, Stephanie left the School to pursue stage activities.

Lady Gaga's musical career

In 2006, Stephanie first used the pseudonym Lady GaGa. The story of its creation comes from the song "Radio Ga-Ga" by Freddie Mercury. So she began to call the producer Rob Fusari, with whom she began to collaborate at this time. In his opinion, the singer grimaced in the same way as the great singer in the video. Together with him, the producer wrote several songs, which she performed while performing in New York clubs.

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

At the same time, she signed her first contract with the label Def Jam Recordings, which is owned by the global recording giant owned by Universal Music Group. However, less than a year later, the contract was terminated. In 2008 Lady Gaga signed a new deal, this time with Interscope Records. The bigwigs of show business, producer Vincent Herbert, helped her in this. The girl collaborated with this label as a songwriter. There she became a composer for Britney Spears. She later met rapper Akon, who liked the demo of Lady GaGa's songs. As a result, he signed a contract with her to record an album from his own label Kon Live Records.

The first popularity of Lady Gaga's songs

Popularity came to Lady Gaga after the release in Canada of her first album "The Fame" in 2008. The disc was a commercial success, it topped the charts in six countries, was one of the top ten in the ratings of radio stations around the world. The songs "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" were especially noted.

She gave her first concert after the release of the disc in the fall of the same year. The musicians from the New Kids on the Block group helped her. The following January, she embarked on a European tour with the Pussycat Dolls.

Lady Gaga toured North America on her own in March 2009. In the next few years, she received five Grammy awards, moreover, she was nominated for it 12 times.

Clip Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Alejandro)

Lady Gaga's second album "The Fame Monster" was released in November 2009 and included such singles as "Bad Romance", "Telephone" (recorded by the singer with the participation of Beyoncé Knowles), "Alejandro", "Monster", "Dance in the Dark ".

In the summer of 2010, information appeared in the press that the star had a predisposition to a disease called lupus, which the singer later confirmed. This topic was actively discussed in various sources, but the disease itself was not identified in it.

During the MTV VMA Awards in Fall 2010, Lady Gaga received eight nominations, setting a record for the entire ceremony. At the same time, the Guinness Book of Records awarded her the title of the most popular woman in terms of the number of searches on the Internet. And a month later, the number of views of her video clips on the YouTube channel exceeded a billion, also for the first time in history.

Lady Gaga's second full-length studio album, Born This Way, was officially released in France on May 19, 2011. Three months before this date, the singer began to present singles from this album: "Born This Way", "Judas", "The Edge of Glory", "Hair". Thanks to the internet, the album quickly spread around the world. The star's fans were actively downloading songs.

The next album, Artpop, was released two years after the previous one, in November 2013. Work on it began in early 2012 together with producer Fernando Garibey. In the fall of 2014, Lady Gaga's fourth jazz album "Cheek to Cheek" was released, work on which began back in 2012. It was planned that the release date would be January 1, but in the process of recording the dates have shifted by several quarters. The album was recorded in collaboration with American singer Tony Bennett. At the end of the year, the singer went on a joint tour with Tony in support of the record.

In 2015, at the 87th Oscars, the singer performed several songs from the musical "The Sound of Music", a year later Lady Gaga again performed compositions at the main film awards of the year, as well as at the Grammy ceremony, where the singles "Space Oddity "," Changes "," Ziggy Stardust "in honor of David Bowie. 2016 gave the fans of Lady Gaga the fifth album - "Joanne". The album turned out to be more personal, and the lyrics are filled with the singer's personal experiences.

Lady Gaga at the cinema

The star not only sings, travels around the globe and bathes in glory. She has always been not alien to some theatricality inherent in her clips and performances. Therefore, it is not surprising that Lady Gaga began acting in films. The first film with her participation - "Machete Kills" directed by Robert Rodriguez. True, the film flopped at the box office, grossing only $ 15 million when it was spent 20. And for the role of one killer La Chameleon, Lady Gaga was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in the category "Worst supporting actress."

In 2014, the movie "Sin City 2: A Woman to Kill For" was released, in which the star played a small role as Bertha.

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

At the end of February 2016, the singer appeared in the fifth season of the American Horror Story horror series. This was announced by the producers of the show two years before the premiere. For her role as Countess Elizabeth Johnson, Gaga received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film or Mini-Series.

Lady Gaga's personal life

Until some time, nothing reliable was known about the personal life of the star - it was a set of rumors and gossip. On the set of the video "You and I", the star met actor Taylor Kinney in 2011. A few months later, Lady Gaga began dating Kinney. In 2012, the lovers parted for a while, but then resumed their romance.

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2015, her lover proposed to her, which Gaga accepted. The star shared this news with her subscribers on Twitter. However, in the summer of 2016, the singer announced the breakup. In February 2017, it became known about the relationship of Lady Gaga with her agent Christian Carino, in the summer of the same year, the engagement took place. The girl said in an interview that due to her deteriorating health and a busy touring schedule, the wedding was postponed indefinitely.

Lady Gaga now

Lady Gaga played the main character in Bradley Cooper's debut directorial project A Star is Born, which is a remake of the 1937 film of the same name. The premiere of the musical, where Bradley also played the leading role, took place in the fall of 2018, and at the beginning of 2019 the singer was nominated for Best Actress for an Oscar. In terms of the number of albums sold, she is currently in the lead: more than 23 million records and about 60 million singles have been sold. For these merits, she twice got into the Guinness Book of Records.

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

Lady GaGa actively advocates for gays and lesbians, in America she is called a gay icon. She often goes to rallies in support of sexual minorities, actively protested against the "Do not ask, do not tell" law, according to which US military personnel should not speak about their orientation.

The American music weekly Billboard named her the best artist of 2010. Also, the editors of the publication included her in the list of the best artists of the 2000s, she took 73rd place.

Forbes magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential celebrities in the world. She also took seventh place in the top 100 most influential women, which was compiled by the publication.

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This is the case when almost circus stunts on stage during the performance of a song and outrageous outfits (like a dress made of meat scraps) are just a spicy addition to a huge talent. In the biography of Lady Gaga, there were already so many unusual things (despite her young age) that there seems to be nothing to surprise and shock. But she manages to do it!

Biography of Lady Gaga

In honor of Mercury

A few years ago, her name was inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records - Lady Gaga turned out to be the most popular lady on the Internet (by the number of requests). Her weird stage name can be explained very simply - one of the singer's idols was and remains Freddie Mercury. She drew inspiration from Queen's compositions, and borrowed a pseudonym from the popular song Radio Ga Ga.

In fact, her name is pretentious and pretentious - Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta. She was born to a family of Italian Americans living in New York. In addition to Stephanie, Joseph and Cynthia raised another daughter, Natalie. Stephanie was born on March 28, 1986, her younger sister six years later.

From the earliest years, Stephanie had no temper, and she also fell in love with music selflessly - already at preschool age she mastered the piano. The baby performed compositions of the 1980s idol Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson and recorded herself on a cassette tape. Apparently, she got the genes of her father - he also "sinned" in his youth by participating in musical groups. School biography of Lady Gaga was not easy - she ended up in an elite educational institution (the offspring of the Hilton and the girls from the Kennedy clan went there). And since Stephanie from her youth was distinguished by a “special look” at the fashion and wardrobe of a young lady, ridicule was inevitable.

Even then, the future star sang in groups that performed in clubs, and stood out from the crowd with extravagant costumes and frightening makeup and hairstyles. She became a student at New York University (the school of the arts there), but still shocked her dad by working on questionable shows alongside "exotic" dancers and drag queens.

"God's spark" + theatrical style

The early stage of the creative biography of Lady Gaga is associated with Rob Fusari, a producer who saw in the girl a “divine spark” behind all the external "tinsel". In the same period (2006-2007), the birth of the artist's high-profile pseudonym was also observed. She learned a lot from the creativity of the outstanding representative of glam rock David Bowie and the already mentioned Britons from Queen, so the singer's special theatrical and shocking style was formed, a mixture of pop and rock music and a stage extravaganza.

At the end of 2007, Lady Gaga settled in Los Angeles and worked on her first disc "The Fame", wrote both lyrics and music to it. The album was released in the summer in Canada and peaked at # 2 on the Canadian charts and # 7 in Australia. In the States, it appeared at the end of October and was sold in the first week in 24,000 copies. The single "Just Dance" became very popular - it was played endlessly on all radio stations. In January, he topped the British charts, and there the singer was instantly dubbed "the new Madonna".

Deafening triumph

The warmest welcome awaited Lady Gaga on her debut North American tour, which kicked off in mid-March 2009. The composition "Paparazzi" almost repeated the success of "Just Dance", and then the work on the next disc was in full swing, and everyone just listened to the song "Bad Romance". In 2010, the American received two Grammys, followed by three Brit Awards. In September of the same year she was in for a deafening triumph - 8 (!) Victories at MTV VMA.

Having become the most popular person on the World Wide Web, Lady Gaga soon set another record: her videos on YouTube were viewed more than 1 billion times! Album "Artpop" was released in November 2013 and immediately took the first position in the US Billboard 200.

Also a film actress

Of course, cinema could not pass by such a bright performer. And if for a microscopic role in the parody thrash-action movie "Machete Kills" the actress almost got "Golden Raspberry", then in the sequel to "Sin City" by the same Rodriguez she was great. It is interesting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the main male role in this project, did not really want to work with the singer, apparently having heard enough myths about her outrageousness. But as soon as he saw the skill level of Lady Gaga, he was fascinated by this woman's talent.

Our heroine was one of the lucky ones who appeared in the fifth season of the highly rated American Horror Story show. In the season called "Hotel" she played the main character, the beautiful Elizabeth, who cannot live without human blood.

Lady Gaga's personal life

Successful February in all respects

February 2015 turned out to be very successful for the singer. Firstly, she amazed everyone with her charming performance at the Oscars, and secondly, the star became a bride. So Lady Gaga's personal life will change very soon. Her fiancé is Taylor Kinney, an artist. She first met him in 2011 on the set of her own video. True, happiness did not last so long: in the middle of the summer of 2016, the singer and actress announced that she had broken off the engagement. She's still free!

"Golden heart

Contrary to stereotypes about the "freaky Gaga", the composer, actress and singer is a man with a "golden" heart. She is a philanthropist who does not skimp on donations, actively defends the rights of sexual minorities and is a member of organizations to fight AIDS. Lady Gaga was one of those who actively protested after the presidential elections: she is not satisfied with the conservative Trump. So, it turns out that her "mask" is superficial, behind her lies a vulnerable soul that knows how to sympathize and empathize.

Name: Lady GaGa. Date of birth: March 28, 1986. Place of birth: New York (USA).

Childhood and youth

Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta (this is the singer's real name) was born on March 28, 1986 in New York. When the girl was six years old, she had a younger sister - Natalie Veronica.

Stephanie's family has Italian roots, her parents, Cynthia Bisset and Joseph Germanotta, were businessmen. However, dad in his youth was fond of music, but did not achieve much success. We can say that the eldest daughter fulfilled his dream of fame in the world of show business.

At the age of four, Stephanie already knew how to play the piano and began to sing. According to open sources, around the same time, Lady GaGa began recording her voice on a tape recorder, imagining herself as a pop star.

Lady GaGa in her youth with her sister

At the age of 11, Stephanie was sent to a private Catholic school, where she sang in a jazz orchestra. By the age of 14, Germanotta had already visited the stage of several popular clubs in the city, performing in various bands. By the way, even then she was dressing defiantly, and she behaved accordingly, so the shocking comes from her youth.

However, the girl not only had a passion for music and strange antics, but she also studied well. At the age of 17, Germanotta graduated early from general education and entered the School of the Arts at New York University. However, after two years, Stephanie decided to quit her studies and start a music career.

Youth and first successes

At first, the young singer performed with aspiring performers like her in clubs. By the way, it was at that time that Stephanie decided that she would take the audience outrageously. Soon the producers began to notice the girl, bright in every sense, and in 2006 she agreed to cooperate with Rob Fusari.

Germanotta asked not to identify herself as Stephanie anymore - now she was "Lady GaGa" (in association with Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga"). However, the collaboration with Fusari ended for the singer the following year.

This was followed by contracts with one or another label, as well as attempts to find yourself and your style in a duet with other artists. Among those who influenced her work during that period were both popular rappers and such music icons as Elton John and the Scissor Sisters.

In 2008, Lady Gaga moved to Los Angeles, where she recorded her debut album "The Fame", the material for which she helped to collect the rapper Akon. The disc received positive reviews from music critics, and her songs literally blew up the top charts around the world. ... Glory not only crept up, she descended on the Lady with great force.

Following the success of the album, the singer's first tour started, nominations for various music awards, and at the end of 2009 she was even declared the "queen of downloads".

Perhaps the most popular tracks from that disc are “Just Dance”, “Bad Romance”, “Paparazzi”, “Poker Face” and “Alejandro.” In the same year, the next music release was released - the mini-album “The Fame Monster”. who expected no less success, and now Lady Gaga went on a new tour, which began, by the way, just a few weeks after the completion of her debut tour.

Lady GaGa on tour

The tour lasted almost two years, and at this time the artist learned that she had won the 2010 MTV VMA award in eight nominations alone, and at the same time became the first singer to have more than a billion views of her videos on YouTube video hosting.

Career heyday

In 2011, the singer presented her third disc to the public - "Born This Way". This album, like the previous ones, literally scattered all over the world overnight. In the first week of release alone, nearly two million copies were sold.

Traditionally, the work of the singer was positively appreciated by both critics and listeners, and already in 2012 Gaga embarked on a new long tour.

However, at the beginning of 2013, Lady was forced to cancel part of the concerts due to injury. However, the singer did not waste time in vain and sat down to work on the next disc. The disc "Artpop" was released at the end of the same year and immediately topped the American Billboard 200 chart.

In 2014, Lady Gaga released a new album - "Cheek to Cheek", which she recorded with singer Tony Bennett, and the artists went on tour.

After returning from the tour, she presented her sixth (including EP) and so far her last disc - "Joanne" (2016).

True, the European part of the tour dedicated to this program, which was scheduled for 2017, Lady had to be canceled due to exacerbation of fibromyalgia.

Lady Gaga on stage

Film and television

Despite the busy touring schedule, GaGa finds time to shoot in films. The girl made her debut as an actress in the film Machete Kills (2013), but the film was not popular with either viewers or critics. Moreover, for her work, GaGa was nominated for the Golden Raspberry anti-award.

However, if Lady was upset, then she did not show it, and the next year another film with her participation was released - "Sin City 2: A Woman Worth Killing For". Not that the film exploded rental, but at least critics did not scold the episodes with the singer.

Stephanie's first major role was in the television series American Horror Story. Hotel "(2015). Her partner on the set was actor Matt Bomer, and the audience loved this on-screen couple most of all that season. However, the critics also liked the acting work - for this role Gaga received a Golden Globe. By the way, Lady starred in the next season of the TV project.

In 2018, Stephanie will make her debut in the lead role in big cinema - the film "A Star is Born" will be released in the fall. GaGa will play starlet singer Ellie in Bradley Cooper's first directorial job. By the way, Bradley himself will play the main male character.

“I am so excited to be in my first film with someone I am lucky to call a friend. I've always wanted to act in films, and I'm so grateful to Bradley for helping me make my dream come true! " - admitted the star on Instagram.

Recognition and awards

GaGa is a frequent guest at various awards and ceremonies - not only as a nominee, but also as a guest star. Thus, the singer performed several times at the Oscar and Grammy awards, as well as in the Super Bowl finals.

Lady GaGa is a multiple nominee and multiple winner of, among others, the Grammy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Europe Music Awards.

Interesting Facts

In 2017, the documentary "Lady GaGa: 155 cm" was released, dedicated to the backstage life of the star, which tells about the most personal, including ridicule at school due to her small stature and how she at various times struggled with self-doubt and others psychological problems.

The singer has her own perfume line - Lady GaGa Fame; the artist, together with like-minded people, also organized the release of lipstick, the proceeds of which go to projects to combat the spread of HIV.

GaGa is an active defender of the rights of the LGBT community and has publicly stated this more than once. The girl donates part of the funds earned from musical activities to charity.

The name of Lady periodically flashes in the media not only in connection with the mention of creativity, but also with various scandals - either the star herself will give a reason, then the idle paparazzi will take not the most impartial photos.

But both critics and her fans - "little monsters" - forgive the singer everything, because this does not affect the quality of creativity in any way.

Personal life

Lady GaGa has never been married, although there was an opportunity, and such conversations were conducted.

In 2005, the singer began dating musician Luke Karl, this relationship lasted about three years.

The next chosen one of the singer was the producer Rob Fusari, whom we already mentioned, but the couple broke up at the same time as breaking their working contract.

In 2009-2010, GaGa was in a relationship with creative director Matthew Williams.

In 2011, it became known about the Lady's romance with actor Taylor Kinney. Four years later, the beloved made her a marriage proposal.

However, in 2016, to the surprise of both friends and the public, Taylor and Stephanie announced that their relationship was over. However, the artists remained good friends.

In February 2017, the paparazzi "caught" Lady on her way to bowling in the company of talent search agent Christian Carino, and later they were seen together at concerts and various events.

Lady GaGa and Christian Carino

In October of the same year, the couple officially confirmed their relationship. By the way, the new chosen one is much older than the singer, he is already under 50.

However, neither the Lady herself nor her friends are at all embarrassed by this, and fans traditionally hope for a wedding. GaGa, judging by her publications about her personal life on Instagram, is in love and happy as never before.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga, real name - Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Born March 28, 1986 in New York. American singer, songwriter, producer, philanthropist, designer and actress.

She began her career with performing in clubs, and by the end of 2007, producer Vincent Herbert signed the singer to Streamline Records, which is an offshoot of Interscope Records. Initially, Gaga worked as a staff writer for Interscope, but after Gaga's vocals attracted rapper Akon, she was signed to record an album.

In 2008, Lady Gaga released her debut album, The Fame, which became commercially successful and critically acclaimed. Five singles were released from the album, two of which "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" became international hits, while "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi" had moderate success.

In 2009, the mini-album The Fame Monster was released, which sold out in large numbers like its predecessor. The singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro", released from the album, achieved high sales worldwide. The international tour in support of The Monster Ball Tour has become one of the most lucrative shows ever.

The second studio album, Born This Way, topped the charts in virtually every country in the world and became the second most sold album in 2011. In support of it, five singles were released, four of which became international hits ("Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory") or had moderate success ("Yoü and I"). The third studio album Artpop was released on November 11, 2013.

Lady Gaga signed her first contract with Def Jam, but lost it after 9 months. A year later, she was spotted by music functionary Vincent Herbert and signed to Interscope Records in January 2008, initially as a songwriter. Lady Gaga's material has been used by artists such as Fergie, Pussycat Dolls, and New Kids on the Block. Subsequently, when asked how important her collaboration with the Pussycat Dolls meant for her, Lady Gaga said: “Well, firstly, I generally like girls in lingerie ... it was the work on the songs for them that prompted me to improve on the author's field ".

Among those who were impressed by Lady Gaga's vocal and theatrical abilities was the rapper Akon: he listened to her demo and signed to the KonLive Distribution label. “On the one hand, he seemed to be presenting everything to me on a silver plate, on the other, he helped me to stand firmly on the ground with both feet,” she later said.

In the same days, Lady Gaga met the performance artist Lady Starlight: she used some of the latter's ideas when developing her stage image. The duo began collaborations, particularly on projects such as Lady GaGa and The Starlight Revue (a retro 1970s variety show), where Stephanie played synthesizer. It was during these days that Lady Gaga formed the concept, which she later expressed with the now famous saying: "I write songs for dresses." “The dress here is a kind of metaphor: I just want to say that each of my songs appears - for everything at once: that is, when its complete audio and visual design is already being formed in my imagination,” she specified.

With the direct participation of Akon, Lady Gaga began preparing the authoring material for her debut album with producer RedOne. “He is the heart and soul of my universe ... I met him and he - well, just 150 thousand percent embraced all my talent,” she later recalled. Their purpose creative duet it became - a combination of electro-glam (with elements of the style of Bowie and Queen) with hip-hop melodies and rhythms, but with the preservation of a rock and roll mood.

Among her favorite artists who influenced the sound and style of the album, the singer later named Scissor Sisters.

The first song they recorded "Boys, Boys, Boys", was inspired by Mötley Crüe's hit "Girls, Girls, Girls", which featured elements of AC / DC's song "T.N.T." In August 2007, Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue performed at the Lollapalooza Festival. Here she also received a reprimand from a police officer regarding her "indecent self-nudity." By 2008, Lady Gaga moved to Los Angeles and began work on her debut album, The Fame.

The Fame was released in August 2008 in Canada (where it rose to # 2), Australia (# 7) and some European countries. On October 28, the album was released in the US and debuted at # 17 (24,000 first week circulation), soon topping the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart.

By September 2010, he was in the top 75 UK Albums Chart for a record 154 weeks, beating Oasis's previous record of 134 weeks. In general, it received positive reviews from critics: Times Online described it as "a fantastic mix of under-Bowie ballads, mid-tempo, Queen-style drama, and synth-dance tracks poking fun at rich kids eager for fame at any cost."

The album's first single, "Just Dance", was released on April 8, 2008 and topped the charts in Australia and Canada. In October, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Pop 100 Charts.

Lady Gaga - Just Dance

On December 4, 2008, the single peaked at # 9 on the Russian radio chart, following the success of the Poker Face single released on September 29, 2008, reaching # 2.

On September 6, 2009 Lady Gaga was officially named Queen of Download after being featured in The Official Charts Company’s Top 40 Music Download Chart of All Time (marking the 5th anniversary of the UK company), “Poker Face” was at number 1 (779 thousand), and "Just Dance" - at number 3 (700 thousand).

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

In June 2009, Kanye West announced the upcoming joint tour with Lady Gaga (noting that he is a big fan of her work).

In early July 2009, Lady Gaga's single “Paparazzi” was released; it climbed to # 4 on the UK Singles Chart. During the filming of the video for Lady Gaga (who is called "the most provocative of pop stars" by the Guardian, who posted this video interview) about the history of the creation of "Paparazzi" said: "This song was originally inspired by (police stylized) photographs of some very famous Bond girls. Then I realized that fame is really an art form. So this is a video about three things: death, fashion and celebrity for sale.".

Release The Fame Monster EP took place on November 23, 2009. It did not appear in the charts of many countries (circulations were summed up with circulations of The Fame), with the exception of the USA, Canada and Japan.

The first single from the album was released "Bad Romance": it rose to # 1 in Canada and Belgium, to # 3 in Australia, # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, to # 3 in Britain and became the singer's first single to reach the top of the Russian radio chart. According to the results of 2009, Lady Gaga became the most rotated performer on the Moscow radio air.

The album received somewhat controversial, but overall high reviews from critics: in particular, Simon Price (The Independent), Paul Lester (BBC Music) and Kitty Empire (The Observer) considered it an original, highly eccentric work, not a formal supplement. to the debut album, but having an undoubted independent value.

On January 31, 2010, at a ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Lady Gaga won two Grammy Awards: Best Dance Recording of the Year (Poker Face) and Best Dance / Electronic Album (The Fame).

On February 17, 2010, Lady Gaga became the main heroine of the Brit Awards in London: she won three nominations: Best Foreign Artist, International Breakthrough of the Year and Best Foreign Album.

"Telephone", the second single from The Fame Monster EP, featuring Beyoncé Knowles, topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart (rising to # 3 on the Hot 100) and the UK Singles Chart at the end of March 2010. In March, in an interview with MTV UK, the singer announced the start of work on a new album and that "the core of it is already ready."

Lady Gaga - Telephone ft. Beyoncé

In June 2010, Lady Gaga, in an interview with Larry King on CNN, said that doctors found her predisposition to systemic lupus erythematosus, but at that time she did not have lupus. In the fall of 2010, information about the singer's illness began to be discussed in the press again.

In September 2010, at the next MTV VMA ceremony, Lady Gaga won eight nominations, which was a record for the award. At the same time, she entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most popular woman in terms of the number of searches on the Internet (previously she was Sarah Palin).

In the spring of 2011, it was reported that Lady Gaga had given her song "The Greatest Thing" (which was not included in Gaga's debut album) to the singer. In late summer 2011, the information was confirmed. It was originally planned that Gaga would record backing vocals for the song, but later Cher and Lady Gaga recorded a duet. In early June 2013, Cher announced that "The Greatest Thing" would not be featured on her 26th studio album, Closer to the Truth.

On February 10, 2012 Lady Gaga launched her own social network LittleMonsters. Registered visitors to the resource will be able to share photos and videos with each other, "mark" places and objects of interest to them, and also chat with the singer.

Album release Artpop (2013-2014) was accompanied by an app for smartphones and tablets. Artpop peaked at # 1 on the US Billboard 200, becoming the singer's second album to top the chart, selling 258,000 copies in its first week.

At the end of 2013, the performer, citing creative differences, stopped working with her manager Troy Carter. On March 28, 2014, Gaga's twenty-eighth birthday, the third single "G.U.Y." was released.

Lady Gaga - G.U.Y.

Gaga starred in Robert Rodriguez's film Machete Kills, as one of the characters of the killer La Chameleon. The picture received negative reviews, and performed poorly at the box office. For her role, Gaga was nominated for a Golden Raspberry in the Worst Supporting Actress category.

In 2012-2014, the singer recorded the jazz album Cheek to Cheek with American singer Tony Bennett.

On February 22, 2015 Lady Gaga performed at the 87th Academy Awards, performing several songs from the Sound of Music movie musical.

On June 12, 2015 she sang John Lennon's song "Imagine" to her own accompaniment at the opening ceremony of the European Games in Baku.

On September 18, 2015, the song Til It Happens to You was released. documentary The Hunting Ground (2015) on the topic of sexual abuse on college campuses. The song was written by Lady Gaga herself and Diane Warren. The song received positive reviews from music critics and was nominated for both the 2016 Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media and the 2016 Oscar for Best Song for a Film.

On January 10, 2016, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Movie or Mini-Series for her role as Countess Elizabeth Johnson in American Horror Story: Hotel.

On February 15, 2016 at the Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga honored David Bowie with songs such as: "Space Oddity", "Changes", "Ziggy Stardust", "Suffragette City", "Rebel Rebel", "Fashion", "Fame", "Under Pressure", "Let's Dance" and "Heroes".

On February 28, 2016, she performed at the Academy Awards with the song "Til It Happens to You".

On September 18, Lady Gaga announced the postponement of part of her European tour due to health problems, the singer suffers from a rather rare disease - fibromyalgia.

Lady Gaga's height: 155 centimeters.

Personal life of Lady Gaga:

For a long time, Lady Gaga dated By Luc Carl... Their relationship began even before world fame came to the singer. Information regularly appeared that the singer was preparing with might and main for the wedding with Luke Karl. It was even said that one of the British castles would be the place of the wedding ceremony of Lady Gaga and Luke Karl. But it never came to marriage.

Lady Gaga and Luke Karl

In 2010, there were rumors of an affair between Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie (the latter then had a cooling off period with Brad Pitt).

Jolie's biographer Ian Halperin, who at one time published a scandalous book about Jolie's life with Brad Pitt, claims that Gaga has always admired the star of "Lara Croft" and dreamed of getting closer to her, not only spiritually, but also physically. "She only talks about one person in the world so often - about Jolie ... I think they are two boots." Western tabloids wrote about meeting Jolie and Lady Gaga in an intimate setting in 2010 immediately after the Grammy ceremony.

In September 2011, it became known about the novel between Lady Gaga and the actor Taylor Kinney - The stars of the series "The Vampire Diaries".

The romance between them began on the set of the video "You and I". In this video, Taylor played the singer's lover.

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney

On February 14, 2015, on Valentine's Day, Taylor Kinney proposed to Lady Gaga. In July 2016, Lady Gaga announced that she had parted ways with Kinney.

Discography of Lady Gaga:

2008 - The Fame
2009 - The Fame Monster EP
2011 - Born This Way
2013 - Artpop
2014 - Cheek To Cheek (with Tony Bennett)
2016 - Joanne

Filmography of Lady Gaga:

2011 - "Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden" - cameo
2011 - "A Very Gaga Thanksgiving" - cameo
2013 - "Machete Kills" - the third guise of the Chameleon
2014 - "Sin City 2" - Bertha
2015 - American Horror Story: The Hotel - Countess Elizabeth
2016 - American Horror Story: Roanoke - Scatha