Biography of Stefani Germanotta
LADY GAGA
1986 to 2004
Lady Gaga was born in Yonkers, New York on March 28, 1986. She is the eldest child to Italian American parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta. At the age of eleven Gaga was sent to join Juilliard School in Manhattan, but instead attended a private Catholic school. She expressed her musical talent at an early age by learning piano at the age of four. Gaga wrote her first piano ballad at thirteen and began performing at open mic nights by the age of fourteen. By the age of seventeen, she gained early admission to the Tisch School of the Arts and studied music. There, she improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art and religion.
2005 - 2007
When Lady Gaga was 19 she signed with Def Jam Records. After three months she was dropped from the label and started performing downtown in the Lower East Side club scene. She began to focus on pop music. At this time in life she began taking drugs and performing at Burlesque Shows.
Lady Gaga got her stage name when music producer Rob Fusari compared her vocal style to Freddie Mercury. He nicknamed her Gaga, after the Queen song 'Radio Ga Ga.' She was thereafter known as Lady Gaga.
In 2007 Lady Gaga collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight. They started playing at downtown venues like Mercury Lounge and Rockwood Music Hall. Later in 2007 Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the American Music Festival Lollapalooza.
Lady Gaga began writing for Fergie, The Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block and Akon's Konvict label. Gaga formed an affiliation with Akon and started to work on her own new material for her debut album with producer RedOne.
2008 - Present
Lady Gaga finalized her debut album The Fame in 2008. She began working with a collective called the Haus of Gaga. The Fame received mostly positive reviews from critics and peaked at number one in Austria, United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland, and number four in Australia and the United States. The Fame has sold over 3 million copies. The single "Just Dance" has topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States. The single "Poker Face" has reached number one in twenty countries.
In October 2008 Lady Gaga started her concert tour with the reformed New Kids on the Block. Gaga appeared as a guest for their song "Bad Girl Now". She began her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball, in March 2009. In May Gaga performed with the Pussycat Dolls in Australia.
Lady Gaga appeared semi nude, wearing only plastic bubbles, on the cover of May 2009 issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Lady Gaga was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Music Awards. Gaga won the award for "Best New Artist" and her single Paparazzi won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and "Best Special Effects".
In October 2009 Lady Gaga received Billboard magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award. She also appeared on Saturday Night Live, in a comic skit with Madonna and performing a part of her upcoming single "Bad Romance", from her forthcoming album titled The Fame Monster. Gaga attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" on October 10th, 2009, before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. Gaga performed a rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine".
In November 2009 Lady Gaga announced the release of The Fame Monster, a collection of eight songs that dealt with the darker side of fame as experienced by Gaga over the course of 2008–2009 while travelling around the world, and are expressed through a monster metaphor. "Bad Romance" was released as the first single from the album. It topped the Canadian and Swedish charts while reaching the Top 10 in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Gaga also announced The Monster Ball Tour associated with the release.
On December 11, 2009, she met and sang the song "Speechless" for Queen Elizabeth II. Lady Gaga was named chief creative officer for a line of imaging products for Polaroid at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 7, 2010 where she commented that she will create fashion, technology and photography products. "I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."
On January 14, 2010, Gaga had to cancel the Monster Ball concert in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to health concerns; she was having trouble breathing in the hours leading up to the show, and paramedics later stated that she was suffering from an irregular heartbeat as a result of dehydration and exhaustion.
2010 Grammy Awards
Lady Gaga rocked the red carpet in a custom-made Giorgio Armani Prive gown at the 2010 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31.
Gaga took home the awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame and Best Dance Recording for “Poker Face”.
Lady Gaga was born in Yonkers, New York on March 28, 1986. She is the eldest child to Italian American parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta. At the age of eleven Gaga was sent to join Juilliard School in Manhattan, but instead attended a private Catholic school. She expressed her musical talent at an early age by learning piano at the age of four. Gaga wrote her first piano ballad at thirteen and began performing at open mic nights by the age of fourteen. By the age of seventeen, she gained early admission to the Tisch School of the Arts and studied music. There, she improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art and religion.
2005 - 2007
When Lady Gaga was 19 she signed with Def Jam Records. After three months she was dropped from the label and started performing downtown in the Lower East Side club scene. She began to focus on pop music. At this time in life she began taking drugs and performing at Burlesque Shows.
Lady Gaga got her stage name when music producer Rob Fusari compared her vocal style to Freddie Mercury. He nicknamed her Gaga, after the Queen song 'Radio Ga Ga.' She was thereafter known as Lady Gaga.
In 2007 Lady Gaga collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight. They started playing at downtown venues like Mercury Lounge and Rockwood Music Hall. Later in 2007 Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the American Music Festival Lollapalooza.
Lady Gaga began writing for Fergie, The Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block and Akon's Konvict label. Gaga formed an affiliation with Akon and started to work on her own new material for her debut album with producer RedOne.
2008 - Present
Lady Gaga finalized her debut album The Fame in 2008. She began working with a collective called the Haus of Gaga. The Fame received mostly positive reviews from critics and peaked at number one in Austria, United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland, and number four in Australia and the United States. The Fame has sold over 3 million copies. The single "Just Dance" has topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States. The single "Poker Face" has reached number one in twenty countries.
In October 2008 Lady Gaga started her concert tour with the reformed New Kids on the Block. Gaga appeared as a guest for their song "Bad Girl Now". She began her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball, in March 2009. In May Gaga performed with the Pussycat Dolls in Australia.
Lady Gaga appeared semi nude, wearing only plastic bubbles, on the cover of May 2009 issue of Rolling Stone magazine.
Lady Gaga was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Music Awards. Gaga won the award for "Best New Artist" and her single Paparazzi won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and "Best Special Effects".
In October 2009 Lady Gaga received Billboard magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award. She also appeared on Saturday Night Live, in a comic skit with Madonna and performing a part of her upcoming single "Bad Romance", from her forthcoming album titled The Fame Monster. Gaga attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" on October 10th, 2009, before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. Gaga performed a rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine".
In November 2009 Lady Gaga announced the release of The Fame Monster, a collection of eight songs that dealt with the darker side of fame as experienced by Gaga over the course of 2008–2009 while travelling around the world, and are expressed through a monster metaphor. "Bad Romance" was released as the first single from the album. It topped the Canadian and Swedish charts while reaching the Top 10 in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Gaga also announced The Monster Ball Tour associated with the release.
On December 11, 2009, she met and sang the song "Speechless" for Queen Elizabeth II. Lady Gaga was named chief creative officer for a line of imaging products for Polaroid at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 7, 2010 where she commented that she will create fashion, technology and photography products. "I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."
On January 14, 2010, Gaga had to cancel the Monster Ball concert in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to health concerns; she was having trouble breathing in the hours leading up to the show, and paramedics later stated that she was suffering from an irregular heartbeat as a result of dehydration and exhaustion.
2010 Grammy Awards
Lady Gaga rocked the red carpet in a custom-made Giorgio Armani Prive gown at the 2010 Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31.
Gaga took home the awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album for The Fame and Best Dance Recording for “Poker Face”.