Biography
Lady Gaga forever changed the music industry with one sweep of her "disco stick. " The New York-born singer, songwriter and musician blurred the line between performance art and pop music while simultaneously achieving a meteoric rise to fame. Her platinum-selling debut album, aptly titled The Fame (2008), yielded club anthems such as "Just Dance" and "Poker Face," while her brazen attitude, intergalactic fashion sense, and unconventional …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Released her third album Born This Way | |
2009 | Released second studio album The Fame Monster, which included the hit single "Bad Romance" | |
2008 | Collaborated with RedOne on her debut album The Fame, which included the hit singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face"; earned a total of six Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year | |
| Hired by Sony and Interscope records to write songs for artists such as Britney Spears, Fergie and the Pussycat Dolls | ||
2007 | Performed at the Lollapalooza music festival with Lady Starlight | |
2007 | Met artist and clothing designer Lady Starlight, whom she collaborated with on the performance art piece "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue," a burlesque style show | |
2006 | Interscope signed Lady Gaga to a recording contract shortly after her 20th birthday | |
| Fusari helped her create the stage name Lady Gaga after the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" | ||
| Formed the Stefani Germanotta Band with some friends from NYU | ||
| Produced first single with RedOne, "Boys Boys Boys" | ||
| Met music producers and future collaborators RedOne and Rob Fusari | ||
2005 | Signed with Def Jam Recordings at the age of 19 after their Chairman and CEO L. A. Reid heard her singing; was dropped from the label three months later | |
| Wrote her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open mic nights by age 14 | ||
Awards
2011 | Grammy Award for Album Of The Year |
2011 | Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance |
2011 | Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album |
2011 | Critics' Choice Award for Best Song in Gnomeo & Juliet |
2010 | Grammy Award for Album Of The Year |
2010 | Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording |
2010 | Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance |
2010 | Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals |
2010 | Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album |
2009 | Grammy Award for Album Of The Year |
2009 | Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording |
2009 | Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album |
2009 | Grammy Award for Record Of The Year |
2009 | Grammy Award for Song Of The Year |