2. INTRODUCTION
• Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born March 28, 1986.
Her most recognisable name is ‘Lady Gaga’, she is an American
singer, songwriter and actress.
• In addition she is popular modern recording artist, she is
known for experimenting with new musical ideas and images
and for her unconventionality and provocative work.
3. EARLY LIFE
• Stefani was born at the Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattans Upper East Side to a
Catholic family.
• Her parents are Cynthia Louise and Joseph Germanotta and has a younger sister
named Natali. They were a from a lower-class family and worked hard for everything.
She considered herself a misfit among her peers and was mocked for "being either too
provocative or too eccentric”.
• Gaga began to play the piano at the age of four when her mother insisted she become
"a cultured young woman", taking lessons and practicing the instrument throughout
her childhood. The lessons taught her to create music by ear, which she preferred over
reading sheet music and practiced professionally. The singer's parents encouraged
4. CAREER BEGINNING
• In 2005, Gaga recorded two songs with hip-hop singer In 2005, Gaga recorded two
songs with hip-hop singer Grandmaster Melle Mel for an audio book accompanying
Cricket Casey’s children’s book The Portal in the Park. In addition she formed a band
called the Stefani Germanotta Band with friends, they would often play gigs around New
York.
• In 2005, Lady Gaga was briefly signed by Def Jam Records, but was dropped just months
later. Being dropped by the label propelled the singer to perform on her own in clubs
and venues on New York City's Lower East Side. There, she collaborated with several
rock bands, and began her experimentation with fashion.
• In 2007, at the age of 20, Gaga began work at Interscope Records as a songwriter for
other artists on the label, including Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls. R&B singer
Akon discovered Gaga while performing a burlesque show that she created, called ‘Lady
Gaga and the Starlight Revenue.’ Akon signed the performer to his label.
• In 2007, she recorded her debut album, The Fame, it received positive reviews and was
successful in the US.
5. THE FAME
• The Fame is the debut studio album by Lady Gaga, and is the most
popular album she has ever released.
• It was available on August 19, 2008 through Interscope Records
• The Fame is a synth-pop and dance-pop album that has influences
of pop music from the 1980s.
• The Fame became the fifth best-selling album of 2009. It has sold
4.7 million copies in the United States as of April 2016 and is the
seventh best-selling digital album in history. The album had sold
15 million copies worldwide as of November 2010.
6. STUDIO ALBUMS
• The Fame - 2008
• Born this way - 2011
• Artpop - 2013
• Cheek to Cheek - 2014
• Joanne - 2016
8. 2017 (PRESENT)
• Gaga performed as the headlining act during the Super Bowl
halftime show on February 5, 2017. It attracted 117.5 million
viewers in the United States, exceeding the game's total of 113.3
million viewers. The performance led to a surge of 410,000 song
downloads in the United States for Gaga and earned her an
Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Special Class
Program category.
• In April, the singer headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival. She also released a standalone-single, ’The Cure’, which
reached the top 10 in Australia and France. In August, Gaga
began the Joanne World Tour which she announced after the
Super Bowl halftime show, the tour is expected to finish in 2018.
• The singer will star in and create new music for ‘A Star is Born’, a
remake of the 1937 musical drama film of the same name. It is
set to be released in May 2018. Her character is a woman named
Ally whose romance with singer Jackson Maine (played by
Cooper) becomes strained after her career begins to overshadow
his.
