Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born in New York City, New York, United States, United States, March 28, 1986, age 26 years), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American pop singer. After performing in the rock music scene in New York part of the Lower East Side in 2003 and later enrolling in New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, she soon signed with Streamline Records, a subsidiary of Interscope Records. During the initial period Gaga at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and attracted the attention of recording artist Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and signed him to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.
Gaga became famous after the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), both a critical success and commercial and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album reached number one on the album charts of six countries, topped the Billboard Dance / Electronic Albums simultaneously peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and reaching the top ten in the world. His second album, The Fame Monster (2009), a continuation of The Fame, produced two number one singles in various states of "Bad Romance" and "Telephone", so he was allowed to start the second global concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just a few months after the first tour, The Fame Ball Tour. The second studio album Born This Way, released in May 2011, topped the album charts in all major musical markets, after the arrival of her single "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory"-the first single to reach number one in the country around the world and is the fastest selling single in iTunes history, selling one million copies in five days.
Inspired by glam rock artists like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as dance-pop singers like Madonna and Michael Jackson, Gaga is also known in his passion in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including five Grammy Awards and twelve nominations, two Guinness World Records, and the estimated sale of 64 million records. [3] [4] Billboard gave him the title "Best Artist in the Year 2010", and ranked as "Best Artist-73 in the decade of the 2000s". Gaga has been included in Time magazine's annual list, which Time 100 "most berperngaruh in the world" and is listed in a number of Forbes magazine's annual list includes "100 most powerful and influential celebrity in the world" and reached number one in the annual list of "100 most powerful celebrities ".

1986-2004: Early life


Lady Gaga was born as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, an Italian American family of mixed, in New York City on March 28, 1986,  as the eldest daughter of Joseph Germanotta, an internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia (née Bissett). Gaga has one sister, Natali, who was born in 1992.  Gaga is a southpaw (left-handed users)  She learned to play piano from the age of four years old, his first piano and writing songs at age 13 and performed in open mike at age 14 years.  Raised in a Roman Catholic environment,  in Manhattan, the Upper West Side after the family moved there in 1993,  Gaga into the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic school for women in Manhattan, Upper East Side at the age of 11. Due to the wealth ratio between the Upper East and West Side, Gaga regret that he did not come from a wealthy family, stating that her parents "came from lower-class families, so we fight for all-my mother worked from eight in the morning till eight at night outside the house, in telecommunications, and so did my father. " He described the academic life at the school was" very devoted, diligent, disciplined "but also" a bit insecure "as she told in an interview," I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started uncomfortable. I do not fit in, and I felt like a freak. " Acquaintances dispute that she did not fit in at school. "She had a core group of friends: he was a good student. She liked boys a lot, but perhaps her singing was No.. 1," recalled a former high school classmate. 
As a passionate actress in high school musicals, Gaga had a role as the main character (Adelaide) in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.  He also appeared in a very small role as a mischievous classmate in the television drama series The Sopranos in a 2001 episode titled "The Telltale Moozadell".  At age 16, he began to sing and play in front of a live audience and successfully auditioned for the part of the show in New York.  When his time in the Convent of the Sacred Heart end, her mother encouraged her to go on to New York University to study drama and performance-specifically the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21), which is a faculty of the Tisch School of the Arts.  Aged 17, Gaga finally obtain early college and living in NYU dorms on the Road 11. There, she studied music and sharpened skills in essay writing songs and preparing analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion, social issues and politics.  Gaga wrote a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst; research that prepared her for her future career focus in "music, art, sex and celebrity."  Gaga felt that she was more creative than some of her classmates. "Once you learn how to think about art, you can teach yourself," she said. Being part of the audition prestigious appearance, Gaga tried to take and pass the auditions while at CAP21, including the part of the customer restaurant unsuspecting on MTV, Boiling Points, a prank show on television, which is being filmed. However, during the second sophomore year, she withdrew from the school to focus on her musical career. [26] Her father agreed to pay her rent for a year, on the condition that she re-enroll at Tisch if she was unsuccessful. "I left my entire family, got the cheapest apartment I could find, and ate shit until somebody would listen," she said.



Settled in a small apartment on Rivington Street as the summer of 2005, Gaga recorded a couple of songs with hip-hop singer Grandmaster Melle Mel for an audio book of children's books complement The Portal in the Park works Cricket Casey. He also pioneered the Stefani Germanotta Band (SGBand) with some friends from NYU-guitarist Calvin Pia, bassist Eli Silverman and drummer Alex Beckham in September of that year. The band played a variety of songs: some self-written along with some classic rock like Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er".] Playing in Lower East Side bars like The Bitter End and the Mercury Lounge, the band developed a small fan group and attract the attention of music producer Joe Vulpis. Soon after arranging time in Vulpis studio under New Jersey liquor store in the months that followed, SGBand selling mini album "Words" and "Red and Blue" at musical events around New York, became a figure of local clubs in downtown Lower East Side.
While at the peak of their career, SGBand performed at the Songwriters Hall of Fame "New Songwriters Showcase" at The Cutting Room in June where Wendy Starland 2006, singer and model, appeared as a talent scout for music producer Rob Fusari who was searching for a female singer to create a new band. After Starland had informed Fusari of Gaga's ability, he contacted. At this time, SGBand disbanded and Gaga left to work with the music producer in New Jersey where she would go every day to work on the songs he wrote and wrote new material. While we were collaborating, Fusari compared some of her vocal harmonies with Freddie Mercury, lead singer of the band Queen. Fusarilah who also helped create the moniker Gaga, after the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga". Gaga was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she received a text message from Fusari that read "Lady Gaga." He explained, "Every day, when Stef came to the studio, instead of saying hello, I would start singing 'Radio Ga Ga'. It is the opening song. Actual error says, I typed 'Radio Ga Ga' in a text and there was an autocorrect so somehow 'Radio' got changed to 'Lady.' She texted back, "That's him." After that day, she was Lady Gaga. He was like, "Do not ever call me Stefani again." New York Post, however, has been reported that story is not true, and said that the name was generated from the marketing meeting.

2005-07: Early career

Gaga appeared on "The Bazaar" in Atlanta, Georgia
Although the musical relationship between Fusari and Gaga was unsuccessful at first, they soon formed a company called Team lovechild, in which they recorded and produced electro-pop songs and sent the song to some music industry bosses. Sarubin Joshua, who is head of A & R at Def Jam Recordings, responded positively and asked the record company to allow the appearance of her "unusual and provocative". Having entered into an agreement with his boss Antonio "LA" Reid, Gaga was signed to Def Jam in September 2006 with the condition have an album ready in nine months. However, he was released by the label after three bulan.Dengan feeling devastated, Gaga returned to the family home for Christmas as well as getting to know the nightlife culture of the Lower East Side. Becoming fascinated with some of the neo-burlesque shows, Gaga began Go-Go dancing in bars dressed in little more than bikini. She began experimenting with drugs while performing in many shows. "I was on stage with thong clad, with ponytail on top of that I thought I had covered ass silitku, lighting hairspray on fire, Go-Go dancing to Black Sabbath and singing songs about oral sex. Kids would scream and cheer and then we'll all go have a beer. This represented freedom to me. I went to a Catholic school but it was on the New York underground that I found myself. "
Her father did not understand the reason behind his love of the drugs and did not want to look at him for a few months. At that time, he met the artist Lady Starlight, who helped create her dress above panggung.Starlight explained that, upon their first meeting, Gaga wanted to perform the songs that she had recorded with Fusari. As SGBand, the pair began playing music at music venues and clubs of the city such as Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and the Rockwood Music Hall. Their performance art piece known as "Lady Gaga and Starlight Revue." [32] [33] Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", their appearance is an homage to a variety of low-fi musical performances 1970s. [34] [35] In August 2007, Gaga and Starlight were invited to play at the American Lollapalooza music festival. The show was critically acclaimed, and their performance received positive opinion. After he initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance, Gaga found her musical niche when she began to incorporate pop melodies and the glam rock of David Bowie and Queen into her music.
While Gaga and Starlight were busy performing, producer Rob Fusari continued to work on the songs he had created with Gaga. Fusari sent the songs were produced with Gaga to his friend, record producer Vincent Herbert.Herbert executives quickly signed her to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, upon 2007.Dia established in regard Herbert as the man who discovered her, adding "I really feel like we made pop history, and we will move forward. "Having already served as an apprentice songwriter under Famous Music Publishing, which was later acquired by Sony / ATV Music Publishing, Gaga subsequently reaching music publishing deal with Sony / ATV . As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears and fellow label artists New Kids on the Block, Fergie, and the Pussycat Dolls. While Gaga was writing at Interscope, singer-songwriter Akon recognized her vocal abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio. He then convinced Interscope chairman and CEO-Geffen-A & M, Jimmy Iovine to form a joint deal by having Gaga and signed to his own label Kon Live Distribution, and then he called the "franchise player" of his. At almost the year 2007, former management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, who also managed by them. The first song she produced with RedOne was "Boys Boys Boys", the song is inspired from the song "Girls, Girls, Girls" by Mötley Crüe and the song "TNT" work of AC / DC. Gaga continued her collaboration with RedOne in the recording studio for a week for album debutnya.dan also joined Cherrytree Records, an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum, after writing four songs with Kierszenbaum including the single "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) ".


2008-10: The Fame and The Fame Monster


Gaga at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards
In 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles, working closely with her record label to finalize her debut album The Fame. [29] She combined different genres on the album, "from Def Leppard drums and hand claps to metal drums on urban tracks . "[30] The Fame received positive reviews from contemporary critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, the album collects an average score of 71/100. [43] The album peaked at number one in the United Kingdom, Canada, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Ireland , and the top-five in Australia, the United States and fifteen other countries. [44] [45] Worldwide, The Fame has sold over fourteen million copies. [46] The first single "Just Dance" topped the charts in six countries-Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States-and later received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. [47]
The following single "Poker Face" was an even greater success, reaching number-one in almost all major music markets in the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States. [48] It won the award for Best Dance Recording at the 52nd Grammy Awards, and also nominations for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. The Fame was nominated for Album of the Year; album won the Album Electronic / Dance of the Year. [49] Although her first concert tour happened as an opening act for fellow Interscope pop group, the reform of New Kids on the Block, [50] he eventually began a concert tour throughout world of its own, The Fame Ball Tour, which was critically appreciated and began in March 2009 ended in September of that year. [51] On the issue of the magazine's annual "Hot 100" Rolling Stone in May 2009, the cover featuring semi-nude Gaga wearing only plastic bubbles strategically placed. [52] [53]
In this issue of the magazine she said that while she was beginning her career in the New York club scene, she was romantically involved with a heavy metal drummer. She described their relationship and breakup, he said, "I was his Sandy, and he was my Danny [of Grease] me, and I just broke." He later became an inspiration behind some of the songs on The Fame. [53] She was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, winning the award for Best New Artist, while her single "Paparazzi" won two awards for Best Art Direction and Special Effects best. [54] In October Gaga received Billboard magazine award as "New Star of the Year 2009". [55] He attended the "National Dinner" the Human Rights Campaign in the same month, before marching participate in the National Equality March for the equal protection to LGBT people in all matters governed by U.S. civil law in Washington, DC [56] [57]


Gaga performing in 2010 at The Monster Ball Tour
Written during 2008-09, The Fame Monster, a collection of eight songs, was released in November 2009. Each song, dealing with the darker side of fame and personal experience while she traveled the world, is expressed through a monster metaphor. First single "Bad Romance" topped the charts in eighteen countries, while reaching the top-two in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. [58] [59] In the U.S., Gaga became the first artist in digital history to have three singles ( along with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face") to pass the four million mark in digital sales. [60] [61] The song won a Grammy for Best Pop Female Vocal Performance while its accompanying music video won the Best Short Video duration. [62]
The album's second single "Telephone", which features singer Beyoncé, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and became Gaga's singles fourth number one in the UK [63] while its accompanying music video, although controversial, received a more positive reception from critics Contemporary: praising her for "the musicality and showmanship of Michael Jackson and the powerful sexuality and provocative instincts of Madonna." [64] The following single "Alejandro" paired Gaga with fashion photographer Steven Klein for a music video similarly as controversial-critics complimented its ideas and nature dark video, [65] but the Catholic League attacked Gaga for the United States alleged use of Blasphemy (symbol of religious blasphemy). [66] Despite the controversy surrounding her music videos, video making Gaga the first artist to gain over one billion spectacle on the Youtube site. [ 67]
Musically, The Fame Monster has also received abundant success. Equating to the amount of Grammy nominations her debut album, The Fame Monster garnered a total of six nominations. Among the six nominations, won album Pop Vocal Album and earned her tebaik second consecutive nomination for Album of the Year. [68] [69] The success of the album allowed Gaga to start the second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just weeks after the release of The Fame Monster and months after having finished The Fame Ball Tour. [70] After completing the tour in May 2011, the critically acclaimed [71] [72] and commercially accomplished [73] tour ran for over one and a half years and, according to Billboard, generate 227.4 million dollars, making it one of the "highest-income concert tour of all time" and "the highest-income concert tour for new artists". [74] Additionally, Gaga has performed other songs from the album at the show- international events such as the 2009 Royal Variety Performance where she sang "Speechless", a power ballad, in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, [75] the 52nd Grammy Awards where the opening consisted of the song "Poker Face" and a piano duet of "Speechless" and a medley of "Your Song" by Elton John, [76] and the 2010 Brit Awards in which the appearance of an acoustic rendition of "Telephone" followed by "Dance in the Dark" dedicated to fashion designer and close friend Gaga, Alexander McQueen, [77] [78 ]
Enthusiastic about bringing back Polaroid and "combining it with the digital era", Gaga was named Chief Creative Officer for a line of imaging products optic company in January 2010 with the intent of creating fashion, technology and photography products. [79] Her production team, Mermaid Music LLC, sued in March 2010 by Rob Fusari, claiming that he was entitled to 20% of its revenues. Gaga's lawyer, Charles Ortner, described the agreement with Fusari as "unlawful" and declined to comment; [80] Five months later, the New York Supreme Court rejected both claims and filed an appeal with Gaga. [81] In April, Gaga entered the wrong name one of the 100 people baling beperngaruh Time magazine in 2010. [82] While giving an interview to The Times, Gaga hinted at having Systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly referred to as lupus, which is a connective tissue disease. [83] He later confirmed by Larry King that she does not have lupus but "the results are limited to positive" [84] with the television host, Gaga also revealed that she was among several artists who will be opening for Michael Jackson's This Is It tour at the O2 Arena London. "I was actually asked to open a tour of Michael," he said. "We're going to open for him at the O2 and we were working on making it happen." He added: "I believe there was some talk about us, lots of the openers, doing duets with Michael on stage." [85] In November 2010, one month after the singer reported assassination fears, [86] a restraining order issued to a Russian citizen Anastasia Obukhova, who had threatened to shoot himself in the head. [87]
[Edit] 2011-present: Born This Way


Gaga performed the song from Born This Way at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
The second studio album and third major release of Gaga's Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011. She announced the title of the album at his acceptance speech for Video of the Year at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. [88] Described as "the marriage of electronic music with major [...] with a metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, melodic style with antemik twisted dance passionate "and referred to as an album" about what what happened to us at night and what makes us afraid ", [89] He stated," It came so quickly. I've been working on [the album] for months, and I feel very strongly that done now. Some artists take years. I do not. I write music every day. "[90] Giving a sense of love Born This Way to" bad kids going to church that will "who" have fun on a high level ", [91] Gaga describes the new music as" something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or a meat dress "and upon hearing it, Akon said that Gaga will bring music to the" next level . "[92] His arrival followed the release of his first single on February 11, 2011, [93] are shown live for the first time at the 53rd Grammy Awards two days after its release. This song debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at number one became the 19th and the number one song in the history of the charts in 1000. [94] Two other singles, "Judas" [95] and "The Edge of Glory" join released, [96] [97] [98] Judas criticized for references to the character of Judas in the Bible, Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. [99] Both were released before the album, and both in the top ten of the major musical markets. Upon release, Born This Way sold 1.108 million copies in its first week in the United States, debuting atop the Billboard 200, and peaked at 10 on the album charts in other countries. Until now the album Born This Way has sold 6 million copies worldwide. [100]
Lent vocals elsewhere, Gaga paired with Elton John to record original duet for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet. The song, titled "Hello, Hello", was released on February 11, 2011, without Gaga's vocals. Duet version was only featured in the film. [101] [102] He did his job as a fashion columnist for V, where she wrote about the creative process, learning about the world of pop culture, and her ability to tune into the evolution of pop culture. [103] In June to July 2011, Gaga perform free concerts in some Asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore to promote Born This Way. [104] Taiwan even described the July 3, 2011 as "Lady Gaga Day". [105] Gaga also come to Sydney , Australia to perform a free concert the other as he confirmed on The Kyle & Jackie O Show, which took place at the Sydney Town Hall. [106] [107] He continued his musical endeavors, releasing "You and I" as the fourth single from Born This Way, as well as recording songs with veteran artists like Cher and Tony Bennett. [108] The song recorded with Bennett is a jazz version of "The Lady Is a Tramp", [109] while Gaga described her duet with Cher as tracks "massive" and "beautiful", which he "has written the whole time was, and I never put into my album to, for no reason." [110] In the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records, Gaga was listed for Most Followers on Twitter, with over 13 million followers, and her 2008 single "Poker Face" entered the list for Sunday Oldest on U.S. Digital Hot Songs, with 83 weeks old. [111] When asked about the plan next tour "The Born This Way Ball Tour ", Gaga confirmed via twitter account that the next tour will go to Indonesia, Latin America, and India. [112]
In early 2012, Gaga said that the songs for the new album "began to grow" when he worked with producer Fernando Garibay, while touring companion for Born This Way has been realized. [113] [114] The Born This Way Ball Tour begins at 27 April 2012, at the Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea. [115] The tour was met protests from some religious groups who denounced the tour as a follower of the devil and against Christian values, resulting in protests and cancellations in Jakarta, where Gaga denied permission to perform . [116] [117] On May 20, 2012, Gaga was a guest at the end of the 23 season of The Simpsons titled "Lisa Goes Gaga". [118]
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[Edit] Musical style and influences
Gaga is strongly influenced by glam rock artists like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury of the band Queen, as well as dance-pop artists like Madonna and Michael Jackson. [30] [119] Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name, "Lady Gaga". [20] [120] She commented: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen who have had the hit" Radio Gaga. "That's why I love the name [...] Freddie was very unique-one of the greatest figures in the history of pop music." [119] Gaga is also often compared to Madonna. He himself stated that "no one is more adored Madonna fan and loved beyond me. Biggest fan I was, both personally and professionally." [121] Another singer who also inspired Gaga include Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Grace Jones and Blondie singer Debbie Harry. [122] In an interview with Yahoo! Singapore, when she answered a lot of questions from the media, she stated that Cyndi Lauper is someone she admired, and she stated she was the reason her album, Born This Way, more diversified rock music. He also said he wanted the album to be owned by the fans, as they reacted more strongly when I heard the song rock than pop, and ultimately the reason he gave the rock elements in the album. [123]


Gaga wearing a bubble dress while performing on The Fame Ball Tour
Gaga has a contralto vocal range. [124] vocals often draw comparisons with the likes of Madonna and Gwen Stefani, while the structure of her music is said to echo classic pop into the 1980s and 1990s Europop. [125] While reviewing her debut album The Fame The Sunday Times stated "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, [Gaga] evokes Madonna, 'Hollaback Girl' from Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue 2001 or Grace Jone time now." [126] Similarly, The Boston Globe critic Sarah Rodman commented that it draws "obvious inspirations from Madonna Gwen Stefani ... in style kekanakakan [him], the only difference being sturdy pipes and bubble dresses." [127] Although his lyrics is said to lack intellectual stimulation, [128] "[he ] trying to get you moving and grooving at a very fast pace. " Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote that "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash genre, except the music, which is not the 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy naughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R & B. beats [129]
Gaga has identified fashion as a major influence. [15] [26] She considers Donatella Versace as her idol. [15] Gaga has its own production team called the Haus of Gaga creative, which he signed personally. The team created a lot of clothes, stage props, and hairdos. [130] His love of fashion came from her mother, who he said "always keep very well and still beautiful." [9] "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes who want to wear on stage.'s all about all things being equal-performance art, pop art, fashion. To me, it's all coming together and being a real story that will bring a lot of die-hard fans. I want to bring them back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat, taste and lick every part of us. "[26] The Global Language Monitor named" Lady Gaga "as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her clothing trademark" no pants "coming in No.. 3. [131] Entertainment Weekly put her outfits on the list of end of the decade "best", saying, "Whether it's a dress made of stuffed muppet or strategically placed bubbles, Gaga ensembles brought performance art into the mainstream performance". [132]
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Gaga, well-recognized for unfamiliarity, during a performance of "gushing blood" in The Monster Ball Tour
In a critique of the music, fashion and Gaga persona different results. Her status as a role model, trailblazer and fashion icon with alternately confirmed and denied. [133] [134] [135] [136] Gaga's albums have received mostly positive reviews, [43] with critics pointing unique style in pop music, the need for new movements in popular culture, the attention Gaga brings social issues are important, and the inherently subjective nature of her art. [137] [138] [139] Her role as a self-esteem booster for her fans is also commendable, as his role in bringing a breath of life to the in the fashion industry. [140]
The show is described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; particular, blood spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV. [141] He continued the theme of "blood spurting" at The Monster Ball Tour, in which she wore a leather corset and "attacked" by a dancer dressed in black who undermined her throat, causing "blood" to spurt down her chest, after which she lies "dying" in a pool of blood. The scene is at a show in Manchester, England, triggered protests from family groups and fans after a local tragedy, in which a taxi driver had murdered 12 people. [142] "What happened in Bradford is very fresh in people's minds and given all the violence which happened in Cumbria just hours earlier, it's very sensitive. " said Lynn Costello of Mothers against murder. [143] Chris Rock later defended flamboyant, provocative behavior. "Well, she was Lady Gaga," he said. "She's not 'Lady Acting As Your wish.' Do you want great behavior from a person named Gaga? Was that what you expected? "[144]
He later returned to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards wearing a dress comes with shoes, bags and caps-each fabricated from the flesh of dead animals. [145] The dress, named Time magazine as a "Fashion Statement of 2010:, [146] and more widely known as the "meat dress", designed by Argentinian designer Franc Fernandez and received different opinions arouse the attention of worldwide media but calling anger animal rights oraganisasi PETA. [147] Gaga, however, later denied the intent to cause the dress sense respect to any person or organization and wished that the dress be interpreted as a statement of human rights with a focus on those in the LGBT community. [148]
Contrary to the odd style, the New York Post described initially look as like "refugee from Jersey Shore" with "big black hair, heavy eye makeup and tight, and revealing clothes." [20] Gaga is a natural brunette, she was dyeing his hair yellow as he dikelirui often as Amy Winehouse. [9] He often calls her fans as "little monsters" and in a dedication, he has tattooed on "the arm that holds the mic [rophone]." [149] He has six tattoos, among them a symbol peace, which was inspired by John Lennon, which he claimed as his heroes, [120] and writing German twist on her left arm quoting the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, her favorite philosopher, commenting that "philosophy of solitude" spoke to her. [150] Towards the end In 2008, comparisons were made between the fashon of Gaga and recording artist Christina Aguilera that noted similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up. [15] Aguilera stated that she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "did not know whether it [was] a man or a woman. "[15] Gaga released a statement in which she welcomed the comparisons due to the attention providing useful publicity, saying," She's such a huge star and if anything I should send flowers, because a lot of people in America do not know who I was until everything is accomplished. It really put me on the map in a way. "[151] [152]
When interviewed by Barbara Walters for ABC News special annual list of 10 most fascinating people of 2009, Gaga dismissed the claim that she is intersex as an urban legend. Responding to a question on this issue, she stated, "At first it was very strange and everyone kinda said, 'That's really quite a story!." But in a sense, I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny. " [153] In addition to Aguilera's statement, comparisons continued into 2010 when Aguilera released the music video of her single "Not Myself Tonight". Critics noted similarities between the song and accompanying music video with Gaga's video for "Bad Romance". [154] There is also a similar comparisons made between Gaga's style and fashion icon Dale Bozzio from the band Missing Persons. Some consider that the respective images to be strikingly on their clothing although fans Missing Persons note that Bozzio had pioneered the look more than thirty years earlier. [155]
In an interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine published in May 2011, Gaga discussed the recent appearance of horn-like mountain on cheekbones, temples, and shoulders. When asked about the necessary makeup to attach the prosthetics, she responded, "They're not prosthetics, they are my bones." She also clarified that they were not the result of plastic surgery, believing such surgery just a modern byproduct of fame-induced insecurity and he does not subscribe. Further investigation by the interviewer, he states that they are an artistic representation of the inner light inspiration, part of the "performance piece" that is a musical persona, an inevitability to be who he is now. [156] In a view of Lady Gaga's influence on modern culture and fame Globally, sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina since the spring of 2011 organizes a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame" [157] in order to parse "sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga with respect to her music, videos, fashion , and other artistic endeavors ". [158]
Calling Gaga to fans as "Little Monsters" has inspired criticism, due to the highly commercial nature of both music and image. [134] To some, this dichotomy contrary to the concept of outsider culture. Writing for The Guardian, Kitty Empire found that the dichotomy "... allows the viewer to have a transgressive experience without required to think. Essentially [appearance], perhaps, is the idea that Gaga became one with the freaks and outcasts. Monster Ball is where we can all be free. It is outrageous nonsense, as a way of people buying Gaga's music is commercially very tricky. But Gaga seems sincere. "[159] Camille Paglia wrote a cover story" Lady Gaga and the death of sex " (Lady Gaga and the death of sex) on September 12, 2010, in The Sunday Times in which she asserts that Gaga "is more like an identity thief daripida an erotic taboo destroyer, a major manufacturing products which claim to be singing for the freaks, the rebellious and exiles even though it is not none of them "[160]
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In addition to his musical career, Gaga has enhanced repertoire as a philanthropist who has contributed to various charities and humanitarian works. Although it declined an invitation to record a song contribution, [161] Gaga held a concert of The Monster Ball Tour following the 2010 Haiti earthquake and dedicated it to the country's reconstruction relief fund. This concert, held at Radio City Music Hall, New York, on January 24, 2010, contributed revenue received to help fund while, in addition, all profits from sales of products on Gaga's official online store on the same day donated. Gaga announced that an estimated total of $ 500,000 was collected for the fund. [162] A few hours after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011 hit Japan on March 11, 2011, Gaga tweeted a message and a link to Japan Prayer Bracelet (Prayer Bracelet Japan). With the company, she designed a bracelet, with all sales revenue will go to Japan. [163] bracelets raised $ 1.5 million (as of March 29, 2011). [164] Perform at MTV Japan's charity show on June 25, 2011 in Makuhari Messe, Gaga appeared on the show help the Japanese Red Cross to help the victims who suffered from post-earthquake and tsunami. [165] However, attorney Alyson Oliver filed a lawsuit against Gaga in Detroit in June 2011, noting that the sales tax and shipping charges an additional $ 3.99 added to the price band . She also believed that not all proceeds from the bracelets would go to the relief efforts, demanding a public accounting campaign and refunds for people who had bought the bracelet. However, a spokeswoman for Gaga stated claim "not credible" and "misleading".
Gaga also contributes in the fight against HIV and AIDS with a focus on educating young women about the risks of the disease. In collaboration with Cyndi Lauper, Gaga joined MAC Cosmetics to launch a line of lipstick under their cosmetic additional line, Viva Glam. Titled Viva Glam Gaga and Viva Glam Cyndi for each contributor respectively, all net proceeds of the lipstick line were donated to the cosmetic company campaign to prevent HIV and AIDS worldwide. [166] In a press release, Gaga declared, "I do not want Viva Glam lipstick just be that you buy to just help. lipsticks I want this to be a reminder when you go out at night to keep a condom in your purse right next to your lipstick. "[167]
With the performance of the bilingual song "Americano" from her second album Born This Way (2011), Gaga jumped into the debate surrounding SB 1070, Arizona immigration law. She inaugural song for the first time in Guadalajara, Mexico, and choose stop of The Monster Ball Tour in Mexico with her telling the local press that she could not "stand in many unjust immigration laws" in the United States. 
 Defense of the LGBT


Gaga speech at the National Equality March, October 11, 2009
Gaga has many attributes the early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered a gay icon. [169] At the beginning of her career she had difficulty getting radio airplay, and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. I've got so many gay fans and they're so loyal to me and they really lifted me up. They'll always stand by me and I'll always stand by them.'s not an easy thing to create a fanbase. " He thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based marketing company where the LGBT label Interscope works, in the credit record album The Fame, saying, "I love you guys. guys were the first heartbeat in this project, and the support and brilliance means the world to me, I will always fight for community hand gay with my hands and with the incredible team. " One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo, where she sang her song" Just Dance ".  In June of the same year, he performed the song again at the San Francisco Pride event. 
After The Fame was released, she revealed that the song "Poker Face" was about her bisexuality. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she spoke about how her boyfriend tend to react to bisexuality, saying "The fact that I'm into women, they're all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They're like, 'I do not need to have love. I'm just happy with you. '"[53] When she appeared as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2009, she praised DeGeneres for being" an inspiration for women and for the gay community ". [174] He stated that the October 11, 2009, National Equality march on the national mall was "the most important event in his career." When he came out, he left with joy and said "God bless you and bless the gays", [57] similar to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist reception the previous month. [175] At the Human Rights Campaign Dinner, held on the weekend the same as the rally, she performed a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" declaring that "I'm not going to [play] one of my songs tonight because tonight is not about me, it's about you." She changed the original lyrics of the song to reflect the death of Matthew Shepard, a college student murdered because of his sexuality. [176]


Gaga urged the crowd at SLDN refusal policy "Do not ask, do not tell" in 2010
Gaga attended the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards accompanied by four members of the U.S. Armed Forces (Mike Almy, David Hall, Katie Miller and Stacy Vasquez). Everything, under the U.S. military policy "Do not ask, do not tell" (DADT), has been banned from working openly because of their sexuality. [177] In addition, Gaga wore a dress made of meat of animals that died while receiving the award. [145] Gaga wished that the dress, more widely known as the "meat dress", was interpreted as a statement of human rights with a focus on those in the LGBT community adding that "If we do not stand up for what we believe in and if we do not fight for our rights, pretty soon we will have the right as much as the meat on our own bones. "[148] She later released three YouTube videos urging fans to contact their Senators in an effort to overturn the policy. In late September 2010, she spoke at the rally Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, "4the14K" at Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine. The results of the general meeting signifies an estimated amount of approximately 14,000 members issued under the DADT policy at the time. During his speech, he urged members of the U.S. Senate (and in particular, moderate Republican senators from Maine, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins) to vote in favor of legislation that would repeal the DADT policy. After the event, editors of The Advocate commented that she had become "the real fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians, [178] that Barack Obama had promised. [179]