Lady Gaga was born Joanne Stefani Germanotta on March
20, 1986 in New York. She began to play the piano at
the age of 4, learning by ear, and was writing for
the piano by age 13. When Lady Gaga was 17, she was
accepted for early admission into the Tisch School of
the Arts at NYU. Eccentric, flamboyant, and
theatrical, Lady Gaga rose to fame in the New York
underground music scene with outrageous on stage
antics and costumes, and with the dance track
"Beautiful Dirty Rich." Lady Gaga began
working for Interscope Records at the age of 20 as a
songwriter before releasing her own material with her
debut LP. She had previously been signed and dropped
by Def Jam when she was 19. She named herself 'Lady
Gaga' in reference to the Queen hit "Radio Ga-Ga."
Lady Gaga released her debut LP The
Fame
(available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Gaga topped the Canadian singles chart for 5
weeks with "Just Dance."
Lady Gaga hit the Top 40 with Colby O'Donis with
"Just Dance" (available for download
at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Gaga topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums
chart with The
Fame.
Lady Gaga hit the Top 10 with "Just Dance."
Lady Gaga topped the Canadian singles chart with
"Poker Face."
By the end of the year, Lady Gaga had topped the
single charts in Australia with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face."
Lady Gaga topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart,
Billboard Pop 100 chart, Billboard Pop 100 Airplay
chart, Top Digital Tracks chart, and Top Digital
Songs chart with "Just Dance."
Lady Gaga hit #1 for 3 weeks with "Just Dance."
Lady Gaga topped the UK singles chart with "Just Dance."
Lady Gaga topped the Canadian LP chart with The
Fame.
Lady Gaga hit the Top 40 with "Poker Face" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Gaga was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
("Just Dance" with Colby
O'Donis).
Lady Gaga topped the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
chart and Hot Dance Club Play chart for a week with
"Poker Face"
Lady Gaga hit the Top 10 with "Poker Face."
Lady Gaga topped the UK singles chart with "Poker Face."
The
Fame was
certified gold.
Lady Gaga topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Pop 100
chart, Mainstrem Top 40 chart, Hot Digital Tracks
chart, and Hot Digital Songs chart with "Poker Face."
Lady Gaga hit #1 for 6 weeks with "Poker Face."
Lady Gaga topped the UK LP charts with The
Fame.
Lady Gaga hit the Top 40 with "Lovegame" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
The
Fame was
certified platinum.
Lady Gaga hit the Top 10 with "Lovegame."
Lady Gaga appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Lady Gaga hit #1 for 3 weeks with "Lovegame."
Lady Gaga topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40
chart and Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Lovegame."
Lady Gaga hit the Top 40 with "Paparazzi" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Gaga won a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, and the video for "Paparazzi" won for Best
Art Direction
and Best Special Effects - the video for "Poker Face" was also nominated for Video of the Year, Best Female Video, and Best
Pop Video, and
the video for "Paparazzi" was also nominated for Best Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. Lady Gaga performed at the
ceremony.
Lady Gaga hit the Top 10 with "Paparazzi."
Lady Gaga performed on Saturday Night Live.
Lady Gaga hit the Top 40 with "Bad Romance" (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
Lady Gaga hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Paparazzi."
Lady Gaga won a MTV Europe Music Award for Best New
Act.
Lady Gaga topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart, Radio
Songs chart, and Dance Club Play Songs chart with
"Paparazzi."
Lady Gaga topped the Canadian Hot 100 with "Bad Romance"
Lady Gaga was nominated for 3 American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Favorite
Pop/Rock Female Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (The
Fame).
Lady Gaga will release The
Fame Monster on November 24th - the set will include
her debut LP and 8 new songs.
