Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga, actually Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986 in New York) – American pop singer, songwriter and composer of songs. In 1999-2006 singer Stefani Germanotta Band.
Her stage name Lady Gaga song title borrowed from the band Queen Radio Ga Ga after the music producer Rob Fusari described her singing style as similar to the one presented by Freddie Mercury. Inherent in the stage show Lady Gaga are all kinds of creations, designed by Giorgio Armani m.in, Alexander MacQueen and many other famous designers. As an inspiration for her music, Lady Gaga lists glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Queen, and pop artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna. It is also an artist with many musical awards: 31 January 2010, she won two Grammy Awards (amidst 12 nominations) for the song „Poker Face” and the album „The Fame”, and then three awards Brit Awards in all categories in which she was nominated . In August 2011, won two MTV Video Music Awards, became the first person having in possession of 14 of these awards in just three years, winning three trophies in 2009 and in turn 8 in 2010
Lady Gaga is an artist in 2010 according to Billboard magazine, and took place in the ranking of 73 artists of the decade. Gaga appeared on the list of „most influential people in the world,” Time magazine, and the biweekly Forbes list of „100 most influential celebrities in the world.” Vanity Fair magazine put the singer on the 9th most influential people in 2011, and again went on the list of the magazine „Forbes” occupying 11th place as the highest ranked singer on the list.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born in New York. She is the daughter of Italian entrepreneurs IT industry, Joseph Germanotty pochodzącyego of Lombardy and the assistant at a telecommunications company – Germanotty Cynthia, who is American coming from New Jersey. Both are Americans of Italian descent. It also has a younger sister Natali Germanotta.
As a child, Lady Gaga attended a Catholic school Convent of the Sacred Heart. He started playing the piano at the age of four years. The first ballad composed when she was 13 years old, and a year later began playing concerts in front of an audience. At the age of seventeen he gained early access to New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied music. Developed their writing skills by creating essays and analytical articles on such subjects as art, religion, or politics. After some time, left school. When she graduated she joined twenty years, writing songs for artists belonging to Interscope Records. After leaving the family home Lady Gaga began performing publicly in clubs in midtown Manhattan, along with bands Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand. To change its type stage with rock and roll became interested in pop music
In 2008, the monthly magazine „Rolling Stone” Lady Gaga has officially coming outu as bisexual. It is now recognized as gay and lesbian icon.
Lady Gaga is godmother to Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John – son, Elton John and his partner, David Furnish. A child born surrogate mother (surrogate) at Christmas 2010
2005-2007: The beginnings of his solo career, Lady Gaga
GaGa performing in restaurants in the early stage of his career.
The singer originally belonged to Def Jam when at the age of nineteen years in his office, music director of LA studio Reid heard her singing in the corridor. Despite this, the singer admitted that never personally met Reid. After three months of collaboration Reid Lady Gaga deprived of rights to the contract, breaking it.
Several years later, the artist saw the managerial Interscope director Vincent Herbert and offered a contract with record company in 2008. Surprised by her artistic abilities, the director hired her as a songwriter. Gaga worked with Interscope earlier, when the CEO Jimmy Iovine offered her a contract in early 2007. He offered her a contract on the conditions Gaga along with rapper and record producer Akon. This, when he heard the voice of the singer on one of his recordings, he saw in the artist’s musical potential and Ioviene’a convinced that this has consented to join Lady Gaga to a group of artists associated with the label Kon Live Distribution.
In 2007, Lady Gaga teamed up with dancer Lady Starlight, who helped create her own image stage . The duo started presenting the musical clubs in Manhattan, Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall under the name Lady Gaga and The Starlight Revue. Recognized as the ultimate pop rock burlesque show. The performances were inspired by the culture of the seventies of the twentieth century. In 2007, Lady Gaga and Lady Starlight were invited to the Lollapalooza music festival, where he surprised the audience his wild performance. Show has been criticized however the vocal performance won critical praise music.
At the end of 2007 Lady Gaga started working on material for her debut music album. To this end, Lady Gaga teamed up with music producer RedOne.
In 2008, Gaga moved to Los Angeles, where refining and performs the finishing touches on the recording sessions for the album The Fame. Gaga CD music style described as very diverse. On the album the singer has worked with a team of Haus of Gaga, Germanotta became a muse in terms of clothing, concert scenes and sounds of music. Plate has gained mostly positive reviews from music critics. Reviewer „Times Online” described the album as a fantastic mix of David Bowie ballads, dramatic, Queen-inspired songs fast numbers, which are based in the style of synth-pop. The main single from the album became a composition Just Dance delivered on 8 April 2008, which reached the top of the charts in seventeen countries. One of the countries where the song has gained the status of number one was the United States, in which the work was on the airplay charts in October, six months after the premiere, and gained the summit of the quotations in 2009. On the second single, presenting the work was selected track Gaga Poker Face, which was released on 29 September 2008 and took the tops of the quotations in twenty countries, including almost all those that have the greatest impact on the music industry. Poker Face has become the second track, which took place first on the Billboard Hot 100
Artist’s debut album took the top of best-selling albums in Austria, Ireland, Canada and Great Britain while the fourth position on the Australian quotation. In October 2008, the singer embarked on its first tour with the band New Kids on the Block, where he was tasked to prepare the audience for the show boy band. Sam also gave music in the song Big Girl Now. A series of concerts with the participation of Gaga was completed in November 2008. At the end of October in the American music market has been released album The Fame. It debuted on Billboard seventeenth position Hot 200 with sales reaching 24,000 units. To date, LP, took place as the highest quarters, and he was awarded a gold record in that country . From January to May 2009 she was a singer on tour with the band The Pussycat Dolls, where he played concerts in Europe and Oceania. March 12, 2009 the singer began her solo concert series called The Fame Ball Tour to promote the album in his home country.
September 15, 2010 was released a new version of the Guinness Book of world records, and in it, in the category of most weeks on the chart UK Albums Chart (UK Albums Chart is the official list of the most popular albums in the UK), was the singer’s debut album – The Fame.
A similar success went through the continuation of their debut album, The Fame Monster released in 2009, this album Promotional single Bad Romance, contributed to another success, thanks to this song teledyskowi, obejrzanemu more than 400 million times on YouTube. The second single from the album became the Telephone recorded with singer Beyoncé Knowles, who became a hit, plansując at the third place in the American Billboard Hot 100 Alejandro third song stands out, according to some circles controversial music video. The song reached the top ten in the United States (position 5), becoming Gaga’s seven singles in the top ten. Tour promoting her second album, The Monster Ball Tour officially began on 27 November 2009 and ended on May 6, 2011 roku.Przyniosła profit of $ 227.4 million. According to Billboard magazine record when it comes to leading artists debut tour, which did not reach the one before.
Emitted by a television station HBO, guided tour of The Monster Ball won an Emmy Award. September 10 was another edition of the gala, which once again highlights those who have contributed to the best television productions. The Monster Ball Tour recorded in New York, won the category for „Best Editing photos for a special program” .
October 2, 2010, Lady Gaga appeared on one episode of two tribute concerts of The Plastic Ono Band, organized 1 and 2 October at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate the 70th anniversary of John Lennon’s birthday. Lady Gaga performed, together with works by Yoko Ono It’s Been Very Hard, and The Sun Is Down. At the finale, all the artists invited to this day, including Gaga and Ono, sang together the song Give Peace a Chance
November 26 saw the first concert of Lady Gaga in Poland, which took place at Ergo Arena in Gdansk and attracted audiences of over 12 thousand. people.
25 June 2010 Lady Gaga performed at the 12 ball White Tie and Tiara Ball, organized by Elton John, where he performed a new song You And I, who will be the third album, Born This Way. June 28 for the first time performed the song during his concert tour of The Monster Ball Tour in Montreal.
At midnight, the time an American of December 31, 2010 to January 1, 2011 Lady Gaga announced that on February 13, 2011 Grammy Awards gala will perform the first single from his new album Born This Way, which in turn will be May 23, 2011 .
Released February 13, 2011 Born This Way single, broke another sales record. Within five days of release of „Born This Way” was sold at online stores more than a million times. The single debuted in first place in thousandths quotation charts of the American Billboard Hot 100 Until February 2011 on YouTube the official song was heard for more than 14 million 400 thousand times. Born This Way still persists of the first places of the charts in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, and remained in first place in over 20 countries in the iTunes Store.
Video for the single Born This Way was officially unveiled on February 24, 2011.
The second single from the album Born This Way was Judas. Its publication was held on April 15, 2011, and the release date in Poland accounted for on 18 April on the radio Eska. The video for the song Lady Gaga herself has directed and choreographed helped her create Laurieann Gibson. Gaga takes on the role of Mary Magdalene. In the video episode, there was also an actor Norman Reedus, who played the title Judas. In the interview he confessed that Lady Gaga is very religious, even to the point that she told everyone to pray before filming the next scene. Judas soon reached the charts taking first place on the charts in the U.S., France, Australia, Canada, Finland, Greece, Spain and Sweden.
Simultaneously, May 6, 2011 ended with a tour of The Monster Ball Tour. Gaga gave a total of more than 200 concerts for 2.5 million fans, which allowed The Monster Ball Tour be on the 14th place in the classification of routes of all time. Surely this also influenced to locate her in the first place most influential artists, according to Forbes magazine.
May 9, 2011 at 96.6 KISS FM radio station in the United States premiere of the artist’s new song The Edge of Glory. The song was written entirely by Stefani Germanotta (Lady Gaga). The day after the premiere of the new song was a new number 1 on the list of hits on iTunes and also conquered (although not yet released the music video and single) charts in Greece, Sweden, Finland (taking 1st place), Canada, Britain and France (taking 2nd place), and taking 3rd place on the Billboard Hot 100 The video for the song premiered on June 16.
May 16, 2011 there has been a premiere Hair, which is a promotional single, album Born This Way. The text describes her hair as a metaphor for identity culminating when Gaga sings: I Am My Hair.
May 13, 2011 to sell collector’s version came Born This Way CD containing the album in addition to nine singles, posters and T-shirt. While the standard version of the album was in some stores already in the U.S. May 19, 2011, while the official world premiere, as was announced May 23.
July 5, 2011 the artist on his Twitter said that work on the new tour, which is called Born This Way Ball Tour. Lady Gaga has announced that it intends not only to visit these countries at the The Monster Ball Tour, but also India, Latin America and Indonesia.
15 August 2011 Lady Gaga posted on Twitter entries (in order): F * CK, Thurs, DAY. The premiere single, You And I was scheduled for 18 August 2011, but the video leaked to the Internet, also in connection with which he was released the same day (15 August). A clip remarked: The video tells the story of how I set off on a hiking trip from New York to Nebraska to retrieve my boyfriend. I have no baggage with me, my ankles bleed, the grass comes into my shoes and I’m wearing a very New York, woolen sweater .. She appeared there as GaGaBionic, Yüyi (horn), Jo Calderone (male alter-ego) and its natural, feminine incarnation. Shown there are scenes where it is subjected to experimentation (the message is to show how much you have to go to charity), or where it becomes to tie the knot.
August 24, 2011, the Lady Gaga was nominated for the T3 Gadget Awards 2011 – a plebiscite dealer awards for technological activities. Singer earned by the fact that Polaroid has designed sunglasses that have been a huge success, and the handset Heartbeats.
August 25, 2011, the Lady Gaga has been placed on the list of Forbes magazine’s most powerful women, taking 11th place and ahead of such women like Beyonce and Cher Wang.
September 5, 2011, Lady Gaga was on the list of most influential people prepared by the magazine Vanity Fair. The singer took 9th place in the ranking and is the highest ranked on the list of woman and youngest person located in a statement.
September 5, 2011, the Lady Gaga was nominated for the BT Digital Music Awards 2011 for Best International Artist. Fight for the prize will also Adele, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Eminem.
9 September 2011 new single Lady Gaga – You and I moved up on the Billboard Hot 100 mesh up to 10 from 16 place on the 6th Since the release of „Just Dance” in 2008, Gaga’s singles have sold in more than 35 million copies in the United States alone. Result worldwide – over 90,000,000 songs sold in online stores such as iTunes Store or Amazon. Lady Gaga was also placed on the list of record holders Billboard, with 11 singles that hit the top ten. Beat Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Usher and Paula Abdul, which allowed her to put the on the 4th the spot.
10 September 2011 Nicola Formichetti in New York opened a new boutique. The store has been exhibited many creations that have been designed for Lady Gaga, including the performance outfit at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009, costumes used in the video for the single Judas or the bra with rifles used in the video for Alejandro.
September 11, 2011, the legendary Tony Bennett, together with Lady Gaga created a jazz song „The Lady Is A Tramp”, which is a cover of Frank Sinatra. 20 September to hit stores this album with the title of Tony Bennett „Duets II”, which will include a duet with Lady Gaga. In an interview with ABC station, the artist said that Lady Gaga, could become as big as Elvis Presley.
October 1, 2011 Lady Gaga performed with Sting in New York’s Beacon Theatre, a concert on the occasion of the sixtieth birthday of British artist. The event was also attended by among others Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and Mary J. Blige.