Overall Facts about Lady Gaga

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• Her birth name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. She got the name "Lady Gaga" from her manager, as a reference to a Queen Song called "Radio Ga Ga."
• She was born March 28, 1986
• She is an American pop singer
• Lady Gaga—rather, Stefani—appeared on the MTV reality show "Boiling Points" in 2005, with normal clothing and as a brunette! She was unable to keep her cool, and failed to win $100.
• Lady Gaga dropped out of NYU. After leaving school, she performed in burlesque shows on the Lower East Side of New York.
• She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003
• Lady Gaga enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
• Gaga attended the same private Manhattan high school as Nicky and Paris Hilton. She has stated in interviews that she only knew the girls to pass them in the halls.
• She was originally hired by a record label to write songs for other artists. She now writes her own music, and also produces many of her own songs.
• She signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Inters cope Records
• During her early time at Inters cope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and signed her to his own label, Kon Live Distribution
• Even in 2006, Lady Gaga was performing in New York City clubs with the Stefani Germanotta Band, or SGBand. Video footage shows her wearing a normal shirt and pants!
• Gaga also appeared on a 2008 episode of "The Hills." Before a performance, her broken cat-suit zipper was fixed by Whitney Port and Lauren Conrad.
• Released on August 19, 2008, her debut album, 'The Fame' reached number one in the UK, Canada, Austria, Germany and Ireland as well as accomplishing positions within the top-ten in numerous countries worldwide; in the United States, it peaked at number two on the 'Billboard 200' Chart.
• In early 2009, she embarked on her first headlining tour, The Fame Ball Tour
• By the fourth quarter of the 2009, she had released her second album, The Fame Monster
• Lady Gaga is inspired by glam rocks stars such as David Bowie and Queen as well as Madonna and Michael Jackson
• According to an interview with "Rolling Stone," Gaga goes pants-less so that her nearly-blind grandmother will be able to see her when she is on television. Lady Gaga is quoted as saying that her grandmother is able to make out "lighter parts" of her. She said, "I'll continue to wear no pants, even on television, so that my grandma can see me."
• She has also stated fashion is a source of inspiration for her songwriting and performances
• Gaga was ranked the 73rd Artist of the 2000–10 decade by 'Billboard'
• As of August 2010, Gaga has sold more than 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide
• In May 2010, Time magazine included Gaga in its annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
• In June 2010, 'Forbes' listed Gaga fourth on its list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world.
• She is also ranked as the second most powerful musician in the world.
• Gaga's trademarks are her hair bow, her platinum blond hair, her futuristic outfits.
• She carries a glow-in-the-dark disco stick during performances.
• Lady Gaga always features two Great Danes in her music videos
• She refers to all her fans as "Monsters"
• She often portrays herself as a rebel in her videos
• Gaga has three tattoos, one her on wrist, shoulder blade, and lower back.
• She is of Italian descent.
• She used to be a go-go dancer.
• She went to the same school as Paris Hilton
• Gaga attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She was one of twenty people to gain early admission.
• Interscope music executive Vincent Herbert hired her in January 2008 as a music writer.
• She states that she is "very into fashion" and that it is "everything".
• Her song "Boys, Boys, Boys" was inspired by Motlue Crue's hit "Girls, Girls, Girls".
• Lady Gaga taught herself how to play piano by ear when she was four years old. She is a classically-trained pianist. She wrote her first piano ballad at 13, and began performing at open mic nights by the age of 14.
• Her parents are Joseph, an Internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia, a telecommunications assistant.
• She makes mention of the band, The Killers in her song "Boys, Boys, Boys".
• On February 20, 2009, she donated tickets and a meet and greet, for any show on her Fame Ball tour, in the US or Canada, to raise money for Odyssey Charter School and elementary schools in Los Angeles affected by budget cuts.
• Lady Gaga has a younger sister.
• She attended Sacred Heart School, a private Catholic school in New York City.
• She is a natural brunette, but bleached her hair blonde in light of the fact that she was being mistaken for Amy Winehouse by interviewers while trying to make it big.
• She has a contralto vocal range.
• Her song "Telephone" was originally written for Britney Spears' sixth album Circus. However, after it failed to make the album's final track listing, Gaga recorded the song as collaboration with Beyonce Knowles for her second album, The Fame Monster.
• She is a big fan of Britney Spear.

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