Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28,1986),better known by her stage name Lady Gaga,is an American pop singer-songwriter.She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003 and enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.She soon signed with Streamline Records,an imprint of Interscope Records.During her early time at Interscope,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.
Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album The Fame (2008),which was a commercial success and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".The album reached number one on the record charts of six countries,accomplished positions within the top-ten worldwide,and topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart while simultaneously peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.Achieving similar worldwide success,her follow-up album The Fame Monster (2009),an extension of her debut,produced a further two global chart-topping singles "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" and allowed her to embark on a second global headlining concert tour,The Monster Ball Tour,just months after having finished her first,The Fame Ball Tour.Her second studio album,Born This Way,is scheduled for release in 2011.
Inspired by glam rock artists like David Bowie and Queen,as well as pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson,Gaga is well-recognized for her outré sense of style as a recording artist,in fashion,in performance and in her music videos.Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including two Grammy Awards,amongst twelve nominations; two Guinness World Records; and the estimated sale of fifteen million albums and fifty-one million singles worldwide.Billboard named her as the Artist of the Year in 2010and ranked her as the 73rd Artist of the 2000s decade.Gaga has been included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world as well as Forbes' list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world.Forbes also placed her at number seven on their annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga,本名Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta,1986年3月28日－）,美国著名女歌手,作曲家,出生于美国纽约州的意大利家庭,父母为意大利裔美国人.
2006年,Gaga在自纽约大学辍学之后,签约Interscope Records成为作曲人.她初踏入业界是纯粹担任幕后作曲者,曾为布兰妮、菲姬、小野猫、街头顽童合唱团、阿肯等知名歌手作曲.同时,她开始在纽约俱乐部演奏.当阿肯发现Gaga同时具有幕前演唱的实力后,他签约Gaga到自己的唱片公司Kon Live Distribution旗下,自此她开始筹备首张个人专辑.
2008年,Gaga开始和一个名为“Haus of GaGa”的集团合作,同时发布了自己的首张个人专辑《超人气》,她自己解释此专辑为“有关让所有人都能感觉到如何著名.”这张专辑在英国和加拿大等国家取得巨大成功,同时取得评论界的一致好评.迄今为止这张专辑催生了全球性的第一单曲《舞力全开》（获得第51届葛莱美奖最佳舞曲提名）以及《扑克脸》,两首歌曲均登上告示牌单曲榜冠军.
Gaga受到很多时尚的影响,她挑衅意味的时装风格受到好评,同时亦对很多名流有所影响.2009年她在澳门接受香港TVB《娱乐新闻报道》的VJ张允芝采访时表示,自己的时尚概念来自朋友们和同性恋者（my friends and gays）.音乐上,她受到了大卫·鲍伊和皇后乐队的启发,同时也受到流行歌手如玛丹娜和麦可·杰克森的影响.
