Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta born March 28 1986 known professionally as Lady Gaga is an American singer songwriter and actress Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry she is an influential figure in popular music With estimated sales of 124 million records she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time Publications such as Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked her among the greatest artists in history After signing with Interscope Records in 2007 Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut album The Fame 2008 and its reissue The Fame Monster 2009 The project yielded a string of successful singles including Just Dance Poker Face and Bad Romance making her one of the few artists with at least 3 Diamondcertified songs in the US Her second studio album Born This Way 2011 explored electronic rock and technopop and sold 11 million copies in its first week in the US Its title track became the fastestselling song on the iTunes Store with over one million downloads in less than a week Following her electronic dance musicinfluenced third album Artpop 2013 she pursued jazz on the album Cheek to Cheek 2014 with Tony Bennett She delved into soft rock on the album Joanne 2016 Gaga also ventured into acting gaining praise for her leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story Hotel 20152016 and the films A Star Is Born 2018 and House of Gucci 2021 Her contributions to the A Star Is Born soundtrack which spawned the charttopping single Shallow made her the first person to win an Academy Award a BAFTA a Golden Globe and a Grammy Award in one year Gaga returned to her early sound with the poporiented albums Chromatica 2020 and Mayhem 2025 which respectively included the numberone singles Rain on Me and Die with a Smile She also continued to explore jazz with Love for Sale 2021 her second and final album with Bennett and the soundtrack Harlequin 2024 Gaga has seven numberone albums and six numberone songs on the US Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts respectively She is the only female artist with four singles that each sold at least 10 million copies globally and she holds the record for the mostattended concert by a woman The highestpaid female musician in 2011 she has received 14 Grammy Awards 22 MTV Video Music Awards two Golden Globe Awards a Sports Emmy Award and recognition from the Songwriters Hall of Fame Gagas philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBTQ rights Her business ventures include vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs and the nonprofit Born This Way Foundation which supports the wellness of young people Description above from the Wikipedia article Lady Gaga licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia