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1986–2004: Early life
Stefani Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, the eldest child of Italian American parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta (Married and maiden names née Bissett), in New York City.cite web url=http://www.thejaylenoshow.com/video/clips/whats-the-rumor-that-bugs-her-the-most/1178825/ title=The Jay Leno Show - What's the rumor that bugs her the most? - Video publisher=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno date= accessdate=December 2, 2009<ref name="timesonline2">cite web url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5746827.ece title=Lady Gaga: ready for her close-up first=Ruby last=Warrington work=Sunday Times publisher=The New York Times Company date=February 22, 2009 accessdate=February 22, 2009cite news url=http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/525756.html?nav=505 title=Pop Star Lady Gaga Has Roots in Ohio Valley publisher= date= accessdate=December 2, 2009 Playing piano by ear from the age of 4, she went on to write her first piano ballad at 13 and began performing at open mike nights by age 14.<ref name="Bio">cite web url=http://www.ladygaga.com/bio/ title=Biography of Lady Gaga publisher=LadyGaga.com accessdate=January 8, 2009 At age 11, the singer was set to join Juilliard School in Manhattan but instead attended Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York) Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk">cite web url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 title=Lady GaGa: the future of pop? date=December 14, 2008 work=Sunday Times publisher=The New York Times Company author=Collins, Hattie accessdate=February 6, 2009<ref name="independent">cite news url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-how-the-world-went-crazy-for-the-new-queen-of-pop-1684375.html title=Lady Gaga: How the world went crazy for the new queen of pop last=Sturges first=Fiona date=May 16, 2009 work=Independent.co.uk accessdate=May 26, 2009 She described herself in high school as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure" as she told in a interview, "I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn’t fit in, and I felt like a freak."cite news first=Jon last=Bream coauthors= authorlink= title=Don't Gag on Gaga date=March 21, 2009 publisher= url =http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/41533957.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ work =Star Tribune pages = accessdate = 2010–01–23 language = cite news first= last= coauthors= authorlink= title=Lady Gaga was surprisingly normal date= publisher= url =http://www.intouchweekly.com/2009/12/in_touch_exclusivelady_gaga_wa.php work =In Touch Weekly pages = accessdate = 2010–01–23 language =
At age 17, Germanotta gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. There, she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion, social issues and politics.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name=ARTISTdirect>cite web url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4931544,00.html title= Interview: Lady GaGa accessdate=February 18, 2009 author=Florino, Rick date=January 30, 2009 work=ARTISTdirect publisher= ARTISTdirect, Inc She later withdrew from the school to focus on her musical career.<ref name="mtv 55">cite web url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589013/20080609/lady_gaga.jhtml title=Lady GaGa Brings Her Artistic Vision Of Pop Music To New Album last=Harris first=Chris date=June 9, 2008 accessdate=May 7, 2009 work=MTV
2005–2007: Career beginnings
Germanotta had initially signed with Def Jam Recordings at the age of 19 after Island Def Jam Music Group Chairman and CEO L. A. Reid heard her singing down the hallway from his office. After three months, she was dropped from Def Jam,<ref name="Allmusic bio">cite web url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hcfixzr5ldse~T1 title=allmusic ((( Lady Gaga > Biography ))) last=Birchmeier first=Jason date=April 20, 1992 work=Allmusic publisher=Rovi Corporation accessdate=January 3, 2010 although at the same time, her former management company introduced her to songwriter and producer RedOne, whom they also managed.<ref name="hitquarters.com">cite web url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_RedOne_Interview.html title=Interview With RedOne date=March 23, 2009 publisher=HitQuarters accessdate=December 19, 2009 The first song she produced together with RedOne was "Boys Boys Boys",<ref name="hitquarters.com"/> a mashup (music) mash-up inspired by Mötley Crüe's "Girls, Girls, Girls (song) Girls, Girls, Girls" and AC/DC's "T.N.T. (song) T.N.T."<ref name="Contactmusic.com"/> She moved out of her parents' house and started performing downtown in the Lower East Side club scene, with bands Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand.cite web url=http://www.riffin.com/iframes/record/artist_spotlights/Lady_Gaga.html title=Artist Spotlights: Lady Gaga publisher=Riffin' accessdate=February 21, 2009 author=Webjockey Spiceboyedgar Soon after she began taking drugs and performing at burlesque shows.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> She said her father "just didn't understand it", and that he could not look at her for several months.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/><ref name="Contactmusic.com">cite web url=http://www.contactmusic.com/info/lady_gaga title=Lady GaGa accessdate=February 20, 2009 work=Contactmusic.com Music producer Rob Fusari, who helped her write some of her earlier songs, compared her vocal style to that of Freddie Mercury. Fusari helped create the moniker Gaga, after the Queen (band) Queen song "Radio Ga Ga". The singer was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name, when she received a text message from Fusari that read "Lady Gaga".<ref name="Nj.com">cite news first=Lisa last=Rose coauthors= authorlink= title=Lady Gaga's outrageous persona born in Parsippany, New Jersey date= publisher= url =http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/01/lady_gaga_her_outrageous_perso.html work =The Star-Ledger pages = accessdate = 2010–01–23 language =
quote Every day, when Stef came to the studio, instead of saying hello, I would start singing "Radio Ga Ga". That was her entrance song. [Lady Gaga] was actually a glitch; I typed 'Radio Ga Ga' in a text and it did an T9 (predictive text) autocorrect so somehow 'Radio' got changed to 'Lady'. She texted me back, "That's it." After that day, she was Lady Gaga. She’s like, "Don’t ever call me Stefani again."<ref name="Nj.com"/> Rob Fusari
File:Gaga at bazaar.jpg thumb left upright Gaga performing at a bar in October 2008 alt=Full right profile of a young blond woman, surrounded by sitting spectators in a pub. She wears a black leotard and her long hair falls around her side. With her right hand she holds a pair of video sunglasses to her eyes.
She was known thereafter as Lady Gaga.<ref name="Contactmusic.com"/> Throughout 2007, she collaborated with performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped her create her onstage fashions.<ref name="Blast">cite web url=http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2009/01/2009-keep-your-ears-open-to-this-music/2/ title=2009: Keep your ears open to this music last=Cassis first=Christine date=January 2009 work=Blast Magazine accessdate=February 26, 2009 The pair began playing gigs at downtown club venues like the Mercury Lounge, The Bitter End, and the Rockwood Music Hall,<ref name="seattleweekly">cite web url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-11-19/music/lady-gaga-some-like-it-pop/ title=Lady GaGa: Some Like it Pop last=Hobart first=Erika date=November 18, 2008 publisher=Seattle Weekly accessdate=January 10, 2009 with their live performance art piece known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue".<ref name="METRO">cite web url=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/461127-profile-just-who-is-lady-gaga title=Just Who Is Lady GaGa? last=Lee first=Ann date=January 2009 work=Metro.co.uk accessdate=February 26, 2009 Billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow",<ref name="BMI">cite web url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/535267 title=Lady Gaga last= first= date=July 2007 work=Broadcast Music Incorporated accessdate=February 26, 2009 their act was a low-fi tribute to 1970s variety acts.<ref name="SUN">cite web url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2148146.ece title=GaGa: On stripping, drugs and No 1s last=Martin first=Charlotte date=January 2009 work=The Sun (newspaper) The Sun accessdate=February 26, 2009 In August 2007, she and Lady Starlight were invited to play at the American Lollapalooza music festival.<ref name="WMagazine">cite web url=http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2007/10/lady_gaga title=Going Ga-Ga for Lady Gaga last=D'Souza first=Nandini date=October 2007 work=W (magazine) W Magazine accessdate=January 3, 2009 The show was critically acclaimed, and their performance received highly positive reviews.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="seattleweekly"/> Having initially focused on avant-garde, and electronic dance music, Lady Gaga found her musical niche when she began to incorporate pop melodies and the vintage glam rock of David Bowie and Queen (band) Queen into the mix.<ref name="Electro Pop Diva">cite web url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1110125/Why-world-going-gaga-electro-pop-diva-Stefani.html title=Why the world is going gaga for electro-pop diva Stefani work=Daily Mail publisher=Mail Online first=Adrian last=Thrills date=January 9, 2008 accessdate=January 12, 2009 During this time she was featured on a couple of songs in a two-CD audio book that was done to go along with the children's book ''The Portal in the Park'' by Cricket Casey. She performed with Melle Mel on the songs "World Family Tree" and "The Fountain of Truth".cite news url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/archives/2010/01/lady_gaga_did_a.php title=Lady Gaga Did a Children's Book In 2007! date=January 19, 2010 work=The Village Voice publisher=Village Voice Media last=Musto first=Michael accessdate=January 21, 2010
Rob Fusari sent songs he produced with her to his friend, producer and record executive Vincent Herbert.<ref name="trans26">cite web title=Lady Gaga - Transmission Gaga-vision: Episode 26 date=December 16, 2008 publisher=Lady Gaga Official Youtube Channel accessdate=December 17, 2009 Herbert was quick to sign her to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, upon its establishment in 2007.<ref name="newimprent">cite journal last=Mitchell first=Gail date=November 10, 2007 title=Interscope's New Imprint journal=Billboard volume=119 issue=45 page=14 url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=xw4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA14&ots=4dY5fsZ8jX&dq=%22vincent%20herbert%20launches%20streamline%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=&f=false She has credited Herbert as the man who discovered her, while adding that "I really feel like we made pop history, and we're gonna keep going".<ref name="trans26"/> Having already served as an apprentice songwriter under an internship at Famous Music Publishing, which was later acquired by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, she subsequently struck a music publisher (popular music) music publishing deal with Sony/ATV.<ref name="bbcover"/> As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears, as well as being commissioned by Interscope to write for labelmates New Kids on the Block, Fergie (singer) Fergie, and the Pussycat Dolls.<ref name="bbcover">cite journal last=Harding first=Cortney date=August 15, 2009 title=The Lady Is A Champ journal=Billboard pages=14–16 url=http://www.billboard.com/features/lady-gaga-the-billboard-cover-story-1004001347.story#/features/lady-gaga-the-billboard-cover-story-1004001347.story While she was writing at Interscope, singer-songwriter Akon recognized her vocal abilities during her singing of a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio.<ref name="totallygaga">cite web url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Lady-GaGa-Totally-GaGa.4891798.jp title=Lady GaGa: Totally Ga-Ga accessdate=February 20, 2009 author=Cowing, Emma date=January 20, 2009 work=The Scotsman He then convinced Interscope-Geffen-A&M Chairman and CEO Jimmy Iovine to form a joint deal by having her also sign with his own label, Kon Live Distribution,<ref name="Allmusic bio"/> and would later call her his "franchise player."<ref name="franchise">cite web url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1613350/20090605/akon.jhtml title=Akon Calls Lady Gaga His 'Franchise Player' last=Vena first=Jocelyn date=June 5, 2009 publisher=MTV accessdate=June 20, 2009 She pursued her collaboration with RedOne by working with him in the studio for a week on her debut album,<ref name="bbcover"/> spawning the debut international hit singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face (Lady Gaga song) Poker Face". She also joined the roster of Cherrytree Records, an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum, after co-writing four songs with Kierszenbaum including the single "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)".<ref name="bbcover"/>
2008–present: ''The Fame'' and ''The Fame Monster''
File:GaGaonNWOTBT.jpg thumb right alt=A blond female performs onstage. She is clad in a white leotard. She is singing onto a microphone in her left hand and is surrounded by male dancers Gaga performing at the New Kids on the Block: Live tour.
By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles, working closely with her record label to finalize her debut album ''The Fame''.<ref name="Contactmusic.com"/> She said that she combined a lot of different genres on the album, "from Def Leppard drums and hand claps to heavy metal music metal drums on urban music urban tracks."<ref name="Allmusic bio"/> She began to work with a collective called the Haus of Gaga, who collaborate with her on her clothing, stage sets, and sounds.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> ''The Fame'' received mostly positive reviews from critics; according to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it has received an average score of 71/100.cite web url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/ladygaga/fame title=The Fame publisher=Metacritic accessdate=January 9, 2009 ''The Times Times Online'' described the album as "a fantastic mix of David Bowie Bowie-esque ballads, dramatic, Queen-inspired midtempo numbers and synth-based dance tracks that poke fun at celebrity-chasing rich kids."<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> ''The Fame'' peaked at number one in Austria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ireland, and the top-five in Australia and the United States.cite news url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html title=Lady GaGa's 'Fame' rises to No. 1 work=Jam! publisher=Canadian Online Explorer first=John last=Williams accessdate=January 14, 2009 cite web url=http://acharts.us/album/37558 title=Lady Gaga - The Fame publisher=aCharts.us accessdate=January 8, 2009 The album's lead single, "Just Dance," was released on April 8, 2008, and has topped the charts in six countries – Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<ref name="Just Dance acharts">cite web url=http://acharts.us/song/35829 title=Lady Gaga and Colby O'Donis - Just Dance publisher=aCharts.us accessdate=January 7, 2009 It received a Grammy nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording Best Dance Recording, but lost to Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."<ref name="Grammy">cite web url=http://www2.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx title=The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nominations List publisher=The Recording Academy accessdate=January 2, 2009 The second single, "Poker Face (Lady Gaga song) Poker Face", was released on September 23, 2008, and has reached number one in nearly twenty countries, including almost all major music markets in the world. "Poker Face" became her second consecutive number one on the Billboard Hot 100 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in April 2009.<ref name="Poker Face on acharts">cite web url=http://acharts.us/song/37371 title=Lady Gaga - Poker Face publisher=aCharts.us accessdate=January 3, 2009 Afterward, the Haus of Gaga turned its focus further upon the American market with Gaga going on her first concert tour with fellow Interscope Records Interscope pop group, the reformed New Kids on the Block. She started her stint with them in Los Angeles on October 8, 2008, and continued through the end of November.cite news title=International Pop Star Lady Gaga Set to Tour With New Kids on the Block work=Reuters publisher=Thomson Reuters date=October 31, 2008 url=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS16002+04-Oct-2008+PRN20081004 accessdate=January 8, 2009 Her first headlining North American tour, The Fame Ball Tour, began on March 12, 2009, and has received critical acclaim.<ref name="Interscope">cite web url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=20117&aid=599&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_medium=News&utm_content=nid_20117 title=
"The Fame Ball" U.S. Tour! publisher=Interscope Records date=January 13, 2009 accessdate=January 14, 2009 <ref name="billboardreview">cite news url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-live/lady-gaga-may-2-2009-new-york-terminal-5-1003969033.story title=Lady Gaga / May 2, 2009 / New York (Terminal 5) last=Menze first=Jill date=May 4, 2009 work=Billboard publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc accessdate=May 5, 2009 She opened for the Pussycat Dolls on the UK and Australian leg of their World Domination Tour in May. Her performance there was well-received, with a reviewer writing that she "upstaged the Dolls".<ref name="fairfax">cite news url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/2009/05/27/1243103570348.html title=Fans go gaga as the Lady upstages the Dolls last=Northover first=Kylie date=May 27, 2009 work=The Age publisher=Fairfax Media accessdate=May 27, 2009<ref name="herald">cite news url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/lady-gaga-upstages-pussycat-dolls-at-rod-laver-arena/story-e6frf96f-1225716649612 title=Lady Gaga upstages Pussycat Dolls at Rod Laver Arena last=Adams first=Cameron date=May 26, 2009 work=Herald Sun publisher=News Corporation accessdate=May 27, 2009 Around the same time, the music video for her international third single, "LoveGame," was banned by the Australian channel Network Ten, who refused to play the video reasoning that it contained sexually explicit imagery.<ref name="radiogaga">cite news url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25666920-2902,00.html title=Radio Gaga last=Hutchinson first=Jane date=June 21, 2009 work=Herald Sun publisher=News Corporation accessdate=June 22, 2009Dead link date=February 2010
File:Lady GaGa at 2009 MTV VMA's.jpg left thumb upright Gaga at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. alt=Right profile of a young blond woman. She wears a mauve leotard with purple stripes. Her hair is curled up behind her head. She holds a silver trophy in her right hand. A black background with red letters are visible behind her.
Gaga appeared semi-nude, wearing only plastic bubbles, on the cover of the annual 'Hot 100' issue of ''Rolling Stone'' in May 2009.<ref name="mirrorstone">cite news url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/05/28/lady-gaga-gets-naked-for-rolling-stone-cover-shoot-see-her-sexy-pictures-here-115875-21396568/ title=Lady GaGa gets naked for Rolling Stone cover shoot last=Gregory first=Jason date=May 28, 2009 work=Daily Mirror accessdate=May 29, 2009cite news url=http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/27/the-new-issue-of-rolling-stone-the-rise-of-lady-gaga/ title= The Rise of Lady Gaga last=Hiatt first=Brian accessdate=June 2, 2009 date=May 27, 2009 work=Rolling Stone publisher=Jann Wenner In the issue she discussed that while she was making her beginnings in the New York club scene, she was romantically involved with a heavy metal music heavy metal drummer. She described their relationship and break-up, saying of it, "I was his Sandy, and he was my Danny [of ''Grease (film) Grease''], and I just broke." He later became an inspiration behind some of the songs on her debut album ''The Fame''.<ref name="rsannual">cite journal last=Hiatt first=Brian date=May 2009 title=The Rise of Lady Gaga journal=Rolling Stone publisher=Jann Media location=New York issue=1080 accessdate=June 2, 2009 issn= She later regretted disclosing her orientation, saying, "I don't like to be seen as somebody who is using the gay community to look edgy. I'm a free sexual woman and I like what I like. I don't want people to write that about me because I feel like it looks like I'm saying it because I'm trying to be edgy or underground."<ref name="fabmag"/> She had previously told a crowd at one of her concerts that her song "Poker Face (Lady Gaga song) Poker Face" lyrically discusses fantasizing about a woman while being in bed with a man. cite news url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainment/celebrity/Lady_GaGa_Entertains_Thousands_At_Palm_Springs_White_Party.html title=Lady GaGa Entertains Thousands At Palm Springs White Party date=April 14, 2009 publisher=NBC Bay Area accessdate=July 5, 2009 She appeared on rapper Wale (rapper) Wale's single "Chillin (Wale song) Chillin."cite web url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=21756&aid=611 title=Wale featuring Lady Gaga - Chillin accessdate=July 6, 2009 work=Interscope Records Gaga was nominated for a total of nine awards at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards including MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year Video of the Year, MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist Best New Artist, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video Best Female Video and MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video Best Pop Video for "Poker Face" and MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Best Direction, MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing Best Editing, MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects Best Special Effects, MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography Best Cinematography and MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction Best Art Direction for "Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song) Paparazzi."<ref name="prnewswire">cite web url=http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-04-2009/0005071680&EDATE= title=Beyonce and Lady Gaga Tied With Nine '2009 MTV Video Music Awards' Nominations While Britney Spears Comes In a Close Second With Seven Nods publisher=Prnewswire accessdate=August 4, 2009 She won the award for "Best New Artist" while her single "Paparazzi" won two awards for "Best Art Direction" and "Best Special Effects."<ref name="MTV VMA award winners">cite news url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/winners.jhtml title=2009 MTV Video Music Awards Winners work=MTV publisher=MTV Networks accessdate=March 14, 2009
File:Gaga-monster-ball.jpg thumb upright Gaga performing on The Monster Ball Tour. alt=Upper torso of a young blond woman. Her hair falls in waves up to her shoulders. She wears a black shiny bustier and a white wrapping is visible underneath it. On her left hand, just below her underarm, a tattoo is visible.
In October 2009, Gaga received ''Billboard'' magazine's Rising Star of 2009 award.cite news url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Beyonce-Gaga-clinch-prestigious-women-awards/H1-Article1-461033.aspx title=Beyonce, Gaga clinch prestigious women awards last=India first=Press Trust date=October 4, 2009 work=Hindustan Times publisher=HT Media Ltd accessdate=October 6, 2009cite news url=http://www.billboard.com/news/beyonce-accepts-billboard-s-woman-of-the-1004018301.story title=Beyonce Accepts Billboard's Woman Of the Year Award, Lady Gaga Is Rising Star last=Caulfield first=Keith date=October 3, 2009 work=Billboard publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc accessdate=October 6, 2009 She attended the Human Rights Campaign's "National Dinner" on October 10, 2009, before marching in the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. "In the music industry there's still a tremendous amount of accommodation of homophobia. [...] So I'm taking a stand," she commented.<ref name="E!">cite news url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b148428_kanye_who_lady_gaga_teams_up_with.html title=Kanye Who? Lady Gaga Teams Up With President Obama accessdate=December 12, 2009 first=Fowler last=Brand date=October 12, 2009 work=E! Entertainment Television publisher=E! Onlinecite news url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101892_2.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2009101101924 title=For Gay Activists, The Lady Is a Champ accessdate=December 12, 2009 last=Zak first=Dan date=October 12, 2009 publisher=The Washington Post Company work=The Washington Post She performed a rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine (song) Imagine", changing the lyrics to refer Matthew Shepard's 1998 murder; the college student's death is a rallying cry for the gay rights movement.<ref name="E!"/> In November 2009 she announced the release of ''The Fame Monster'', a collection of eight songs that dealt with the darker side of fame as experienced by her over the course of 2008–2009 while travelling around the world, and are expressed through a Paranoia monster metaphor. "Bad Romance" was released as the first single from the album. It topped the British, Canadian, Irish, Finnish, Danish and Swedish charts while reaching the top-two in the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="finance2">cite news url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lady-gaga-returns-with-8-new-songs-on-the-fame-monster-63780227.html title=Lady Gaga Returns With 8 New Songs on 'The Fame Monster' last=Release first=Press date=October 8, 2009 work=Yahoo! Finance publisher=Yahoo! accessdate=October 9, 2009cite web url=http://acharts.us/song/51422 title=Lady Gaga - Bad Romance world charts publisher=acharts.us accessdate=November 17, 2009 On December 11, 2009, she met and sang the song "Speechless (Lady Gaga song) Speechless" for Queen Elizabeth II.<ref name=autogenerated2>cite web url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/12/08/lady-gaga-queen-of-england/ title=Lady Gaga Performs For The Queen Of England last=Vena first=Jocelyn date=December 8, 2008 accessdate=December 15, 2009 work=MTV She also announced The Monster Ball Tour associated with the release of her sophomore sophomore album.<ref name="bbannounceball">cite news url=http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-unveils-monster-ball-tour-dates-1004022735.story title=Lady Gaga Announces 'The Monster Ball' accessdate=October 15, 2009 date=October 15, 2009 last=Herrera first=Monica work=Billboard publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc The singer was named chief creative officer for a line of imaging products for Polaroid Corporation Polaroid at the Consumer Electronics Show on January 7, 2010 where she commented that she will create fashion, technology and photography products. "I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."cite news title=Lady Gaga wears hat made entirely from her own hair url=http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2010/01/08/2010-01-08_lady_gaga_wears_hat_made_entirely_from_her_own_hair.html last=Eisinger first=Amy work=New York Daily News date=January 8, 2010 accessdate=January 10, 2010
On January 14, 2010, Gaga had to cancel the Monster Ball concert in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to health concerns; she was having trouble breathing in the hours leading up to the show, and paramedics later stated that she was suffering from an Cardiac dysrhythmia irregular heartbeat as a result of dehydration and exhaustion.<ref name="NY Times 2">cite news title=Being Lady Gaga Can Wear You Out url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/arts/16arts-BEINGLADYGAG_BRF.html last=Itzkoff first=Dave publisher=''The New York Times'' work=The New York Times Company date=January 15, 2010 accessdate=January 16, 2010cite news title=Lady Gaga forced to cancel 4 shows after collapsing, dizziness, trouble breathing url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/01/15/2010-01-15_lady_gaga_forced_to_cancel_performance_after_dizziness_trouble_breathing.html last=Lyn Pesce first=Nicole work=New York Daily News date=January 15, 2010 accessdate=January 16, 2010<ref name="NY Times">cite news title=Lady Gaga Wants Your Forgiveness: The MTV News Quote Of The Day url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/01/15/lady-gaga-cancels/ publisher=''MTV News'' work=MTV Networks Entertainment Group date=January 15, 2010 accessdate=January 16, 2010 In an interview with Barbara Walters, she dismissed an urban legend, the claim that she is Intersexuality intersexual, and responded to a question on the issue by stating: "At first it was very strange and everyone sorta said, 'That's really quite a story!' But in a sense, I portray myself in a very androgyny androgynous way, and I love androgyny."<ref name="snopes">cite web url=http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/ladygaga.asp title=Bluffin' with her Muffin? publisher=Snopes accessdate=February 3, 2010 Gaga received her first Grammy Award at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. She was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Record of the Year Record of the Year, and Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording Best Dance Recording for her single "Poker Face", winning the last of the three.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/31/grammys.winner.list/index.html List of Grammy winners - CNN.com Bot generated title ] ''The Fame'' itself had been nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year Album of the Year and won the Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> She has won all three of her Brit Nominations, winning 2010 BRIT Awards#International Breakthrough Best International Breakthrough Artist, 2010 BRIT Awards#International Album Best International Album and 2010 BRIT Awards#International Female Solo Best International Female Solo Artist.cite news url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1251515/Brit-Awards-2010-winners-Lady-GaGa-Lily-Allen-JLS.html title=Brit Awards 2010: Three gongs for Lady Gaga, two for JLS and one at last for Lily Allen last=Johnson first=Chris last2=Cable first2=Simon date=2010-02-17 work=Daily Mail publisher=Associated Newspapers accessdate=2010-02-18
On March 15, 2010, ''Billboard'' announced that the second single from ''The Fame Monster'', ''Telephone (song) Telephone'', reached number one on the Pop songs chart, thus not only becoming Gaga's sixth number one on the chart, but her sixth consecutive number one, making Gaga the only artist in history to do this. Coincidently, it also became the sixth number one for the track's featured artist Beyoncé. With this, the duo have tied the record for most No. 1s since the Nielsen BDS-based radio airplay chart launched in 1992. The pair joins Mariah Carey, who tallied six toppers between 1993 and 2005.http://www.billboard.com/news/lady-gaga-beyonce-match-mariah-s-record-1004075160.story#/news/lady-gaga-beyonce-match-mariah-s-record-1004075160.story
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Lady Gaga has been influenced by glam rock musicians such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as pop music artists such as Madonna (entertainer) Madonna and Michael Jackson.<ref name="Allmusic bio"/> John Dingwall of ''Daily Record (Scotland) Daily Record'' wrote: "[Gaga] says she has been inspired by Madonna and the late Michael Jackson, but her number one inspiration has been Freddie Mercury."<ref name="DR">citation last=Dingwall first=John title=THE FEAR FACTOR; Lady Gaga used tough times as inspiration for her new album newspaper=Daily Record (Scotland) Daily Record pages=48–49 date=November 27, 2009 The Queen (band) Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name.cite news url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock title=Soundtrack of my life: Lady Gaga newspaper=The Guardian She commented: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name... Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music."<ref name="DR"/> Madonna told ''Rolling Stone'' that she sees "[her]self in Lady Gaga."cite web url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/10/madonna-tells-rolling-stone-that-lady-gaga-has-that-it-factor-.html title=Madonna tells Rolling Stone Lady Gaga reminds her of herself. Is that a compliment? accessdate=October 14, 2009 author=Snead, Elizabeth date=October 12, 2009 publisher=Los Angeles Times In response to the comparisons between herself and Madonna, Lady Gaga stated: "I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago."<ref name="DR"/> Fashion icon/actress/singer Grace Jones has also been cited as an inspiration.<ref name="Prefix magazine">cite web url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/lady-gaga-grace-jones-androgynous-robo-future-fash/26057/ title=Lady GaGa: "Grace Jones, Androgynous, Robo, Future Fashion Queen" first=Alexandra last=Symonds work=Prefix Magazine accessdate=July 11, 2009 She has often been likened to Blondie (band) Blondie singer Debbie Harry.cite news url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23694934-debbie-harry-would-love-to-perform-with-lady-gaga.do title=Debbie Harry Would Love To Perform With Lady Gaga date=October 25, 2009 last=Smith first=Liz work=Evening Standard publisher=Daily Mail and General Trust accessdate=October 30, 2009cite news url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/01/lady-gaga-review title=Lady Gaga - Academy, Manchester last=Simpson first=Dave date=July 1, 2009 accessdate=October 30, 2009 work=The Guardian publisher=Guardian Media Group Alice Cooper called her style "vaudeville vaudevillian".cite news url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704094304575029621644867154.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular title=The Lessons of Lady Gaga last=Jurgensen first=John date=January 29, 2010 publisher=Wall Street Journal accessdate=January 29, 2010
Lady Gaga's vocals have drawn frequent comparison to Madonna and Gwen Stefani, while the structure of her music is said to be reminiscent of classic 1980s pop and 1990s Europop.<ref name=BG>citation last=Petridis first=Alexis title=Lady Gaga: The Fame newspaper=The Guardian date=January 9, 2009 issn=02613077 url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame In reviewing her debut album ''The Fame'', ''The Sunday Times'' asserted "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, Lady GaGa evokes Madonna, Gwen Stefani circa Hollaback Girl, Kylie Minogue 2001 or Grace Jones right now."citation title=Lady GaGa: the future of pop? url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 newspaper=The Sunday Times date=December 14, 2008 accessdate=August 9, 2t009 Similarly, ''The Boston Globe'' critic Sarah Rodman commented that she draws "obvious inspirations from Madonna to Gwen Stefani... in [her] girlish but sturdy pipes and bubbly beats."citation last=Rodman first=Sarah title=Lady Gaga url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2008/10/27/lady_gaga/ newspaper=The Boston Globe date=October 27, 2008 accessdate=August 9, 2009 Baby A. Gil of ''The Philippine Star'' asserted that her voice is "just right for the mix of dance and rock that she does."cite web url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=445877&publicationSubCategoryId=70 title=Going gaga over Lady GaGa first=Baby last=A. Gil publisher=The Philippine Star accessdate=August 5, 2009 date=March 6, 2009 Alexis Petridis of ''The Guardian'' commented that although, as an artist, she lacks originality, "pop music doesn't have to be blindingly original or clever to work: it needs tunes, and Lady GaGa is fantastically good at tunes."<ref name=BG/> Though her lyrics are said to lack intellectual stimulation, "[she] does manage to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace."<ref name="popmatters">cite web url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/ title=Lady GaGa The Fame last=Sawdey first=Evan date=January 12, 2009 work=PopMatters.com publisher=PopMatters Media Inc. accessdate=April 30, 2009 Simon Reynolds has written that "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy noughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R&B-ish beats.[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/22/eighties-revival-decade The 1980s revival that lasted an entire decade] by Simon Reynolds for The Guardian January 22, 2010
File:Gagafameball.jpg left thumb upright alt=A blond woman in a bob-cut, sitting cross-legged on a transparent platform which is full of bubbles and lit from inside in pink. The woman is wearing a dress made of transparent bubbles of varying sizes. She is holding a microphone in her left hand and appears to be smiling. Lady Gaga wearing a plastic bubble dress while performing a concert on The Fame Ball Tour.
Lady Gaga has stated that she is "very into fashion" and that it is "everything" to her.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/><ref name="MTV">cite web url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589013/20080609/id_0.jhtml title=Lady GaGa Brings Her Artistic Vision Of Pop Music To New Album - And A New Kids Song work=MTV publisher=MTV Networks Entertainment Group first=Chris last=Harris date=December 9, 2008 accessdate=January 8, 2009 According to the New York Times, the Global Language Monitor has recently named 'Lady Gaga' as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark 'no pants' coming in at No. 3 http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/the-world-according-to-gaga/. Her love of fashion came from her mother, who she stated was "always very well kept and beautiful."<ref name="timesonline2"/> She said that: "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes I want to wear on stage. It's all about everything altogether—performance art, pop performance art, fashion. For me, it's everything coming together and being a real story that will bring back the super-fan. I want to bring that back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat and taste and lick every part of us."<ref name="MTV"/> Columnist Trish Crawford of ''Toronto Star The Star'' commented, "Fashion is her calling card, a way to stand out as unique in a very crowded field."cite web url=http://www.thestar.com/living/article/749874--this-lady-s-on-fire title=This Lady's on fire publisher=''Toronto Star The Star'' work=Torstar Corporation first=Crawford last=Trish accessdate=January 13, 2010 She has her own creative production team called the Haus of Gaga, which she handles personally. The team creates many of her clothes, stage props, and hairdos.cite web url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/143_40885.html title=Lady Gaga Burning Up Album Charts first=Cathy last=Garcia date=March 8, 2009 accessdate=March 10, 2009 publisher=Korea Times work=Janmedia Interactive She has six known tattoos,cite web url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/214821/page/1 title=Lady Gaga Will Rock the VMAs publisher=Newsweek work=The Washington Post Company first=Ramin last=Setoodeh date=September 3, 2009 accessdate=September 6, 2009 among them a peace symbol which was inspired by the late John Lennon who ''The Guardian'' stated was her "hero,"cite web url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock title=Soundtrack of my life: Lady Gaga publisher=Guardian.co.uk work=Guardian Media Group first=Graeme last=Thomson date=September 6, 2009 accessdate=September 6, 2009 and a curling German script on her left arm which quotes the poet Rainer Maria Rilke:
quote In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? Rainer Maria Rilke ''Entertainment Weekly'' put her outfits on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Whether it's a dress made of Muppets or strategically placed bubbles, Gaga's outré ensembles brought performance art into the mainstream. (We're still not sold on the hair bow, though.)"Geier, Thom; Jensen, Jeff; Jordan, Tina; Lyons, Margaret; Markovitz, Adam; Nashawaty, Chris; Pastorek, Whitney; Rice, Lynette; Rottenberg, Josh; Schwartz, Missy; Slezak, Michael; Snierson, Dan; Stack, Tim; Stroup, Kate; Tucker, Ken; Vary, Adam B.; Vozick-Levinson, Simon; Ward, Kate (December 11, 2009), "THE 100 Greatest MOVIES, TV SHOWS, ALBUMS, BOOKS, CHARACTERS, SCENES, EPISODES, SONGS, DRESSES, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND TRENDS THAT ENTERTAINED US OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS". Entertainment Weekly. (1079/1080):74-84
Lady Gaga described Rilke as her "favorite philosophy philosopher," commenting that his "philosophy of solitude" spoke to her.cite web url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/08/11/2009-08-11_lady_gaga_shows_off_new_german_quote_tattoo_while_on_tour_in_japan.html title=Lady Gaga shows off new German quote tattoo while on tour in Japan publisher=NY Daily News work=Mortimer Zuckerman date=August 11, 2009 accessdate=September 6, 2009 In response to Lady Gaga saying that she considers Donatella Versace her muse,<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> Melissa Magsaysay of ''Los Angeles Times'' commented, "[Gaga's] aversion to wearing a top and bottom at the same time [...] swigging champagne and being fanned by oily men in Swim briefs Speedos [is] very Donatella-esque."<ref name="doppelganger">
cite web url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/01/lady-gaga-donat.html title=Is Lady Gaga Donatella Versace's doppelganger? work=Los Angeles Times first=Melissa last=Magsaysay date=January 29, 2009 accessdate=January 30, 2009 Toward the end of 2008, comparisons were made between the fashions of Lady Gaga and recording artist Christina Aguilera, noting similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up.<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> Aguilera later said she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "didn't know if it [was] a man or a woman."<ref name="Times Online.co.uk"/> Afterward, Lady Gaga released a statement in which she welcomed the comparisons due to the attention providing useful publicity.<ref name="who copied?"/> She said, "She's such a huge star and if anything I should send her flowers, because a lot of people in America didn't know who I was until that whole thing happened. It really put me on the map in a way."<ref name="who copied?">cite web url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1135704/So-copied-Lookalikes-Lady-GaGa-Christina-Aguilera-embroiled-style-row.html title=So who copied who? Lookalikes Lady GaGa and Christina Aguilera embroiled in style row work=Daily Mail first=Daily Mail last=Reporter date=February 3, 2009 accessdate=February 6, 2009 cite web url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/6299/GaGa-I-m-thankful-for-Christina/ title=GaGa: I'm thankful for Christina date=December 31, 2008 publisher=OK! accessdate=January 8, 2009 Lady Gaga is a natural brunette, however she had cited a reason for bleaching her hair blonde was that she was often mistaken for Amy Winehouse.<ref name="timesonline2"/>
File:LadyGaga-EqualityMarch-Crop.jpg right thumb upright Lady Gaga delivers a speech at the National Equality March, October 11, 2009. alt=A blond woman speaking on a kiosk. She wears a white shirt and black glasses. Behind her, the balcony of a building is visible.
Lady Gaga attributes much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered to be a rising gay icon.<ref name="fabmag">cite web url=http://www.fabmagazine.com/features/362/Gaga.html title=Going Gaga last=Thomas first=Matt publisher=Fab magazine accessdate=August 11, 2009<ref name="gayrights">cite web url=http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/lady_gaga_as_gay_culture_warrior title=Lady Gaga as Gay Culture Warrior (gayrights.change.org) first=Michael A last=Jones accessdate=August 14, 2009 Early in her career she had difficulty getting radio airplay, and stated, "The turning point for me was the gay community. I've got so many gay fans and they're so loyal to me and they really lifted me up. They'll always stand by me and I'll always stand by them. It's not an easy thing to create a fanbase."<ref name="mtvgayicon">cite news url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610781/20090506/lady_gaga.jhtml title=Lady Gaga On Success: 'The Turning Point For Me Was The Gay Community' last=Vena first=Jocelyn date=May 7, 2009 work=MTV publisher=MTV Networks accessdate=August 11, 2009 She thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBT marketing company with whom her label Interscope Records Interscope works, in the liner notes of her debut studio album, ''The Fame'', saying, "I love you so much. You were the first heartbeat in this project, and your support and brilliance means the world to me. I will always fight for the gay community hand in hand with this incredible team."<ref name="thefame">''The Fame'' liner notes Interscope Records (2008) One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo (TV channel) Logo, where she sang her song "Just Dance".<ref name="newnownext">cite web url=http://www.logoonline.com/video/franchise.jhtml?ctid=1956 title=NewNowNext Awards accessdate=August 11, 2009 In June of the same year, she performed the song again at the San Francisco Pride event.<ref name="sfpride">cite web url=http://www.sfpride.org/celeb/mainstage_08.html title=2008 Main Stage Line-Up accessdate=August 11, 2009 After ''The Fame'' was released, she revealed that the song "Poker Face" was about her bisexuality. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', she spoke about how her boyfriends tended to react to her bisexuality, saying "The fact that I’m into women, they’re all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They’re like, 'I don’t need to have a threesome. I’m happy with just you'."cite web url=http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/lady-gaga-talks-bisexuality-213803/ title=Lady GaGa Talks Bisexuality date=May 27, 2009 work=celebrity-gossip.net accessdate=October 2, 2009 When she appeared as a guest on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' in May 2009, she praised Ellen DeGeneres DeGeneres for being "an inspiration for women and for the gay community".<ref name="ellen"> cite news url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1181210/Lady-GaGas-wacky-headgear-knocks-chat-host-Ellen-DeGeneres.html title=Lady GaGa's wacky headgear almost knocks out chat show host Ellen DeGeneres date=May 13, 2009 work=Daily Mail accessdate=August 11, 2009 last=Reporter first=Daily Mail publisher=Associated Newspapers She proclaimed that the October 11, 2009 National Equality March rally on the national mall was "the single most important event of her career." As she exited, she left with an exultant "Bless God and bless the gays,"<ref name="E!"/> similar to her 2009 MTV Video Music Awards acceptance speech for Best New Artist a month earlier.cite news url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621407/20090914/lady_gaga.jhtml title=Lady Gaga's Shocking 2009 VMA Fashion Choices date=September 14, 2009 last=Vena first=Jocelyn work=MTV publisher=MTV Networks accessdate=September 19, 2009
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Aside from recording music, Lady Gaga contributed to a number of charities and causes throughout her career. In the wake of the 2010 Haiti earthquake there were numerous celebrities working together for the cause of helping restore what had been destroyed, and also helping those left to survive. Gaga donated all of her proceeds from the January 24 show of her current tour, the Monster Ball (ticket sales, merchandise, etc.), and from her online store; the total amount donated was over $500,000.cite news url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=171979&cat=0 title=Lady Gaga Raises Money for Haiti Earthquake Victims publisher=TransWorldNews accessdate=2010-02-05 She has also been very proactive with raising awareness to young women about the risk of HIV HIV/AIDS. Along with recording artist Cyndi Lauper, Gaga teamed up with Make-up Art Cosmetics MAC AIDS Fund's VIVA Glam campaign, which raised over $160 million to fight against AIDS and HIV, and bring awareness about the diseases to women around the world.cite web url=http://www.macaidsfund.org/who/who.html title=ABOUT MAC AIDS FUND (macaidsfund.org) publisher=macaidsfund.org All proceeds from a purchase of a VIVA Glam lipgloss or lipstick go directly towards the fund to aid those infected with the disease.cite news url=http://www.thedailyinquirer.net/cyndi-lauper-and-lady-gaga-raise-hiv-awareness/029350 title=Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga raise HIV awareness publisher=
THE DAILY INQUIRER last=Segovia first=Anj accessdate=February 11, 2010 In a statement, Gaga said that, "We want women to feel strong and feel strong enough that they can remember to protect themselves. To have this lipstick as a reminder in your purse, that when your man is laying naked in bed, you go into the bathroom, you put your lipstick on, and you bring a condom out with you...There are no exceptions."cite news url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631673/20100210/lady_gaga.jhtml title=Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper Raise AIDS Awareness With Lipstick publisher=MTV Networks work=''MTV'' last=Montgomery first=James accessdate=2010-02-10 date=2010-02-09
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Main Lady Gaga discography
■ ''The Fame'' (2008)
■ ''The Fame Monster'' (2009)
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■ The Fame Ball Tour (2009)
■ The Monster Ball Tour (2009–2010)
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Main List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga
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■ Official http://www.ladygaga.com/
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