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15 Things you should know about Lady Gaga
- She is signed to Akon’s label, Kon Live Distribution
- Lady Gaga has sold over 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide
- Her poker face single sold over 9.8 million singles worldwide
- She is an activist for humanitarian causes and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community activism.
- Lady Gaga was raised Roman Catholic
- She described her academic life in high school as “very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined” but also “a bit insecure”: “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.”
- In 2005 she started a band called Stefani Germanotta Band (SGBand
- Gaga was signed to Def Jam in September 2006 with the intention of having an album ready in nine months.However, she was dropped by the label after only three months.
- After being dropped from Def Jam she became increasingly experimental: fascinating herself with emerging neo-burlesque shows, go-go dancing at bars dressed in little more than a bikini in addition to experimenting with drugs. Her father, however, did not understand the reason behind her drug intake and could not look at her for several months. “I was onstage in a thong, with a fringe hanging over my ass thinking that had covered it, lighting hairsprays on fire, go-go dancing to Black Sabbath and singing songs about oral sex. The kids would scream and cheer and then we’d all go grab a beer. It represented freedom to me. I went to a Catholic school but it was on the New York underground that I found myself.”
- At Interscope, singer-songwriter Akon recognized her vocal abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio. Akon 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.
- Musically, Gaga takes influence from singers like Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists like David Bowie and Queen whilst employing the theatrics of artists like Andy Warhol and of her musical theatre roots in performance
- She is so fashion conscious that during an interview she said, “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.”
- Lady Gaga has a foundation called Born This Way Foundation
- Her foundation focuses on youth empowerment and issues like self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring, and career development.
- In her career so far she has won 182 awards and 358 nominations
