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.

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 scored a string of successful singles, including "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". Her second full-length album, ''Born This Way'' (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies first-week. Its title track became the fastest-selling song on the iTunes Store, with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her electronic dance music-influenced third album, ''Artpop'' (2013), she pursued jazz on the album ''Cheek to Cheek'' (2014) with Tony Bennett, and 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'' (2015–2016) 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 chart-topping single "Shallow", made her the first woman to win an Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award in one year. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her album ''Chromatica'' (2020), which yielded the number-one single "Rain on Me". She reunited with Bennett for their second and final collaborative album, ''Love for Sale'' (2021), and revisited her early pop sound on the album ''Mayhem'' (2025), which contains the chart-topping single "Die with a Smile".

Gaga is one of the world's best selling music artists and the only female artist with four singles that have each sold at least 10million copies globally. Ranked among the greatest artists of all time by publications such as ''Billboard'' and ''Rolling Stone'', she has attained six number-one studio albums and six number-one singles on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and Hot 100 charts, respectively. According to ''Forbes'', she was the world's highest-paid female musician and the most powerful celebrity in 2011, while ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019. Her other achievements include 14 Grammy Awards, a Sports Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, and a recognition from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Gaga's philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBTQ rights. She has her own non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which supports the wellness of young people. Her business ventures include vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs, launched in 2019. Provided by Wikipedia