Biography Of Lady Gaga
Gaga became famous after the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), both a critical success and commercial and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album reached number one on the album charts of six countries, topped the Billboard Dance / Electronic Albums simultaneously peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 in the U.S. and reaching the top ten in the world. His second album, The Fame Monster (2009), a continuation of The Fame, produced two number one singles in various states of "Bad Romance" and "Telephone", so he was allowed to start the second global concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just a few months after the first tour, The Fame Ball Tour. The second studio album Born This Way, released in May 2011, topped the album charts in all major musical markets, after the arrival of her single "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory"-the first single to reach number one in the country around the world and is the fastest selling single in iTunes history, selling one million copies in five days.
Inspired by glam rock artists like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as penyanyidance-pop such as Madonna and Michael Jackson, Gaga is also known in his passion in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including limaGrammy Awards and twelve nominations, two Guinness World Records, and the estimated sale of 64 million records. Billboard gave him the title "Best Artist in the Year 2010" and ranked as "Best Artist-73 in the decade of the 2000s". Gaga has been included in Time magazine's annual list, yaituTime 100 "most berperngaruh people in the world" and is listed in a number of Forbes magazine's annual list includes "100 most powerful and influential celebrity in the world" and reached number one in the annual list of "100 most powerful celebrities" .
Life and career
1986-2004: Early life
Lady Gaga was born as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, an Italian American family of mixed, in New York City on March 28, 1986, as the eldest daughter of Joseph Germanotta, an internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia (née Bissett). Gaga has one sister, Natali, who was born in 1992. Gaga is a southpaw (left-handed users) He learned to play piano from the age of four years, and wrote his first piano song at age 13 and performed in the open mike at the age of 14 years. Roman Catholic upbringing, in Manhattan, the Upper West Side after the family moved there in 1993, Gaga entered the Convent of the Sacred Heart, girls' Catholic school in Manhattan, the Upper East Side at the age of 11. Due to the comparative wealth of the Upper East and West Side, Gaga regretted that he did not come from a wealthy family, stating that her parents "came from lower-class families, so we strive for all-my mother worked from eight in the morning till eight at night outside house, in telecommunications, and so did my father. " He described the academic life at the school was "very devoted, diligent, disciplined" but also "a bit insecure" as she told in an interview, "I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started uncomfortable. I did not fit, and I felt like a freak. " Acquaintances dispute that she did not fit in at school. "She had a core group of friends: he was a good student. She liked boys a lot, but perhaps her singing was No.. 1," recalled a former high school classmate.
As a passionate actress in high school musicals, Gaga had a role as the main character (Adelaide) in Guys and Dolls and Philia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. She also appeared in a very small role as a mischievous classmate in the television drama series The Sopranos in a 2001 episode titled "The Telltale Moozadell." At age 16, he began to sing and play in front of a live audience and successfully auditioned for the part of the show in New York. When his time in the Convent of the Sacred Heart end, her mother encouraged her to continue keNew York University to study drama and performance-specifically the Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21), which is a faculty of the Tisch School of the Arts. Aged 17, Gaga finally obtain early college and living in NYU dorms on the Road 11. There, she studied music and sharpened skills in essay writing songs and preparing analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion, social issues and politics. Gaga wrote a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst; research that prepared her for her future career focus in "music, art, sex and celebrity." Gaga felt that she was more creative than some of her classmates. "Once you learn how to think about art, you can teach yourself," she said. Being part of the audition prestigious appearance, Gaga tried to take and pass the auditions while at CAP21, including the part of the customer restaurant unsuspecting on MTV, Boiling Points, a prank show on television, which is being filmed. However, in the second semester sophomore year, she withdrew from the school to focus on her music career. Her father agreed to pay her rent for a year, on the condition that she re-enroll at Tisch if she was unsuccessful. "I left my entire family, got the cheapest apartment I could find, and ate shit until somebody would listen," she said.
Musical style and influences
Gaga is strongly influenced by glam rock artists like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury of the band Queen, as well as dance-pop artists sepertiMadonna and Michael Jackson. Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name, "Lady Gaga". He commented: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen who have had the hit" Radio Gaga. "That's why I love the name Freddie unique-one of the greatest figures in the history of pop music." Gaga is also often compared to Madonna. He himself stated that "no one is more adored Madonna fan and loved beyond me. Biggest fan I was, both personally and professionally." Another singer who also inspired Gaga include Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Grace Jones and Blondie singer Debbie Harry. In an interview with Yahoo! Singapore, when she answered a lot of questions from the media, she stated that Cyndi Lauper is someone she admired, and she stated she was the reason her album, Born This Way, more rock type. He also said he wanted the album to be owned by the fans, as they reacted more strongly when I heard the song rock than pop, and ultimately the reason he gave the rock elements in the album
Gaga has a contralto vocal range. Her vocals often draw comparisons with the likes of Madonna and Gwen Stefani, while the structure of her music is said to echo classic pop into the 1980s and 1990s Europop. While reviewing her debut album The Fame, The Sunday Times stated "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, [Gaga] evokes Madonna, 'Hollaback Girl' from Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue 2001 or Grace Jone time now." Similarly, The Boston Globe critic Sarah Rodman commented that it draws "obvious inspirations from Madonna Gwen Stefani ... in style kekanakakan, the only difference being sturdy pipes and bubble dresses." Although his lyrics say the lack of intellectual stimulation, "trying to get you moving and grooving at a very fast pace." Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote that "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash genre, except the music, which is not the 1980s, hanyaruthlessly catchy naughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R & B. beats
Gaga has identified fashion as a major influence. She considers Donatella Versace as her idol. Gaga has its own production team called the Haus of Gaga creative, which he signed personally. The team created a lot of clothes, stage props, and hairdos. Her love for fashion came from her mother, who he said "always keep very well and still beautiful." "When I'm writing music, I'm thinking about the clothes to wear on stage.'s All about all things being equal-performance art, pop art, fashion. To me, it's all coming together and being a real story that will bring lots of fan. I want to bring them back. I want the imagery to be so strong that fans will want to eat, taste and lick every part of us. " The Global Language Monitor named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her clothing trademark "no pants" coming in No.. 3. Entertainment Weekly put her outfits on the list of end of the decade "best", saying, "Whether it's a dress made of stuffed muppet or strategically placed bubbles, Gaga ensembles brought performance art into the mainstream performances."
Public Image
In a critique of the music, fashion and Gaga persona different results. Her status as a role model, trailblazer and fashion icon with alternately confirmed and denied. Gaga's albums have received mostly positive reviews, with critics pointing unique style in pop music, the need for new movements in popular culture, the attention Gaga brings social issues are important, and the inherently subjective nature of her art. Her role as a self-esteem booster for her fans is also commendable, as his role in bringing the breath of life into the fashion industry. The show is described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; particular, blood spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV. He continued the theme of "blood spurting" on The Monster Ball Tour, in which she wore a leather corset and "attacked" by a dancer dressed in black who undermined her throat, causing "blood" to spurt down her chest, after which she lies "dying" in a pool of blood . The scene is at a show in Manchester, England, triggered protests from family groups and fans after a local tragedy, in which a taxi driver had murdered 12 people. "What happened in Bradford is very fresh in people's minds and given all the violence which happened in Cumbria just hours earlier, it's very sensitive." said Lynn Costello of Mothers against murder. Chris Rock later defended flamboyant, provocative behavior. "Well, she was Lady Gaga," he said. "She's not 'Lady Acting As Your wish.' Do you want great behavior from a person named Gaga? Was that what you expected? "
He later returned to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards wearing a dress comes with shoes, bags and caps-each fabricated from the flesh of dead animals. Her dress, named Time magazine as "a Fashion Statement in 2010:, and more widely known as the" meat dress ", designed by Argentinian designer Franc Fernandez and received different opinions arouse the attention of worldwide media but calling anger animal rights oraganisasi MAP. Gaga, however, later denied dresses intent to cause disrespect to any person or organization and wished that the dress be interpreted as a statement of human rights with a focus on those in the LGBT community.
Contrary to the odd style, the New York Post described initially look as like "refugee from Jersey Shore" with "big black hair, heavy eye makeup and tight, and revealing clothes." Gaga is a natural brunette, she was dyeing his hair yellow as he often dikelirui as Amy Winehouse. He often refers to her fans as "little monsters" and in a dedication, he has tattooed on "the arm that holds the mic [rophone]." She has six tattoos, among them a peace symbol, which was inspired by John Lennon, which he claimed as his hero, and writing German twist on her left arm quoting the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, her favorite philosopher, commenting that "philosophy of solitude" spoke his him. Towards the end of 2008, comparisons were made between the fashon of Gaga and recording artist Christina Aguilera that noted similarities in their styling, hair, and make-up. Aguilera stated that she was "completely unaware of [Gaga]" and "did not know if it's a man or a woman." Gaga released a statement in which she welcomed the comparisons due to the attention providing useful publicity, saying, "She's such a huge star and if anything I should send flowers, because a lot of people in America did not know who I was until everything is accomplished. Was actually put me on the map in a way. "
When interviewed by Barbara Walters for ABC News special annual list of 10 most fascinating people of 2009, Gaga dismissed the claim that she is intersex as an urban legend. Responding to a question on this issue, she stated, "At first it was very strange and everyone kinda said, 'That's really quite a story!." But in a sense, I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny. " In addition to Aguilera's statement, comparisons continued into 2010 when Aguilera released the music video of her single "Not Myself Tonight". Critics noted similarities between the song and accompanying music video with Gaga's video for "Bad Romance". There is also a similar comparison is made between Gaga's style and fashion icon Dale Bozzio from the band Missing Persons. Some consider that the respective images to be strikingly on their clothing although fans Missing Persons note that Bozzio had pioneered the look more than thirty years earlier.
In an interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine published in May 2011, Gaga discussed the recent appearance of horn-like mountain on cheekbones, temples, and shoulders. When asked about the necessary makeup to attach the prosthetics, she responded, "They're not prosthetics, they are my bones." She also clarified that they were not the result of plastic surgery, believing such surgery just a modern byproduct of fame-induced insecurity and he does not subscribe. Further investigation by the interviewer, he states that they are an artistic representation of the inner light inspiration, part of the "performance piece" that is a musical persona, an inevitability to be who he is now. In a view of Lady Gaga's influence on modern culture and global fame, sociologist Mathieu Deflem dariUniversity of South Carolina since the Spring of 2011 organizes a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame" with the aim to parse "sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga with respect to her music, videos, fashion, and other artistic endeavors. "
Calling Gaga to fans as "Little Monsters" has inspired criticism, due to the highly commercial nature of both music and image. To some, this dichotomy contrary to the concept of outsider culture. Writing for The Guardian, Kitty Empire found that the dichotomy "... allows the viewer to have a transgressive experience without required to think. Essentially [appearance], perhaps, is the idea that Gaga became one with the freaks and outcasts. Monster Ball is where we can all be free. It is outrageous nonsense, as a way of people buying Gaga's music is commercially very tricky. But Gaga seems sincere. " Camille Paglia wrote a cover story "Lady Gaga and the death of sex" (Lady Gaga and the death of sex) on September 12, 2010, in The Sunday Times in which she asserts that Gaga "is more like an identity thief daripida an erotic taboo destroyer, a product The main manufacturing admitted singing for the freaks, the rebellious and the exiles even though he is not one of them "
The defense of the LGBT
Gaga has many attributes the early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered a gay icon. At the beginning of 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 will always stand by them.'s not an easy thing to create a fanbase. " He thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBT marketing where label Interscope works, in the credit record album The Fame, saying, "I love you guys. Guys were the first heartbeat in this project, and the support and brilliance means the world to me I will always fight for the gay community hand by hand and with my incredible team. " One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBT television network Logo, where she sang her song "Just Dance". In June of the same year, he performed the song again at the San Francisco Pride event. 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 boyfriend tends to react terhadapbiseksualitas, saying "The fact that I'm into women, they're all intimidated by it. It makes them uncomfortable. They're like, 'I do not need to have love. I'm just happy with the you '. " When she appeared as a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2009, she praised DeGeneres for being "an inspiration for women and for the gay community". He stated that the October 11, 2009, National Equality March on the national mall was "the most important event in his career." When he came out, he left with joy and said "God bless you and bless the gays," similar to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist reception the previous month. At the Human Rights Campaign Dinner, held the same weekend with the rally, she performed a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" declaring that "I'm not going to [play] one of my songs tonight because tonight is not about me, it's about you." She changed the original lyrics of the song to reflect the death of Matthew Shepard, a college student murdered because of his sexuality.
Gaga attended the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards accompanied by four members of the U.S. Armed Forces (Mike Almy, David Hall, Katie Miller and Stacy Vasquez). Everything, under the U.S. military policy "Do not ask, do not tell" (DADT), has been banned from working openly because of their sexuality. In addition, Gaga wore a dress made of meat of animals that died while receiving the award. Gaga wished that the dress, more widely known as the "meat dress", was interpreted as a statement of human rights with a focus on those in the LGBT community adding that "If we do not stand up for what we believe in and if we do not fight for the right- our rights, pretty soon we will have the right as much as the meat on our own bones. " She later released three YouTube videos urging fans to contact their Senators in an effort to overturn the policy. In late September 2010, she spoke at the rally Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, "4the14K" at Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine. The results of the general meeting signifies an estimated amount of approximately 14,000 members issued under the DADT policy at the time. During his speech, he urged members of the U.S. Senate (and in particular, moderate Republican senators from Maine, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins) to vote in favor of legislation that would repeal the DADT policy. After the event, editors of The Advocate commented that she had become "the real fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians, which Barack Obama has promised.
Gaga recently appeared at Europride, a pan-European international event dedicated to LGBT communities, diRoma held in June 2011. In a nearly twenty-minute speech, she criticized the lack of tolerance towards gay rights in many European countries and described homosexuals as "revolutionaries of love" before performing acoustic offering "Born This Way" and "The Edge of Glory" in front of thousands of people at the Circus Maximus. She stated that "Today and every day we fight for freedom. We fight for justice. We call for compassion, try understanding and above all we want full equality we are in now." Gaga revealed that she is often questioned why she dedicates herself to "gay speech" and "how gay" it to him, he said: "Why is this question, why is this issue so important?, My answer is: I am the child of diversity, I am one with the generation me, I feel a moral obligation as a woman, or a man, to exercise my revolutionary potential and make the world a better place. " She then joked: "On a gay scale from 1 to 10, I'm a Judy Garlanddengan scale 42."
Discography § The Fame (2008)
§ The Fame Monster (2009)
§ Born This Way (2011)
§ tour The Fame Ball Tour
§ The Monster Ball Tour
§ The Born This Way Ball Tour
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