Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, turns 38 this Thursday (28). The American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, actress, music producer and businesswoman is one of the greatest artists today.
Thus, with years of career behind her in the most varied niches of the artistic industry, Gaga has already achieved numerous achievements, awards and recognition.
So, remember 38 achievements and curiosities of Lady Gaga:
1- Showing her natural talent since she was a child, Lady Gaga learned to play the piano at the age of four. Furthermore, her first composition came at thirteen.
2- Her stage name, Lady Gaga, was inspired by the song “Radio Ga Ga”, by the band Queen.
3- The singer says she is left-handed. In fact, she measures just 1 meter and 55 centimeters tall, which explains the number of times she appears wearing high heels.
4- Before venturing behind the microphones, Gaga started behind the scenes as a music producer. This is how “Boys Boys Boys” came about, which would later be part of their debut album, titled “The Fame“.
5- Rob Fusari, her first music producer, compared the artist’s voice to that of Freddie Mercury.
6- In 2008, Lady Gaga released “The Fame“, his first studio work.
7- The album gave rise to the hits “Just Dance” and “Poker Face“, the last being exalted to this day.
8- Gaga marked the music scene – and music videos – in the 2000s, with a stance of female empowerment, promoting the visibility of the LGBT community, in addition to its politicization.
9- Thus, “The Fame” sold around twelve million copies worldwide.
10- With success taking over her life, Lady Gaga began to appear in several interviews that went viral due to the artist’s atypical behavior. During a chat with Anderson Cooper, she put a rock in her mouth while drinking a cup of coffee.
11- Regarding her first awards, she was nominated for a total of nine categories at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Best New Artist. Furthermore, her single “Paparazzi” won two awards for Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects, respectively.
12- In 2008, Gaga released “The Fame Monster“, an extension of his studio album, which explored the dark side of fame.
13- The then new work fulfilled its objective and presented other great hits: “Bad Romance”, “Alejandro” and “Telephone”, the latter with a special participation by Beyoncé.
14- During this same period, the singer was under pressure from the world to say whether or not she was intersexual. “Maybe I have [um pênis]. Is this so terrible? Why the hell am I going to waste my time explaining whether I have it or not? My fans don’t care, and neither do I,” he declared in an interview.
15- “The Fame Monster” won six Grammy nominations, including in the main categories of the event, namely: Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Album of the Year.
16- In 2010, Lady Gaga caused a stir by appearing in an unusual outfit at the MTV Video Music Awards. She showed off in a dress made entirely from raw animal meat. Still at the awards ceremony, she announced the release of “Born This Way“, his next studio album.
17- “Gaga presents her ideas in a sophisticated way. She has an incredible pop feel. People forget how young she is [… ela] He only has two albums, but he inspires other artists to move forward with their own work. When I see someone like Gaga, I remember the admiration (…) she is not a pop music artist, she is the interpretation of an artist”, says Cyndi Lauper about Gaga in Time magazine.
18- Despite working on his new chapter in music, his latest releases were still praised. In 2011, Lady Gaga won three Grammy Awards: “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” and “Best Short-Term Music Video” for “Bad Romance”, in addition to “Best Pop Album” for The Fame Monster.
19- With the artist’s colossal success, the Madame Tussauds wax museum opened eight models of the artist. They were opened simultaneously in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, New York, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
20- The release of “Born This Way” took place in 2011, classified as good rock and roll mixed with pop. However, due to the use of religious references, such as the use of the word “Jesus”, Lebanon decided to temporarily ban the album.
21- In this way, “Judas“, the single that makes up the album, divided opinions, being criticized by Christian communities, but acclaimed by their fans.
22- In 2012, Lady Gaga came to Brazil for the first, and only, time, with the “Born This Way Ball Tour”. While in Rio de Janeiro, she made a point of visiting Morro do Cantagalo, where she went barefoot, played ball with children from the community and drank beer sitting at a plastic table.
23- The iconic “Artpop”, the third album of his career, came the following year, in 2013.
24- This era yielded singles like “Applause” e “Do What U Want” with R&B singer R. Kelly.
25- In the same year, she made her film debut in the film Machete Kills (2013), by Robert Rodriguez. In the film, she plays the character La Chameleón. However, her role earned her a Golden Raspberry nomination for worst supporting actress.
26- However, Gaga did not give up on her film career. In 2015, she joined the cast of “American Horror Story, Hotel“. In fact, she played Elizabeth, the owner of the establishment in which the story took place.
27- Her fifth album of her career, titled “Joanne”, was released on October 21, 2016. The first single, “Perfect Illusion“, was released in September.
28- In 2018, the famous film “A Star Is Born” took place, starring the prestigious singer. Its initial worldwide box office grossed more than US$253 million.
29- Gaga also ventured into the field of entrepreneurship, launching her brand of vegan aesthetic products called “Haus Laboratories”.
30- At the height of her 30s, Lady Gaga got her license for the first time.
31- “Chromatica”, his sixth studio album, contains a song recorded in partnership with Elton John, entitled “Sine From Above”. Furthermore, their friendship was so close that Gaga became the godmother of his eldest son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John.
32- After winning an Oscar for best original song, Lady Gaga became a meme when she removed the long-awaited golden statuette from a bag she was wearing during an interview on the Jimmy Kimmel Live program.
33- Her story is also immortalized in the book “Lady Gaga: Queen of Pop”, a biography of Lady Gaga, written by Emily Herbert (pseudonym of Virginia Blackburn), and published in the United Kingdom by John Blake Publishing Ltd.
34- Reaffirming her versatility, in 2020 she announced a partnership with the k-pop group BlackPink with the track “Sour Candy”.
35- Due to the coronavirus pandemic at the beginning of the same year, Gaga mobilized together with Global Citizen to develop a solidarity event in order to support the World Health Organization.
36- In 2023, the artist was announced as “Alerquina” in the film “Joker 2”. Furthermore, the film is scheduled to hit theaters in October 2024.
37- According to actress Heather Cowles, who is also part of the cast, the singer asked to be called by her first name – and not her stage name. “She went by the name Stefani instead of Gaga. As soon as she said ‘My name is Stefani’ everyone was talking to her. She participated in everything. It was just herself.”
38- Recently, Lady Gaga announced that she is working “as quickly as possible” for the release of her new studio album.
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