Lady Gaga: Recent News

Jun 11, 2013

Lady Gaga Blends In as a Bridesmaid at Best Friend's Wedding

May 03, 2013

Lady Gaga Keeps Quiet at Chateau Marmont

Feb 13, 2013

Lady Gaga Cancels Born This Way Ball Tour Due to Severe Injury

Feb 12, 2013

Lady Gaga: I Can't Walk Due to Injury

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Lady Gaga: Snapshot

Name: Lady Gaga
Date of Birth: March 28, 1986
Birth Place: Yonkers, N.Y.

Lady Gaga is anything but another cookie-cutter blonde pop princess. Known for her infectious beats, oddball fashions and an unpredictable attitude, Gaga is a feisty addition to the music scene wrapped in a glittery bow-tied package.

Before burning up the charts with hits from her debut album The Fame, Stefani "Gaga" Germanotta was a college dropout who performed in Manhattan burlesque clubs and wrote songs for Britney Spears and New Kids on the Block. But thanks to a growing list of mega-hits (from "Just Dance" and "Bad Romance" to "Born This Way") and countless risk-taking ensembles, the out-of-this-world disco queen earned five Grammy Awards.

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Lady Gaga: Five Fun Facts

Lady Gaga's stage name is a tribute to the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga."
Lady Gaga often carries a purple teacup and saucer in public. "I drank tea with my mom, [so teacups] make me feel at home," she told PEOPLE.
Chicago cops cited Lady Gaga for indecent exposure for wearing hot pants in public.
Lady Gaga dyed her dark hair blonde after an interviewer confused her with Amy Winehouse. "I want to be known for my own look," she told PEOPLE.
Lady Gaga graduated from the posh Manhattan high school Convent of the Sacred Heart, Nicky and Paris Hilton's alma mater.

Lady Gaga: Biography

Early 2000s: Prep School Days
Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, the New York native quickly develops a passion for music, learning to play the piano by ear at 4 and composing her own ballads by 13. Working with Christina Aguilera's vocal coach, Gaga studies classical piano and sings in a classic-rock high school band at Manhattan private school Convent of the Sacred Heart.
2005: Gaga Does Go-Go
At 19, Gaga drops out of New York University after her freshman year to pursue music full time. "I thought I could teach myself about art better than the school could," she tells Elle. Working as a waitress and designing her own stage outfits by day, Gaga begins to make a name for herself by dancing in Lower East Side burlesque clubs and singing in dive bars.
2008: October 28
First Taste of Fame
After being signed and quickly dropped from Island Def Jam records, Gaga lands a deal with Interscope on her 20th birthday. The singer, who writes all of her own tracks, makes her debut with the electro-pop single "Just Dance." "I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol," Gaga tells Elle. The single burns up the charts, landing at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 list.