LADY GAGA

How the star was born

 „ Someone who tells everybody „You weren‘t
born to fit in, you were born to stand out, to
speak up, to act out and to live life out loud.“
Ladies and gentlemen-Lady Gaga! “
Cory Booker-US senator (NJ)
EARLY LIFE
 Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (New
York, 28. March 1986.)
 Went to all-girls Roman Catholic school
 Sees herself as a misfit and she was mocked
for „being either too provocative or too
eccentric“
 Started playing the piano when she was 4
years old
EARLY LIFE
 Studied method acting at the Lee Starsberg
Theatre & Film institute for 10 years
 Unsuccessfully auditioned for New York
shows
 „I don‘t know where my affinity for music
comes from, but it is the thing that comes
easiest to me“
 In 2003. she gained early admission to
Collaborative Arts Project 21 (dropped out in
2005 to focus on music)
CAREER BEGINNINGS
 2005.-recorded two songs with hip-hop singer
Melle Mel
 She formed a band „SGBand“ with couple of
friends from NYU (played together around
New York)
 2006.-scout Wendy Starland recommended
her to music producer Rob Fusari
 Fusari & Gaga established a company „Team
Lovechild, LLC“ to promote her career
CAREER BEGINNINGS
 September 2006. Gaga was singed to Def
Jam, but was dropped three months later
 Began performing at neo-burlesque shows
 Lady Gaga and Lady Starlight performed
their „Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue“ at
the 2007 Lollapalooza music festival
 In 2007 Gaga struck a publishing deal with
Sony/ATV , started writing for Britney
Spears, New Kids on the Block, Fergie and
The Pussycat Dolls
CAREER BEGINNINGS
 Late 2007-she singed with Cherrytree
Records
 Many radiostations found her music too
„racy“, „dance-oriented“ and „underground“
for the mainstream market
 „ My name is Lady Gaga, I‘ve been on the
music scene for years, and I‘m telling you,
this is what‘s next“
THE FAME MONSTER
 October 28, 2008.
 Sales WW: 1500000
 „JustDance“,
„Love game“,
„Poker face“
 Electro-pop,
synth-pop, dance-
pop
BORN THIS WAY
 May 23, 2011.
 Sales WW: 6000000
 „Marry the night“,
„Born this way“,
„You & I“
 Dance-pop
ARTPOP
 November 11,
2013
 Sales WW: 4000000
 „G.U.Y“,
„Applause“
 Collab with R.Kelly
 EDM, synth-pop
CHEEK TO CHEEK
 September 23,
2014
 Tony Bennett
 Sales WW:100000
 Jazz & traditional
pop
JOANNE
 October 21, 2016.
 Sales WW: 1000000
 „Joanne“, „Perfect
illusion“, „Hey girl“
 Country, country-
pop, soft rock,
dace-pop
 Collab with
Florence Welch
A STAR IS BORN
 October 5, 2018
 Bradley Cooper
 Oscar for the best
original song
Grammy 2018 Oscars 2015
AMAs 2010 David Bowie tribute
Met gala 2019 Grammy 2016
SUPERBOWL

2016 2017
ACTIVISM
 2012, Gaga launched the Born This Way Foundation
(BTWF), a non-profit organization that focuses on youth
empowerment
 Gaga also contributes in the fight against HIV and AIDS,
focusing on educating young women about the risks of
the disease
 At the 84th Annual US Conference of Mayors she joined
with the Dalai Lama to talk about the power of
kindness
 Due to her meeting with Dalai Lama, the Chinese
government added Gaga to a list of hostile foreign
forces, and Chinese websites and media organizations
were ordered to stop uploading or distributing her
songs
I'm beautiful in my way
'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track,
I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track,
I was born this way!