Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, widely recognized by her stage name Lady Gaga, is a renowned American singer and songwriter. Born on March 28, 1986, she initially made a name for herself in New York City's Lower East Side rock music scene in 2003. Following her enrollment at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Lady Gaga soon signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records.
During her early tenure at Interscope, Lady Gaga honed her craft as a songwriter for fellow label artists, eventually capturing the attention of recording artist Akon, who recognized her exceptional vocal abilities and signed her to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.
Throughout her illustrious career, Lady Gaga has achieved immense commercial success, with her sales totaling 170 million records as of 2018. She is one of the world's best-selling music artists, and the only female artist to have achieved four singles that have sold at least 10 million copies globally.
Her impressive accolades include 13 Grammy Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, 16 Guinness World Records, awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and recognition as Billboard's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015).
Lady Gaga has also been included in several Forbes' power rankings and ranked fourth on VH1's Greatest Women in Music (2012). Time magazine has named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in both 2010 and 2019, and placed her on their All-Time 100 Fashion Icons list.
Biography:
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986.
