Lady Gaga

  

Band Profile | Lady Gaga | Gaga released her second studio album and third major release, Born This Way, on May 23, 2011. Upon release, the album Generally received positive reviews from music Critics, WHO praised its range of different styles and her vocals.  In Addition to Exceeding 8 million copies in worldwide sales, Born This Way received three Grammy Award nominations, Including her third consecutive for Album of the Year.  In the months prior to its unveiling, Gaga released the singles "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory" alongside promotional single "Hair".

The eponymous lead single, first sung live at the 53rd Grammy Awards in a performance Gaga That saw emerge from an egg-like vessel, deals with self-acceptance regardless of race or sexual orientation. The single debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, Becoming the 19th number-one debut and the 1.000-th number one single in the history of the charts.It sold more than 3 million digital copies in the U.S. by October 2011, Becoming her eighth consecutive single to exceed sales of 2 million and, with worldwide sales of 8.2 million copies by November 2011, one of her five best-selling singles worldwide.Critics noted artistic and cultural references and praised the concept of the song's accompanying music video, in the which Gaga Gives birth to a new race amidst surrealistic images.

Gaga continued her musical endeavors by pairing with veteran artists like Tony Bennett to record a jazz version of "The Lady Is a Tramp".  Gaga also Lent her vocals to an original duet with Elton John for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet. The song, "Hello, Hello", was released without Gaga's vocals but the duet version features in the film.  In early 2012, Stated That Gaga songs for a new album were "beginning to Flourish" as she worked with producer Fernando Garibay, while the accompanying tour for Born This Way was materializing. The Born This Way Ball Tour will kick off on April 27, 2012, at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea Continually experimenting with new musical ideas and images, Gaga's musical style and performance is the subject of much analysis and Scrutiny from Critics.  Vocally, Gaga possesses the range of a contralto and exhibits "Overwhelming expression, instinctive vocal phrasing, '80s rock Reminiscent chest belts and animalistic vocal ticks "while being Able to move through 2.4 octaves. Refusing to lip sync, Gaga - Whose range is frequently compared to Those of Madonna and Gwen Stefani has manipulated her vocal style over the course of her career yet considers Born This Way (2011) "much more vocally up to par with what I've always been capable of."

Gaga opined, "Perez is very intelligent and Cleary Listened to my record from beginning to end, and he is correctI love songwriting. ] Gaga Believes that" all good music can be played at a piano and still sound like a hit She has covered a wide variety of topics in her songs: while The Fame (2008) meditates on the lust for Stardom, The Fame Monster (2009) expresses fame's dark side through monster metaphors. Born This Way (2011) is sung in English, French, German and Spanish and includes common themes in Gaga's controversial songwriting like love, sex, religion, money, drugs, identity, liberation, Sexuality, freedom and individualism.

The structure of her music is said to echo classic 1980s pop and 1990s Europop. Her debut album The Fame (2008) Provoked The Sunday Times to assert "in combining music, fashion, art and technology, Gaga evokes Madonna, Gwen Stefani circa 'Hollaback Girl', Kylie Minogue 2001 or Grace Jones right now "and a critic from The Boston Globe to comment That she draws" obvious inspirations from Madonna to Gwen Stefani  in girlish pipes and bubbly but Sturdy beats. Music critic Simon Reynolds wrote that" Everything about Gaga CAME from electroclash, except the music, the which Was not particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy pop naughties glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R & B-ish beats.

The follow-up The Fame Monster (2009), saw Gaga's taste for Pastiche, drawing on" Seventies arena glam, Perky ABBA disco and sugary throwbacks like Stacey Q "while Born This Way (2011) also draws on the records of her childhood and still has the "electro-sleaze beats and Eurodisco chorus Chants" of its predecessor but includes as Diverse genres as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll. There is a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details, "wrote Rolling Stone, WHO concluded:" The more excessive Gaga gets, the more she sounds honest With constant costume changes, backup dancers, and provoctative visuals, Gaga's music videos are Often described as short films.  Being provocative is not just about getting people's attention.



Exploring bondage and Sadomasochism in Addition to highlighting prevalent feminist themes," the three central themes That shape Lady Gaga's music videos are sex, violence, and power. Vaudevillian and Carnal , Lady Gaga has got the Knack of sending rape-like fantasies-in songs and videos That double as a catch-club hits to the top of the charts, "wrote one critic Whether it is physical violence or sexual exploitation, these videos offer vivid depictions of male power over women's bodies, "wrote another. In summation of her videos, Rolling Stone used the rhetoric:" does anyone look to a Lady Gaga video for restraint?  Her performances are described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; the blood-spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV.

"Well, she's Lady Gaga," Chris Rock said. Do you want great behavior from a person named Gaga?  As Gaga's choreographer and creative director, Laurieann Gibson Provided material for her shows and videos for four years. However, the pair parted in November 2011 Gaga Replacing her with Gibson's assistant Richard Jackson. Gaga admits to being a perfectionist when it comes to her elaborate shows. While Rolling Stone named Gaga the "Queen of Pop" in 2011, public reception of Gaga's music, fashion sense and persona are mixed Gaga's albums have received mostly positive reviews and Critics have pointed out her unique place in pop music, the need for new movements in popular culture, the attention Gaga brings to modern social issues, and the inherently subjective nature of her art. In view of her influence on modern culture and her rise to global fame, sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina has organized a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame "since spring 2011 with the objective of unravelling" some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga. When Gaga briefly met with U.S. president Barack Obama at a Human Rights Campaign fundraiser, he described the interaction as "intimidating" as she was dressed in 16-inch heels making her undoubtedly the tallest woman in the room. Gaga is a natural brunette she bleached Because her hair blonde she was Often mistaken for Amy Winehouse.  In a question posed about the Necessary procedure to attach the prosthetics to give the appearance of recent unconventional horn-like ridges on her cheekbones, temples, and shoulders, Gaga responded, "They're not prosthetics, they're my bones."

Towards the end of 2008, comparisons were made Between the fashions 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 a man or a woman." When interviewed by Barbara Walters for her ABC News special annual 10 Most Fascinating People in 2009, dismissed the claim Gaga That she is intersex as an urban legend.  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 its accompanying music video with Gaga's video for "Bad Romance". There have also been similar comparisons made Between Gaga's style and that 'of fashion icon Dale Bozzio Missing Persons from the band.

While Devout followers call Gaga "Mother Monster", Gaga Often refers to her fans as "Little Monsters" which has been tattooed on "the arm That holds my mic" in dedication.  Her treatment of her "Little Monsters "has inspired criticism, due to the highly commercial nature of her music and image.  Camille Paglia in her 2010 cover story "Lady Gaga and the death of sex" in The Sunday Times asserts That Gaga "an identity thief is more than an erotic taboo breaker, a mainstream product manufactured WHO claims to be singing for the freaks, the Rebellious and the dispossessed when she is none of Those. For natural disasters, has helped Gaga Various relief Efforts. Gaga Announced That an estimated total of $ 500,000 was collected for the fund. Hours after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit Tohoku Japan on March 11, 2011, Gaga tweeted a message and a link to Japan Prayer Bracelets. All revenue from a bracelet she designed in conjunction with the company was donated to Relief Efforts.

Lady Gaga's spokesperson called the lawsuit "meritless" and "misleading".On June 25, 2011, Gaga performed at the MTV Japan's charity show in Makuhari Messe, the which benefited the Japanese Red Cross. Gaga also contributes in the fight against HIV and AIDS, focusing on Educating young women about the risks of the disease. In collaboration with Cyndi Lauper, Gaga joined forces with MAC Cosmetics to launch a line of lipstick under supplementary Their cosmetic line, Viva Glam. Titled Viva Glam Gaga and Viva Glam Cyndi respectively for each contributor, all net proceeds of the lipstick line were donated to the cosmetic company's campaign to Prevent HIV and AIDS worldwide.  In a press release, Gaga declared, "I do not Viva Glam want to be just a lipstick you buy to help a cause. \ The sales of Gaga- Viva Glam lipstick and endorsed lipgloss have raised more than $ 202 million to fight HIV and AIDS As a humanitarian, she has launched her own non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, the which focuses on youth empowerment and issues like self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring, and career development. "My mother and I have initiated a passion project.

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