Lady Gaga#Public image

{{Infobox person

| name = Lady Gaga

| image = Lady Gaga at Joe Biden's inauguration (cropped 5).jpg

| alt = Side view of Lady Gaga wearing a navy blue dress decorated with a golden bird and smiling

| caption = Gaga at the inauguration of Joe Biden, 2021

| birth_name = Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|28}}

| birth_place = New York City, US

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Singer
songwriter
actress

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| organization = Born This Way Foundation

| years_active = 2000–present

| works = {{flatlist|

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| partner = Michael Polansky (2020–present; engaged)

| mother = Cynthia Germanotta

| awards = Full list

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| instrument = {{flatlist|

Vocals
piano

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| label = {{flatlist|

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| website = {{URL|ladygaga.com}}

| signature = Lady Gaga autograph.svg

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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|ɛ|f|ən|i|_|ˌ|dʒ|ɜːr|m|ə|ˈ|n|ɒ|t|ə|audio=En-us-StefaniGermanotta.ogg}} {{respell|STEF|ən|ee|_|JUR|mə|NOT|ə}}}} (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in popular music. With estimated sales of 124{{nbsp}}million records, she is one of the best selling music artists of all time. Publications such as Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked her among the greatest artists in history.

After signing with Interscope Records in 2007, Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut album, The Fame (2008), and its reissue The Fame Monster (2009). The project scored a string of successful singles, including "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". Her second full-length album, Born This Way (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies first-week. Its title track became the fastest-selling song on the iTunes Store, with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her electronic dance music-influenced third album, Artpop (2013), she pursued jazz on the album Cheek to Cheek (2014) with Tony Bennett, and delved into soft rock on the album Joanne (2016).

Gaga also ventured into acting, gaining praise for her leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016) and the films A Star Is Born (2018) and House of Gucci (2021). Her contributions to the A Star Is Born soundtrack, which spawned the chart-topping single "Shallow", made her the first woman to win an Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award in one year. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her album Chromatica (2020), which yielded the number-one single "Rain on Me". She reunited with Bennett for their second and final collaborative album, Love for Sale (2021), and revisited her early pop sound on the album Mayhem (2025), which contains the chart-topping single "Die with a Smile".

Gaga has amassed six number-one studio albums and six number-one songs on the US Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts, respectively, and is the only female artist with four singles that have each sold at least 10{{nbsp}}million copies globally. According to Forbes, she was the world's highest-paid female musician and the most powerful celebrity in 2011, while Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, a Sports Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, and a recognition from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Gaga's philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBTQ rights. Her business ventures include vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs and the non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which supports the wellness of young people.

Life and career

= 1986–2004: Early life =

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born to an upper-middle-class Catholic family on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.Birth details:

{{Cite magazine |title=Artists: Lady Gaga |url=https://www.nme.com/artists/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001023358/http://www.nme.com/artists/lady-gaga |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |access-date=September 19, 2017 |magazine=NME}}
{{cite magazine|last1=Spedding|first1=Emma|title=It's Lady Gaga's 27th Birthday! We Celebrate With Her 10 Style Highlights Of The Year|url=http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/news/its-lady-gagas-27th-birthday-we-celebrate-with-her-10-crazy-style-highlights-of-the-year|magazine=Grazia|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2013|ref=none|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402055054/http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/news/its-lady-gagas-27th-birthday-we-celebrate-with-her-10-crazy-style-highlights-of-the-year|date=March 28, 2013}} Both of her parents have Italian ancestry.Family background details:
{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/05/the-gospel-according-to-lady-gaga/|ref=none|title=The provocative faith of Lady Gaga|last=Graves-Fitzsimmons|first=Guthrie|date=February 5, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 27, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206165201/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/02/05/the-gospel-according-to-lady-gaga/|archive-date=February 6, 2017}}
{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=January 26, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga Opens Italian Restaurant With Her Dad |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1677929/lady-gaga-dad-italian-restaurant/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029174636/http://www.mtv.com/news/1677929/lady-gaga-dad-italian-restaurant/ |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=MTV News |ref=none}}
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a10701/lady-gaga-386961/|title=Lady Gaga|magazine=Elle|date=December 1, 2009|access-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204102113/https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a10701/lady-gaga-386961/|archive-date=December 4, 2018|url-status=live}} Her parents are Cynthia Louise ({{née|Bissett}}), a philanthropist and business executive, and Internet entrepreneur Joseph Germanotta,{{Cite magazine |date=May 25, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga's Universe: Mom Cynthia Germanotta |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/lady-gagas-universe-20110524/mom-cynthia-germanotta-0501272 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425033944/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/lady-gagas-universe-20110524/mom-cynthia-germanotta-0501272 |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} and she has a younger sister named Natali.{{Cite magazine |last=Harman |first=Justine |date=September 20, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga's Little Sister: I Support the Spectacle |url=http://people.com/style/lady-gagas-little-sister-i-support-the-spectacle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123090525/http://people.com/style/lady-gagas-little-sister-i-support-the-spectacle/ |archive-date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2016 |magazine=People}} Brought up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Gaga said in an interview that her parents came from lower-class families and worked hard for everything.{{Cite news |last=Reszutek |first=Dana |date=March 28, 2017 |title=Uptown to downtown, see Lady Gaga's New York |url=https://www.amny.com/entertainment/celebrities/lady-gaga-s-nyc-from-the-upper-west-side-to-lower-manhattan-places-the-singer-s-called-home-1.13048216 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042255/https://www.amny.com/entertainment/celebrities/lady-gaga-s-nyc-from-the-upper-west-side-to-lower-manhattan-places-the-singer-s-called-home-1.13048216 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |newspaper=amNew York Metro}}{{Cite news |last=Barber |first=Lynn |date=December 6, 2009 |title=Shady lady: The truth about pop's Lady Gaga |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/shady-lady-the-truth-about-pops-lady-gaga-zkhnvrfqgxd |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028044012/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shady-lady-the-truth-about-pops-lady-gaga-zkhnvrfqgxd |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |newspaper=The Times}} From age 11, she attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a private all-girls Roman Catholic school.{{Cite news |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date=May 16, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga: How the world went crazy for the new queen of pop |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-how-the-world-went-crazy-for-the-new-queen-of-pop-1684375.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519184554/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/lady-gaga-how-the-world-went-crazy-for-the-new-queen-of-pop-1684375.html |archive-date=May 19, 2009 |access-date=May 26, 2009 |newspaper=The Independent}} Gaga has described her high-school self as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure". She considered herself a misfit and was mocked for "being either too provocative or too eccentric".{{sfn|Tracy|2013|page=202}}

Gaga began playing the piano at age four when her mother insisted she become "a cultured young woman". She took piano lessons and practiced through her childhood. The lessons taught her to create music by ear, which Gaga preferred over reading sheet music. Her parents encouraged her to pursue music and enrolled her in Creative Arts Camp.{{sfn|Johnson|2012|p=20}} As a teenager, she played at open mic nights.{{sfn|Johnson|2012|p=26}} Gaga played the lead roles of Adelaide in the play Guys and Dolls and Philia in the play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Regis High School.{{Cite magazine |last=Grigoriadis |first=Vanessa |author-link=Vanessa Grigoriadis |date=March 28, 2010 |title=Growing Up Gaga |url=https://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/65127 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401055337/http://nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/65127/ |archive-date=April 1, 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2010 |magazine=New York}} She also studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for ten years.{{cite web|last=Manelis |first=Michele |date=October 12, 2015 |title=LSTFI Alum Lady Gaga taps into The Lee Strasberg Method |work=The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute |publisher=Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute |url=http://newyork.methodactingstrasberg.com/blog/lstfi-alumna-lady-gaga-taps-into-the-lee-strasberg-method/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127031815/http://newyork.methodactingstrasberg.com/blog/lstfi-alumna-lady-gaga-taps-into-the-lee-strasberg-method/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=January 7, 2016}} Her screen debut was a background appearance in the 2000 music video for AC/DC's song "Stiff Upper Lip".{{cite web |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |title=Lady Gaga Reveals She Made Her Onscreen Debut In A 2000 AC/DC Video |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2291082/lady-gaga-reveals-she-made-her-onscreen-debut-in-a-2000-ac-dc-video/news/ |website=Stereogum |date=December 17, 2024 |access-date=December 25, 2024 |archive-date=December 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225063933/https://www.stereogum.com/2291082/lady-gaga-reveals-she-made-her-onscreen-debut-in-a-2000-ac-dc-video/news/ |url-status=live }} Gaga auditioned unsuccessfully for New York shows, though did appear in a small background role as a high-school student in a 2001 episode of The Sopranos titled "The Telltale Moozadell".{{sfn|Morgan|2010|page=27}} Fan interest in that episode increased when a clip of Gaga's scene surfaced online in 2010.{{Cite magazine|last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=October 11, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga fans discover her pre-fame 'Sopranos' cameo |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/11/lady-gaga-sopranos-cameo/|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101015115425/http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/10/11/lady-gaga-sopranos-cameo/|archive-date=October 15, 2010|access-date=June 11, 2025 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{cite news|last=Ditzian|first=Eric|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1649702/20101011/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga's 'Sopranos' Cameo Surfaces|publisher=MTV News|date=October 11, 2010|access-date=June 11, 2025|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20101014073023/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1649702/20101011/lady_gaga.jhtml|archive-date=October 14, 2010|url-status=dead}} She later said of her inclination towards music:

{{blockquote|I don't know exactly where my affinity for music comes from, but it is the thing that comes easiest to me. When I was like three years old, I may have been even younger, my mom always tells this really embarrassing story of me propping myself up and playing the keys like this because I was too young and short to get all the way up there. Just go like this on the low end of the piano ... I was really, really good at piano, so my first instincts were to work so hard at practicing piano, and I might not have been a natural dancer, but I am a natural musician. That is the thing that I believe I am the greatest at.{{Cite news |first=Jamie |last=Peck |date=May 27, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga: Inside the Outside |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2298178/lady-gaga-inside-the-outside-mtv-documentary-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020244/http://www.mtv.com/news/2298178/lady-gaga-inside-the-outside-mtv-documentary-video/ |archive-date=March 28, 2017 |access-date=August 27, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}}}}

In 2003, Gaga gained early admission to Collaborative Arts Project 21, a music school at New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts, and lived in an NYU dorm. She studied music there and improved her songwriting skills by writing essays on art, religion, social issues, and politics, including a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst.{{cite web|last=Florino |first=Rick |date=January 30, 2009 |title=Interview: Lady GaGa |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4931544,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701004308/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,4931544,00.html |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |access-date=August 7, 2017 |publisher=Artistdirect}}{{cite web|title=Lady Gaga Bio |url=https://www.ladygaga.com/bio/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606021357/https://www.ladygaga.com/bio/ |archive-date=June 6, 2010 |access-date=August 7, 2017 |publisher=ladygaga.com}} In 2005, Gaga withdrew from school during the second semester of her second year to focus on her music career.{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Chris |date=June 9, 2008 |title=Lady GaGa Brings Her Artistic Vision Of Pop Music To New Album |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1589013/lady-gaga-brings-her-artistic-vision-of-pop-music-to-new-album-and-a-new-kids-song/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911144011/http://www.mtv.com/news/1589013/lady-gaga-brings-her-artistic-vision-of-pop-music-to-new-album-and-a-new-kids-song/ |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=May 7, 2009 |publisher=MTV News}} That year, she also played an unsuspecting diner customer for MTV's Boiling Points, a prank reality television show.{{Cite news |last=Kos |first=Saimon |date=August 10, 2009 |title='Boiling Points' Actress And Producer Talk About Pulling Prank On Not-Yet-Famous Lady Gaga |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2576862/lady-gaga-boiling-points/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232659/http://www.mtv.com/news/2576862/lady-gaga-boiling-points/ |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}}

In a 2014 interview, Gaga discussed being raped at age 19 by her producer, and later undergoing mental and physical therapy for this.{{Cite news |last=Bakare |first=Larney |date=December 2, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga reveals she was raped at 19 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/02/lady-gaga-reveals-she-was-raped |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219013644/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/02/lady-gaga-reveals-she-was-raped |archive-date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian}} She has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attributes it to the incident, stating that the trauma had changed her as a person, and would never leave her.{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Savage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57199018|title=Lady Gaga had a 'psychotic break' after sexual assault left her pregnant|date=May 21, 2021|agency=BBC News|access-date=June 11, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612000949/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57199018|archive-date=June 12, 2025|url-status=live}} She has credited support from doctors, family, and friends with helping her.{{Cite news |date=December 5, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga says she has PTSD after being raped at 19 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38218247 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208152031/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38218247 |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |agency=BBC News}} Gaga later gave additional details about the rape, including that "the person who raped me dropped me off pregnant on a corner at my parents' house because I was vomiting and sick. Because I'd been {{sic|being|hide=y}} abused. I was locked away in a studio for months."{{Cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Nicholas |date=May 21, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga Opens Up About Past Sexual Assault, Says She Became Pregnant After Being Raped at 19 |url=https://people.com/music/lady-gaga-on-past-sexual-assault-becoming-pregnant-after-being-raped/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521220732/https://people.com/music/lady-gaga-on-past-sexual-assault-becoming-pregnant-after-being-raped/ |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |magazine=People}}

= 2005–2007: Career beginnings =

In 2005, Gaga recorded two songs with rapper Melle Mel for an audio book accompanying Cricket Casey's children's novel The Portal in the Park.{{Cite news |last=Musto |first=Michael |date=January 19, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Did a Children's Book In 2007! |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/lady-gaga-did-a-childrens-book-in-2007-6374841 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105150228/http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/lady-gaga-did-a-childrens-book-in-2007-6374841 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=January 19, 2010 |work=The Village Voice}} She also formed a band called the SGBand with some friends from NYU.{{sfn|Morgan|2010|page=31}} They played gigs around New York and became a fixture of the downtown Lower East Side club scene. After the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame New Songwriters Showcase at the Cutting Room in June, talent scout Wendy Starland recommended her to music producer Rob Fusari.{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=March 19, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga/ Rob Fusari Lawsuit: A Closer Look |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1634292/lady-gaga-rob-fusari-lawsuit-a-closer-look/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003020556/http://www.mtv.com/news/1634292/lady-gaga-rob-fusari-lawsuit-a-closer-look/ |archive-date=October 3, 2014 |access-date=October 8, 2013 |publisher=MTV News}} Fusari collaborated with Gaga, who traveled daily to New Jersey, helping to develop her songs and compose new material.{{sfn|Morgan|2010|page=36}} The producer said they began dating in May 2006, and claimed to have been the first person to call her "Lady Gaga", which was derived from Queen's song "Radio Ga Ga".{{Cite magazine |date=March 18, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Sued By Producer Rob Fusari |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958922/lady-gaga-sued-by-producer-rob-fusari |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915020236/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/958922/lady-gaga-sued-by-producer-rob-fusari |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |access-date=October 8, 2013 |magazine=Billboard}} According to his account, the name was coined when on one occasion he attempted to call her "Radio Ga Ga" via text message, but the spell checker autocorrected "Radio" to "Lady".{{cite web|last=Gibson |first=Kelsie |date=September 22, 2017 |title=How Lady Gaga Got Her Stage Name |url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/what-lady-gaga-real-name-44063258 |access-date=September 17, 2024 |publisher=PopSugar}} Their relationship lasted until January 2007.{{Cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=May 30, 2009 |title=The Rise of Lady Gaga |magazine=Rolling Stone |location=New York |volume=1080 |issue=43 |issn=0035-791X}}

File:Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza 2007 - cropped.jpg in 2007]]

Fusari and Gaga established a company called Team Lovechild, LLC to promote her career. They recorded and produced electropop tracks, sending them to music industry executives. Joshua Sarubin, the head of Artists and repertoire (A&R) at Def Jam Recordings, responded positively and, after approval from Sarubin's boss Antonio "L.A." Reid, Gaga was signed to Def Jam in September{{nbsp}}2006.{{sfn|Morgan|2010|page=45}} She was dropped from the label three months later{{cite web|last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |date=April 20, 2008 |title=Lady Gaga |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lady-gaga-p1055684 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021072619/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lady-gaga-p1055684 |archive-date=October 21, 2010 |access-date=January 3, 2010 |publisher=AllMusic}} and returned to her family home for Christmas. Gaga began performing at neo-burlesque shows, and said these represented freedom to her.{{Cite news |last=Carlton |first=Andrew |date=February 16, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga: 'I've always been famous, you just didn't know it' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7221051/Lady-Gaga-Ive-always-been-famous-you-just-didnt-know-it.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131220615/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7221051/Lady-Gaga-Ive-always-been-famous-you-just-didnt-know-it.html |archive-date=January 31, 2011 |access-date=February 9, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} During this time, she met performance artist Lady Starlight, who helped mold her onstage persona.{{cite news|last=Montgomery |first=James |date=May 25, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Inside The Outside': Meet The 'Perpetual Underdog' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1664600/lady-gaga-inside-the-outside-show-preview/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029174614/http://www.mtv.com/news/1664600/lady-gaga-inside-the-outside-show-preview/ |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}} The pair began performing at downtown club venues like the Mercury Lounge, the Bitter End, and the Rockwood Music Hall. Their live performance art piece, known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue" and billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", was a tribute to 1970s variety acts.{{Cite news |last=Hobart |first=Erika |date=November 18, 2008 |title=Lady GaGa: Some Like it Pop |url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-11-19/music/lady-gaga-some-like-it-pop/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109192648/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-11-19/music/lady-gaga-some-like-it-pop |archive-date=January 9, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2009 |newspaper=Seattle Weekly}}{{cite web|date=July 9, 2007 |title=Lady Gaga |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/535267 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226031456/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/535267 |archive-date=February 26, 2009 |access-date=February 26, 2009 |publisher=Broadcast Music Incorporated}} They performed at the 2007 Lollapalooza music festival.

Having initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance music, Gaga began to incorporate pop melodies and the glam rock style of David Bowie and Queen into her songs. While Gaga and Starlight were performing, Fusari continued to develop the songs he had created with her, sending them to the producer and record executive Vincent Herbert.{{Cite AV media |title=Transmission Gaga-vision: Episode 26 |date=December 16, 2008 |publisher=Lady Gaga |people=Haus of GaGa}} In November 2007, Herbert signed Gaga to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, established that month.{{Cite magazine |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=November 10, 2007 |title=Interscope's New Imprint |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xw4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026232439/https://books.google.com/books?id=xw4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |access-date=May 6, 2010 |magazine=Billboard |page=14 |volume=119 |issue=45 |issn=0006-2510}} Gaga later credited Herbert as the man who discovered her.{{Cite news |date=October 25, 2017 |title=Singer Tamar Braxton files for divorce from husband-manager |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171025/entlife/310259876 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134917/http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20171025/entlife/310259876 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 |newspaper=Daily Herald}} Having served as an apprentice songwriter during an internship at Famous Music Publishing, Gaga struck a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block, Fergie, and the Pussycat Dolls.{{Cite magazine |last=Harding |first=Cortney |date=August 15, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga: The Billboard Cover Story |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267810/lady-gaga-the-billboard-cover-story |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309235202/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267810/lady-gaga-the-billboard-cover-story |archive-date=March 9, 2013 |access-date=May 6, 2010 |magazine=Billboard}} At Interscope, musician Akon was impressed with her singing abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio.{{Cite news |last=Cowing |first=Emma |date=January 20, 2009 |title=Lady GaGa: Totally Ga-Ga |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/lady-gaga-totally-ga-ga-1-754666 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100547/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/lady-gaga-totally-ga-ga-1-754666 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |newspaper=The Scotsman}} Akon convinced Jimmy Iovine, chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records (a brother company for Def Jam), to form a joint deal by having Gaga also sign with his own label KonLive Distribution, making her his "franchise player".{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=June 5, 2009 |title=Akon Calls Lady Gaga His 'Franchise Player' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1613350/akon-calls-lady-gaga-his-franchise-player/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204001522/http://www.mtv.com/news/1613350/akon-calls-lady-gaga-his-franchise-player/ |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=June 20, 2009 |publisher=MTV News}}

In late 2007, Gaga met with songwriter and producer RedOne.{{cite web|date=March 23, 2009 |title=Interview With RedOne |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_RedOne_Interview.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113171226/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_RedOne_Interview.html |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |access-date=December 19, 2009 |publisher=HitQuarters}} She collaborated with him in the recording studio for a week on her debut album, signing with Cherrytree Records, an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum; she also wrote four songs with Kierszenbaum. Despite securing a record deal, she said that some radio stations found her music too "racy", "dance-oriented", and "underground" for the mainstream market, to which she replied: "My name is Lady Gaga, I've been on the music scene for years, and I'm telling you, this is what's next."

= 2008–2010: Breakthrough with ''The Fame'' and ''The Fame Monster'' =

By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, The Fame, and to set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga, modeled on Andy Warhol's The Factory.{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Biography |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214150902/http://www.contactmusic.com/lady-gaga |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |magazine=Contactmusic.com}}{{Cite web |title=Inspiration |url=http://www.haus-of-gaga.com/inspiration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042600/http://www.haus-of-gaga.com/inspiration |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |publisher=Haus of Gaga}} The Fame was released on August 19, 2008,{{Cite web |last=Gaga |first=Lady |title=The Fame |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fame/id1059034178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908043311/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fame/id1059034178 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |publisher=iTunes Store}} and reached number one in Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, as well as the top five in Australia and the US.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=John |date=January 14, 2009 |title=Lady GaGa's 'Fame' rises to No. 1 |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629212048/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |publisher=Jam!}}{{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga – The Fame – World Charts |url=http://acharts.co/album/37558 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105144554/http://acharts.co/album/37558 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2009 |publisher=aCharts.co}} Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face",{{sfn|Gray II|2012|p=3}} reached number one in the United States, Australia,{{Cite web |title=Discography Lady GaGa |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304004346/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}} Canada{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/can/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102114030/http://www.billboard.com/music/lady-gaga/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} and the UK. The latter was also the world's bestselling single of 2009, with 9.8 million copies sold that year, and spent a record 83 weeks on Billboard magazine's Digital Songs chart.{{Cite web |title=Digital Music Sales Around The World |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222025232/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |page=10}}{{Cite web |title=Most weeks on US Hot Digital Songs chart |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/track-with-most-weeks-on-the-us-hot-digital-songs-chart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132426/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/track-with-most-weeks-on-the-us-hot-digital-songs-chart |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |website=Guinness World Records}} Three other singles, "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi", were released from the album;Single releases from The Fame:

{{Cite web |title=Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) Single |url=https://www.amazon.in/Eh-Nothing-Else-Can-Say/dp/B001PPLLDY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119070403/https://www.amazon.in/Eh-Nothing-Else-Can-Say/dp/B001PPLLDY |archive-date=November 19, 2017 |access-date=November 17, 2017 |publisher=Amazon}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/photos/music-photos/fans-super-seven/lady-gaga-1/|title=No 7: Love Game|access-date=November 17, 2017|publisher=Capital|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119070403/http://www.capitalfm.com/photos/music-photos/fans-super-seven/lady-gaga-1/|archive-date=November 19, 2017}}
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a20208/lady-gaga-best-live-performances/|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|title=Lady Gaga's 10 Most Amazing Live Performances|ref=none|first=Morgan|last=Evans|date=January 31, 2017|access-date=November 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203212846/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/news/a20208/lady-gaga-best-live-performances/|archive-date=February 3, 2017}} the lattermost reached number one in Germany.{{Cite web |title=Chartverfolgung / Lady Gaga / Single |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Lady+Gaga/14039/single |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102170723/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Lady%2BGaga/14039/single |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |access-date=March 18, 2011 |publisher=GfK Entertainment |language=de}} Remixed versions of the singles from The Fame, except "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", were included on Hitmixes in August 2009.{{Cite web |title=Hit Mixes – Lady Gaga |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hit-mixes-mw0000825184 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107222336/https://www.allmusic.com/album/hit-mixes-mw0000825184 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=AllMusic}} At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, The Fame and "Poker Face" won Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance Recording, respectively.{{Cite news |date=February 1, 2010 |title=List of Grammy winners |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/31/grammys.winner.list/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419055243/http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/31/grammys.winner.list/index.html |archive-date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=April 25, 2010 |publisher=CNN}}

File:Lady Gaga - The Monster Ball Tour - Burswood Dome Perth (4482953251).jpg in 2010; it grossed $227 million and became the highest-grossing concert tour for a debut headlining artist]]

Following her opening act on the Pussycat Dolls' 2009 Doll Domination Tour in Europe and Oceania, Gaga headlined her worldwide The Fame Ball Tour, which ran from March to September 2009.{{sfn|Morgan|2010|p=131}} While traveling the globe, she wrote eight songs for The Fame Monster, a reissue of The Fame.{{Cite press release |title=Lady Gaga Returns With 8 New Songs on 'The Fame Monster' |date=October 8, 2009 |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lady-gaga-returns-with-8-new-songs-on-the-fame-monster-63780227.html |access-date=October 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011005910/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lady-gaga-returns-with-8-new-songs-on-the-fame-monster-63780227.html |archive-date=October 11, 2009 |agency=PR Newswire}} Those new songs were also released as a standalone EP on November 18, 2009.{{Cite magazine |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga The Fame Monster |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009050132/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=Slant Magazine}} Its first single, "Bad Romance", was released one month earlier{{Cite web |last=Villa |first=Lucas |date=May 16, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga becomes first woman to earn Digital Diamond Award for 'Bad Romance' |url=https://www.axs.com/news/lady-gaga-becomes-first-woman-to-earn-digital-diamond-award-for-bad-ro-10969 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030003236/https://www.axs.com/news/lady-gaga-becomes-first-woman-to-earn-digital-diamond-award-for-bad-ro-10969 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=AXS}} and went number one in Canada and the UK, and number two in the US, Australia{{Cite web |title=Australian-charts.com – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Bad+Romance&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030003538/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Bad+Romance&cat=s |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}} and New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=Charts.org.nz – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Bad+Romance&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225081808/http://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa&titel=Bad+Romance&cat=s |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}} "Telephone", with Beyoncé, followed as the second single from the EP and became Gaga's fourth UK number one.{{Cite web |last=Daw |first=Robbie |date=November 12, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga-Beyonce Duet 'Telephone' Set As Next 'Fame Monster' Single |url=https://www.idolator.com/5294222/lady-gagas-beyonce-duet-telephone-set-to-be-the-next-single |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026232435/https://www.idolator.com/5294222/lady-gagas-beyonce-duet-telephone-set-to-be-the-next-single |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2017 |publisher=Idolator}}{{Cite news |date=March 22, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga tops UK album and single charts |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8579244.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819052041/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8579244.stm |archive-date=August 19, 2010 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |publisher=BBC News}} Its third single was "Alejandro",{{Cite news |date=May 19, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga releases 'Alejandro' remix album |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/lady-gaga-releases-alejandro-remix-album-5541933.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119070403/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/lady-gaga-releases-alejandro-remix-album-5541933.html |archive-date=November 19, 2017 |access-date=November 17, 2017 |newspaper=The Independent}} which reached number one in Finland{{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga – Alejandro (song) |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa&titel=Alejandro&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105152909/http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa&titel=Alejandro&cat=s |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |access-date=November 17, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}} and attracted controversy when its music video was deemed blasphemous by the Catholic League.{{Cite web |date=June 9, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Mimics Madonna |url=http://www.catholicleague.org/lady-gaga-mimics-madonna/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630021632/http://www.catholicleague.org/lady-gaga-mimics-madonna/ |archive-date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |publisher=Catholic League}} Both tracks reached the top five in the US. The video for "Bad Romance" became the most watched on YouTube in April 2010, and that October, Gaga became the first person with more than one billion combined views.{{Cite magazine |last=O'Neill |first=Megan |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's Bad Romance Is Officially The Most Viewed Video On YouTube Ever |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/lady-gaga%E2%80%99s-bad-romance-is-officially-the-most-viewed-video-on-youtube-ever/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514111237/http://www.adweek.com/digital/lady-gaga%E2%80%99s-bad-romance-is-officially-the-most-viewed-video-on-youtube-ever/ |archive-date=May 14, 2017 |access-date=May 14, 2017 |magazine=Adweek}}{{Cite news |last=Whitworth |first=Dan |date=October 26, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga beats Justin Bieber to YouTube record |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/11626592/lady-gaga-beats-justin-bieber-to-youtube-record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105144824/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/11626592/lady-gaga-beats-justin-bieber-to-youtube-record |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=December 28, 2010 |publisher=BBC News}}

At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, she won eight awards from 13 nominations, including Video of the Year for "Bad Romance".{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2010 |title=MTV Video Music Awards 2010 |url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205094153/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2010/ |archive-date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |publisher=MTV}} She was the most nominated artist for a single year, and the first woman to receive two nominations for Video of the Year at the same ceremony.{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=August 3, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's 13 VMA Nominations: How Do They Measure Up? |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1644983/lady-gagas-13-vma-nominations-how-do-they-measure-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510064405/http://www.mtv.com/news/1644983/lady-gagas-13-vma-nominations-how-do-they-measure-up/ |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=December 16, 2016 |publisher=MTV News}} The Fame Monster won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, and "Bad Romance" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |title=53rd annual Grammy awards: The winners list |url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/13/53rd-annual-grammy-awards-the-winners-list/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708172128/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/13/53rd-annual-grammy-awards-the-winners-list/ |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2011 |publisher=CNN}} Rolling Stone featured "Bad Romance" and its music video on their respective lists of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and "100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time" in 2021.{{Cite magazine |date=September 15, 2021 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915162053/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Vozick-Levinson |first1=Simon |last2=Browne |first2=David |last3=Conteh |first3=Mankaprr |last4=Ehrlich |first4=Brenna |last5=Fear |first5=David |last6=Fontoura |first6=Maria |last7=Freeman |first7=Jon |last8=Garber-Paul |first8=Elisabeth |last9=Greene |first9=Andy |date=July 30, 2021 |title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-music-videos-1194411/ |access-date=July 30, 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730133714/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-music-videos-1194411/ |url-status=live }}

In 2009, Gaga spent a record 150 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and became the most downloaded female act in a year in the US, with 11.1 million downloads sold, earning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.{{Cite web |title=Most cumulative weeks on UK singles chart in one year |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-cumulative-weeks-on-uk-singles-chart-in-one-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130850/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-cumulative-weeks-on-uk-singles-chart-in-one-year |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |website=Guinness World Records}}{{Cite web |title=Most downloaded act in a year (USA) – female |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-downloaded-act-in-a-year-(usa)-female/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714204817/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-downloaded-act-in-a-year-%28usa%29-female/ |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |website=Guinness World Records}} Worldwide, The Fame and The Fame Monster together have sold more than 15 million copies, and the latter was 2010's second bestselling album.{{Cite news |date=February 27, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga adds second show in Singapore |url=http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120227-330396.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222917/http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20120227-330396.html |archive-date=December 4, 2017 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |publisher=AsiaOne}}{{Cite news |last=Sailor |first=Craig |date=September 18, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga fills in the details on her Tacoma show |url=http://blog.thenewstribune.com/getout/2012/09/18/lady-gaga-fills-in-the-details-on-her-tacoma-show/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204222958/http://blog.thenewstribune.com/getout/2012/09/18/lady-gaga-fills-in-the-details-on-her-tacoma-show/ |archive-date=December 4, 2017 |access-date=December 4, 2017 |newspaper=The News Tribune}}{{Cite magazine |last=Smirke |first=Richard |date=March 30, 2011 |title=IFPI 2011 Report: Global Recorded Music Sales Fall 8.4%; Eminem, Lady Gaga Top Int'l Sellers |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/global/ifpi-2011-report-global-recorded-music-sales-1005100902.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229114032/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/global/ifpi-2011-report-global-recorded-music-sales-1005100902.story |archive-date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} Its success allowed Gaga to start her second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, and release The Remix, her final record with Cherrytree Records{{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=June 29, 2011 |title=Martin Kierszenbaum has a knack for finding the next big thing |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2011-jun-29-la-et-martin-kierszenbaum-20110629-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029223357/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/29/entertainment/la-et-martin-kierszenbaum-20110629 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=February 13, 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} and among the bestselling remix albums of all time.{{Cite news |last=Ziegbe |first=Mawuse |date=July 8, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Remix Album Due In The U.S. Next Month |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643274/20100708/lady_gaga.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208061002/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643274/20100708/lady_gaga.jhtml |archive-date=December 8, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2016 |publisher=MTV News}}{{Cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=October 15, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga Unveils 'The Monster Ball' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267048/lady-gaga-unveils-monster-ball-tour-dates-the-fame-monster-tracklist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223023430/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267048/lady-gaga-unveils-monster-ball-tour-dates-the-fame-monster-tracklist |archive-date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2009 |magazine=Billboard}} The Monster Ball Tour ran from November 2009 to May 2011 and grossed $227.4 million, making it the highest-grossing concert tour for a debut headlining artist.{{Cite news |last=Nestruck |first=Kelly |date=November 30, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga's Monster Ball, reviewed by a theatre critic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/30/lady-gaga-monster-ball |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024732/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/30/lady-gaga-monster-ball |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=December 1, 2009 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite magazine |last=Waddell |first=Ray |date=May 5, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour Breaks Record for Debut Headlining Artist |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/471708/lady-gagas-monster-ball-tour-breaks-record-for-debut-headlining-artist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509041933/http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/471708/lady-gagas-monster-ball-tour-breaks-record-for-debut-headlining-artist |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=June 2, 2011 |magazine=Billboard}} Concerts performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City were filmed for an HBO television special, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden.{{Cite web |title=Lady GaGa Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/lady-gaga-presents-monster-ball-tour-madison-square-garden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110192149/http://www.emmys.com/shows/lady-gaga-presents-monster-ball-tour-madison-square-garden |archive-date=January 10, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2011 |publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences}} Gaga also performed songs from her albums at the 2009 Royal Variety Performance, the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, and the 2010 Brit Awards.{{Cite news |date=February 16, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga wins Brit Awards triple |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8517579.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013070214/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8517579.stm |archive-date=October 13, 2010 |access-date=December 28, 2010 |publisher=BBC News}}
{{Cite news |date=December 7, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga meets the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/6756304/Lady-Gaga-meets-the-Queen-at-the-Royal-Variety-Performance-in-Blackpool.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007085711/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/6756304/Lady-Gaga-meets-the-Queen-at-the-Royal-Variety-Performance-in-Blackpool.html |archive-date=October 7, 2016 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
{{Cite web |last=Virtel |first=Louis |date=November 12, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga's 10 Best Live Performances |url=http://www.newnownext.com/lady-gagas-10-best-live-performances/11/2013/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313031648/http://www.newnownext.com/lady-gagas-10-best-live-performances/11/2013/ |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=Logo TV}} Before Michael Jackson's death, Gaga was set to take part in his canceled This Is It concert series at the O₂ Arena in the UK.{{Cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=June 1, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Talks Michael Jackson, Lupus Diagnosis with Larry King |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957954/lady-gaga-talks-michael-jackson-lupus-diagnosis-with-larry-king |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509040237/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957954/lady-gaga-talks-michael-jackson-lupus-diagnosis-with-larry-king |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=May 30, 2011 |magazine=Billboard}}

During this era, Gaga ventured into business, collaborating with consumer electronics company Monster Cable Products to create in-ear, jewel-encrusted headphones called Heartbeats by Lady Gaga.{{Cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Martyn |date=September 7, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga Storms IFA With New Headphones |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/171537/article.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525133126/http://www.pcworld.com/article/171537/article.html |archive-date=May 25, 2013 |access-date=January 27, 2012 |magazine=PC World}} She also partnered with Polaroid in January 2010 as their creative director and announced a suite of photo-capture products called Grey Label.{{Cite news |last=Swash |first=Rosie |date=January 8, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga to become Polaroid's creative director |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jan/08/lady-gaga-polaroid-creative-director |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104154930/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jan/08/lady-gaga-polaroid-creative-director |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |access-date=January 27, 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite web |last=O'Dell |first=Jolie |date=January 6, 2011 |title=Polaroid & Lady Gaga Launch New Line at CES [PICS] |url=http://mashable.com/2011/01/06/polaroid-lady-gaga-launch-new-line-at-ces/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627022254/http://mashable.com/2011/01/06/polaroid-lady-gaga-launch-new-line-at-ces/ |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=Mashable}} Her collaboration with her past record producer and ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari led to a lawsuit against her production team, Mermaid Music LLC.{{efn|In 2010, Fusari claimed he was entitled to a 20% share of the company's earnings, but the New York Supreme Court dismissed both the lawsuit and a counter-suit by Gaga.{{Cite news |date=March 20, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga bites back at music producer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/7486678/Lady-Gaga-bites-back-at-music-producer.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323020236/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/7486678/Lady-Gaga-bites-back-at-music-producer.html |archive-date=March 23, 2010 |access-date=March 20, 2010 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}{{Cite news |last=Katz |first=Basil |date=September 10, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga and jilted producer drop legal dispute |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ladygaga-idUSTRE6895NZ20100913 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208042419/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ladygaga-idUSTRE6895NZ20100913 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=September 11, 2010 |publisher=Reuters}}}} At this time, Gaga was tested borderline positive for lupus but claimed not to be affected by the symptoms and hoped to maintain a healthy lifestyle.{{Cite news |last=Moran |first=Caitlin |author-link=Caitlin Moran |date=May 23, 2010 |title=Come party with Lady Gaga |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7129672.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522013938/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7129672.ece |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |access-date=May 24, 2010 |newspaper=The Times}}{{Cite news |last=Temple |first=Sarah |date=June 2, 2010 |title=Gaga was to open Jackson's This Is It tour |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-06-02/gaga-was-to-open-jacksons-this-is-it-tour/851038 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621151715/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-06-02/gaga-was-to-open-jacksons-this-is-it-tour/851038 |archive-date=June 21, 2013 |access-date=June 2, 2010 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

= 2011–2014: ''Born This Way'', ''Artpop'', and ''Cheek to Cheek'' =

In February 2011, Gaga released "Born This Way", the lead single from her studio album of the same name. The song sold more than one million copies within five days, earning the Guinness World Record for the fastest selling single on iTunes. It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 1,000th number-one single in the history of the charts.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=February 16, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Claims 1,000th Hot 100 No. 1 with 'Born This Way' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473025/lady-gaga-claims-1000th-hot-100-no-1-with-born-this-way |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325075536/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473025/lady-gaga-claims-1000th-hot-100-no-1-with-born-this-way |archive-date=March 25, 2013 |access-date=February 16, 2011 |magazine=Billboard}} Its second single "Judas" followed two months later,{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=April 15, 2011 |title=New Lady Gaga single 'Judas' released today |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/lady-gaga-judas-single.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418233534/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/lady-gaga-judas-single.html |archive-date=April 18, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} and "The Edge of Glory" served as its third single.{{Cite web |last=Corner |first=Nick |date=May 11, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Makes Edge Of Glory Official Single? |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a318892/lady-gaga-makes-edge-of-glory-official-single/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212062409/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a318892/lady-gaga-makes-edge-of-glory-official-single/ |archive-date=December 12, 2015 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |publisher=Digital Spy}} Both reached the top 10 in the US and the UK.{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Chart History: Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/hsi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106065820/http://www.billboard.com/music/lady-gaga/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=August 3, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga {{!}} Official Chart History |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5334/lady-gaga/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510175654/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5334/LADY-GAGA/ |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |access-date=October 30, 2017 |publisher=Official Charts Company}} Her music video for "The Edge of Glory", unlike her previous work, portrays her dancing on a fire escape and walking on a lonely street, without intricate choreography and back-up dancers.{{Cite magazine |last=Young |first=Eleanor |date=June 17, 2011 |title=First Look! Lady Gaga's Edge of Glory video |url=http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/first-look-lady-gaga-s-edge-of-glory-video-206482 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831221224/http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/first-look-lady-gaga-s-edge-of-glory-video-206482 |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |access-date=August 31, 2017 |magazine=Marie Claire}}

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Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011, and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1.1 million copies.{{Cite news |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=June 2, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Crashes Billboard With 1.1 Million |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1664888/lady-gaga-billboard/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119105421/http://www.mtv.com/news/1664888/lady-gaga-billboard/ |archive-date=November 19, 2014 |access-date=June 2, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} It sold eight million copies worldwide and received three Grammy nominations, including Gaga's third consecutive nomination for Album of the Year.{{Cite magazine |date=December 19, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Named AP's Entertainer of the Year |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-named-aps-entertainer-of-the-year-41681/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527082659/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-named-aps-entertainer-of-the-year-41681/ |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |access-date=May 27, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Hampp |first=Andrew |date=December 1, 2011 |title=2012 Grammy Awards: Album Of The Year |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1158007/2012-grammy-awards-album-of-the-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319164029/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1158007/2012-grammy-awards-album-of-the-year |archive-date=March 19, 2016 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} Rolling Stone listed the record among "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2020.{{Cite magazine |date=September 22, 2020 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=September 29, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Born This Way{{'}}s following singles were "You and I" and "Marry the Night",{{Cite web |last=Daw |first=Robbie |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga's "Marry The Night": Will Facebook Campaign Help It Chart Better? |url=http://idolator.com/6108621/lady-gaga-marry-the-night-facebook-campaign-chart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103095050/http://idolator.com/6108621/lady-gaga-marry-the-night-facebook-campaign-chart |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=February 1, 2012 |publisher=Idolator}} which reached numbers 6 and 29 in the US, respectively. Its track, "Bloody Mary", became a resurgent success and was released as a single in 2022.{{Cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |date=June 24, 2023 |title=Will Lady Gaga Break With Tradition And Submit 'Bloody Mary' For A Grammy? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/06/24/will-lady-gaga-break-with-tradition-and-submit-bloody-mary-for-a-grammy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624151702/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/06/24/will-lady-gaga-break-with-tradition-and-submit-bloody-mary-for-a-grammy/?sh=638b051a9863 |archive-date=June 24, 2023 |access-date=November 5, 2023 |magazine=Forbes}} While filming the "You and I" music video, Gaga met and started dating actor Taylor Kinney in July 2011, who played her love interest.{{Cite news |last=Deerwester |first=Jayme |date=July 19, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney split after 5 years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/07/19/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-split-after-5-years/87291744/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728042603/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/07/19/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-split-after-5-years/87291744/ |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=July 19, 2017 |newspaper=USA Today}}{{Cite news |last=Vulpo |first=Mike |date=July 19, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney Split After 5 Years Together: A Timeline of Their Romance |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/781180/lady-gaga-and-taylor-kinney-split-after-5-years-together-a-timeline-of-their-romance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728063203/http://www.eonline.com/news/781180/lady-gaga-and-taylor-kinney-split-after-5-years-together-a-timeline-of-their-romance |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=July 19, 2017 |publisher=E!}} She also embarked on the Born This Way Ball tour in April 2012, which was scheduled to conclude the following March, but ended one month earlier when Gaga canceled the remaining dates due to a labral tear of her right hip that required surgery.{{Cite web |date=February 14, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Cancels Remaining 'Born This Way Ball' World Tour Dates To Have Hip Surgery |url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/lady-gaga/news/born-this-way-ball-cancelled-hip-surgery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044219/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/lady-gaga/news/born-this-way-ball-cancelled-hip-surgery/ |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |access-date=November 25, 2017 |publisher=Capital}} While refunds for the cancellations were estimated to be worth $25 million,{{Cite magazine |last=Waddell |first=Ray |date=February 14, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Tour Cancellation: A Look at the Damage |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1539268/lady-gaga-tour-cancellation-a-look-at-the-damage |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130023020/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1539268/lady-gaga-tour-cancellation-a-look-at-the-damage |archive-date=January 30, 2018 |access-date=November 25, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} the tour grossed $183.9 million globally.The tour earned $164.1 million in 2012 and $22.5 million in 2013.

{{Cite magazine |title=2012 Pollstar Year End Top 50 Worldwide Tours |url=https://www.pollstarpro.com/files/011413top50.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514101637/https://www.pollstarpro.com/files/011413top50.pdf |archive-date=May 14, 2017 |access-date=November 25, 2017 |magazine=Pollstar}}
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In 2011, Gaga also worked with Tony Bennett on a jazz version of "The Lady Is a Tramp",{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=September 14, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Is 'The Biggest,' Tony Bennett Says |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1670271/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-lady-is-a-tramp/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724080436/http://www.mtv.com/news/1670271/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-lady-is-a-tramp/ |archive-date=July 24, 2014 |access-date=September 21, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} with Elton John on "Hello Hello" for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet,{{Cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=January 28, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga, Elton John Duet Won't Appear On Film Soundtrack |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473304/lady-gaga-elton-john-duet-wont-appear-on-gnomeo-juliet-soundtrack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509040224/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/473304/lady-gaga-elton-john-duet-wont-appear-on-gnomeo-juliet-soundtrack |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=February 4, 2011 |magazine=Billboard}} and with The Lonely Island and Justin Timberlake on "3-Way (The Golden Rule)".{{Cite magazine |last=Osei |first=Anthony |date=May 24, 2011 |title=Listen: The Lonely Island f/ Justin Timberlake & Lady Gaga "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2011/05/listen-the-lonely-island-justin-timberlake-lady-gaga-3-way-the-golden-rule |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030041503/http://www.complex.com/music/2011/05/listen-the-lonely-island-justin-timberlake-lady-gaga-3-way-the-golden-rule |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=Complex}} She also performed a concert at the Sydney Town Hall in Australia that year to promote Born This Way and to celebrate former US President Bill Clinton's 65th birthday.{{Cite magazine |last=Perpetua |first=Mathew |date=October 17, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga, Bono Rock For Clinton Foundation |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-bono-rock-for-clinton-foundation-20111017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019191943/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-bono-rock-for-clinton-foundation-20111017 |archive-date=October 19, 2011 |access-date=October 21, 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In November, she was featured in a Thanksgiving television special titled A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, which attracted 5.7 million American viewers and spawned the release of her fourth EP, A Very Gaga Holiday.{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |date=November 25, 2011 |title=TV Ratings Thursday: CBS Tops Thanksgiving Night Of Repeats And Specials, But... |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/25/tv-ratings-thursday-cbs-tops-thanksgiving-night-of-repeats-and-specials-but/111748/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075318/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/25/tv-ratings-thursday-cbs-tops-thanksgiving-night-of-repeats-and-specials-but/111748/ |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |access-date=June 20, 2017 |publisher=TV by the Numbers}} In 2012, Gaga guest-starred as an animated version of herself in an episode of The Simpsons called "Lisa Goes Gaga",{{Cite magazine |last=Maloney |first=Devon |date=May 19, 2012 |title=Hear Lady Gaga's Cartoony, 90-Second 'Simpsons' Tune |url=http://www.spin.com/2012/05/hear-lady-gagas-cartoony-90-second-simpsons-tune/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909094229/http://www.spin.com/2012/05/hear-lady-gagas-cartoony-90-second-simpsons-tune/ |archive-date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2012 |magazine=Spin}} and released her first fragrance, Lady Gaga Fame, followed by a second one, Eau de Gaga, in 2014.{{efn|Both of the fragrances were released in association with Coty{{Cite news |date=June 14, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga To Launch Lady Gaga Fame, The First Fragrance From Haus Laboratories |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lady-gaga-to-launch-lady-gaga-fame-the-first-fragrance-from-haus-laboratories-159101855.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731042815/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lady-gaga-to-launch-lady-gaga-fame-the-first-fragrance-from-haus-laboratories-159101855.html |archive-date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2012 |agency=PR Newswire}}{{Cite magazine |last=Grinnell |first=SunHee |date=October 1, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga: Breaking Ground on Her Fame |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/09/Lady-Gaga-Breaking-Ground-On-Her-Fame |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012212806/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/09/Lady-Gaga-Breaking-Ground-On-Her-Fame |archive-date=October 12, 2015 |access-date=October 23, 2015 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}}}

Gaga began work on her third studio album, Artpop, in early 2012, during the Born This Way Ball tour. She crafted the album to mirror "a night at the club".{{Cite magazine |last=Bychawski |first=Adam |date=May 31, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga's manager promises singer will deliver an 'insane' third album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/lady-gaga/64082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012061008/http://www.nme.com/news/lady-gaga/64082 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=May 31, 2012 |magazine=NME}}{{Cite web |last=Copsey |first=Nick |date=August 5, 2012 |title=Lady GaGa's new album to be called 'ARTPOP' |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a397438/lady-gagas-new-album-to-be-called-artpop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212104109/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a397438/lady-gagas-new-album-to-be-called-artpop/ |archive-date=December 12, 2015 |access-date=August 6, 2012 |publisher=Digital Spy}}{{Cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=September 18, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga's ARTPOP Isn't An Album, But 'A Night At The Club' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1714293/lady-gaga-artpop-kiis-ustream/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715232651/http://www.mtv.com/news/1714293/lady-gaga-artpop-kiis-ustream/ |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=October 17, 2013 |publisher=MTV News}} In August 2013, Gaga released the album's lead single "Applause",{{Cite news |last=Dredge |first=Stuart |date=August 12, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Applause single released early after fans fail to plug leaks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/12/piracy-lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419113953/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/12/piracy-lady-gaga |archive-date=April 19, 2015 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian}} which reached number one in Hungary, number four in the US, and number five in the UK.{{Cite web |title=2013/38. heti Single (track) Top 40 lista |url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2013/38 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030094156/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2013/38 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=Slágerlisták |language=hu}} A lyric video for Artpop track "Aura" followed in October to accompany Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills, where she plays an assassin named La Chameleon.{{Cite web |date=October 10, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga's Song Aura Featured in Machete Kills |url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/lady-gaga/news/aura-lyric-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824031648/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/lady-gaga/news/aura-lyric-video/ |archive-date=August 24, 2014 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=Capital}} The film received generally mixed reviews and earned less than half of its $33 million budget.{{Cite web |date=October 11, 2013 |title=Machete Kills (2013) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/machete_kills/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830192737/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/machete_kills |archive-date=August 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}{{Cite news |last=Gire |first=Dann |date=January 2, 2014 |title=Dann & Raymond's winning 'Woofers' |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140102/entlife/701029978 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030093357/https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140102/entlife/701029978 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |newspaper=Daily Herald}} The second Artpop single, "Do What U Want", featured singer R. Kelly and was released later that month,{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshultz |first=Jason |date=October 22, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga: R. Kelly Duet 'Do What U Want' Is Now 'ARTPOP's' Second Single |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5763214/lady-gaga-r-kelly-duet-do-what-u-want-is-now-artpops-second-single |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022211423/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5763214/lady-gaga-r-kelly-duet-do-what-u-want-is-now-artpops-second-single |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=October 22, 2013 |magazine=Billboard}} topping the charts in Hungary and reaching number 13 in the US.{{Cite web |title=2013/43. heti Single (track) Top 40 lista |url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2013/43 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030094255/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2013/43 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=Slágerlisták |language=hu}} Artpop was released on November 6, 2013, to mixed reviews.{{Cite web |title=Reviews for ARTPOP by Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artpop/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408010610/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artpop/lady-gaga |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2013 |publisher=Metacritic}} Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph criticized Gaga for making another album about her fame and doubted the record's originality, but found it "great for dancing".{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Helen |date=November 7, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga, Artpop, review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10432368/Lady-Gaga-Artpop-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111114033/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10432368/Lady-Gaga-Artpop-review.html |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=November 8, 2013 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, and sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide as of July 2014.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=November 20, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Scores Second No. 1 Album With 'ARTPOP' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5793353/lady-gaga-scores-second-no-1-album-with-artpop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126054832/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5793353/lady-gaga-scores-second-no-1-album-with-artpop |archive-date=January 26, 2014 |access-date=November 20, 2013 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Ben |date=July 7, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga dazzles fans with fun, solid show |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/gusto/concert-reviews/lady-gaga-dazzles-fans-with-fun-solid-show-20140707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710005135/http://www.buffalonews.com/gusto/concert-reviews/lady-gaga-dazzles-fans-with-fun-solid-show-20140707 |archive-date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=February 26, 2016 |newspaper=The Buffalo News}} "G.U.Y." was released as the third single in March 2014 and peaked at number 76 in the US.{{Cite web |last=Mompellio |first=Gabriel |date=March 28, 2014 |title=G.U.Y.: Lady Gaga |url=http://www.radioairplay.fm/RadioDate/PublicDetails/61964 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028104145/http://www.radioairplay.fm/RadioDate/PublicDetails/61964 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=Radio Airplay Italy |language=it}}

File:Tony Bennett & Lady GaGa, Cheek to Cheek Tour 04 (cropped).jpg era, Gaga (seen here performing on the Cheek to Cheek Tour alongside Tony Bennett) ushered in an overhaul of her image]]

Gaga hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in November 2013.{{Cite news |last=Rivera |first=Zayda |date=November 17, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga hosts 'Saturday Night Live,' plays future self without fame or applause |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/lady-gaga-hosts-snl-plays-future-fame-applause-article-1.1519876 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101112420/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/lady-gaga-hosts-snl-plays-future-fame-applause-article-1.1519876 |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=October 24, 2015 |newspaper=New York Daily News}}{{fix}} After holding her second Thanksgiving Day television special on ABC, Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular, she performed a special rendition of "Do What U Want" with Christina Aguilera on the fifth season of the American reality talent show The Voice.{{Cite web |last=Messer |first=Lesley |date=October 17, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Teams Up With the Muppets and Adorable Photos Result |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lady-gaga-teams-muppets-adorable-photos-result/story?id=20603044 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318120644/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lady-gaga-teams-muppets-adorable-photos-result/story?id=20603044 |archive-date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=October 17, 2013 |publisher=ABC News}}{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=December 18, 2013 |title=Gaga and Christina's Wild 'Voice' Duet |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/videos/lady-gaga-and-christina-aguilera-trade-verses-for-the-voice-20131218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115140441/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/videos/lady-gaga-and-christina-aguilera-trade-verses-for-the-voice-20131218 |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In March 2014, Gaga had a seven-day concert residency commemorating the last performance at New York's Roseland Ballroom before its closure.{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=March 29, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga brings signature over-the-top style, familiar hits to Roseland Ballroom's final shows |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-brings-over-the-top-style-roseland-final-shows-article-1.1738728 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711013553/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-brings-over-the-top-style-roseland-final-shows-article-1.1738728 |archive-date=July 11, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |newspaper=New York Daily News}} Two months later, she embarked on the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour, building on concepts from her ArtRave promotional event. Earning $83 million, the tour included cities canceled from the Born This Way Ball tour itinerary.{{Cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Bob |date=December 5, 2014 |title=Rolling Stones & Lady Gaga Wrap Up Their Tours on Top |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6363749/rolling-stones-lady-gaga-wrap-up-tours-on-top |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318033529/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6363749/rolling-stones-lady-gaga-wrap-up-tours-on-top |archive-date=March 18, 2015 |access-date=December 5, 2014 |magazine=Billboard}} In the meantime, Gaga split from longtime manager Troy Carter over "creative differences",{{Cite news |last=Rivera |first=Zayda |date=November 5, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga, longtime manager Troy Carter split over 'creative differences': report |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-longtime-manager-troy-carter-split-article-1.1507097 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107040822/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-longtime-manager-troy-carter-split-article-1.1507097 |archive-date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=November 6, 2013 |newspaper=New York Daily News}} and by June 2014, she and new manager Bobby Campbell joined Artist Nation, the artist management division of Live Nation Entertainment.{{Cite magazine |last=Waddell |first=Ray |date=June 11, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga and Manager Bobby Campbell Join Artist Nation (Exclusive) |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-manager-bobby-campbell-join-artist-nation-exclusive |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614153159/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6114193/lady-gaga-and-manager-bobby-campbell-join-artist |archive-date=June 14, 2014 |access-date=June 11, 2014 |magazine=Billboard}} She briefly appeared in Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and was confirmed as Versace's spring-summer 2014 ambassador with a campaign called "Lady Gaga For Versace".{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=August 29, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga 'Nailed It' In 'Sin City' Sequel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reveals |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1713289/lady-gaga-joseph-gordon-levitt-sin-city-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523195125/http://www.mtv.com/news/1713289/lady-gaga-joseph-gordon-levitt-sin-city-2/ |archive-date=May 23, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2013 |publisher=MTV News}}{{Cite news |date=November 25, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga for Versace confirmed |url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10472239/Gaga-for-Versace-confirmed.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617082141/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG10472239/Gaga-for-Versace-confirmed.html |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}

In September 2014, Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek. The inspiration behind the album came from her friendship with Bennett, and fascination with jazz music since her childhood.{{Cite press release |title=Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Album of Classic Jazz Standards To Be Released September 23 |date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=Universal Music Canada |url=http://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-cheek-to-cheek-album-of-classic-jazz-standards-to-be-released-september-23/ |access-date=July 30, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051628/http://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-cheek-to-cheek-album-of-classic-jazz-standards-to-be-released-september-23/ |archive-date=August 8, 2014}} He stated that Gaga is "the most talented artist I have ever met".{{Cite web |date=September 6, 2011 |title=Lady GaGa is most talented artist I've ever met, says Tony Bennett |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a339022/lady-gaga-is-most-talented-artist-ive-ever-met-says-tony-bennett/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623170456/https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a339022/lady-gaga-is-most-talented-artist-ive-ever-met-says-tony-bennett/ |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |publisher=Digital Spy}} Before the album was released, it produced the singles "Anything Goes" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love".{{Cite magazine |last=Gibson |first=Megan |date=August 19, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga Unveils Cover Art For Duet Album With Tony Bennett |url=https://time.com/3143169/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-cheek-to-cheek/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609195158/http://time.com/3143169/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-cheek-to-cheek/ |archive-date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Time}} Cheek to Cheek received generally favorable reviews;{{Cite web |title=Cheek to Cheek – Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/cheek-to-cheek/tony-bennett |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927063411/http://www.metacritic.com/music/cheek-to-cheek/tony-bennett |archive-date=September 27, 2014 |access-date=October 18, 2014 |publisher=Metacritic}} The Guardian{{'}}s Caroline Sullivan praised Gaga's vocals and Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune wrote that "Cheek to Cheek serves up the real thing, start to finish".{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |date=September 18, 2014 |title=Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga review – Gaga is a wonder |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/18/tony-bennett-and-lady-gaga-review-gaga-is-a-wonder |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919072138/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/18/tony-bennett-and-lady-gaga-review-gaga-is-a-wonder |archive-date=September 19, 2014 |access-date=September 18, 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last=Reich |first=Howard |date=September 19, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett meet 'Cheek to Cheek' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-lady-gaga-tony-bennett-gaga-cheek-to-cheek-20140919-column.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920084719/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-lady-gaga-tony-bennett-gaga-cheek-to-cheek-20140919-column.html |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |access-date=September 19, 2014 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}} The record was Gaga's third consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200,{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 1, 2014 |title=Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga's 'Cheek To Cheek' Debuts at No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6266770/tony-bennett-lady-gagas-cheek-to-cheek-debuts-at-no-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003135447/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6266770/tony-bennett-lady-gagas-cheek-to-cheek-debuts-at-no-1 |archive-date=October 3, 2014 |access-date=October 1, 2014 |magazine=Billboard}} and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.{{Cite web |last=Rosen |first=Christopher |date=February 8, 2015 |title=Grammy Winners List For 2015 Includes Beyoncé, 'Frozen' & Kendrick Lamar |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/08/grammy-winners-list-2015_n_6600948.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209033006/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/08/grammy-winners-list-2015_n_6600948.html |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |website=HuffPost}} The duo recorded the concert special Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!,{{Cite news |date=October 15, 2014 |title=Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-cheek-to-cheek-live-about-the-concert/3524/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312193346/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/tony-bennett-lady-gaga-cheek-to-cheek-live-about-the-concert/3524/ |archive-date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=March 10, 2015 |publisher=PBS}} and embarked on the Cheek to Cheek Tour from December 2014 to August 2015.{{Cite news |date=October 8, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga to perform with Tony Bennett on New Year's Eve |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lady-gaga-to-perform-with-tony-bennett-on-new-year-s-eve-114100800065_1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717163929/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lady-gaga-to-perform-with-tony-bennett-on-new-year-s-eve-114100800065_1.html |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |newspaper=Business Standard}}

= 2015–2017: ''American Horror Story'', ''Joanne'', and Super Bowl performances =

In February 2015, Gaga became engaged to Taylor Kinney.{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Barry |date=February 16, 2015 |title=Our editor congratulated her: Lady Gaga is engaged |url=http://www.recordonline.com/article/20150216/ENTERTAINMENT/150219500 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015101315/http://www.recordonline.com/article/20150216/ENTERTAINMENT/150219500 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |newspaper=Times-Herald Record}} After the lukewarm response to Artpop, Gaga began to reinvent her image and style. According to Billboard, this shift started with the release of Cheek to Cheek and the attention she received for her performance at the 87th Academy Awards, where she sang a medley of songs from The Sound of Music in a tribute to Julie Andrews.{{Cite magazine |last=Hampp |first=Andrew |date=March 6, 2015 |title=Inside Lady Gaga's Latest Reinvention (It's All Part of a Long-Term Plan) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6494560/inside-lady-gaga-reinvention-long-term-plan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308080718/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6494560/inside-lady-gaga-reinvention-long-term-plan |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} Considered one of her best performances by Billboard, it triggered more than 214,000 interactions per minute globally on Facebook.{{Cite magazine |last=Stecker |first=Erin |date=February 8, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga's 8 Best Live Performances |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6259156/lady-gagas-7-best-live-performances |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313175522/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6259156/lady-gagas-7-best-live-performances |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Ashley |date=February 23, 2015 |title=Oscars 2015: Lady Gaga's 'The Sound of Music' Medley Dominated Social Media |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-2015-social-media-lady-777016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320064321/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-2015-social-media-lady-777016 |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} She and Diane Warren co-wrote the song "Til It Happens to You" for the documentary The Hunting Ground, which earned them the Satellite Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award nomination in the same category.{{Cite magazine |last=Gallo |first=Phil |date=January 27, 2015 |title=Diane Warren on Her Lady Gaga Collaboration for New Documentary 'The Hunting Ground' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6451064/diane-warren-lady-gaga-song-till-it-happens-to-you-hunting-ground |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428095535/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6451064/diane-warren-lady-gaga-song-till-it-happens-to-you-hunting-ground |archive-date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}
{{Cite web |title=View Awards by Year: 2015 |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320045213/http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2015/ |archive-date=March 20, 2016 |access-date=December 5, 2015 |publisher=International Press Academy}}
{{Cite news |last=Hetter |first=Katia |date=February 28, 2016 |title=The 2016 Oscars winners list |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/entertainment/oscars-2016-winners-list-feat/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229020329/http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/28/entertainment/oscars-2016-winners-list-feat/index.html |archive-date=February 29, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2016 |publisher=CNN}} Billboard named Gaga their 2015 Woman of the Year.{{Cite magazine |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga to Be Honored as Billboard's 2015 Woman of the Year, Lifetime to Televise Annual Event |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6714424/billboard-lady-gaga-woman-of-the-year-women-in-music-lifetime-2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002010117/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6714424/billboard-lady-gaga-woman-of-the-year-women-in-music-lifetime-2015 |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}

Gaga had spent much of her early life wanting to be an actress, and achieved her goal when she starred in American Horror Story: Hotel.{{Cite magazine |last=David |first=Ehrlich |date=January 10, 2016 |title=Watch Lady Gaga's Emotional Speech at 2016 Golden Globes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/lady-gaga-i-wanted-to-be-an-actress-before-a-singer-20160110 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215034423/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/lady-gaga-i-wanted-to-be-an-actress-before-a-singer-20160110 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Running from October 2015 to January 2016, Hotel is the fifth season of the television anthology horror series, American Horror Story, in which Gaga played a hotel owner named Elizabeth.{{Cite news |last=Falcone |first=Dana Rose |date=September 10, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga joins American Horror Story Season 5 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/entertainment/american-horror-story-hotel-trailer-feat-thr/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914025840/http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/entertainment/american-horror-story-hotel-trailer-feat-thr |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2016 |publisher=CNN}}{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Shaunna |date=January 13, 2016 |title='American Horror Story': 7 Things We Need To See In The 'Hotel' Finale |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2727963/american-horror-story-hotel-finale/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831222444/http://www.mtv.com/news/2727963/american-horror-story-hotel-finale/ |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |access-date=August 31, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}} At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, Gaga received the Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film award for her work on the season. She appeared in Nick Knight's 2015 fashion film for Tom Ford's 2016 spring campaign{{Cite magazine |last=Piere |first=Kerry |date=October 2, 2015 |title=Tom Ford Debuts Spring 2016 With Lady Gaga |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-week/news/a12382/tom-ford-spring-2016-fashion-show/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101203434/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-week/news/a12382/tom-ford-spring-2016-fashion-show/ |archive-date=November 1, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}} and was guest editor for V fashion magazine's 99th issue in January 2016, which featured 16 different covers. She received Editor of the Year award at the Fashion Los Angeles Awards.{{Cite news |last=Krauser |first=Emily |date=March 21, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Nabs Editor of the Year at Fashion Los Angeles Awards |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/184867_lady_gaga_nabs_editor_of_the_year_at_fashion_los_angeles_awards/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326020125/http://www.etonline.com/news/184867_lady_gaga_nabs_editor_of_the_year_at_fashion_los_angeles_awards/ |archive-date=March 26, 2016 |access-date=March 24, 2016 |work=Entertainment Tonight}}

File:Lady Gaga JWT Toronto, 2017-09-06 (cropped2).jpg in 2017|alt=Lady Gaga standing behind a microphone stand with a pink guitar in her hands, wearing black leather fringe]]

In February 2016, Gaga sang the US national anthem at Super Bowl 50,{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Wins Rave Reviews for National Anthem Before Super Bowl 50 |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/197906/lady-gaga-wins-rave-reviews-for-national-anthem-before-super-bowl-50 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211050454/http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/197906/lady-gaga-wins-rave-reviews-for-national-anthem-before-super-bowl-50 |archive-date=February 11, 2016 |access-date=February 11, 2016 |publisher=ESPN}} partnered with Intel and Nile Rodgers for a tribute performance to the late David Bowie at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards,{{Cite web |last=Lockett |first=Dee |date=February 2, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Will Perform a David Bowie Tribute at Grammys |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/lady-gaga-to-perform-david-bowie-tribute-at-grammys.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209003758/http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/lady-gaga-to-perform-david-bowie-tribute-at-grammys.html |archive-date=February 9, 2016 |access-date=February 14, 2016 |publisher=Vulture.com}} and sang "Til It Happens to You" at the 88th Academy Awards, where she was introduced by Joe Biden and was accompanied on-stage by 50 people who had suffered from sexual assault.{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=February 29, 2016 |title=2016 Oscars: Ranking the Musical Performances |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/oscars/6890573/2016-oscars-musical-performances-ranked |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301095629/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/oscars/6890573/2016-oscars-musical-performances-ranked |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} Her engagement to Taylor Kinney ended in July; she later said her career had interfered with their relationship.{{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emilee |date=September 12, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga Says Her Success Led To Her Breakup With Taylor Kinney |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3035684/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-relationship-doc/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930041349/http://www.mtv.com/news/3035684/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-relationship-doc/ |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |access-date=November 19, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}}

Gaga played a witch named Scathach in American Horror Story: Roanoke, the series' sixth season,{{Cite magazine |last=Diblin |first=Emma |date=October 6, 2016 |title=8 Things We Learned From 'American Horror Story: Roanoke' Chapter 4 |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/reviews/a18107/american-horror-story-season-6-episode-4-recap/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013224158/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/reviews/a18107/american-horror-story-season-6-episode-4-recap/ |archive-date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=October 13, 2016 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}} which ran from September to November 2016.{{Cite magazine |last=Snetiker |first=Marc |date=September 15, 2016 |title=American Horror Story 6 premiere recap: 'Chapter 1' |url=https://www.ew.com/recap/american-horror-story-season-6-premiere |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226222323/http://ew.com/recap/american-horror-story-season-6-premiere/ |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{Cite magazine |last=Stedman |first=Alex |date=November 16, 2016 |title='American Horror Story' Season Finale Recap: 'Chapter 10' Reveals the True Survivor of 'Roanoke' |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/american-horror-story-roanoke-finale-recap-season-6-episode-10-1201920109/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220190137/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/american-horror-story-roanoke-finale-recap-season-6-episode-10-1201920109/ |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Variety}} Her role in the fifth season of the show ultimately influenced her future music, prompting her to feature "the art of darkness".{{Cite magazine |last=Stack |first=Tim |date=August 27, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga Says American Horror Story Experience Will 'Inform' Her Upcoming Music |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/27/lady-gaga-american-horror-story-music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828133408/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/27/lady-gaga-american-horror-story-music |archive-date=August 28, 2015 |access-date=August 29, 2015 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} In September 2016, she released her fifth album's lead single, "Perfect Illusion", which topped the charts in France and reached number 15 in the US.{{Cite magazine |last=Sadlier |first=Allison |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Joanne release date: New album will be out Oct. 21 |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/09/15/lady-gaga-joanne-release-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113114728/http://ew.com/article/2016/09/15/lady-gaga-joanne-release-date/ |archive-date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=November 12, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{Cite web |title=Lescharts.com – Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion |url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Perfect+Illusion&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015000047/https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=Perfect+Illusion&cat=s |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |publisher=Hung Medien |language=fr}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=February 13, 2017 |title=Ed Sheeran's 'Shape' Tops Hot 100, Lady Gaga's 'Reasons' Returns at No. 4 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7686444/hot-100-ed-sheeran-shape-of-you-lady-gaga-million-reasons |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213221900/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7686444/hot-100-ed-sheeran-shape-of-you-lady-gaga-million-reasons |archive-date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=February 13, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} The album, titled Joanne, was named after Gaga's late aunt, who was an inspiration for the music.{{Cite magazine |last=Redfearn |first=Dominique |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Who Is Joanne? Behind Lady Gaga's New Album Title |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7511076/lady-gaga-joanne-story-behind-album-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009204449/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7511076/lady-gaga-joanne-story-behind-album-title |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} It was released on October 21, 2016, and became Gaga's fourth number one album on the Billboard 200, making her the first woman to reach the US chart's summit four times in the 2010s.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 30, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Scores Her Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Joanne' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7557828/lady-gaga-scores-her-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-joanne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030194903/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7557828/lady-gaga-scores-her-fourth-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart-joanne |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |access-date=October 30, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} The album's second single, "Million Reasons", followed the next month and reached number four in the US.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=November 7, 2016 |title=Kelsea Ballerini covers Lady Gaga's Million Reasons |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/11/07/kelsea-ballerini-lady-gaga-million-reasons-cover/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803125851/http://ew.com/article/2016/11/07/kelsea-ballerini-lady-gaga-million-reasons-cover/ |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |access-date=August 3, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} She later released a piano version of the album's title track in 2018,{{Cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Nicholas |date=January 25, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Teases Music Video For New Piano Version of 'Joanne,' Donates to Lupus Research |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8096248/lady-gaga-joanne-piano-version-music-video-teaser-lupus-donation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125190802/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8096248/lady-gaga-joanne-piano-version-music-video-teaser-lupus-donation |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |access-date=January 28, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} which won a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.{{Cite magazine |date=February 10, 2019 |title=2019 Grammy Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-2019-winners-live-updating-list-1178567/item/best-song-written-visual-media-1165448 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011807/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/grammys-2019-winners-live-updating-list-1178567/item/best-song-written-visual-media-1165448 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} To promote the album, Gaga embarked on the three-date Dive Bar Tour.{{Cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |date=October 2, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Is Going On Tour To Dive Bars Across America |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/10/02/15171/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006205319/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/10/02/15171/ |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |access-date=October 7, 2016 |magazine=Forbes}}

Gaga performed as the headlining act during the Super Bowl LI halftime show on February 5, 2017. Her performance featured a group of hundreds of lighted drones forming various shapes in the sky above Houston's NRG Stadium—the first time robotic aircraft appeared in a Super Bowl program.{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga Super Bowl halftime show to feature hundreds of drones in aerial light show |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-super-bowl-halftime-show-to-feature-hundreds-of-drones-in-aerial-light-show |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519045714/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/05/lady-gaga-super-bowl-halftime-show-to-feature-hundreds-drones-in-aerial-light-show.html |archive-date=May 19, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |publisher=Fox News}} It attracted 117.5 million viewers in the United States, exceeding the game's 111.3 million viewers and making it the third most-watched Super Bowl halftime show at the time.{{Cite magazine |last=Schwindt |first=Oriana |date=February 6, 2017 |title=Super Bowl LI Pulls in 111.3 Million Viewers on Fox, Shy of 2015 Ratings Record |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/super-bowl-li-ratings-patriots-falcons-24-1201978629/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107183442/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/super-bowl-li-ratings-patriots-falcons-24-1201978629/ |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |magazine=Variety}} The performance led to a surge of 410,000 song downloads in the United States for Gaga and earned her an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Special Class Program category.{{Cite magazine |last1=Caulfield |first1=Keith |last2=Trust |first2=Gary |date=February 16, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga's Super Week: Her Sales & Streaming Gains After the Big Game |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694020/lady-gaga-super-bowl-sales-streaming-gains-songs-albums |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216154053/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7694020/lady-gaga-super-bowl-sales-streaming-gains-songs-albums |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite web |last=Rhiannon |first=Alexis |date=July 14, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga's Super Bowl Performance Casually Rakes In Six Emmy Noms |url=http://www.refinery29.com/2017/07/163326/lady-gaga-2017-emmys-superbowl-halftime-show |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714020215/http://www.refinery29.com/2017/07/163326/lady-gaga-2017-emmys-superbowl-halftime-show |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=July 19, 2017 |publisher=Refinery29}} CBS Sports included her performance as the second best in the history of Super Bowl halftime shows.{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Nate |date=February 4, 2018 |title=2018 Super Bowl halftime show: Ranking every performance, from Prince to Coldplay |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2018-super-bowl-halftime-show-ranking-every-performance-from-prince-to-coldplay/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204183142/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2018-super-bowl-halftime-show-ranking-every-performance-from-prince-to-coldplay/ |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |access-date=February 4, 2018 |agency=CBS Sports}} In April, Gaga headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.{{Cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=Dave |date=March 2, 2017 |title=How Coachella Gained Lady Gaga After Losing Beyonce |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7709328/how-coachella-booked-lady-gaga-beyonce-reaction-inside-story |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302205129/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7709328/how-coachella-booked-lady-gaga-beyonce-reaction-inside-story |archive-date=March 2, 2017 |access-date=March 2, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} She also released a standalone single, "The Cure", which reached the top 10 in Australia.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=April 16, 2017 |title=Watch Lady Gaga Debut Surprise New Single 'The Cure' at Coachella |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-lady-gaga-debut-new-single-the-cure-at-coachella-w477048 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517095010/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-lady-gaga-debut-new-single-the-cure-at-coachella-w477048 |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite web |title=Australian-charts.com – Lady Gaga – The Cure |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=The+Cure&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001702/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga&titel=The+Cure&cat=s |archive-date=September 24, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}} Four months later, Gaga began the Joanne World Tour, which she announced after the Super Bowl LI halftime show.{{Cite web |last=Copsey |first=Rob |date=February 6, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga announces Joanne world tour after hit-packed Super Bowl Halftime Show |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-announces-joanne-world-tour-after-hit-packed-super-bowl-halftime-show__18097/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206185158/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-announces-joanne-world-tour-after-hit-packed-super-bowl-halftime-show__18097/ |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |access-date=February 6, 2017 |publisher=Official Charts Company}} Gaga's creation of Joanne and preparation for her halftime show performance were featured in the documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two, which premiered on Netflix that September.{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Amy |date=September 8, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga's five most revealing moments in the Netflix documentary 'Gaga: Five Foot Two' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-lady-gaga-five-foot-two-20170908-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027232540/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-toronto-lady-gaga-five-foot-two-20170908-story.html |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} Throughout the film, she was seen suffering from chronic pain, which was later revealed to be the effect of a long-term condition called fibromyalgia.{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |date=September 13, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga will open up about fight with chronic illness in Netflix documentary |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/12/entertainment/lady-gaga-fibromyalgia/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914141100/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/09/12/entertainment/lady-gaga-fibromyalgia/index.html |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=September 15, 2017 |publisher=CNN}} In February 2018, it prompted Gaga to cancel the last ten shows of the Joanne World Tour, which ultimately grossed $95 million from 842,000 tickets sold.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=February 3, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Cancels Remainder of Joanne World Tour Due to 'Severe Pain' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-cancels-remainder-of-world-tour-due-to-severe-pain-w516312 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204050645/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-cancels-remainder-of-world-tour-due-to-severe-pain-w516312 |archive-date=February 4, 2018 |access-date=February 4, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Bob |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga's Joanne World Tour Final Numbers: $95 Million Earned & 842,000 Tickets Sold |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8099986/lady-gaga-joanne-world-tour-final-numbers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216123848/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8099986/lady-gaga-joanne-world-tour-final-numbers |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |access-date=February 25, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}}

= 2018–2019: ''A Star Is Born'' and Las Vegas residency =

File:TIFF 2018 Lady Gaga (1 of 1) (cropped 2) (cropped).jpg prior to the screening of A Star Is Born, which was her first lead role in a film{{Cite news |date=October 4, 2018 |title=All Lady Gaga's Acting Roles Leading Up to 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://www.etonline.com/all-lady-gagas-acting-roles-leading-up-to-a-star-is-born-110988 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913051845/https://www.etonline.com/all-lady-gagas-acting-roles-leading-up-to-a-star-is-born-110988 |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2023 |work=Entertainment Tonight}}]]

In March 2018, Gaga released a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" for his tribute album Revamp.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=March 30, 2018 |title=Hear Lady Gaga's Powerful Take on Elton John's 'Your Song' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lady-gagas-powerful-take-on-elton-johns-your-song-w518545 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330164158/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lady-gagas-powerful-take-on-elton-johns-your-song-w518545 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Later that year, she starred as struggling singer Ally in Bradley Cooper's musical romantic drama A Star Is Born, a remake of the 1937 film of the same name. The film follows Ally's relationship with singer Jackson Maine (played by Cooper), which becomes strained after her career begins to overshadow his. It received acclaim from critics, with a consensus that the movie had "appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story".{{Cite web |date=October 5, 2018 |title=A Star Is Born (2018) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_star_is_born_2018/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014154912/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_star_is_born_2018/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} Cooper approached Gaga after seeing her perform at a cancer research fundraiser. An admirer of Cooper's work, Gaga agreed to the project due to its portrayal of addiction and depression.{{Cite magazine |date=August 31, 2018 |title='A Star Is Born': Our intimate conversation with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/31/a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901112537/https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/31/a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-interview/ |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{Cite magazine |last=Tailor |first=Leena |date=September 4, 2018 |title=How Lady Gaga Conquered Music, Fashion and Film in Just a Decade |url=https://www.etonline.com/how-lady-gaga-conquered-music-fashion-and-film-fall-preview-106993 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904225726/https://www.etonline.com/how-lady-gaga-conquered-music-fashion-and-film-fall-preview-106993 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Tonight}} A Star Is Born premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, and was released worldwide that October.{{Cite magazine |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |date=August 31, 2018 |title=Venice: Lady Gaga on Bradley Cooper Bringing Out Her 'Vulnerability' for 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-acting-debut-bradley-coopers-a-star-is-born-venice-film-festival-1138897 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831160321/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-acting-debut-bradley-coopers-a-star-is-born-venice-film-festival-1138897 |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} Gaga's performance was acclaimed by film critics, with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian labeling the film "outrageously watchable" and stating that "Gaga's ability to be part ordinary person, part extraterrestrial celebrity empress functions at the highest level".{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=August 31, 2018 |title=A Star Is Born review – Lady Gaga mesmerises in Streisand's shoes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/31/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831185911/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/31/a-star-is-born-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian}} Stephanie Zacharek of Time magazine similarly highlighted her "knockout performance" and found her to be "charismatic" without her usual makeup, wigs and costumes.{{Cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |author-link=Stephanie Zacharek |date=August 31, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Delivers a Knockout Performance in 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831225603/http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/ |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=August 31, 2018 |magazine=Time}} For the role, Gaga won the National Board of Review and Critics' Choice awards for Best Actress, in addition to receiving nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.Awards and nominations for A Star Is Born:

Academy Awards: {{cite news|last=Macke|first=Johnni|ref=none|title=Oscars 2019 Winners: The Complete List|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1014844/oscars-2019-winners-the-complete-list|access-date=February 25, 2019|publisher=E!|date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225083934/https://www.eonline.com/news/1014844/oscars-2019-winners-the-complete-list|archive-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live}}
BAFTA Awards: {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/09/the-full-list-of-nominations-for-the-baftas-2019|title=The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2019|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 9, 2019|access-date=January 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109114504/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jan/09/the-full-list-of-nominations-for-the-baftas-2019|archive-date=January 9, 2019|url-status=live}}
Critics' Choice Awards: {{cite magazine|last=Tapley|first=Kristopher|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/awards/2019-critics-choice-awards-winners-nominees-full-list-1203106702/|title='Roma,' 'The Americans' and 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Win Top Critics' Choice Honors|magazine=Variety|date=January 13, 2019|ref=none|access-date=January 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114010818/https://variety.com/2019/film/awards/2019-critics-choice-awards-winners-nominees-full-list-1203106702/|archive-date=January 14, 2019|url-status=live}}
Golden Globe Awards: {{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-golden-globes-winners-list-1172257/item/best-motion-picture-drama-1165128|title=2019 Golden Globes Winners: Complete List|date=January 6, 2019|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124504/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-golden-globes-winners-list-1172257/item/best-motion-picture-drama-1165128|archive-date=January 7, 2019|url-status=live}}
National Board of Review Awards: {{Cite web |date=November 27, 2018 |title=National Board of Review Announces 2018 Award Winners |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/2018/11/national-board-review-announces-2018-award-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234332/http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/2018/11/national-board-review-announces-2018-award-winners/ |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2018 |publisher=National Board of Review}}
Satellite Awards: {{cite web|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/2018-winners/|title=2018 Winners|publisher=International Press Academy|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104113850/http://www.pressacademy.com/2018-winners/|archive-date=January 4, 2019}}
Screen Actors Guild Awards: {{cite magazine|last=Nordyke|first=Kimberly|title=SAG Awards: Full List of Nominations|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-sag-nominations-complete-list-1166352|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 12, 2018|access-date=December 12, 2018|ref=none|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212161240/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-sag-nominations-complete-list-1166352|archive-date=December 12, 2018|url-status=live}}

Gaga and Cooper co-wrote and produced most of the songs on the soundtrack for A Star Is Born, which she insisted they perform live in the film.{{Cite magazine |last=Hughes |first=Hilary |date=April 21, 2018 |title=Bradley Cooper Calls Lady Gaga's 'A Star Is Born' Performance 'A Revelation' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8363332/bradley-cooper-interview-a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-tribeca-film-festival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623220247/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8363332/bradley-cooper-interview-a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-tribeca-film-festival |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} Its lead single, "Shallow", performed by the two, was released on September 27, 2018,{{Cite web |last=Gotrich |first=Lars |date=September 27, 2018 |title=Hear 'Shallow,' Lady Gaga's Slow-Burning Power Ballad From 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/27/652124946/hear-shallow-lady-gaga-s-slow-burning-power-ballad-from-a-star-is-born |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010040331/https://www.npr.org/2018/09/27/652124946/hear-shallow-lady-gaga-s-slow-burning-power-ballad-from-a-star-is-born |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |access-date=October 9, 2018 |publisher=NPR}} and topped the charts in various countries including Australia, the UK and the US.Australia: {{Cite web |date=October 27, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper hit #1 with Shallow |url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-hit-1-with-shallow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027101819/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-hit-1-with-shallow |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}
Austria: {{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow |url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga+%26+Bradley+Cooper&titel=Shallow&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013095013/https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga+%26+Bradley+Cooper&titel=Shallow&cat=s |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |access-date=October 31, 2018 |publisher=austriancharts.at. Hung Medien |language=de}}
Ireland: {{Cite web |last=White |first=Jack |date=October 12, 2018 |title=Official Irish Singles Chart: Lady Gaga scores her sixth Irish Number 1 single with Bradley Cooper duet Shallow |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-irish-singles-chart-lady-gaga-scores-her-sixth-irish-number-1-single-with-bradley-cooper-duet-shallow__24432/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014225611/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-irish-singles-chart-lady-gaga-scores-her-sixth-irish-number-1-single-with-bradley-cooper-duet-shallow__24432/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |access-date=October 13, 2018 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}
New Zealand: {{Cite web |date=November 5, 2018 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2018-11-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131329/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4547 |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2018 |publisher=Recorded Music NZ}}
Sweden: {{Cite web |title=Swedishcharts.com – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga+%26+Bradley+Cooper&titel=Shallow&cat=s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022855/https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+Gaga+%26+Bradley+Cooper&titel=Shallow&cat=s |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=November 5, 2018 |publisher=Hung Medien}}
Switzerland: {{Cite web |title=Hitparade.ch – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow |url=http://swisscharts.com/song/Lady-Gaga-&-Bradley-Cooper/Shallow-1799181 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016212312/http://swisscharts.com/song/Lady-Gaga-%26-Bradley-Cooper/Shallow-1799181 |archive-date=October 16, 2018 |access-date=October 16, 2018 |publisher=Hung Medien}}
UK: {{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Justin |date=October 26, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper score the Official Chart double as Shallow becomes Gaga's fifth UK Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-score-the-official-chart-double-as-shallow-becomes-gagas-fifth-uk-number-1-__24565/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026222615/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-score-the-official-chart-double-as-shallow-becomes-gagas-fifth-uk-number-1-__24565/ |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=October 26, 2018 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}
US: {{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'Shallow' Surges to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Fueled by Oscars Gains |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500866/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-hot-100-number-one |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305035748/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500866/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-hot-100-number-one |archive-date=March 5, 2019 |access-date=March 5, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} The soundtrack contains 34 tracks, including 17 original songs, and received generally positive reviews;{{Cite web |title=A Star Is Born [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] by Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-star-is-born-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/lady-gaga/details |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018030059/https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-star-is-born-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/lady-gaga/details |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |publisher=Metacritic}} Mark Kennedy of The Washington Post called it a "five-star marvel" and Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian termed it an "instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might".{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Mark |date=October 4, 2018 |title=Review: 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack is a five-star marvel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/review-a-star-is-born-soundtrack-is-a-five-star-marvel/2018/10/04/6956aef2-c7e2-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005030735/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/review-a-star-is-born-soundtrack-is-a-five-star-marvel/2018/10/04/6956aef2-c7e2-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=October 5, 2018 |title=A Star Is Born soundtrack review – instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/05/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014210839/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/05/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-review-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian}} Commercially, the soundtrack debuted at number one in the US, extending Gaga's record for the most Billboard 200 number ones in the 2010s among women.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 14, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper's 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8479831/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-no-1-debut-billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014231442/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8479831/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-no-1-debut-billboard-200 |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |access-date=October 15, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} It additionally topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK.Australia: {{Cite web |date=October 27, 2018 |title=A Star Is Born Jumps To #1 |url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-jumps-to-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143844/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2018/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-jumps-to-1 |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}
Canada: {{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Chart History: Billboard Canadian Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/cna/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015161656/https://www.billboard.com/music/lady-gaga/chart-history/canadian-albums |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |access-date=November 5, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}}
Ireland: {{Cite news |last=White |first=Jack |date=October 12, 2018 |title=The A Star Is Born soundtrack bests Twenty One Pilots for Official Irish Albums Chart Number 1 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-a-star-is-born-soundtrack-bests-twenty-one-pilots-for-official-irish-albums-chart-number-1__24433/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218141733/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-a-star-is-born-soundtrack-bests-twenty-one-pilots-for-official-irish-albums-chart-number-1__24433/ |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}
New Zealand: {{Cite web |title=Charts.org.nz – Soundtrack / Lady Gaga / Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Lady+Gaga+%2F+Bradley+Cooper&titel=A+Star+Is+Born&cat=a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106053246/https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+%2F+Lady+Gaga+%2F+Bradley+Cooper&titel=A+Star+Is+Born&cat=a |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 5, 2018 |publisher=Hung Medien}}
UK: {{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Justin |date=October 12, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga tops Official Albums Chart for fourth time thanks to A Star Is Born |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-tops-official-albums-chart-for-fourth-time-thanks-to-a-star-is-born__24436/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106224725/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-tops-official-albums-chart-for-fourth-time-thanks-to-a-star-is-born__24436/ |archive-date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |publisher=Official Charts Company}} As of June 2019, the soundtrack had sold over six million copies worldwide.{{Cite magazine |title='A Star Is Born' Soundtrack Is Certified Double Platinum in U.S. |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8517526/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-certified-double-platinum-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626015103/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8517526/a-star-is-born-soundtrack-certified-double-platinum-us |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=June 25, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} The album won Gaga four Grammy Awards—Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Shallow", as well as the latter category for "I'll Never Love Again"—and a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music.{{Cite magazine |date=January 26, 2020 |title=2020 Grammy Awards: Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-grammy-winners-complete-list-1270029 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515222133/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-grammy-winners-complete-list-1270029/ |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2020 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite magazine |date=February 10, 2019 |title=BAFTA Awards: 'The Favourite' Dominates With 7 Wins, But 'Roma' Claims Top Prize 2019 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-award-winners-2019-complete-list-1178566 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211002045/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bafta-award-winners-2019-complete-list-1178566 |archive-date=February 11, 2019 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} "Shallow" also won her the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award, and Satellite Award for Best Original Song. Gaga gave live performances of the song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards and the 91st Academy Awards.{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=February 10, 2019 |title=Grammys 2019: Watch Lady Gaga's Triumphant, Glam-Rock 'Shallow' Performance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2019-watch-lady-gagas-triumphant-glam-rock-shallow-performance-792000/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806114348/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/grammys-2019-watch-lady-gagas-triumphant-glam-rock-shallow-performance-792000/ |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Joe |date=February 24, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Bring the House Down With 'Shallow' at 2019 Oscars |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/oscars/8499757/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-2019-oscars-shallow |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917224831/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/oscars/8499757/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-2019-oscars-shallow |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=February 25, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}}

In October, Gaga announced her engagement to talent agent Christian Carino whom she had met in early 2017.{{Cite news |last=Respers France |first=Lisa |date=October 16, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga thanks her 'fiancé' during speech |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/entertainment/lady-gaga-engaged/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016225124/https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/16/entertainment/lady-gaga-engaged/index.html |archive-date=October 16, 2018 |access-date=October 16, 2018 |publisher=CNN}} They ended the engagement in February 2019.{{Cite news |last=Henderson |first=Cydney |date=February 19, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga and Christian Carino call off their engagement ahead of the Academy Awards |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/19/lady-gaga-and-christian-carino-call-off-their-engagement/2919698002/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018033147/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/19/lady-gaga-and-christian-carino-call-off-their-engagement/2919698002/ |archive-date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2019 |newspaper=USA Today}} Gaga signed a concert residency, named Lady Gaga Enigma + Jazz & Piano, to perform at the MGM Park Theater in Las Vegas.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joel |date=August 7, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga announces Las Vegas residency show details |url=https://ew.com/music/2018/08/07/lady-gaga-las-vegas-residency-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808181342/https://ew.com/music/2018/08/07/lady-gaga-las-vegas-residency-details/ |archive-date=August 8, 2018 |access-date=August 7, 2018 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} The residency consisted of two types of shows: Enigma, which focused on theatricality and included Gaga's biggest hits,{{Cite magazine |last=Hale |first=Andreas |date=December 29, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Delivers the Show She Was Born to Perform With 'Enigma' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8491731/lady-gaga-enigma-opening-night-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112085906/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8491731/lady-gaga-enigma-opening-night-review |archive-date=January 12, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} and Jazz & Piano, which involved tracks from the Great American Songbook and stripped-down versions of Gaga's songs. The Enigma show opened in December 2018 and the Jazz & Piano in January 2019.{{Cite news |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=January 21, 2019 |title=Review: In Las Vegas, Lady Gaga solves the problem of 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-lady-gaga-enigma-jazz-piano-las-vegas-review-20190121-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122120331/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-lady-gaga-enigma-jazz-piano-las-vegas-review-20190121-story.html |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} Gaga launched her vegan makeup line, Haus Laboratories, in September 2019 exclusively on Amazon. Consisting of 40 products, including liquid eyeliners, lip glosses and face mask sticker, it reached number one on Amazon's list of bestselling lipsticks.{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Courtney |date=November 23, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga's new holiday lipstick is already No. 1 on Amazon |url=https://us.cnn.com/2019/11/22/cnn-underscored/lady-gaga-haus-sparkle-lipstick/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126064232/https://us.cnn.com/2019/11/22/cnn-underscored/lady-gaga-haus-sparkle-lipstick/index.html |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |access-date=December 6, 2019 |publisher=CNN}}

= 2020–2023: ''Chromatica'', ''Love for Sale'', and ''House of Gucci'' =

Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica, was released on May 29, 2020, to positive reviews.{{Cite web |last=Rettig |first=James |date=May 6, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga's Chromatica Is Now Out 5/29 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2083513/lady-gaga-chromatica-release-date-change/news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506161939/https://www.stereogum.com/2083513/lady-gaga-chromatica-release-date-change/news/ |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=May 7, 2020 |website=Stereogum}}{{Cite web |title=Chromatica by Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/chromatica/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727191519/https://www.metacritic.com/music/chromatica/lady-gaga |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |publisher=Metacritic}} It debuted atop the US charts, becoming her sixth consecutive number-one album in the country, and reached the top spot in more than a dozen other territories including Australia, Canada, France, Italy and the UK.{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga lands fourth #1 album |url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2020/lady-gaga-lands-fourth-1-album |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607203845/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/news/2020/lady-gaga-lands-fourth-1-album |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2020 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}}
{{Cite web |date=June 7, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga Has This Week's No. 1 Album |url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2020/06/07/lady-gaga-has-weeks-no-1-album |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608094114/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2020/06/07/lady-gaga-has-weeks-no-1-album |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |website=FYI Music News}}
{{Cite web |title=Top Albums (Week 23, 2020) |url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610143716/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?semaine=23 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |language=fr}}
{{Cite web |title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 23 (dal 29.05.2020 al 04.06.2020) |url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2020/23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610144423/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana |language=it}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Paine |first=Andre |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga scores fastest-selling album of 2020 so far |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/lady-gaga-scores-fastest-selling-album-of-2020-so-far/079992 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605173951/https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/lady-gaga-scores-fastest-selling-album-of-2020-so-far/079992 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |magazine=Music Week}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=June 7, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga Scores Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Chromatica' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9397503/lady-gaga-chromatica-sixth-number-1-album-billboard-200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607191211/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9397503/lady-gaga-chromatica-sixth-number-1-album-billboard-200 |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} Chromatica{{'}}s lead single, "Stupid Love", was released on February 28, 2020,{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=February 25, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga Is About to Drop Her New Single 'Stupid Love' and We Are Not Calm: Find Out the Release Date |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8551871/lady-gaga-confirms-release-date-stupid-love |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120081628/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8551871/lady-gaga-confirms-release-date-stupid-love |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=February 25, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} and charted at number five in the US and the UK.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=March 9, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Stupid Love' Launches at No. 5 on Hot 100, Roddy Ricch's 'The Box' Notches Ninth Week at No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9330849/lady-gaga-stupid-love-hot-100-debut |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309231106/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9330849/lady-gaga-stupid-love-hot-100-debut |archive-date=March 9, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}
{{Cite web |title=The Weeknd keeps singles Number 1, Lady Gaga scores big new entry |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-weeknds-blinding-lights-claims-fourth-week-at-uk-number-1-lady-gagas-stupid-love-scores-highest-new-entry__28976/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523151858/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-weeknds-blinding-lights-claims-fourth-week-at-uk-number-1-lady-gagas-stupid-love-scores-highest-new-entry__28976/ |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |publisher=Official Charts Company}} The second single, "Rain on Me" with Ariana Grande, followed on May 22.{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=May 15, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's 'Rain on Me' Collaboration Is Coming Really Soon |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9379055/lady-gaga-ariana-grande-rain-on-me-release-date |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515235931/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9379055/lady-gaga-ariana-grande-rain-on-me-release-date |archive-date=May 15, 2020 |access-date=May 16, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} It won the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, and debuted at number one in the US, making Gaga the third person to top the country's chart in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.{{Cite magazine |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=March 14, 2021 |title=Grammys 2021 Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/2021-grammys-winners-list-1234926947/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316041012/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/2021-grammys-winners-list-1234926947/ |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |access-date=March 14, 2021 |magazine=Variety}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=June 1, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande's 'Rain on Me' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9394719/rain-on-me-debuts-atop-hot-100-lady-gaga-ariana-grande |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603055218/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9394719/rain-on-me-debuts-atop-hot-100-lady-gaga-ariana-grande |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga won five awards, including the inaugural Tricon Award representing achievement in three (or more) fields of entertainment. In September 2020, she appeared in the video campaign for Valentino's Voce Viva fragrance, singing a stripped-down version of Chromatica track "Sine from Above", along with a group of models.{{Cite magazine |last=Lukas |first=Erin |date=September 17, 2020 |title=Watch Lady Gaga Lead a Sing-Along |url=https://www.instyle.com/beauty/fragrance/lady-gaga-valentino-voce-viva-campaign |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918203647/https://www.instyle.com/beauty/fragrance/lady-gaga-valentino-voce-viva-campaign |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020 |magazine=InStyle}}

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Having endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election, Gaga sang the US national anthem during his inauguration as the country's 46th President on January 20, 2021.{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/01/politics/lady-gaga-john-legend-joe-biden-kamala-harris-campaign/index.html|title=Lady Gaga and John Legend to join Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for final campaign events|first=Sarah|last=Mucha|publisher=CNN|date=November 1, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2025}}{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Watch Lady Gaga power through national anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration |url=https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-national-anthem-inauguration-joe-biden/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120205148/https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-national-anthem-inauguration-joe-biden/ |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} In February 2021, her dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after getting shot in Hollywood. Two of her French Bulldogs, Koji and Gustav, were taken while a third dog named Miss Asia escaped and was subsequently recovered by police. Gaga later offered a $500,000 reward for the return of her pets.{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga's dog-walker shot and bulldogs stolen |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56196226 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228135136/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56196226 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |publisher=BBC News}}{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Jonathan |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Heart-Stopping Video Shows Moments Dog Walker Shot by Thieves Who Stole French Bulldogs Belonging to Lady Gaga |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/dog-walker-shot-french-bulldogs-stolen-lady-gaga-hollywood/2535760/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603182643/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/dog-walker-shot-french-bulldogs-stolen-lady-gaga-hollywood/2535760/ |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |publisher=KNBC}} Two days later, on February 26, a woman brought the dogs to a police station in Los Angeles. Both were unharmed. Los Angeles Police initially said the woman who dropped off the dogs did not appear to be involved with the shooting,{{Cite web |title=Accused shooter in Lady Gaga dog theft mistakenly freed |url=https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-dog-walker-shooting-gunman-mistakenly-released-309496 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929054620/https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/lady-gaga-dog-walker-shooting-gunman-mistakenly-released-309496 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=September 21, 2023 |publisher=CNA}}{{Cite news |date=February 27, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga's 2 French bulldogs recovered unharmed following shooting, theft |url=https://abc7.com/lady-gagas-dogs-recovered-safely-police-say/10374328/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303202557/https://abc7.com/lady-gagas-dogs-recovered-safely-police-say/10374328/ |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=February 27, 2021 |publisher=WABC-TV}} but on April 29, she was one of five people charged in connection with the shooting and theft.{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Five arrested in Lady Gaga dognapping case – including the woman who returned them |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/lady-gaga-dognapping-five-arrested |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502141422/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/29/lady-gaga-dognapping-five-arrested |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |access-date=May 2, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian}} In December 2022, James Howard Jackson, the man who shot Fischer, was sentenced to 21 years in prison.{{Cite news |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=December 5, 2022 |title=Man Is Sentenced to 21 Years in Shooting of Lady Gaga's Dog Walker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/lady-gaga-dog-walker-shooting-sentence.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425004346/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/lady-gaga-dog-walker-shooting-sentence.html |archive-date=April 25, 2023 |access-date=December 6, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

In April 2021, Gaga teamed up with Champagne brand Dom Pérignon, and appeared in an ad shot by Nick Knight.{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=April 6, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga & Dom Pérignon Announce The Queendom |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/9549109/lady-gaga-dom-perignon-limited-edition-bottle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331212454/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/9549109/lady-gaga-dom-perignon-limited-edition-bottle/ |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} On September 3, she released her third remix album, Dawn of Chromatica.{{Cite magazine |last=Darville |first=Jordan |date=August 30, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga shares Dawn Of Chromatica remix album release date, tracklist |url=https://www.thefader.com/2021/08/30/lady-gaga-dawn-of-chromatica-remix-album-release-date-tracklist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830163926/https://www.thefader.com/2021/08/30/lady-gaga-dawn-of-chromatica-remix-album-release-date-tracklist |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |access-date=August 30, 2021 |magazine=The Fader}} This was followed by her second collaborative album with Tony Bennett, titled Love for Sale, on September 30.{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=October 1, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett's 'Love for Sale' Makes It Just Under the Wire for 2022 Grammy Eligibility |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9638836/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-album-eligible-2022-grammys |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002111021/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9638836/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-album-eligible-2022-grammys |archive-date=October 2, 2021 |access-date=October 2, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} The record received generally favorable reviews, and debuted at number eight in the US.{{cite Metacritic|id=music/love-for-sale/tony-bennett|type=music|title=Love for Sale|access-date=October 8, 2021}}{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=October 10, 2021 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Fearless (Taylor's Version)' Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9643266/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version-billboard-200-return-number-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011202353/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9643266/taylor-swift-fearless-taylors-version-billboard-200-return-number-1/ |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |access-date=October 11, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} The album's promotional rollout included the television special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, released in November 2021, on CBS, which featured select performances from the duo's August 3 and 5 performances at Radio City Music Hall.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett to Celebrate Friendship With 'One Last Time' Shows at Radio City |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9602933/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-one-last-time-shows-radio-city |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731050657/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9602933/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-one-last-time-shows-radio-city/ |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=September 15, 2021 |title=Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Partner With ViacomCBS for Three Specials, to Air on CBS, MTV and Paramount Plus |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-viacomcbs-mtv-unplugged-special-video-1235065259/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915140801/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-viacomcbs-mtv-unplugged-special-video-1235065259/ |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |magazine=Variety}} Another taped performance by the duo recorded for MTV Unplugged was released that December.{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga gets sweet and sassy with Tony Bennett in first MTV Unplugged footage |url=https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-mtv-unplugged-preview-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217180736/https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-mtv-unplugged-preview-video/ |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=December 17, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Love for Sale won Gaga and Bennett the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.{{Cite magazine |last=Atkinson |first=Katie |date=April 3, 2022 |title=Here Are the 2022 Grammy Awards Winners: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-grammy-awards-winners-list-1235054006/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726012747/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-grammy-awards-winners-list-1235054006/ |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=August 2, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}

After an appearance in the television special Friends: The Reunion, in which Gaga sang "Smelly Cat" with Lisa Kudrow,{{Cite magazine |last=Kemp |first=Ella |date=May 27, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga performs 'Smelly Cat' with Lisa Kudrow on the 'Friends' reunion special |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/lady-gaga-perform-smelly-cat-lisa-kudrow-friends-reunion-special-2949746 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527134339/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/lady-gaga-perform-smelly-cat-lisa-kudrow-friends-reunion-special-2949746 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |access-date=May 27, 2021 |magazine=NME}} she portrayed Patrizia Reggiani, who was convicted of hiring a hitman to murder her ex-husband and former head of the Gucci fashion house Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver), in Ridley Scott's biographical crime film titled House of Gucci.{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga, Ridley & Giannina Scott Team On Film About Assassination Of Gucci Grandson Maurizio; Gaga To Play Convicted Ex-Wife Patrizia Reggiani |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/lady-gaga-ridley-scott-movie-maurizio-gucci-patrizia-reggiani-murder-gucci-family-giannina-scott-1202774518/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904022917/https://deadline.com/2019/11/lady-gaga-ridley-scott-movie-maurizio-gucci-patrizia-reggiani-murder-gucci-family-giannina-scott-1202774518/ |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite magazine |last=Aloian |first=Addison |date=October 29, 2021 |title=Watch Lady Gaga Infiltrate the Gucci Family Empire in the Second House of Gucci Trailer |url=https://vmagazine.com/article/watch-lady-gaga-infiltrate-the-gucci-family-empire-in-the-second-house-of-gucci-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102041822/https://vmagazine.com/article/watch-lady-gaga-infiltrate-the-gucci-family-empire-in-the-second-house-of-gucci-trailer/ |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=November 6, 2021 |magazine=V}} For the part, Gaga learned to speak with an Italian accent. She also stayed in character for 18 months, speaking with an accent for nine months during that period.{{Cite news |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Madness in her method: Did Lady Gaga really stay in character for 18 months? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/03/madness-in-her-method-did-lady-gaga-really-stay-in-character-for-18-months |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124144351/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/03/madness-in-her-method-did-lady-gaga-really-stay-in-character-for-18-months |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |access-date=November 25, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian}} Her method acting took a toll on her mental wellbeing, and towards the end of filming she had to be accompanied on-set by a psychiatric nurse.{{Cite magazine |last=Malkin |first=Mark |date=December 15, 2021 |title=How Lady Gaga Protected Herself While Making 'House of Gucci': No Actor 'Should Push Themselves to That Limit' |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/columns/lady-gaga-house-of-gucci-patrizia-just-for-variety-1235132676/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104184946/https://variety.com/2021/film/columns/lady-gaga-house-of-gucci-patrizia-just-for-variety-1235132676/ |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |access-date=January 4, 2022 |magazine=Variety}} The film was released on November 24, 2021, to mixed reviews, though critics praised Gaga's performance as "note-perfect".{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2021 |title=House of Gucci |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/house_of_gucci |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428131555/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/house_of_gucci |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |access-date=November 24, 2021 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} She earned the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and nominations for the BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.Nominations for House of Gucci:

BAFTA Awards: {{cite magazine|last=Ritman|first=Alex|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2022-nominations-revealed-1235086370/|title=BAFTA Awards Nominations: 'Dune' Leads Pack in Diverse List Full of Surprises|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 3, 2022|ref=none|access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203182909/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bafta-awards-2022-nominations-revealed-1235086370/|archive-date=February 3, 2022|url-status=live}}
Critics' Choice Awards: {{cite magazine|ref=none|last=Verhoeven|first=Beatrice|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critics-choice-2022-film-nominations-nominees-list-1235061580/|title='West Side Story,' 'Belfast' Lead 2022 Critics Choice Film Nominations|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113142232/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critics-choice-2022-film-nominations-nominees-list-1235061580/|archive-date=January 13, 2022|url-status=live}}
Golden Globe Awards: {{cite news|ref=none|last=Buchanan|first=Kyle|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/movies/golden-globes-nominees-list.html|title=Golden Globes Nominations 2022: The Complete List|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113143014/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/movies/golden-globes-nominees-list.html|archive-date=January 13, 2022|url-status=live}}
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: {{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=December 3, 2021 |title='Drive My Car' Named Best Film By New York Film Critics Circle; 'West Side Story', 'Licorice Pizza', Benedict Cumberbatch, Lady Gaga Take Other Prizes – Complete Winners List |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-winners-2021-nyfcc-1234883931/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203145123/https://deadline.com/2021/12/new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-winners-2021-nyfcc-1234883931/ |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood |ref=none}}
Screen Actors Guild Awards: {{cite magazine|ref=none|last1=Lang|first1=Brent|last2=Moreau|first2=Jordan|url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/2022-sag-nominations-list-nominees-screen-actors-guild-awards-1235151565/|title=SAG Nominations: 'House of Gucci' and 'Power of the Dog' Score Big; 'Succession' and 'Ted Lasso' Lead TV|magazine=Variety|date=January 12, 2022|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113142513/https://variety.com/2022/awards/news/2022-sag-nominations-list-nominees-screen-actors-guild-awards-1235151565/|archive-date=January 13, 2022|url-status=live}}

Gaga co-wrote the song "Hold My Hand" for the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick,{{Cite magazine |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga Announces New Single From 'Top Gun: Maverick' Film, 'Hold My Hand' |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/lady-gaga-top-gun-maverick-hold-my-hand-oscars-original-song-1235240724/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427161707/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/lady-gaga-top-gun-maverick-hold-my-hand-oscars-original-song-1235240724/ |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |access-date=April 27, 2022 |magazine=Variety |ref=none}} and also composed the score alongside Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermeyer.{{Cite magazine |last=Dalley |first=Hannah |date=May 4, 2022 |title=Tom Cruise Praises Lady Gaga's 'Top Gun' Song, Reveals She Helped Compose the Score: 'Her Talent Is Just Boundless' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tom-cruise-praises-lady-gaga-top-gun-song-score-1235066680/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504162958/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tom-cruise-praises-lady-gaga-top-gun-song-score-1235066680/ |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=May 4, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} She performed "Hold My Hand" live at the 95th Academy Awards, where it was nominated for Best Original Song.{{Cite magazine |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=March 12, 2023 |title=Watch Lady Gaga Strip Down 'Hold My Hand' in an Intimate Oscars Performance Dedicated to Tony Scott |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/lady-gaga-hold-my-hand-2023-oscars-performance-1235551128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313144729/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/lady-gaga-hold-my-hand-2023-oscars-performance-1235551128/ |archive-date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=March 13, 2023 |magazine=Variety}} The track also earned Gaga her third win for Best Original Song at the Satellite Awards.{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2023 |title=The International Press Academy Announces Winners for the 27th Annual Satellite Awards |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/news/the-international-press-academy-announces-winners-for-the-27th-annual-satellite-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304103356/https://www.pressacademy.com/news/the-international-press-academy-announces-winners-for-the-27th-annual-satellite-awards/ |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |access-date=March 4, 2023 |publisher=International Press Academy}} In July 2022, she embarked on The Chromatica Ball stadium tour,{{Cite magazine |last=Nolfi |first=Joey |date=March 7, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga finally revives Chromatica Ball tour with new 2022 concert dates |url=https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-tour-2022-dates-confirmed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307151140/https://ew.com/music/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-tour-2022-dates-confirmed/ |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=March 7, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} which concluded that September.{{Cite magazine |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=September 18, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga Halts Miami Concert Due to Lightning: 'I Don't Want to Put Your Life in Danger' |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/lady-gaga-stops-miami-concert-lightning-1235375895/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918163010/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/lady-gaga-stops-miami-concert-lightning-1235375895/ |archive-date=September 18, 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |magazine=Variety}} It grossed $112.4 million from 834,000 tickets sold throughout twenty dates and produced an HBO concert special titled Gaga Chromatica Ball.{{Cite magazine |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica Ball' HBO Concert Special to Premiere May 25 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-hbo-concert-special-premiere-1235996057 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508160949/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-hbo-concert-special-premiere-1235996057/ |archive-date=May 8, 2024 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} By the end of the year, she became the highest grossing female artist touring in 2022.{{Cite magazine |title=2022 Year-End Boxscore Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/2022-year-end-boxscore-charts/#top-40-tours |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202080222/https://www.billboard.com/2022-year-end-boxscore-charts/ |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} Gaga was appointed as co-chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities by President Joe Biden in April 2023,{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2023 |title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/13/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-23/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413230156/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/04/13/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-23/ |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |publisher=whitehouse.gov}} and collaborated with the Rolling Stones on the song "Sweet Sounds of Heaven", also featuring Stevie Wonder, from their album Hackney Diamonds that year.{{Cite magazine |last=Dunworth |first=Liberty |date=September 14, 2023 |title=The Rolling Stones' 'Hackney Diamonds' features Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Elton John and Stevie Wonder |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-features-paul-mccartney-lady-gaga-elton-john-and-stevie-wonder-3498112 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916154520/https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-rolling-stones-hackney-diamonds-features-paul-mccartney-lady-gaga-elton-john-and-stevie-wonder-3498112 |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |magazine=NME}}

= 2024–present: ''Joker: Folie à Deux'' and ''Mayhem''=

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Gaga was the featured artist for season two of the online video game Fortnite spin-off, Fortnite Festival, which ran from February to April 2024.{{Cite news |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Marry the 'Fortnite': Lady Gaga finally sets Epic Games entry as 'Festival' headliner |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-02-21/lady-gaga-fortnite-festival-season-2-epic-games |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224223130/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-02-21/lady-gaga-fortnite-festival-season-2-epic-games |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} She became engaged to venture capitalist Michael Polansky that April, four years after they began dating.{{Cite magazine |date=January 28, 2025 |title='I Love Being Lady Gaga' How The Icon Conquered Her Demons |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a63511308/lady-gaga-interview/ |access-date=February 18, 2025 |magazine=Elle UK |last=Jeffs |first=Lotte |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250129050206/https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/culture/a63511308/lady-gaga-interview/ |archive-date=January 29, 2025 |url-status=live}} In July, she performed a rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire's "Mon truc en plumes" at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=July 26, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga Sings in French, Bustles With Feathers at Olympics Opening Ceremony Performance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-2024-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-1235067899/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726184944/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-2024-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-1235067899/ |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |access-date=July 26, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Gaga released the single "Die with a Smile", a duet with Bruno Mars, on August 16, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Wilkes |first=Emma |date=August 15, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars are teaming up for single 'Die With A Smile' – and it's dropping tomorrow |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-and-bruno-mars-are-teaming-up-for-single-die-with-a-smile-and-its-dropping-tomorrow-3784163 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815201817/https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-and-bruno-mars-are-teaming-up-for-single-die-with-a-smile-and-its-dropping-tomorrow-3784163 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |magazine=NME}} In addition to topping the Billboard Global 200 for 18 weeks, it made Gaga the first act to achieve multiple U.S. number-one songs in the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-number-1-global-200-18-1235956965/|title=Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars' 'Die With a Smile' Tops Global 200 Chart for 18th Week|magazine=Billboard|date=April 28, 2025|access-date=April 28, 2025}}{{cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars' 'Die With a Smile' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-number-one-hot-100/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106204721/https://www.billboard.com/lists/lady-gaga-bruno-mars-die-with-a-smile-number-one-hot-100/ |url-status=live }} At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the song earned the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, making her the first artist to win the category three times.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/beyonce-kendrick-lamar-2025-grammy-records-winners-1235890836/|title=Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar & More 2025 Grammy Record-Setters|first=Paul|last=Grein|magazine=Billboard|date=February 3, 2025|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-date=February 4, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204023244/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/beyonce-kendrick-lamar-2025-grammy-records-winners-1235890836/|url-status=live}}

Gaga starred as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Phillips's musical psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to his 2019 film Joker.{{Cite magazine |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=August 20, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix Sang Live on 'Joker 2' Set, Which Made It a 'Nightmare' to Edit: 'We Didn't Want Perfect Notes' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-sang-live-joker-2-set-1236111404/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901201354/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-sang-live-joker-2-set-1236111404/ |archive-date=September 1, 2024 |access-date=September 1, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival and was released theatrically in October 2024.{{Cite news |last1=Tartaglione |first1=Nancy |last2=Aboul Kheir |first2=Nada |date=September 4, 2024 |title=Todd Phillips' 'Joker: Folie À Deux' Earns 12-Minute Ovation At Venice Film Festival |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/joker-folie-a-deux-ovation-lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-world-premiere-venice-film-festival-1236077487/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904201214/https://deadline.com/2024/09/joker-folie-a-deux-ovation-lady-gaga-joaquin-phoenix-world-premiere-venice-film-festival-1236077487/ |archive-date=September 4, 2024 |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} While the film was a critical and commercial failure, Gaga's performance was better received, with critics finding her to be underused.{{cite magazine|last=Petski|first=Denise|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/lady-gaga-joker-folie-a-deux-bad-reviews-1236270660/|title=Lady Gaga Breaks Silence On 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Negative Reviews: "You Keep Going Even If Something Didn't Connect In The Way You Intended"|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 28, 2025|access-date=January 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130145342/https://deadline.com/2025/01/lady-gaga-joker-folie-a-deux-bad-reviews-1236270660/|archive-date=January 30, 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Tenreyro |first1=Tatiana |last2=Abid |first2=Rahman |title=Mixed Joker: Folie À Deux Reviews Highlight Lack of Excitement, Underused Lady Gaga in Sequel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joker-folie-a-deux-reviews-1235991525/ |access-date=October 13, 2024 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 4, 2024 |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005153915/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joker-folie-a-deux-reviews-1235991525/ |url-status=live }} Songs recorded by her and Phoenix for the film were included on an accompanying soundtrack album.{{Cite web |last=Deville |first=Chris |date=October 4, 2024 |title=The Joker: Folie à Deux Soundtrack Has Joaquin Phoenix/Lady Gaga Duets, A Daniel Johnston Cover, And Nick Cave Singing A Medley |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2282992/hear-joaquin-phoenix-cover-daniel-johnston-and-duet-with-lady-gaga-on-joker-folie-a-deux-soundtrack/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004200519/https://www.stereogum.com/2282992/hear-joaquin-phoenix-cover-daniel-johnston-and-duet-with-lady-gaga-on-joker-folie-a-deux-soundtrack/music/ |archive-date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=October 4, 2024 |website=Stereogum}} Gaga additionally produced a companion album to the film, titled Harlequin, which was released on September 27, 2024.{{Cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga to Drop 'Joker: Folie à Deux' Companion Album 'Harlequin' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-announces-jazz-album-harlequin-1235110017/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924170847/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-announces-jazz-album-harlequin-1235110017/ |archive-date=September 24, 2024 |access-date=September 24, 2024 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} She and Polansky co-wrote four of its tracks.{{cite AV media notes |title=Harlequin|author=Lady Gaga |year=2024 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Interscope Records|id=602475066491}}

Gaga's album titled Mayhem—conceived as a pop record per Polansky's recommendation—was released on March 7, 2025, to critical acclaim and debuted at number one in the US.{{Cite magazine |last=Van Meter |first=Jonathan |date=September 5, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga on Joker: Folie à Deux, Getting Engaged, and the Joy of Making Pop Music Again |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/lady-gaga-october-2024-cover-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905114643/https://www.vogue.com/article/lady-gaga-october-2024-cover-interview |archive-date=September 5, 2024|access-date=September 5, 2024 |magazine=Vogue}}{{cite magazine|last=Fell|first=Nicole|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-new-album-mayhem-1236119151/|title=Lady Gaga Announces New Album 'Mayhem'|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 27, 2025|access-date=January 27, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127171100/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-new-album-mayhem-1236119151/|archive-date=January 27, 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Mayhem by Lady Gaga |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/mayhem/lady-gaga|website=Metacritic|access-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-date=March 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317184738/https://www.metacritic.com/music/mayhem/lady-gaga|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=March 16, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga's 'MAYHEM' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-mayhem-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235923158/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250316191025/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/lady-gaga-mayhem-debuts-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235923158/ |archive-date=March 16, 2025 |access-date=March 17, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} The couple served as executive producers for the album,{{cite magazine |last=Sanchez |first=Chelsey |title=A Complete Guide to Lady Gaga' New Album, Mayhem |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a63571942/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-music-news/ |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=January 29, 2025 |archive-date=January 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127170407/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a63571942/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-music-news/ |url-status=live }} and wrote seven tracks together. This included the lead single "Disease", which was released on October 25, 2024,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-disease-new-song-1235142869/|title=Lady Gaga Has the Cure on New Song 'Disease'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 25, 2024|access-date=October 26, 2024|url-access=limited}} and peaked at number seven in the UK.{{cite news|last=Griffiths|first=George|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/gigi-perez-sailor-song-number-1/|title= Gigi Perez celebrates breakthrough UK Number 1 single Sailor Song: "Oh my God, this is amazing!"|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=November 1, 2024|access-date=November 1, 2024}} Its second single, "Abracadabra", followed on February 3, 2025,{{cite magazine|last=Fell|first=Nicole|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-abracadabra-new-mayhem-1236125520/|title=Lady Gaga Returns to Pop Roots With New Song and Music Video "Abracadabra"|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=February 2, 2025|access-date=February 3, 2025|archive-date=February 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203162922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-abracadabra-new-mayhem-1236125520/|url-status=live}} reaching the top five in Germany and the UK, as well as on the Global 200 chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-2505028|title=Lady Gaga – Abracadabra|publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=February 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214155820/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-2505028|archive-date=February 14, 2025|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Griffiths|first=George|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chappell-roan-pink-pony-club-number-1-uk-single-week-2/|title=Chappell Roan still dancing at the Pink Pony Club for second week at Number 1|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=March 14, 2025|access-date=March 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317231652/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chappell-roan-pink-pony-club-number-1-uk-single-week-2/|archive-date=March 17, 2025|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=February 18, 2025 |title=Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Blasts Back to No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-global-200-number-one-third-week-1235904156/ |access-date=February 18, 2025 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320152501/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-global-200-number-one-third-week-1235904156/ |archive-date=March 20, 2025 |url-status=live}} The track list also included "Die with a Smile" as a later addition. Gaga sang "Hold My Hand" at the Super Bowl LIX pregame as a tribute to the victims of the 2025 New Orleans truck attack, which won her the award for Outstanding Music Direction at the 46th Sports Emmy Awards.{{cite magazine|last=Shewfelt|first=Raechal|url=https://ew.com/lady-gaga-now-1-award-away-from-egot-after-sports-emmy-11738922|title=Lady Gaga is now 1 award away from EGOT after winning Sports Emmy for Super Bowl song|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 20, 2025|access-date=May 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524112512/https://ew.com/lady-gaga-now-1-award-away-from-egot-after-sports-emmy-11738922|archive-date=May 24, 2025|url-status=live}} In March 2025, she hosted Saturday Night Live for a second time.{{cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-snl-opening-monologue-1235292448/|title=Lady Gaga Jokes About Aging, Winning Razzie, Engagement in 'SNL' Opening Monologue|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=March 9, 2025|access-date=March 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309142928/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-snl-opening-monologue-1235292448/|archive-date=March 9, 2025|url-status=live}} At the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, she was honored with the Innovator Award.{{cite magazine|last=Aniftos|first=Rania|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/lady-gaga-innovator-award-iheartradio-music-awards-speech-1235924445/|title=Lady Gaga Delivers Moving Speech While Accepting Innovator Award at 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards: 'The World Doesn't Need Another Copy'|magazine=Billboard|date=March 17, 2025|access-date=March 29, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329201904/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/lady-gaga-innovator-award-iheartradio-music-awards-speech-1235924445/|archive-date=March 29, 2025|url-status=live}}

Gaga performed a series of promotional concerts in support of Mayhem between April and May 2025, before embarking on The Mayhem Ball concert tour the following July.{{cite magazine |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |title=Lady Gaga reveals The Mayhem Ball tour with dates in North America, Europe and U.K. |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/global/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-north-america-europe-uk-1236348335/ |date=March 26, 2025 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329202225/https://variety.com/2025/music/global/lady-gaga-mayhem-ball-tour-north-america-europe-uk-1236348335/ |archive-date=March 29, 2025 |url-status=live}} The former included a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, as part of the "Todo Mundo no Rio" initiative,{{Cite magazine |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga Sets Massive Free Concert at Brazil's Copacabana Beach in May |url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/lady-gaga-free-concert-copacabana-beach-brazil-may-1236315249/ |access-date=May 4, 2025 |magazine=Variety |archive-date=February 22, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250222005547/https://variety.com/2025/music/news/lady-gaga-free-concert-copacabana-beach-brazil-may-1236315249/ |url-status=live }} which became the most-attended concert by a female artist with an estimated audience of over 2.5 million.{{cite web |title=Largest attendance of a free concert by a female artist |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/770378-largest-attendance-of-a-free-concert-by-a-female-artist |website=Guinness World Records |access-date=May 31, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601084813/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/770378-largest-attendance-of-a-free-concert-by-a-female-artist |archive-date=June 1, 2025 |url-status=live}} Gaga is set to appear in the upcoming second season of the Netflix series Wednesday, portraying a teacher at the fictional Nevermore Academy named Rosaline Rotwood.{{cite magazine|last=Nolfi|first=Joey|url=https://ew.com/lady-gaga-wednesday-season-2-role-revealed-rosaline-rotwood-11745631|title=Lady Gaga's Wednesday season 2 role revealed as Rosaline Rotwood|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 31, 2025|access-date=June 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603075520/https://ew.com/lady-gaga-wednesday-season-2-role-revealed-rosaline-rotwood-11745631|archive-date=June 3, 2025|url-status=live}}

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Gaga grew up listening to artists such as Michael Jackson,{{Cite news |date=June 23, 2010 |title=Michael Jackson's style influence lives on |url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/06/23/michael.jackson.fashion/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216080706/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-06-23/entertainment/michael.jackson.fashion_1_michael-jackson-jackson-s-book-lady-gaga?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |access-date=December 6, 2018 |publisher=CNN}} the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Whitney Houston,{{Cite magazine |last=Rap |first=Up |date=March 19, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga on Whitney Houston: 'she's the greatest of all time' |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2012/03/19/lady-gaga-on-whitney-houston-shes-the-greatest-of-all-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322005650/http://www.rap-up.com/2012/03/19/lady-gaga-on-whitney-houston-shes-the-greatest-of-all-time/ |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2012 |magazine=Rap-Up}} Elton John, Prince,{{Cite magazine |date=April 24, 2016 |title=Read Lady Gaga's Spiritual Tribute to Prince |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-lady-gagas-spiritual-tribute-to-prince-168894/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326212949/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-lady-gagas-spiritual-tribute-to-prince-168894/ |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}{{Cite magazine |last=Goodwyn |first=Tom |date=June 10, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga: "'Born This Way' was inspired by Madonna and Prince" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-317-1281693 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326212943/https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-317-1281693 |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |magazine=NME}} En Vogue, TLC,{{Cite magazine |last=Werde |first=Bill |date=February 18, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Cover Story |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-born-this-way-cover-story-472976/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326214807/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-born-this-way-cover-story-472976/ |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |magazine=Billboard}} Christina Aguilera,{{Cite web |last=Williott |first=Carl |date=September 12, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Apologizes To Christina Aguilera For Their Real/Imagined Feud On 'Watch What Happens' |url=https://www.idolator.com/7483915/lady-gaga-apologize-christina-aguilera-watch-what-happens-live |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026232440/https://www.idolator.com/7483915/lady-gaga-apologize-christina-aguilera-watch-what-happens-live |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |access-date=October 23, 2021 |website=Idolator}} Janet Jackson,{{Cite magazine |date=May 16, 2016 |title=Janet Jackson comeback: 7 pop stars she influenced |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20160516127920/janet-jackson-comeback-7-pop-stars-she-influenced |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328152642/https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20160516127920/janet-jackson-comeback-7-pop-stars-she-influenced/ |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |access-date=March 23, 2023 |magazine=Hello!}} and Blondie,{{Cite magazine |last=Germanotta |first=Stefani |date=August 5, 2011 |title=Blonde On Blonde: Lady Gaga Interviews Debbie Harry |url=http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a771/lady-gaga-interviews-debbie-harry-blondie-0911/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124204710/http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a771/lady-gaga-interviews-debbie-harry-blondie-0911/ |archive-date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=November 23, 2015 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}} who have all influenced her music.{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Reveals One Question 'Changed My Life' In MTV Special |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1664258/lady-gaga-trailer/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201055620/http://www.mtv.com/news/1664258/lady-gaga-trailer/ |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |access-date=November 24, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}} Gaga's musical inspiration varies from dance-pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as the theatrics of the pop artist Andy Warhol and her own performance roots in musical theater.{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=September 9, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's direct line to Andy Warhol |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2010/sep/09/lady-gaga-andy-warhol |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213210457/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2010/sep/09/lady-gaga-andy-warhol |archive-date=February 13, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
{{Cite web |last=Still |first=Jennifer |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Lady GaGa: 'I was inspired by musical theatre' |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a320549/lady-gaga-i-was-inspired-by-musical-theatre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204102131/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a320549/lady-gaga-i-was-inspired-by-musical-theatre/ |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |publisher=Digital Spy}}
{{Cite news |last=Thomson |first=Graeme |date=September 6, 2009 |title=Soundtrack of my life: Lady Gaga |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922011757/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/06/lady-gaga-popandrock |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |access-date=May 6, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian}} She has been compared to Madonna, who has said that she sees herself reflected in Gaga.{{Cite news |date=October 14, 2009 |title=Madonna Talks Divorce, Lady Gaga & Being A 'Geek' In High School |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/madonna-talks-divorce-lady-gaga-being-a-geek-in-high-school-77399/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126142146/http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/madonna-talks-divorce-lady-gaga-being-a-geek-in-high-school-77399/ |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |work=Access Hollywood}} Gaga has expressed her desire to revolutionize pop music the way Madonna did.{{Cite news |last=Dingwall |first=John |date=November 27, 2009 |title=The Fear Factor; Lady Gaga used tough times as inspiration for her new album |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FEAR+FACTOR%3B+Lady+Gaga+used+tough+times+as+inspiration+for+her...-a0213005824 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730223550/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/THE+FEAR+FACTOR;+Lady+Gaga+used+tough+times+as+inspiration+for+her...-a0213005824 |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |access-date=August 8, 2017 |newspaper=Daily Record |pages=48–49}} Gaga has also cited heavy metal bands as an influence, specifically Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Marilyn Manson.{{Cite magazine |last=Pearsons |first=Katie |date=May 27, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga: 'Iron Maiden changed my life' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-347-1286406 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714204817/http://www.nme.com/news/music/lady-gaga-347-1286406 |archive-date=July 14, 2017 |access-date=June 22, 2017 |magazine=NME}}{{Cite news |date=February 5, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga: Huge Black Sabbath Fan? |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2577785/lady-gaga-black-sabbath/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810010912/http://www.mtv.com/news/2577785/lady-gaga-black-sabbath/ |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=June 22, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}}{{Cite web |last=Williams, Tia |date=July 19, 2014 |title=10 Ways That Marilyn Manson Inspired Lady Gaga |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/96a51x/10-ways-marilyn-manson-inspired-lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811070240/http://www.vh1.com/news/53395/10-ways-marilyn-manson-inspired-lady-gaga/ |archive-date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=August 31, 2016 |publisher=VH1}}{{Cite news |last=Carroll, Grace |date=July 18, 2012 |title=Marilyn Manson: 'I have a hard time liking Lady Gaga' |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/74673/marilyn-manson-i-have-a-hard-time-liking-lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917052747/http://www.gigwise.com/news/74673/marilyn-manson-i-have-a-hard-time-liking-lady-gaga |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=September 2, 2016 |website=Gigwise}} She has credited Beyoncé as a key inspiration to pursue a musical career.{{Cite news |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=May 27, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Recalls Beyoncé's Inspiration in MTV's 'Inside the Outside' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1664720/lady-gaga-beyonce-inside-the-outside/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701234149/http://www.mtv.com/news/1664720/lady-gaga-beyonce-inside-the-outside/ |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |access-date=August 16, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}}

Gaga was inspired by her mother to be interested in fashion, which would later become a major influence and integrated with her music.{{Cite news |last=Warrington |first=Ruby |date=February 22, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga: ready for her close-up |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5746827.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517105414/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5746827.ece |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |access-date=February 22, 2009 |newspaper=The Sunday Times}} Stylistically, Gaga has been compared to Leigh Bowery, Isabella Blow, and Cher;{{Cite magazine |last=Van Meter |first=Jonathan |date=February 10, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga: Our Lady of Pop |url=http://www.vogue.com/865458/lady-gaga-our-lady-of-pop/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926092122/http://www.vogue.com/865458/lady-gaga-our-lady-of-pop |archive-date=September 26, 2014 |access-date=November 26, 2011 |magazine=Vogue}}{{Cite web |last=Dresdale |first=Andrea |date=September 26, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Says Cher's Outfits Inspired Her Own Crazy Style |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2011/9/26/lady-gaga-says-chers-outfits-inspired-her-own-crazy-style.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017053916/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2011/9/26/lady-gaga-says-chers-outfits-inspired-her-own-crazy-style.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=ABC News Radio}} she once commented that as a child, she absorbed Cher's fashion sense and made it her own. Gaga became friends with British fashion designer Alexander McQueen shortly before his suicide in 2010, and became known for wearing his designs, particularly his towering armadillo shoes.{{Cite magazine |date=July 27, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga buys McQueen armadillo boots at charity auction |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a35067/lady-gaga-buys-mcqueen-armadillo-boots-at-charity-auction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506225102/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a35067/lady-gaga-buys-mcqueen-armadillo-boots-at-charity-auction/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}} She has called fashion designer Donatella Versace her muse; Versace referred to Gaga as "the fresh Donatella".{{Cite news |last=Hattie |first=Collins |date=December 14, 2008 |title=Lady GaGa: the future of pop? |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517105434/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5325327.ece |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |newspaper=The Sunday Times}}{{Cite magazine |last=Ginsberg |first=Merle |date=March 20, 2014 |title=Designer's dish: A Conversation With Donatella Versace |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/designers-dish-a-conversation-donatella-687850 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720044400/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/designers-dish-a-conversation-donatella-687850 |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |access-date=June 24, 2014 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} Gaga has also been influenced by Princess Diana, whom she has admired since childhood.{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2010 |title=Larry King Live – Interview with Lady Gaga |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2010-06-01/segment/01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212359/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1006/01/lkl.01.html |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=CNN}}

Gaga has called the Indian alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra a "true inspiration",{{Cite magazine |title=TIME 100: Lady Gaga on Her Biggest Influence |url=https://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,81660577001_1986210,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627141423/http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0%2C32068%2C81660577001_1986210%2C00.html |archive-date=June 27, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |magazine=Time}} and has also quoted Indian leader Osho's book Creativity on Twitter. Gaga said she was influenced by Osho's work in valuing rebellion through creativity and equality.{{Cite magazine |last=Bushan |first=Nyay |date=October 28, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Reveals Love of Books by Indian Philosopher Osho: 'I Am Kind of an Indian Hippie' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-reveals-love-books-254661 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029190037/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-reveals-love-books-254661 |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}

= Musical style and themes =

Critics have analyzed and scrutinized Gaga's musical and performance style, as she has experimented with new ideas and images throughout her career. She has called the continual reinvention "liberating", and has been drawn to it since childhood.{{Cite news |date=September 8, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga liberated through reinvention |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Lady-Gaga-liberated-through-reinvention/articleshow/9908746.cms?referral=PM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214161408/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Lady-Gaga-liberated-through-reinvention/articleshow/9908746.cms?referral=PM |archive-date=February 14, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Times of India}} Gaga has said that synesthesia, characterized by her seeing colors while making music, has played a key role in her creative process, explaining: "As I'm writing, it assembles in my brain, then through the recording it becomes a full piece of colour. Every song is a different shade." Gaga combines a variety of music genres, particularly incorporating elements of rock into her pop and dance music. She has also branched out into jazz and other non-pop musical genres.{{sfn|Deflem|2017|p=190}} Gaga's voice has been classified as a contralto,{{Cite magazine |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=September 7, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Soar in the Rich, Rapturous A Star Is Born |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/review-lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-soar-in-the-rich-rapturous-a-star-is-born |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318061944/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/09/review-lady-gaga-and-bradley-cooper-soar-in-the-rich-rapturous-a-star-is-born |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}{{Cite web |last=Hé |first=Kristen S. |date=June 27, 2024 |title=Every Lady Gaga Song, Ranked A deep dive into a star who almost single-handedly raised the bar for pop music. |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-lady-gaga-songs-ranked.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927215452/https://www.vulture.com/article/best-lady-gaga-songs-ranked.html |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |website=Vulture}}{{Cite news |last=Paris |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Paris |date=October 5, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga sings and shines in the latest 'Star Is Born' |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2018/10/05/Lady-Gaga-sings-and-shines-in-the-latest-Star-Is-Born/stories/201810040131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728115408/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2018/10/05/Lady-Gaga-sings-and-shines-in-the-latest-Star-Is-Born/stories/201810040131 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}} with a vocal range spanning from B{{flat}}₂ to B₅.{{Cite news |last=Yarborough |first=Chuck |date=May 19, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga is so unusual – and fun! – in a marathon Quicken Loans Arena dance party (Review) |url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/05/lady_gaga_is_so_unusual_--_and.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523100457/http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/05/lady_gaga_is_so_unusual_--_and.html |archive-date=May 23, 2014 |access-date=November 29, 2017 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer}}{{Cite news |last=Robin |first=Iris |date=November 21, 2013 |title=Album Review: ARTPOP by Lady Gaga |url=https://thevarsity.ca/2013/11/21/album-review-artpop-by-lady-gaga/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028035944/https://thevarsity.ca/2013/11/21/album-review-artpop-by-lady-gaga/ |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=November 29, 2017 |newspaper=The Varsity}}
{{Cite news |last=Kristobak |first=Ryan |date=May 20, 2014 |title=Comparing The Top Artists, Past And Present, By Vocal Range |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/top-artists-vocal-range_n_5357698.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525204912/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/top-artists-vocal-range_n_5357698.html |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 27, 2014 |work=HuffPost}}{{sfn|Dicker|2017|page=ii}} She has changed her vocal style regularly, and deemed Born This Way "much more vocally up to par with what I've always been capable of".{{Cite web |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=October 21, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Doesn't Lip Sync |work=ARTISTdirect |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,7709013,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201062432/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0%2C%2C7709013%2C00.html |archive-date=February 1, 2011 |access-date=November 27, 2011 }}{{Cite web |last=Copsey |first=Robert |date=February 10, 2011 |title=Lady GaGa announces next single title |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a303046/lady-gaga-announces-next-single-title/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212052341/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a303046/lady-gaga-announces-next-single-title/ |archive-date=December 12, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |publisher=Digital Spy}} In summing up her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote: "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind the way she uses her voice. Almost never does she overwhelm a song with her vocal ability, recognizing instead that artistry is to be found in nuance rather than lung power."{{Cite magazine |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |date=February 23, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga talks early struggles, denies lip-synching, shouts-out Liza Minnelli and Marisa Tomei at Madison Square Garden |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2011/02/23/lady-gaga-talks-early-struggles-denies-lip-synching-shouts-out-liza-minnelli-and-marisa-tomei-at-madison-square-garden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323083810/http://www.ew.com/article/2011/02/23/lady-gaga-talks-early-struggles-denies-lip-synching-shouts-out-liza-minnelli-and-marisa-tomei-at-madison-square-garden |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

According to Evan Sawdey of PopMatters, Gaga managed "to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace" with The Fame.{{Cite magazine |last=Sawdey |first=Evan |date=January 12, 2009 |title=Lady GaGa The Fame |url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027182426/http://www.popmatters.com/review/68939-lady-gaga-the-fame/ |archive-date=October 27, 2013 |access-date=April 30, 2009 |magazine=PopMatters}} Gaga has said that she believes "all good music can be played on a piano and still sound like a hit".{{Cite web |last=Love |first=Ryan |date=March 23, 2011 |title=Lady GaGa: 'LP shows songwriting ability' |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a310662/lady-gaga-lp-shows-songwriting-ability/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208121031/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a310662/lady-gaga-lp-shows-songwriting-ability/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |publisher=Digital Spy}} Simon Reynolds wrote in 2010: "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash, except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy naughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R&B-ish beats."{{Cite news |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |date=January 22, 2010 |title=The 1980s revival that lasted an entire decade |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/jan/22/eighties-revival-decade |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906075519/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/22/eighties-revival-decade |archive-date=September 6, 2011 |access-date=January 22, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian}}

Gaga's songs have covered a wide variety of concepts; The Fame discusses the lust for stardom, while The Fame Monster expresses fame's dark side through monster metaphors. The Fame is an electropop and dance-pop album that has influences of 1980s pop and 1990s Europop,{{Cite news |date=August 11, 2010 |title=Happening Wednesday: Lady Gaga, Warped Tour and more |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-11-la-et-picks11-20100811-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171630/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/11/entertainment/la-et-picks11-20100811 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2014 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Jim |date=March 16, 2009 |title=Review: Lady Gaga delivers crazy dance-pop show |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11924085?source=rss_viewed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316110243/http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11924085?source=rss_viewed |archive-date=March 16, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2014 |newspaper=The Mercury News}}

{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=January 3, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga: The Fame |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922145027/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/09/lady-gaga-the-fame |archive-date=September 22, 2013 |access-date=May 6, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian}} whereas The Fame Monster displays Gaga's taste for pastiche, drawing on "Seventies arena glam, perky ABBA disco, and sugary throwbacks like Stacey Q".{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga: Album Guide |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/lady-gaga/albumguide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127103244/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/lady-gaga/albumguide |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Born This Way has lyrics in English, French, German, and Spanish and features themes common to Gaga's controversial songwriting such as sex, love, religion, money, drugs, identity, liberation, sexuality, freedom, and individualism.{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=May 20, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/editors-picks/lady-gaga-born-this-way-20110520 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127103246/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/editors-picks/lady-gaga-born-this-way-20110520 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The album explores new genres, such as electronic rock and techno.{{Cite magazine |last=Perpetua |first=Matthew |date=March 23, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Says She Loves Springsteen, Won't Do Reality TV |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-says-she-loves-bruce-springsteen-wont-do-reality-tv-20110323 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111190813/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-says-she-loves-bruce-springsteen-wont-do-reality-tv-20110323 |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

The themes in Artpop revolve around Gaga's personal views of fame, love, sex, feminism, self-empowerment, overcoming addiction, and reactions to media scrutiny.{{Cite magazine |last=Barker |first=Andrew |date=November 14, 2013 |title=Album Review: Lady Gaga, 'Artpop' |url=https://variety.com/2013/music/reviews/album-review-lady-gaga-artpop-1200832867/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201184212/http://variety.com/2013/music/reviews/album-review-lady-gaga-artpop-1200832867/ |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |access-date=June 20, 2017 |magazine=Variety}} Billboard described Artpop as "coherently channeling R&B, techno, disco and rock music".{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=November 5, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga, 'ARTPOP': Track-By-Track Review |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5778227/lady-gaga-artpop-track-by-track-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117021029/http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/5778227/lady-gaga-artpop-track-by-track-review |archive-date=November 17, 2013 |access-date=June 20, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} With Cheek to Cheek, Gaga pursued the jazz genre.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Philip |date=October 27, 2014 |title=Why pop-turned-jazz stars just ain't got that swing |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/27/pop-turned-jazz-stars-lady-gaga-annie-lennox |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504211549/http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/27/pop-turned-jazz-stars-lady-gaga-annie-lennox |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=May 4, 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian}} Joanne, exploring the genres of country, funk, pop, dance, rock, electronic music and folk, was influenced by her personal life.{{Cite news |last=Schnurr |first=Samantha |date=October 21, 2016 |title=Heartbreak, Loss, Lust and Illusion: Decoding Lady Gaga's Emotional Lyrics From Joanne |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/803141/heartbreak-loss-lust-and-illusion-decoding-lady-gaga-s-emotional-lyrics-from-joanne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209181457/http://www.eonline.com/news/803141/heartbreak-loss-lust-and-illusion-decoding-lady-gaga-s-emotional-lyrics-from-joanne |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=E!}} The A Star Is Born soundtrack contains elements of blues rock, country and bubblegum pop. Billboard commented that its lyrics are about wanting change, its struggle, love, romance, and bonding, describing the music as "timeless, emotional, gritty and earnest. They sound like songs written by artists who, quite frankly, are supremely messed up but hit to the core of the listener."{{Cite magazine |last=Bliss |first=Karen |date=September 10, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Praises 'A Star Is Born' Co-Star Bradley Cooper's Talents at Toronto Premiere: 'He Sings From His Soul' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8474564/lady-gaga-praises-a-star-is-born-co-star-bradley-cooper-toronto |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911064138/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8474564/lady-gaga-praises-a-star-is-born-co-star-bradley-cooper-toronto |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |access-date=October 18, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}}

On Chromatica, Gaga returned to her dance-pop roots, and discussed her struggles with mental health.{{Cite magazine |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=May 21, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga Talks Mental Health, Mentoring Ariana Grande and Making 'Chromatica' in Zane Lowe Interview |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/lady-gaga-mental-health-mentorship-making-chromatica-interview-zane-lowe-1234612226/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605070600/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/lady-gaga-mental-health-mentorship-making-chromatica-interview-zane-lowe-1234612226/ |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 |magazine=Variety}} Love for Sale and Harlequin expand on her venture into jazz music. The former consists of a tribute to Cole Porter, while the latter was inspired by her role in Joker: Folie à Deux.{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=August 3, 2021 |title=Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Reveal 'Love for Sale,' Cole Porter Tribute Album Said to Be Bennett's Last |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-album-cole-porter-tribute-love-for-sale-1235033542/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803155917/https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lady-gaga-tony-bennett-album-cole-porter-tribute-love-for-sale-1235033542/ |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2021 |magazine=Variety}}{{Cite magazine |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=September 26, 2024 |title=Lady Gaga Drops 'Harlequin' Album, With Songs Inspired by Her 'Joker' Character |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lady-gaga-harlequin-album-inspired-by-joker-character-1236157651/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002122955/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lady-gaga-harlequin-album-inspired-by-joker-character-1236157651/ |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |access-date=October 2, 2024 |magazine=Variety}} With Mayhem, Gaga aimed to revisit "the pop music my earliest fans loved."{{cite magazine|last=Cetin|first=Marissa|url=https://djmag.com/news/lady-gaga-announces-industrial-dance-music-inspired-album-mayhem|title=Lady Gaga announces industrial dance music-inspired album, 'MAYHEM'|magazine=DJ Mag|date=January 28, 2025|access-date=January 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130143802/https://djmag.com/news/lady-gaga-announces-industrial-dance-music-inspired-album-mayhem|archive-date=January 30, 2025|url-status=live}} Described by Billboard as a "chaotic blur of genres", it incorporates synth-pop,{{Cite magazine |last=Camp |first=Alexa |date=March 6, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga 'Mayhem' Review: A Pop Comeback That Fails to Live Up to Its Title's Promise |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |access-date=March 7, 2025 |archive-date=March 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250307051743/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |url-status=live |magazine=Slant Magazine}} with industrial dance influences, and elements of electro, disco, industrial pop, rock and pop rock.{{Cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga Brings Anarchy to Pop Music With Chaotic New Album 'Mayhem': Stream It Now |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-mayhem-stream-it-now-1235917087/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309173549/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-mayhem-stream-it-now-1235917087/ |archive-date=March 9, 2025 |access-date=March 8, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} Lyrically, it explores themes of love, chaos, fame, identity, and desire, using metaphors of transformation, duality, and excess.{{cite magazine |last1=Siroky |first1=Mary |date=March 7, 2025 |title=In Mayhem, Lady Gaga Is Refracted and Reborn: Review |url=https://consequence.net/2025/03/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308002046/https://consequence.net/2025/03/lady-gaga-mayhem-album-review/ |archive-date=March 8, 2025 |access-date=March 11, 2025 |magazine=Consequence}}{{Cite web |last=Juzwiak |first=Rich |title=Lady Gaga: MAYHEM |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-mayhem/ |access-date=March 10, 2025 |website=Pitchfork |archive-date=March 10, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250310110542/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lady-gaga-mayhem/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |last=Doran |first=John |date=March 7, 2025 |title=Lady Gaga – Mayhem |url=https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/lady-gaga-mayhem-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309025720/https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/lady-gaga-mayhem-review/ |archive-date=March 9, 2025 |access-date=March 7, 2025 |magazine=The Quietus}}

= Videos and stage =

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Featuring constant costume changes and provocative visuals, Gaga's music videos are often described as short films.{{sfn|Gray II|2012|p=96; 183}} The video for "Telephone" earned Gaga the Guinness World Record for Most Product Placement in a Video.{{sfn|GWR|2014|page=172}} According to author Curtis Fogel, she explores bondage and sadomasochism and highlights prevalent feminist themes. The main themes of her music videos are sex, violence, and power. She has called herself "a little bit of a feminist" and asserted that she is "sexually empowering women".{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Emily Esfahani |date=April 7, 2010 |title=The Pop Singer as Ultimate Predator |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303411604575167821091223394 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225130854/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303411604575167821091223394 |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |access-date=February 4, 2012 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal}} Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of "The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time" in 2020, stating that "the name 'Lady Gaga' will forever be synonymous with culture-shifting music videos".{{Cite magazine |date=August 27, 2020 |title=The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9440075/100-best-music-video-artists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827203952/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9440075/100-best-music-video-artists |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |access-date=August 28, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}

Regarded as "one of the greatest living musical performers" by Rolling Stone,{{Cite magazine |last=Ewans |first=Hannah |date=July 21, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball live in Stockholm: the party we waited for |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-live-stockholm-friends-arena-review-20560/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722112915/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/live-reviews/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-live-stockholm-friends-arena-review-20560/ |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |access-date=July 21, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Gaga has called herself a perfectionist when it comes to her elaborate shows.{{sfn|Parvis|2010|page=61}} Her performances have been described as "highly entertaining and innovative";{{sfn|Allison|Goethals|2013|p=31}} the blood-spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV News and ranked among the best MTV VMA performances of all time by various publications.{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=September 13, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga Lets It Bleed During Eye-Popping VMA Performance |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1621395/lady-gaga-lets-it-bleed-during-eye-popping-vma-performance/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715042104/http://www.mtv.com/news/1621395/lady-gaga-lets-it-bleed-during-eye-popping-vma-performance/ |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=June 18, 2010 |publisher=MTV News}}{{Cite magazine |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=September 8, 2021 |title=The 20 Greatest MTV Video Music Awards Performances of All Time |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/greatest-mtv-video-music-awards-vma-performances/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802130827/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/greatest-mtv-video-music-awards-vma-performances/ |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |magazine=Slant Magazine}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Pascual |first=Danielle |date=September 13, 2023 |title=The 23 Best VMAs Performances of All Time: Critics' Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-vmas-performances-all-time-mtv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802131516/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-vmas-performances-all-time-mtv/ |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}
{{Cite web |last=Acuna |first=Kirsten |date=September 13, 2023 |title=The 21 best performances at the MTV VMAs ever, ranked |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mtv-vma-best-performances-2017-8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802131902/https://www.businessinsider.com/mtv-vma-best-performances-2017-8#19-nicki-minajs-nearly-10-minute-vanguard-medley-showed-why-shes-one-of-the-greats-3 |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=Business Insider}}
{{Cite web |last=Singleton |first=Mya |date=October 25, 2023 |title=20 of the best MTV Video Music Awards performances |url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_of_the_best_mtv_video_music_awards_performances/s1__39434793#slide_8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025040635/https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_of_the_best_mtv_video_music_awards_performances/s1__39434793 |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |publisher=Yardbarker}} She continued the blood-soaked theme during The Monster Ball Tour, causing protests in England from family groups and fans in the aftermath of the Cumbria shootings, in which a taxi driver had killed 12 people, then himself.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sorya |date=June 3, 2010 |title=Fans protest Lady Gaga's blood-spattered Monster Ball show in England after shooting spree |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/fans-protest-lady-gaga-blood-spattered-monster-ball-show-england-shooting-spree-article-1.178622 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024030852/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/fans-protest-lady-gaga-blood-spattered-monster-ball-show-england-shooting-spree-article-1.178622 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=June 23, 2010 |newspaper=New York Daily News}} At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga appeared in drag as her male alter ego, Jo Calderone, and delivered a lovesick monologue before performing her song "You and I".{{Cite web |last=Dinh |first=James |date=September 28, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Bends Gender, Minds With VMA Monologue |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1669859/lady-gaga-jo-calderone-video-music-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826174812/http://www.mtv.com/news/1669859/lady-gaga-jo-calderone-video-music-awards/ |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |access-date=September 28, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} She stated that she created the character to explore "what I was looking for in men, and also what I was maybe lacking in myself".{{cite magazine|last=Carson|first=Lexi|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-jo-calderone-men-1236156990/|title=Lady Gaga Says Alter Ego Jo Calderone Was a Way to Explore What She "Was Looking for in Men"|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 6, 2025|access-date=March 19, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319152248/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/lady-gaga-jo-calderone-men-1236156990/|archive-date=March 19, 2025|url-status=live}} When asked about the persona in 2025, she said that Calderone was "no longer with us". As Gaga's choreographer and creative director, Laurieann Gibson provided material for her shows and videos for four years before she was replaced by her assistant Richard Jackson in 2014.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Gerrick |date=November 14, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga dismisses longtime creative director Laurieann Gibson |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/lady-gaga-dismisses-longtime-creative-director-laurieann-gibson.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117202815/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/lady-gaga-dismisses-longtime-creative-director-laurieann-gibson.html |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=November 15, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

In an October 2018 article for Billboard, Rebecca Schiller traced back Gaga's videography from "Just Dance" to the release of A Star Is Born. Schiller noted that following the Artpop era, Gaga's stripped-down approach to music was reflected in the clips for the singles from Joanne, taking the example of the music video of lead single "Perfect Illusion" where she eschewed "the elaborate outfits for shorts and a tee-shirt as she performed the song at a desert party". It continued with her performances in the film as well as her stage persona.{{Cite magazine |last=Schiller |first=Rebecca |date=October 10, 2018 |title=Every Lady Gaga Music Video From 2008 to Today: Watch Her Evolution |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8479080/lady-gaga-music-video-evolution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202044753/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8479080/lady-gaga-music-video-evolution |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |access-date=January 31, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} Reviewing The Chromatica Ball in 2022, Chris Willman of Variety wrote that Gaga "could have further played the authenticity card for all it's worth" after the release of Joanne and A Star Is Born, but instead "has determined to keep herself weird — or just weird enough to provide necessarily ballast to her more earnest inclinations".{{Cite magazine |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=September 11, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball Brings the Spectacle to Dodger Stadium but Really Soars With Solo Segment: Concert Review |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/concert-reviews/lady-gaga-dodger-stadium-chromatica-ball-tour-concert-review-1235368661/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912000144/https://variety.com/2022/music/concert-reviews/lady-gaga-dodger-stadium-chromatica-ball-tour-concert-review-1235368661/ |archive-date=September 12, 2022 |access-date=September 12, 2022 |magazine=Variety}}

Public image

File:Lady Gaga wax figure at Madame Tussauds in London.jpg.{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=December 9, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's 8 Wax Figures Unveiled at Madame Tussauds |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/949491/lady-gagas-8-wax-figures-unveiled-at-madame-tussauds |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422005617/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/949491/lady-gagas-8-wax-figures-unveiled-at-madame-tussauds |archive-date=April 22, 2017 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}|alt=A realistic mannequin of a pale-skinned woman with blonde hair wearing a hat in the design of an old-fashioned telephone.]]

Public reception of Gaga's music, fashion sense, and persona is polarized. She is noted for her outlandish fashion sense, which has served as an important aspect of her character. During her early career, members of the media compared her fashion choices to those of Christina Aguilera. When she met briefly with then-president Barack Obama at a Human Rights Campaign fundraiser, he found the interaction "intimidating" as she was dressed in {{convert|16|inch|cm|-1|adj=on}} heels, making her the tallest woman in the room.{{Cite news |last=Dwyer |first=Devin |date=October 3, 2011 |title=President Obama Calls Lady Gaga 'A Little Intimidating' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/president-obama-calls-lady-gaga-a-little-intimidating/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002233037/http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/president-obama-calls-lady-gaga-a-little-intimidating/ |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |access-date=October 2, 2011 |publisher=ABC News}} When interviewed by Barbara Walters for her annual ABC News special 10 Most Fascinating People in 2009, she dismissed the claim that she is intersex as an urban legend. Responding to a question on this issue, she expressed her fondness for androgyny.{{Cite news |last=Walters |first=Barbara |author-link=Barbara Walters |date=December 30, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga: 'I Love Androgyny' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9640579 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220064447/http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9640579 |archive-date=February 20, 2010 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |publisher=ABC News}}

In 2011, 121 women gathered at the Grammy Awards dressed in costumes similar to those worn by Gaga, earning the 2011 Guinness World Record for Largest Gathering of Lady Gaga Impersonators.{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2011 |title=The Lady Is a Champ: Lady Gaga Sets Twitter Record |url=http://www.livescience.com/33288-lady-gagas-world-records.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702233957/http://www.livescience.com/33288-lady-gagas-world-records.html |archive-date=July 2, 2013 |publisher=Live Science}} The Global Language Monitor named "Lady Gaga" as the Top Fashion Buzzword with her trademark "no pants" a close third.{{Cite news |last=Silva |first=Horatio |date=March 4, 2010 |title=The World According to Gaga |url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/the-world-according-to-gaga/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513234951/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/the-world-according-to-gaga/ |archive-date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=April 25, 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times}} Entertainment Weekly put her outfits on its end of the decade "best-of" list, saying that she "brought performance art into the mainstream".{{Cite magazine |last=Geier |first=Thom |date=December 11, 2009 |title=The 100 Greatest Movies.. Trends That Entertained Us Over The Past 10 Years |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |page=84 |volume=1079/1080 |issue=74 |issn=1049-0434}} People ranked her number one on their "Best Dressed Stars of 2021" list, writing that Gaga "strutted the streets in high-fashion designs, from a sculptural seersucker number to a black lace corseted gown—accessorizing each with elegant updos, sky-high heels and retro shades—like it was no sweat."{{Cite magazine |last=Flanagan |first=Hanna |date=September 15, 2021 |title=PEOPLE's Best Dressed Stars of 2021 |url=https://people.com/style/peoples-best-dressed-stars-of-2021/ |access-date=September 16, 2021 |magazine=People}}

Time placed Gaga on their All-Time 100 Fashion Icons list, stating: "Lady Gaga is just as notorious for her outrageous style as she is for her pop hits", mentioning outfits "made from plastic bubbles, Kermit the Frog dolls, and raw meat".{{Cite magazine |title=All-Time 100 Fashion Icons |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2110513,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208111619/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0%2C29569%2C2110513%2C00.html |archive-date=December 8, 2013 |access-date=November 21, 2013 |magazine=Time}} Gaga wore a dress made of raw beef to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which was supplemented by boots, a purse, and a hat also made out of raw beef.{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Laura |date=September 14, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's meat dress divides opinion |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8001267/Lady-Gagas-meat-dress-divides-opinion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914221630/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8001267/Lady-Gagas-meat-dress-divides-opinion.html |archive-date=September 14, 2010 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} Partly awarded in recognition of the dress, Vogue named her one of the Best Dressed people of 2010 and Time named the dress the Fashion Statement of the year.{{Cite magazine |last=Neel |first=Julia |date=December 22, 2010 |title=Best Dressed Of The Year |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/best-dressed-list-2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106000621/http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/best-dressed-list-2010 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=Vogue}}{{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=December 15, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga's Meat Dress Tops Time's 'Fashion Statement' List |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1654319/lady-gagas-meat-dress-tops-times-fashion-statement-list/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029174515/http://www.mtv.com/news/1654319/lady-gagas-meat-dress-tops-times-fashion-statement-list/ |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |publisher=MTV News}} It attracted the attention of worldwide media; the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) found it offensive.{{Cite news |last1=Winterman |first1=Denise |last2=Kelly |first2=Jon |date=September 14, 2010 |title=Five interpretations of Gaga's meat dress |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11297832 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915042148/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11297832 |archive-date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=June 12, 2010 |agency=BBC News}} The meat dress was displayed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 2012,{{Cite news |date=August 9, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga's meat dress headed for D.C. museum |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lady-gagas-meat-dress-headed-for-dc-museum/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225081955/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lady-gagas-meat-dress-headed-for-dc-museum/ |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2012 |publisher=CBS News}} and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in September 2015.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Troy L. |date=September 9, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga's meat dress enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Thursday |url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/09/lady_gagas_vma_meat_dress_ente.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081143/http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/09/lady_gagas_vma_meat_dress_ente.html |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=December 15, 2015 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer}}

Gaga's fans call her "Mother Monster", and she often refers to them as "Little Monsters", a phrase she had tattooed on herself in dedication.{{Cite news |last=Odell |first=Amy |date=February 3, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga dedicates her new 'Little Monsters' tattoo to her fans |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/lady-gaga-dedicates-new-monsters-tattoo-fans-article-1.185529 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022210437/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/lady-gaga-dedicates-new-monsters-tattoo-fans-article-1.185529 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |access-date=April 2, 2010 |newspaper=New York Daily News}} In his article "Lady Gaga Pioneered Online Fandom Culture As We Know It" for Vice, Jake Hall wrote that Gaga inspired several subsequent fan-brandings, such as those of Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Justin Bieber.{{Cite magazine |last=Hall |first=Jake |date=September 29, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga Pioneered Online Fandom Culture As We Know It |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/lady-gaga-online-fandom-culture-little-monsters/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002213730/https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/pakq59/lady-gaga-online-fandom-culture-little-monsters |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |url-status=live |magazine=Vice}} In July 2012, Gaga also co-founded the social networking service LittleMonsters.com, devoted to her fans.{{Cite web |last=Bort |first=Julie |date=July 9, 2012 |title=First Looks: Lady Gaga Opens Her Own Social Network To The Public |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/first-looks-lady-gaga-opens-her-own-social-network-to-the-public-2012-7?op=1&IR=T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128031916/http://www.businessinsider.com/first-looks-lady-gaga-opens-her-own-social-network-to-the-public-2012-7?op=1&IR=T |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |access-date=July 10, 2012 |website=Business Insider}} Scott Hardy, CEO of Polaroid, praised Gaga for inspiring fans and for her close interactions with them on social media.{{Cite web |last=Respers France |first=Lisa |date=January 20, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga's monster influence |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/01/20/lady.gaga.career/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805064255/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/01/20/lady.gaga.career/ |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |publisher=CNN}}

= Censorship =

In 2011, lyrics of Gaga's song "Born This Way", which reference homosexuality and LGBTQ subjects, were censored by Malaysian broadcaster AMP Radio Networks as a precaution against government restrictions against songs which might violate "good taste or decency or [are] offensive to public feeling".{{Cite news |date=March 17, 2011 |title=Gaga garbled by Malaysian radio stations |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gaga-garbled-by-malaysian-radio-stations-1.1013947 |access-date=January 31, 2024 |agency=CBC News}} The same year, the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, reportedly enforcing a directive designed to tackle "poor taste and vulgar content", banned the publication of six of Gaga's songs from the album Born This Way on all Chinese music websites.{{Cite news |last=Branigan |first=Tania |date=August 23, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Backstreet Boys tracks on China blacklist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/23/lady-gaga-katy-perry-china |access-date=January 30, 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |date=August 19, 2011 |title=The Ministry of Culture announces the third batch of illegal online music products |url=http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2011-08-19/20145954854.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228211438/http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2011-08-19/20145954854.shtml |archive-date=December 28, 2020 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |publisher=China News Network |language=zh}}

In 2014, her album Artpop was released in China with conditions being placed on the album artwork, covering her almost naked body as well as changing the title of the song "Sexxx Dreams" to "X Dreams".{{Cite news |last=Shadbolt |first=Peter |title=After three years on the blacklist, China lifts gag on Lady Gaga |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/21/world/asia/china-lady-gaga-ban/index.html |access-date=June 12, 2022 |publisher=CNN}} In 2016, her meeting with the Dalai Lama resulted in the Chinese government adding her to a list of hostile foreign forces, and Chinese websites and media organizations were ordered to stop distributing her songs.{{Cite news |last=Lam |first=Charles |date=June 29, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Banned From China Following Dalai Lama Meeting: Report |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/lady-gaga-banned-china-following-dalai-lama-meeting-report-n601051 |access-date=June 12, 2022 |publisher=NBC News}}{{Cite news |last=Guarino |first=Ben |date=June 29, 2016 |title=China Bans Lady Gaga After Superstar Meets With the Dalai Lama |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/29/china-bans-lady-gaga-after-the-pop-superstar-meets-with-the-dalai-lama/ |access-date=June 12, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} The Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party also issued an order for state-controlled media to condemn the meeting.{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=June 28, 2016 |title=China 'bans Lady Gaga' after Dalai Lama meeting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/28/china-lady-gaga-ban-list-hostile-foreign-forces-meeting-dalai-lama |access-date=June 28, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian}} In 2019, coverage of Gaga in the 91st Academy Awards was removed on some Chinese streaming platforms such as Mango TV and in 2021 her appearance was cut from Friends: The Reunion; both incidents received backlash from Chinese fans.{{Cite news |last1=Li |first1=Lyric |last2=Zeitchik |first2=Steven |date=April 22, 2021 |title=China Oscars boycott mixes politics with push to curb Hollywood Dominance |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/22/china-oscars-boycott-movies/ |access-date=June 12, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite news |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Friends reunion: BTS, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber censored in China |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57277952 |access-date=June 12, 2022 |publisher=BBC News}}

Activism

= Philanthropy =

After declining an invitation to appear on the single "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", because of rehearsals for her tour, to benefit victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Gaga donated the proceeds of her January 2010 Radio City Music Hall concert to the country's reconstruction relief fund.{{Cite web |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=February 5, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Explains Her Absence From 'We Are The World' Recording |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1631353/lady-gaga-explains-her-absence-from-we-are-the-world-recording/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513003523/http://www.mtv.com/news/1631353/lady-gaga-explains-her-absence-from-we-are-the-world-recording/ |archive-date=May 13, 2014 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} All profits from her online store that day were also donated, and Gaga announced that $500,000 was collected for the fund.{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=January 27, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Says She Raised $500,000 For Haiti Relief |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1630614/lady-gaga-says-she-raised-500000-for-haiti-relief/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020233647/http://www.mtv.com/news/1630614/lady-gaga-says-she-raised-500000-for-haiti-relief/ |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} Hours after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, Gaga tweeted a link to Japan Prayer Bracelets. All revenue from a bracelet she designed in conjunction with the company was donated to relief efforts;{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=March 21, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Designs Japanese Tsunami Relief Wristband |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1659769/japanese-tsunami-bracelet-lady-gaga/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012120942/http://www.mtv.com/news/1659769/japanese-tsunami-bracelet-lady-gaga/ |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} these raised $1.5 million.{{Cite magazine |last=Mangalindan |first=JP |date=March 29, 2011 |title=Today in Tech: Lady Gaga gives to Zynga, Apple delaying iPhone 5? |url=http://fortune.com/2011/03/29/today-in-tech-lady-gaga-gives-to-zynga-apple-delaying-iphone-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007102219/http://fortune.com/2011/03/29/today-in-tech-lady-gaga-gives-to-zynga-apple-delaying-iphone-5/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2011 |magazine=Fortune}} In June 2011, Gaga performed at MTV Japan's charity show in Makuhari Messe, which benefited the Japanese Red Cross.{{Cite magazine |last=Schwartz |first=Rob |date=April 14, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga to Appear at MTV Japan Charity Event |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472056/lady-gaga-to-appear-at-mtv-japan-charity-event |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509035401/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472056/lady-gaga-to-appear-at-mtv-japan-charity-event |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=April 15, 2011 |magazine=Billboard}}

In 2012, Gaga joined the campaign group Artists Against Fracking.{{Cite news |last=Navarro |first=Mireya |date=August 29, 2012 |title=Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon Organize Artists Against Fracking |url=https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon-organize-artists-against-fracking |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403225438/http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/yoko-ono-and-sean-lennon-organize-artists-against-fracking/ |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=May 17, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times}} That October, Yoko Ono gave Gaga and four other activists the LennonOno Grant for Peace in Reykjavík, Iceland.{{Cite magazine |date=October 5, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga Revealed as LennonOno Peace Honoree |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-identified-as-lennonono-grant-for-peace-honoree-20121005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173609/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-identified-as-lennonono-grant-for-peace-honoree-20121005 |archive-date=October 29, 2017 |access-date=October 29, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} The following month, Gaga pledged to donate $1 million to the American Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Gaga has also contributed to 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 their supplementary cosmetic line, Viva Glam.{{Cite magazine |last=Chao |first=Ning |date=February 2010 |title=Going Gaga |url=http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/interviews/lady-gaga-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206150800/http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/celebrities/interviews/lady-gaga-interview |archive-date=February 6, 2010 |access-date=January 6, 2011 |magazine=Marie Claire}} Sales have raised more than $202 million to fight HIV and AIDS.{{Cite magazine |last=Massa |first=Amanda |date=February 17, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga, MAC's Fundraising Miracle Worker |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/amandamassa/2011/02/17/lady-gaga-macs-fundraising-miracle-worker/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828231222/http://www.forbes.com/sites/amandamassa/2011/02/17/lady-gaga-macs-fundraising-miracle-worker/ |archive-date=August 28, 2014 |access-date=August 2, 2024 |magazine=Forbes}}

In April 2016, Gaga joined Vice President Joe Biden at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to support his It's On Us campaign as he traveled to colleges on behalf of the organization, which has seen 250,000 students from more than 530 colleges sign a pledge of solidarity and activism.{{Cite magazine |last=González Whitaker |first=Isabel |date=May 30, 2016 |title=Vice President Joe Biden on His It's On Us Initiative to End Sexual Assault on College Campuses and Teaming Up With Lady Gaga: Exclusive |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7317888/vice-president-joe-biden-its-on-us-initiative-interview-exclusive-lady-gaga-president-obama |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330155722/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7317888/vice-president-joe-biden-its-on-us-initiative-interview-exclusive-lady-gaga-president-obama |archive-date=March 30, 2016 |access-date=March 30, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} Two months later, Gaga attended the 84th Annual US Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis where together with the Dalai Lama she talked about the power of kindness and how to make the world a more compassionate place.{{Cite news |last=Mallenbaum |first=Carly |date=June 26, 2016 |title=The Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga got together to chat |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/06/26/dalai-lama-lady-gaga/86405868/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626171710/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/06/26/dalai-lama-lady-gaga/86405868/ |archive-date=June 26, 2016 |access-date=June 12, 2022 |newspaper=USA Today}}

In April 2020, Gaga curated the televised benefit concert, One World: Together at Home, a collaboration with Global Citizen to benefit the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2020 |title=WHO and Global Citizen announce: 'One World: Together at home' Global Special to support healthcare workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/06-04-2020-who-and-global-citizen-announce-one-world-together-at-home-global-special-to-support-healthcare-workers-in-the-fight-against-the-covid-19-pandemic |access-date=April 9, 2020 |publisher=World Health Organization}}{{Cite magazine |last=Allaire |first=Christian |date=April 19, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga Hosts the 'One World: Together at Home' Concert in Suitably Minimalist Style. |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/lady-gaga-one-world-together-at-home-concert-fashion |access-date=April 27, 2020 |magazine=Vogue}} The special raised $127 million, which according to Forbes "puts it on par with the other legendary fundraiser, Live Aid, as the highest grossing charity concert in history."{{Cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Ollie |date=April 19, 2020 |title=The Story Behind The World's Biggest Charity Concert: What Was It All For? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2020/04/19/the-story-behind-the-worlds-biggest-charity-concert-what-was-it-all-for/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612125507/https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2020/04/19/the-story-behind-the-worlds-biggest-charity-concert-what-was-it-all-for/#74292836f7b1 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |magazine=Forbes}} In recognition of her activism for the Black Lives Matter movement during the 2020 George Floyd protests, Gaga received the Yolanda Denise King High Ground Award from the King Center's Beloved Community Awards in January 2021. In her acceptance speech, she denounced racism and white supremacy and addressed her social responsibility as a high-profile artist and white woman.{{Cite news |last=Brodsky |first=Rachel |date=January 18, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga denounces racism and white supremacy in award speech: 'Black life matters. Blackness matters. Black joy matters' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lady-gaga-high-ground-award-acceptance-speech-b1789167.html |access-date=January 19, 2021 |newspaper=The Independent}}

= Born This Way Foundation =

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In 2012, Gaga launched the Born This Way Foundation (BTWF), a non-profit organization that focuses on youth empowerment. It has been named after her 2011 single and album. Media proprietor Oprah Winfrey, writer Deepak Chopra, and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius spoke at the foundation's inauguration at Harvard University.{{Cite magazine |date=February 14, 2012 |title=Oprah Teams Up With Lady Gaga for Born This Way Foundation Launch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/506141/oprah-teams-up-with-lady-gaga-for-born-this-way-foundation-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509034430/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/506141/oprah-teams-up-with-lady-gaga-for-born-this-way-foundation-launch |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |magazine=Billboard}} The foundation's original funding included $1.2 million from Gaga, $500,000 from the MacArthur Foundation, and $850,000 from Barneys New York.{{Cite news |date=February 29, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga Testifies at Harvard on Behalf of Born This Way Foundation |url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/node/95364 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803172749/https://cyber.harvard.edu/node/95364 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |publisher=Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society}} In July 2012, the BTWF partnered with Office Depot for a series of limited edition back-to-school products, with 25% of its sales going towards the foundation, for a guaranteed donation of $1 million.{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2012 |title=Office Depot and Born This Way Foundation Connect with the Youth Market at Highly Anticipated Teen Award Show |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120717005935/en/Office-Depot-Born-Foundation-Connect-Youth-Market |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911151118/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120717005935/en/Office-Depot-Born-Foundation-Connect-Youth-Market |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2012 |publisher=Business Wire}} The foundation's initiatives have included the "Born Brave Bus" that followed Gaga on tour as a youth drop-in center as an initiative against bullying.{{Cite news |last=Krasny |first=Ros |date=March 1, 2012 |title=Lady Gaga lends star wattage to youth empowerment |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ladygaga-bullying-idUSTRE81S29B20120302 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075902/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ladygaga-bullying-idUSTRE81S29B20120302 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |publisher=Reuters}}{{Cite news |date=April 11, 2012 |title=Menace of cyber bullies |url=http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/menace-of-cyber-bullies-1.1273529 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626212752/http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/menace-of-cyber-bullies-1.1273529 |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |newspaper=Cape Argus}}

In October 2015, at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, Gaga joined 200 high school students, policy makers, and academic officials, including Peter Salovey, to discuss ways to recognize and channel emotions for positive outcomes.{{Cite news |date=October 25, 2015 |title=Yale and Lady Gaga host teens to talk about emotions |url=http://news.yale.edu/2015/10/25/yale-and-lady-gaga-host-teens-talk-about-emotions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026103450/http://news.yale.edu/2015/10/25/yale-and-lady-gaga-host-teens-talk-about-emotions |archive-date=October 26, 2015 |access-date=October 25, 2015 |agency=Yale News}} In 2016, the foundation partnered with Intel, Vox Media, and Recode to fight online harassment.{{Cite magazine |date=January 8, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga and Intel Join Forces to Fight Online Harassment |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836120/lady-gaga-and-intel-join-forces-to-fight-online-harassment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108184631/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836120/lady-gaga-and-intel-join-forces-to-fight-online-harassment |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} The sales revenue of the 99th issue of the V magazine, which featured Gaga and Kinney, was donated to the foundation.{{Cite magazine |last=Katz |first=Jessie |date=January 8, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga & Taylor Kinney Are Naked & 'Making Love for Peace' on New Mag Cover |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836129/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-v-magazine-naked-john-yoko |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108184530/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836129/lady-gaga-taylor-kinney-v-magazine-naked-john-yoko |archive-date=January 8, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} Gaga and Elton John released the clothing and accessories line Love Bravery at Macy's in May 2016. 25% of each purchase benefited the BTWF and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.{{Cite magazine |last=Wahba |first=Phil |date=April 27, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga and Elton John Are Teaming Up for a New Line at Macy's |url=http://fortune.com/2016/04/27/macys-lady-gaga-elton-john-love-bravery/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430035910/http://fortune.com/2016/04/27/macys-lady-gaga-elton-john-love-bravery/ |archive-date=April 30, 2016 |access-date=May 1, 2016 |magazine=Fortune}} Gaga partnered with Starbucks for a week in June 2017 with the "Cups of Kindness" campaign, where the company donated 25 cents from some of the beverages sold to the foundation.{{Cite magazine |last=Gajanan |first=Mahita |date=June 12, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga Gets Her Own Line of Drinks at Starbucks |url=http://fortune.com/2017/06/12/lady-gaga-starbucks-special-drinks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612223036/http://fortune.com/2017/06/12/lady-gaga-starbucks-special-drinks/ |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |access-date=June 12, 2017 |magazine=Fortune}} She also appeared in a video by Staples Inc. to raise funds for the foundation and DonorsChoose.org.{{Cite magazine |last=Legaspi |first=Althea |date=June 29, 2017 |title=See Lady Gaga Surprise Students as Substitute Teacher in PSA |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-lady-gaga-surprise-students-as-substitute-teacher-in-psa-w490358 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629071253/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-lady-gaga-surprise-students-as-substitute-teacher-in-psa-w490358 |archive-date=June 29, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

On the 2018 World Kindness Day, Gaga partnered with the foundation to bring food and relief to a Red Cross shelter for people who have been forced to evacuate homes due to the California wildfires. The foundation also partnered with Starbucks and SoulCycle to thank California firefighters for their relief work during the crisis. Gaga had to previously evacuate her own home during the Woolsey Fire which spread through parts of Malibu.{{Cite magazine |last=Bajgrowicz |first=Brooke |date=November 14, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Brings Pizza, Coffee and Gift Cards to Disaster Shelter Amid California Fires |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8484927/lady-gaga-brings-pizza-disaster-shelter-california-wildfires |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114233645/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8484927/lady-gaga-brings-pizza-disaster-shelter-california-wildfires |archive-date=November 14, 2018 |access-date=November 15, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} In March 2019, she penned a letter to supporters of the BTWF, announcing the launch of a new pilot program for a teen mental health first aid project with the National Council for Behavioral Health. Gaga revealed her personal struggles with mental health in her letter and how she was able to get support which saved her life: "I know what it means to have someone support me and understand what I'm going through, and every young person in the world should have someone to turn to when they're hurting. It saved my life, and it will save theirs."{{Cite news |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga shifts focus toward mental health after Oscar win |url=https://filmindustry.network/lady-gaga-shifts-focus-toward-mental-health-after-oscar-win/34157 |publisher=Film Industry Network}}{{Cite magazine |date=June 12, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga announces expansion of Teen Mental Health Program |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-born-this-way-foundation-teen-mental-health-first-aid-847303/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

In September 2020, Gaga released an anthology book, Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community, featuring fifty-one stories about kindness, bravery, and resilience from young people all over the world collected by the BTWF, and introduced by herself.{{Cite news |last=Trepany |first=Charles |date=September 22, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga and her mother offer candid advice for opening up about mental health to parents |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/09/22/lady-gaga-and-mom-get-candid-talking-mental-health-parents/3499089001/ |access-date=September 23, 2020 |newspaper=USA Today}} She promoted it with a 21 days of kindness challenge on her social media, using the "BeKind21" hashtag.{{Cite magazine |last=Bossi |first=Andrea |date=September 1, 2020 |title=Lady Gaga, Born This Way Foundation Launch 21 Days Of Kindness Campaign |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreabossi/2020/09/01/lady-gaga-born-this-way-foundation-launches-21-days-of-kindness/ |access-date=September 23, 2020 |magazine=Forbes}} In 2021, Gaga collaborated with the Champagne house Dom Pérignon to benefit the BTWF by releasing a limited edition of Rosé Vintage 2005 bottles along with a sculpture designed by her. The 110 exclusive pieces were sold at private sales, and the profit of $570,000 was donated to the foundation.{{Cite magazine |last=Newbold |first=Alice |date=April 6, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga & Dom Pérignon Are Behind The Most Exquisite Collaboration Of 2021 |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/lady-gaga-dom-perignon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406225204/https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/lady-gaga-dom-perignon |archive-date=April 6, 2021 |access-date=April 8, 2021 |magazine=Vogue}}{{Cite magazine |last=Zylberberg |first=Shawn |date=November 23, 2021 |title=Dom Pérignon Donates $570,000 to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation |url=https://www.winespectator.com/articles/dom-perignon-donates-570-000-to-lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-foundation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020205909/https://www.winespectator.com/articles/dom-perignon-donates-570-000-to-lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-foundation |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |magazine=Wine Spectator}} On the 2021 World Kindness Day, Gaga released a 30-minute special, titled The Power of Kindness, as part of the foundation's Channel Kindness program, in which together with a mental health expert and a group of eleven young people, she explored the connection between kindness and mental health.{{Cite magazine |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=November 13, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga, Born This Way Foundation Release 'Power of Kindness' Short for World Kindness Day |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lady-gaga-power-kindness-born-this-way-1235111611/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114142102/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/lady-gaga-power-kindness-born-this-way-1235111611/ |archive-date=November 14, 2021 |access-date=November 14, 2021 |magazine=Variety}}

= LGBTQ advocacy =

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A bisexual woman,{{efn|Gaga says that the song "Poker Face" was about her bisexuality, and she openly speaks about how her past boyfriends were uncomfortable with her sexual orientation.}} Gaga has been actively supporting LGBTQ rights worldwide.{{Cite news |last=Zak |first=Dan |date=October 12, 2009 |title=For Gay Activists, The Lady Is a Champ |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101892_2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213182545/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101892_2.html |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |access-date=December 12, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} She has attributed much of her early success as a mainstream artist to her gay fans and is considered a gay icon.{{Cite magazine |last=Thomas |first=Matt |date=July 9, 2009 |title=Going Gaga |magazine=Fab |page=45 |volume=54 |issue=9}}{{Cite magazine |last=Harrison |first=Mitchell |date=June 22, 2017 |title=8 Times Lady Gaga Earned Her 'Gay Icon' Title |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/7840892/lady-gaga-earned-gay-icon-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728172150/http://www.billboard.com/photos/7840892/lady-gaga-earned-gay-icon-title |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |access-date=August 18, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} Early in her career, Gaga had difficulty getting radio airplay, and stated: "The turning point for me was the gay community."{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=May 7, 2009 |title=Lady Gaga On Success: 'The Turning Point For Me Was The Gay Community' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1610781/lady-gaga-on-success-the-turning-point-for-me-was-the-gay-community/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912083347/http://www.mtv.com/news/1610781/lady-gaga-on-success-the-turning-point-for-me-was-the-gay-community/ |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2009 |publisher=MTV News}} She thanked FlyLife, a Manhattan-based LGBTQ marketing company which worked with her label Interscope at the time, in the liner notes of The Fame.{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Fame |year=2008 |author=Lady Gaga |publisher=Interscope Records |id=2726601 |type=Liner notes}} One of her first televised performances was in May 2008 at the NewNowNext Awards, an awards show aired by the LGBTQ television network Logo.{{Cite web |date=May 3, 2008 |title=NewNowNext Awards |url=http://www.logotv.com/video/franchise.jhtml?ctid=1956 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725053730/http://www.logotv.com/video/franchise.jhtml?ctid=1956 |archive-date=July 25, 2010 |publisher=Logo TV}}

Gaga spoke at the 2009 National Equality March in Washington, D.C., to support the LGBTQ rights movement.{{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Matt |date=September 13, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga: A Force for National Security |work=GLAAD |url=http://www.glaad.org/2010/09/13/lady-gaga-a-force-for-national-security |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125180313/http://www.glaad.org/2010/09/13/lady-gaga-a-force-for-national-security |archive-date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 13, 2016 |publisher=GLAAD}} She attended the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards accompanied by four gay and lesbian former members of the United States Armed Forces who had been unable to serve openly under the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which banned open homosexuality in the military.{{Cite news |last=Zezima |first=Katy |date=September 20, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Goes Political in Maine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/us/politics/21gaga.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903073745/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/us/politics/21gaga.html |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times}} Gaga urged her fans via YouTube to contact their senators in an effort to overturn the policy. In September 2010, she spoke at a Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's rally in Portland, Maine. Following this event, The Advocate named her a "fierce advocate" for gays and lesbians.{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2010 |title=Gaga: We've Found Our Fierce Advocate |url=http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/09/21/lady-gaga-weve-found-our-fierce-advocate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001072534/http://www.advocate.com/news/daily-news/2010/09/21/lady-gaga-weve-found-our-fierce-advocate |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2010 |magazine=The Advocate}}

Gaga appeared at Europride, an international event dedicated to LGBTQ pride, in Rome in June 2011. She criticized the poor state of gay rights in many European countries and described gay people as "revolutionaries of love".{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2011 |title=Lady GaGa Performs At EuroPride In Rome |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/i9nazs/lady-gaga-performs-at-europride-in-rome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225104010/http://www.mtv.co.uk/lady-gaga/news/lady-gaga-performs-at-europride-in-rome |archive-date=December 25, 2014 |access-date=June 20, 2011 |publisher=MTV News}} Later that year, she was referenced by teenager Jamey Rodemeyer in the hours prior to his death, with Rodemeyer having tweeted "@ladygaga bye mother monster, thank you for all you have done, paws up forever". Rodemeyer's suicide prompted Gaga to meet with then-President Barack Obama in order to address anti-gay bullying in American schools.{{Cite news |last=Michaels |first=Sean |date=September 23, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga to meet with Obama over bullying |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/23/lady-gaga-obama-bullying |access-date=April 13, 2021 |newspaper=The Guardian}} She later endorsed him during the 2012 US presidential election.{{cite news|last=Butterly|first=Amelia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-20234225|title=American stars react to Barack Obama's election win|publisher=BBC News|date=November 7, 2012|access-date=February 4, 2025}} In 2011, Gaga was also ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church Monastery allowing her to officiate the wedding of two female friends.{{Cite web |last=Piatt |first=Christian |date=December 19, 2011 |title=From Lady Gaga to Rev. Gaga? |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/christian-piatt/lady-gaga-ordination_b_1145973.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712131646/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christian-piatt/lady-gaga-ordination_b_1145973.html |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |website=HuffPost}}

In June 2016, during a vigil held in Los Angeles for victims of the attack at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Gaga read aloud the names of the 49 people killed in the attack, and gave a speech.{{Cite magazine |date=June 14, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Reads Names of Orlando Victims During L.A. Vigil |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7401443/lady-gaga-names-orlando-victims-vigil |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615121351/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7401443/lady-gaga-names-orlando-victims-vigil |archive-date=June 15, 2016 |access-date=June 14, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} She also appeared in Human Rights Campaign's tribute video to the victims of the attack.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Jay |date=June 29, 2016 |title=49 Celebrities Honor 49 Victims of Orlando Tragedy |url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701211701/http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy |archive-date=July 1, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2017 |publisher=Human Rights Campaign}} Following Joan Jett, Gaga was the second of nearly 200 musicians and music industry executives to sign Billboard{{'s}} Open Letter on Gun Violence, demanding that Congress enact universal background checks on all gun buyers.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/06/23/lady-gaga-lin-manuelo-miranda-britney-spears-sign-open-letter-on-gun-control/86279230/ |title=Lady Gaga, Miranda, Britney Spears sign open letter on gun control |date=June 23, 2016 |last=Deerwester |first=Jamie |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=December 2, 2024}} She subsequently supported the 2018 March for Our Lives gun-control rally in Washington, D.C.{{Cite magazine |last=Kilkenny |first=Katie |date=March 24, 2018 |title=Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Fallon, Lady Gaga Sponsor Buses to March for Our Lives |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8259218/jennifer-lopez-jimmy-fallon-lady-gaga-sponsor-buses-to-march-for-our-lives-gun-control-violence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511184446/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8259218/jennifer-lopez-jimmy-fallon-lady-gaga-sponsor-buses-to-march-for-our-lives-gun-control-violence |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |access-date=May 9, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} Gaga opposed the presidency of Donald Trump and his military transgender ban.{{Cite magazine |last=Weatherby |first=Taylor |date=November 9, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Protests Outside Of Trump Tower After Hillary Clinton Loses Election |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/politics/7572609/lady-gaga-protests-trump-tower-hillary-clinton-loses-election |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221015335/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/politics/7572609/lady-gaga-protests-trump-tower-hillary-clinton-loses-election |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=November 4, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Bell |first=Sadie |date=July 26, 2017 |title=Lady Gaga has a Message for Trump About His Transgender Military Ban |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7881161/lady-gaga-trump-transgender-military-ban-twitter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916000415/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7881161/lady-gaga-trump-transgender-military-ban-twitter |archive-date=September 16, 2017 |access-date=November 4, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}} She supported former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president in 2016.{{Cite magazine |last=Leight |first=Elias |date=November 8, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga: 'Hillary Clinton Is Made of Steel, Is Unstoppable' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/lady-gaga-hillary-clinton-is-made-of-steel-is-unstoppable-w449092 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226174303/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/lady-gaga-hillary-clinton-is-made-of-steel-is-unstoppable-w449092 |archive-date=February 26, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In 2018, a leaked memo from Trump's office revealed that his administration wanted to change the legal definition of sex to exclude transgender Americans. Gaga was one of the many celebrities to condemn him and spread the #WontBeErased campaign to her Twitter followers.{{Cite news |last=Grinberg |first=Emanuella |date=October 24, 2018 |title=What it means for the Trump administration to legally define 'sex' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/politics/transgender-protections-hhs-memo-defining-sex/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025012204/https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/24/politics/transgender-protections-hhs-memo-defining-sex/index.html |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2018 |publisher=CNN}}{{Cite magazine |date=October 24, 2018 |title=Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox, More Stars Slam Trump's Potential Policy to Roll Back Trans Protections |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/caitlyn-jenner-stephen-colbert-celebs-slam-trump-lgbtq-proposal-1154459 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025024954/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/caitlyn-jenner-stephen-colbert-celebs-slam-trump-lgbtq-proposal-1154459 |archive-date=October 25, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2018 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}

In January 2019, during one of her Enigma shows, she criticized Vice President Mike Pence for his wife Karen Pence working at an evangelical Christian school where LGBTQ people are turned away, calling him "the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian". Gaga also stated: "I am a Christian woman, and what I do know about Christianity is that we bear no prejudice, and everybody is welcome".{{Cite news |last=Keslen |first=Ben |date=January 22, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga slams Mike and Karen Pence as 'worst representation' of Christianity |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lady-gaga-slams-mike-karen-pence-worst-representation-christianity-n961241 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125024441/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lady-gaga-slams-mike-karen-pence-worst-representation-christianity-n961241 |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |publisher=NBC News}} Gaga made a congratulatory speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots and the LGBTQ community's accomplishments at WorldPride NYC 2019 outside the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the modern gay rights movement.{{Cite web |last=Gwen Aviles |date=June 28, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga makes surprise appearance outside Stonewall Inn |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lady-gaga-makes-surprise-appearance-outside-stonewall-inn-n1024816 |access-date=August 9, 2022 |publisher=NBC News}} Following Trump's win in the 2024 US presidential election, in which Gaga endorsed Kamala Harris, she voiced her support for the transgender community after his rollback of their protections.{{cite magazine|last=Mier|first=Tomás|url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/lady-gaga-declares-trans-people-are-not-invisible-in-grammy-speech-47301/|title=Lady Gaga declares 'trans people are not invisible' in Grammy speech|magazine=Rolling Stone UK|date=February 3, 2025|access-date=February 4, 2025}}{{cite magazine|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-endorses-kamala-harris-pennsylvania-rally-katy-perry-1235818690/|title=Lady Gaga Endorses Kamala Harris, Joins Pennsylvania Rally Lineup for Election Eve|magazine=Billboard|date=November 3, 2024|access-date=February 4, 2025}}

Legacy

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Gaga was named the "Queen of Pop" in a 2011 ranking by Rolling Stone based on record sales and social media metrics.{{Cite magazine |last=Molanphy |first=Chris |date=June 29, 2011 |title=Introducing the Queen of Pop |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-queen-of-pop-20110629 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126095139/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-queen-of-pop-20110629 |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |access-date=November 27, 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In 2012, she ranked fourth in VH1's Greatest Women in Music,{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2012 |title=The 100 Greatest Women In Music |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/1238/the-100-greatest-women-in-music/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510193033/http://www.vh1.com/news/1238/the-100-greatest-women-in-music/ |archive-date=May 10, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015 |publisher=VH1}} and became a feature of the temporary exhibition The Elevated. From the Pharaoh to Lady Gaga, which marked the 150th anniversary of the National Museum in Warsaw.{{Cite news |title=Those Elevated Ones. From the Pharaoh to Lady Gaga |url=http://www.warsawvoice.pl/baza_wydarzen/wydarzenie.php?layout=nwv&lang=en/24285 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705115510/http://www.warsawvoice.pl/baza_wydarzen/wydarzenie.php?layout=nwv&lang=en%2F24285 |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |access-date=February 19, 2018 |newspaper=The Warsaw Voice}}

Gaga has often been praised for using controversy to bring attention to various issues.{{Cite web |last=Moré |first=María Elena |date=November 13, 2010 |title=The Gaga Effect... |url=http://morethanbranding.com/2010/11/13/the-gaga-effect/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216080858/http://morethanbranding.com/2010/11/13/the-gaga-effect/ |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |publisher=More Than Branding}}{{sfn|Marsico|2012|page=77–78}} According to Frankie Graddon of The Independent, Gaga—who wore a meat dress to highlight her distaste for the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy—influenced protest dressing on red carpet.{{Cite magazine |last=Graddon |first=Frankie |date=September 15, 2020 |title=Raising the steaks: The impact of Lady Gaga's meat dress 10 years on |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/lady-gaga-meat-dress-mtv-vma-awards-shallow-b423422.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002185723/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/lady-gaga-meat-dress-mtv-vma-awards-shallow-b423422.html |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |access-date=October 2, 2020 |magazine=The Independent}} Billboard named her "the Greatest Pop Star of 2009", asserting that "to say that her one-year rise from rookie to MVP was meteoric doesn't quite cut it, as she wasn't just successful, but game-changing—thanks to her voracious appetite for reinvention."{{Cite magazine |title=The Greatest Pop Star By Year (1981–2020) |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9338589/greatest-pop-star-every-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314060347/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9338589/greatest-pop-star-every-year |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |access-date=March 26, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Because of The Fame{{'s}} success—it was listed as one of the 100 Greatest Debut Albums of All-Time by Rolling Stone in 2013{{Cite magazine |date=March 22, 2013 |title=100 Best Debut Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-debut-albums-of-all-time-20130322/the-fame-19691231 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421043136/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-debut-albums-of-all-time-20130322/the-fame-19691231 |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}—Gaga has been credited as one of the musicians that popularized synth-pop in the late 2000s and early 2010s.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Kevin C. |date=January 31, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga helps bring EDM to the masses |url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/lady-gaga-helps-bring-edm-to-the-masses/article_6ab888b5-5ef6-5cb1-9946-b70556915a5b.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827131317/http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/lady-gaga-helps-bring-edm-to-the-masses/article_6ab888b5-5ef6-5cb1-9946-b70556915a5b.html |archive-date=August 27, 2014 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch}}
{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=December 12, 2011 |title=Did Lady Gaga Spark EDM Explosion? |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1675841/lady-gaga-edm/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310221313/http://www.mtv.com/news/1675841/lady-gaga-edm/ |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |publisher=MTV News}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Bogart |first=Jonathan |date=July 10, 2012 |title=Buy the Hype: Why Electronic Dance Music Really Could Be the New Rock |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/buy-the-hype-why-electronic-dance-music-really-could-be-the-new-rock/259597/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217180548/http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/buy-the-hype-why-electronic-dance-music-really-could-be-the-new-rock/259597/ |archive-date=February 17, 2016 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |magazine=The Atlantic}}

According to Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker, "Lady Gaga blazed a trail for truculent pop stars by treating her own celebrity as an evolving art project."{{Cite magazine |last=Sanneh |first=Kelefa |date=September 28, 2015 |title=Pop for Misfits |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/28/pop-for-misfits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812075817/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/28/pop-for-misfits |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2016 |magazine=The New Yorker}} Including Born This Way as one of the 50 best female albums of all time, Rolling Stone{{'s}} Rob Sheffield considers it "hard to remember a world where we didn't have Gaga, although we're pretty sure it was a lot more boring".{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |date=June 23, 2012 |title=Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/women-who-rock-the-50-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120622/lady-gaga-born-this-way-20120621 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212806/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/women-who-rock-the-50-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120622/lady-gaga-born-this-way-20120621 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |access-date=July 15, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} In 2015, Time noted that Gaga had "practically invented the current era of pop music as spectacle".{{Cite magazine |last=D'Addario |first=Daniel |date=February 23, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga's Oscar Performance Could Redefine Her Career |url=https://time.com/3718883/oscars-2015-lady-gaga-performance/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207001923/http://time.com/3718883/oscars-2015-lady-gaga-performance/ |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |magazine=Time}} A decade later, Daniel D'Addario of Variety further observed the influence of Gaga's sense of spectacle on the next generation of artists, calling her "a pop star's pop star". He surmised that Sabrina Carpenter's use of self-parodying and ultra-glam camp in her performances, Billie Eilish's incorporation of grandeur into her shows, and Chappell Roan's "drag-inflected let's-put-on-a-show spirit" and "eagerness to use costumes and makeup to help tell her stories" all came from each watching the video for "Bad Romance" in their childhoods.{{cite magazine|last=D'Addario|first=Daniel|url=https://variety.com/2025/music/columns/lady-gaga-abracadabra-1236302503/|title=Lady Gaga Saved Her Pop Star Career With 'Abracadabra'|magazine=Variety|date=February 10, 2025|access-date=February 10, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210233531/https://variety.com/2025/music/columns/lady-gaga-abracadabra-1236302503/|archive-date=February 10, 2025|url-status=live}}

A 2017 journal published by Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts studying structural patterns in melodies of earworm songs compiled lists of catchiest tracks from 3,000 participants, in which Gaga's "Bad Romance", "Alejandro", and "Poker Face" ranked number one, eight, and nine, respectively.{{sfn|Jakubowski|Finkel|Stewart|Müllensiefen|2017|pp=122–135}} In 2018, NPR wrote she was the second most influential female artist of the 21st century, calling her "one of the first big artists of the 'Internet age{{' "}}.{{Cite web |last=Chappell |first=Garrett |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Turning the Tables: Your List Of The 21st Century's Most Influential Women Musicians |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/668372321/turning-the-tables-your-list-of-the-21st-centurys-most-influential-women-musicia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727082553/https://www.npr.org/2018/11/20/668372321/turning-the-tables-your-list-of-the-21st-centurys-most-influential-women-musicia |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |publisher=NPR}} Billboard also placed Gaga fifth on its "Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century" list,{{cite magazine|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lady-gaga-greatest-pop-stars-21st-century-1235820530/|title=Billboard's Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: No. 5 – Lady Gaga|magazine=Billboard|date=November 5, 2024|access-date=November 5, 2024}} and sixth on the "Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century" list.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard's Top 100 Women Artists of the 21st Century Chart, Nos. 100-1|magazine=Billboard|last1=Anderson|first1=Trevor|last2=Asker|first2=Jim|last3=Bustios|first3=Pamela|last4=Caulfield|first4=Keith|last5=Frankenberg|first5=Eric|last6=Rutherford|first6=Kevin|last7=Trust|first7=Gary|last8=Zellner|first8=Xander|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-women-artists-21st-century-chart/no-100-danity-kane/|date=March 19, 2025|access-date=April 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319022600/https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-women-artists-21st-century-chart/no-100-danity-kane/|archive-date=March 19, 2025|url-status=live}} She and her work have influenced various artists including Miley Cyrus,{{Cite news |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=April 2, 2010 |title=Miley Cyrus Says Next Album Has A 'Techno Vibe' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1635313/miley-cyrus-says-next-album-has-a-techno-vibe/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307184344/http://www.mtv.com/news/1635313/miley-cyrus-says-next-album-has-a-techno-vibe/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |access-date=February 18, 2016 |publisher=MTV News}} Nicki Minaj,{{Cite web |last=Ziegbe |first=Mawuse |date=October 29, 2010 |title=Nicki Minaj Open To Lady Gaga Collaboration |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1651156/nicki-minaj-open-to-lady-gaga-collaboration/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328093838/http://www.mtv.com/news/1651156/nicki-minaj-open-to-lady-gaga-collaboration/ |archive-date=March 28, 2016 |access-date=February 22, 2016 |publisher=MTV News}} Ellie Goulding,{{Cite web |last=Still |first=Jennifer |date=May 13, 2011 |title=Ellie Goulding: "I'm influenced by everyone" |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a319282/ellie-goulding-im-influenced-by-everyone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404181924/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a319282/ellie-goulding-im-influenced-by-everyone/ |archive-date=April 4, 2016 |access-date=March 23, 2016 |publisher=Digital Spy}} Halsey,{{Cite magazine |last=Piedra |first=Xavier |date=February 25, 2019 |title=Halsey Gushes Over Lady Gaga at the Oscars: 'I Stan Her to My Grave' |url=https://billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8499840/halsey-lady-gaga-oscars-tweet |access-date=August 21, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Jennifer Lopez,{{Cite magazine |last=Eames |first=Tom |date=June 16, 2011 |title=Jennifer Lopez: 'Lady GaGa inspires me' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a325337/jennifer-lopez-lady-gaga-inspires-me/ |access-date=February 2, 2020 |magazine=Digital Spy}} Beyoncé,{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2011 |title=Beyonce: Lady Gaga is most talented pop star |url=https://www.ellecanada.com/culture/music/beyonce-lady-gaga-is-most-talented-pop-star |access-date=September 17, 2021 |magazine=Elle Canada}} Nick Jonas,{{Cite magazine |last=Gale |first=Alex |date=February 4, 2016 |title=Nick Jonas Talks About His 'Sadistic and Twisted' Role in Frat-Hazing Movie 'Goat' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/6866903/nick-jonas-frat-movie-goat-scream-queens-jonas-brothers-new-album |access-date=August 21, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Sam Smith,{{Cite magazine |last=Doyle |first=Patrick |date=February 2, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga's Advice to Sam Smith: 'Suffer for Your Art' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/lady-gagas-advice-to-sam-smith-suffer-for-your-art-20150202 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428145838/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/lady-gagas-advice-to-sam-smith-suffer-for-your-art-20150202 |archive-date=April 28, 2017 |access-date=November 21, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Noah Cyrus,{{Cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=December 14, 2016 |title=Noah Cyrus on What Miley Taught Her, Emotional Debut Single |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/noah-cyrus-on-what-miley-taught-her-emotional-debut-single-w455215 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214173022/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/noah-cyrus-on-what-miley-taught-her-emotional-debut-single-w455215 |archive-date=December 14, 2016 |access-date=December 14, 2016 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} Katherine Langford,{{Cite magazine |last=Highfill |first=Samantha |date=April 3, 2017 |title=13 Reasons Why: Get to know series star Katherine Langford |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/04/03/13-reasons-why-katherine-langford/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415210655/http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/03/13-reasons-why-katherine-langford/ |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |access-date=April 11, 2017 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} MGMT,{{Cite magazine |last=Moreno |first=Chino |date=January 25, 2010 |title=MGMT's new album influenced by Lady Gaga and Kanye West |url=https://www.nme.com/news/mgmt/49400 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134343/http://www.nme.com/news/mgmt/49400 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=February 18, 2016 |magazine=NME}} Allie X,{{Cite web |last=St. Amand |first=Jason |title=Allie X Puts the 'X' in Your Music #Xperience |url=http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/entertainment///157491 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502000349/http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/entertainment///157491 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=May 24, 2017 |publisher=Edge Media Network}} Greyson Chance,{{Cite magazine |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=May 13, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Surprises 'Paparazzi' Fan Greyson Chance on 'Ellen' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/958261/lady-gaga-surprises-paparazzi-fan-greyson-chance-on-ellen |access-date=March 11, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} Cardi B,{{Cite web |last=Oswald |first=Anjelica |date=February 11, 2019 |title=Cardi B said Lady Gaga inspired her 3 years ago and freaked out after finally meeting her at the 2019 Grammys |url=https://www.insider.com/cardi-b-met-lady-gaga-grammys-freaked-out-photos-2019-2 |access-date=March 11, 2021 |publisher=Insider Inc.}} Rina Sawayama,{{Cite magazine |last=Min |first=Lio |date=April 22, 2020 |title=Rina Sawayama break through the simulation |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/rina-sawayama-on-sawayama-and-what-took-so-long |access-date=September 18, 2020 |magazine=Nylon}} Blackpink,{{Cite magazine |last=Feeney |first=Nolan |date=September 17, 2020 |title=What Lady Gaga Taught Blackpink About Being Pop Stars |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9449501/blackpink-lady-gaga-sour-candy-interview |access-date=September 17, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}} Madison Beer,{{Cite tweet |number=1369981436485267457 |user=Deezer |title=As part of our #WHM celebrations, @madisonbeer has picked a woman that challenges conventions and we couldn't agree more! (@ladygaga) |date=March 11, 2021 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/G9fmy |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} Ren of NU'EST,{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2021 |title=NU'EST's Ren Reveals What His Reaction Would Be If He Met His Role Model Lady Gaga—It's Super Adorable |url=https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/nuest-ren-lady-gaga-first-meeting-reaction-allure-korea/ |access-date=March 11, 2021 |magazine=Koreaboo}} Slayyyter,{{Cite magazine |last=Michael |first=Michael |date=October 15, 2018 |title=Slayyyter is 2018 Pop, Inspired by 2007 Britney, Lindsay, and Paris |url=https://www.papermag.com/slayyyter-2611667509.html?rebelltitem=6 |access-date=August 21, 2021 |magazine=Paper}} Bebe Rexha,{{Cite tweet |number=831007322818293761 |user=BebeRexha |title=Inspired by @chancetherapperk, @Beyonce, @BrunoMars, @Adele, @ladygaga. #AllYourFaultPt1 |date=February 13, 2017 |access-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/UX6yU |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |url-status=live}} Bree Runway,{{Cite web |first=Bree |last=Runway |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkpn4OHaU94&ab_channel=BreeRunway |title=Bree Runway In Conversation With Leomie Anderson PT. 1 |date=September 6, 2020 |access-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821065754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkpn4OHaU94&ab_channel=BreeRunway |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}} Celeste,{{Cite magazine |last=Hulton |first=Anna |date=February 21, 2020 |title=Celeste reveals Lady Gaga is a BIG influence and she 'can't control herself' |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/celebrity/brits-celeste-lady-gaga/ |access-date=August 27, 2021 |magazine=Hits Radio}} Kim Petras,{{Cite magazine |last=Thomson |first=Jeffrey |date=May 13, 2020 |title=How Kim Petras is Nurturing a New Era of Female-empowered Pop |url=https://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/article/how-kim-petras-is-nurturing-a-new-era-of-female-empowered-pop |access-date=August 27, 2021 |magazine=Love}} JoJo Siwa,{{Cite news |last=Vaidyanathan |first=Vaishnavi |date=September 23, 2020 |title=JoJo Siwa Reacts To Being On Time's Most Influential People List, Names Celebrity Inspirations |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/jojo-siwa-reacts-being-times-most-influential-people-list-names-celebrity-3050504 |access-date=August 27, 2021 |newspaper=International Business Times}} Pabllo Vittar,{{Cite web |last=Hahne |first=Stephanie |date=July 12, 2019 |title=Pabllo Vittar lista os cinco discos que mudaram sua vida para o TIDAL |trans-title=Pabllo Vittar lists the five records that changed her life for TIDAL |url=http://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2019/07/12/pabllo-vittar-cinco-discos-tidal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120174840/http://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2019/07/12/pabllo-vittar-cinco-discos-tidal/ |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |access-date=September 17, 2021 |website=Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos |language=pt}} Ava Max,{{Cite web |last=Duboff |first=Josh |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Sweet but Psycho" Singer Ava Max Is Trying to "Bring Pop Back |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/sweet-but-psycho-ava-max-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033728/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/02/sweet-but-psycho-ava-max-interview |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=September 17, 2021 |magazine=Vanity Fair}} Doja Cat,{{Cite tweet |number=1300252001364836353 |user=vmas |title=The way @DojaCat is flexing an encyclopedic memory of her favorite @ladygaga and @beyonce #VMA performances (complete with EXACT YEARS) is truly impressive #VMAStanCam |date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831020111/https://twitter.com/vmas/status/1300252001364836353 |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |url-status=live}} Chaeyoung of Twice,{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id0J5NV6aH4&ab_channel=VanityFair |title=How Well Does TWICE Know Each Other? – TWICE Game Show – Vanity Fair |date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007024011/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id0J5NV6aH4 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube |magazine=Vanity Fair}} Kanye West,{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |date=May 27, 2009 |title=Kanye West 'Inspired' by Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face' for Kid Cudi Single |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1612265/kanye-west-inspired-by-lady-gagas-poker-face-for-kid-cudi-single/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216230247/http://www.mtv.com/news/1612265/kanye-west-inspired-by-lady-gagas-poker-face-for-kid-cudi-single/ |archive-date=February 16, 2015 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |publisher=MTV News}} Rachel Zegler,{{Cite news |date=December 8, 2021 |title=Rachel Zegler GUSHES Over Lady Gaga, Says She's the Reason She's Here (Exclusive) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIvv0CCkC30 |access-date=December 9, 2021 |work=Extra |via=YouTube}} SZA,{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=April 5, 2022 |title=You Have to See This Backstage Lovefest Between Lady Gaga, Jon Batiste & SZA at the Grammys: 'This Community Needs You' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/lady-gaga-jon-batiste-sza-grammys-meeting-1235055763/ |access-date=April 6, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} Raye,{{Cite magazine |last=Richard |first=Bailey |date=July 1, 2022 |title=RAYE Shares Exclusive BTS Look at 'Hard Out Here' |url=https://www.papermag.com/raye-hard-out-here-2657598202.html#rebelltitem6 |access-date=February 7, 2023 |magazine=Paper}} Grace Gaustad,{{Cite magazine |last=Rossignol |first=Derrick |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga Offers A Heartfelt Co-Sign Of A New Song Written About Her |url=https://uproxx.com/pop/lady-gaga-co-sign-song-grace-gaustad/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |magazine=Uproxx}} Laufey,{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfBnS8gLA_A |title=Laufey Sings Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Billie Eilish in a Game of Song Association |date=September 22, 2023 |access-date=September 23, 2023 |via=YouTube |magazine=Elle}} and Chappell Roan.{{Cite magazine |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Chappell Roan: the pop supernova who feels like one of the 'Drag Race' girls |url=https://www.nme.com/features/the-cover/the-cover-chapell-roan-interview-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-midwest-princess-3582467 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |magazine=NME}}

Various higher education institutions have offered courses focusing on Gaga. Due to her influence on 21st century culture and her rise to global fame, sociologist Mathieu Deflem of the University of South Carolina launched a course titled "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of the Fame" in early 2011 with the objective of unraveling "some of the sociologically relevant dimensions of the fame of Lady Gaga".{{Cite news |date=November 17, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga and the sociology of fame: college course |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/lady-gaga-and-the-sociology-of-fame-college-course-2136431.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619133707/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/lady-gaga-and-the-sociology-of-fame-college-course-2136431.html |archive-date=June 19, 2017 |access-date=May 22, 2017 |newspaper=The Independent}} Focusing on her influence on gender and sexual identity, the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences introduced a writing course titled "GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity" during its Fall 2010 semester, which explored "how identity is challenged by gender and sexuality and how Lady Gaga confronts this challenge".{{cite news|last=Tyson|first=Charles|url=http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/09/08/gaga-for-gaga/|title=Gaga for Gaga|newspaper=The Cavalier Daily|date=September 8, 2010|access-date=November 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114115851/http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/09/08/gaga-for-gaga/|archive-date=November 14, 2010|url-status=dead}} Courses exploring different aspects of Gaga's phenomenon, including her music and fame, have also been offered by Arizona State University, Tufts University, St. Catherine University, and the University of Richmond.{{Cite journal |last=Deflem |first=Mathieu |year=2013 |title=Professor Goes Gaga: Teaching Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame |journal=The American Sociologist |volume=44 |issue=2 |page=126 |doi=10.1007/s12108-013-9180-y |issn=0003-1232 |jstor=42635352}}

A new genus of ferns, Gaga, and its species, G. germanotta and G. monstraparva, have been named in her honor. The name monstraparva alluded to Gaga's fans, known as Little Monsters, since their symbol is the outstretched "monster claw" hand, which resembles a tightly rolled young fern leaf prior to unfurling.{{Cite journal |last1=Fay-Wei Li |last2=Kathleen M. Pryer |last3=Michael D. Windham |year=2012 |title=Gaga, a new fern genus segregated from Cheilanthes (Pteridaceae) |url=https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/10161/5988/3/Li%20et%20al_Gaga%20additional_2012.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=845–860 |doi=10.1600/036364412X656626 |bibcode=2012SysBo..37..845L |issn=0363-6445 |s2cid=6871286 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927123611/https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/5988/Li%20et%20al_Gaga%20additional_2012.pdf?sequence=3 |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |access-date=September 27, 2019 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10161/5988}} Gaga also has an extinct mammal, Gagadon minimonstrum,{{Cite journal |last1=Stucky |first1=Richard K. |last2=Covert |first2=Herbert H. |year=2014 |title=A new genus and species of early Eocene (Ypresian) Artiodactyla (Mammalia), Gagadon minimonstrum, from Bitter Creek, Wyoming, U.S.A. |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=731–736 |bibcode=2014JVPal..34..731S |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.827580 |doi-access=free}} a parasitic wasp, Aleiodes gaga,{{Cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Quentin D. |author-link=Quentin D. Wheeler |date=September 16, 2012 |title=New to Nature No 84: Aleiodes gaga |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/sep/16/new-to-nature-aleiodes-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216104431/http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/sep/16/new-to-nature-aleiodes-gaga |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=July 21, 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite journal |last1=Areekul Butcher |first1=Buntika |last2=Smith |first2=M. Alex |last3=Sharkey |first3=Mike J. |last4=Quicke |first4=Donald L.J. |year=2012 |title=A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species |url=http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03457p232f.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3457 |pages=1–232 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115212/http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03457p232f.pdf |archive-date=August 26, 2014}} and a treehopper, Kaikaia gaga, named for her.{{Cite news |last=Andrew |first=Scottie |date=March 11, 2020 |title=There's a new insect named for Lady Gaga, and it's every bit as otherworldly as the pop diva |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/11/us/lady-gaga-new-insect-scn-trnd/index.html |access-date=April 17, 2020 |publisher=CNN}}

In Taichung, Taiwan, July 3 is designated as "Lady Gaga Day" marking the first day Gaga visited the country in 2011.{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga has her day in Taiwan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lady-gaga-has-her-day-in-taiwan/2011/07/04/gHQANsvZxH_story.html |access-date=May 13, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} In May 2021, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Born This Way and its cultural impact, West Hollywood mayor, Lindsey P. Horvath, presented Gaga with a key to the city and declared May 23 as "Born This Way Day". A street painting with the Daniel Quasar's version of the pride flag featuring the album's title was also unveiled on Robertson Boulevard as a tribute to the album, and how it has inspired the LGBTQ community over the years.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=May 24, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga Celebrated With 'Born This Way' Day in West Hollywood |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9577318/lady-gaga-born-this-way-day-west-hollywood/ |access-date=June 8, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}

Achievements

{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga}}

Gaga has won fourteen Grammy Awards,{{Cite web |title=Artist: Lady Gaga |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/lady-gaga/3611 |access-date=February 3, 2024 |publisher=The Recording Academy}} an Academy Award, a Sports Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards,{{Cite web |title=Person: Lady Gaga |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/lady-gaga |access-date=June 20, 2021 |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association}} a BAFTA Award, eighteen MTV Video Music Awards (including the inaugural Tricon Award),{{cite magazine|last=Kearney|first=Christine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-outburst-mars-mtv-video-music-awards-267407/|title=Kanye West Outburst Mars MTV Video Music Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=February 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528045049/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-outburst-mars-mtv-video-music-awards-267407/|archive-date=May 28, 2022|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|last=Swash|first=Rosie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/13/lady-gaga-triumphs-mtv-vmas|title=Lady Gaga triumphs at the MTV VMAs|newspaper=The Guardian|date=September 13, 2010|access-date=February 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425113014/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/13/lady-gaga-triumphs-mtv-vmas|archive-date=April 25, 2023|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14706664|title=Beyonce and Lady Gaga dominate MTV Video Music awards|publisher=BBC News|date=August 29, 2011|access-date=February 9, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209150454/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-14706664|archive-date=February 9, 2025|url-status=live}}
{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=August 31, 2020 |title=MTV VMAs 2020: Lady Gaga dominates during unusual pandemic broadcast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/31/mtv-vmas-2020-lady-gaga-dominates-during-unusual-pandemic-broadcast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831133816/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/31/mtv-vmas-2020-lady-gaga-dominates-during-unusual-pandemic-broadcast |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian}} three Brit Awards,{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=February 16, 2010 |title=Brit Awards 2010: Lady Gaga wins a hat-trick of prizes |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7253155/Brit-Awards-2010-Lady-Gaga-wins-a-hat-trick-of-prizes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428161009/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/7253155/Brit-Awards-2010-Lady-Gaga-wins-a-hat-trick-of-prizes.html |archive-date=April 28, 2016 |access-date=April 18, 2016 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}} and eighteen Guinness World Records.See Guinness World Records by Lady Gaga She has been honored with the inaugural Songwriters Hall of Fame Contemporary Icon Award as a songwriter-artist who has attained an iconic status in pop culture.{{Cite web |date=April 23, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga To Receive First-Ever Contemporary Icon Award |url=http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/lady_gaga_to_receive_first_ever_contemporary_icon_award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505045400/http://www.songhall.org/news/entry/lady_gaga_to_receive_first_ever_contemporary_icon_award |archive-date=May 5, 2015 |access-date=April 24, 2015 |publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame}} She also received the National Arts Awards' Young Artist Award, honoring individuals who have shown accomplishments and leadership early in their career,{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2015 |title=Sophia Loren, Lady Gaga, Herbie Hancock, Joan and Irwin Jacobs, Alice Walton, Maria Bell to Be Honored on October 19th |url=http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/americans-for-the-arts-news/americans-for-the-arts-announces-2015-national-arts-awards-honorees |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025122022/http://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/americans-for-the-arts-news/americans-for-the-arts-announces-2015-national-arts-awards-honorees |archive-date=October 25, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2015 |publisher=Americans for the Arts}} and the Grammy Museum Jane Ortner Artist Award, which recognizes artists who have demonstrated passion and dedication to education through the arts.{{Cite magazine |last=Gardner |first=Chris |date=February 4, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga To Be Honored By Grammy Museum |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-be-honored-by-861971 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205092622/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-gaga-be-honored-by-861971 |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=February 4, 2016 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} The Council of Fashion Designers of America recognized her with the Fashion Icon award.{{Cite magazine |date=June 7, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Honored As Style Icon at CFDA Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470823/lady-gaga-honored-as-style-icon-at-cfda-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701125143/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470823/lady-gaga-honored-as-style-icon-at-cfda-awards |archive-date=July 1, 2013 |access-date=December 15, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}} In 2019, Gaga became the first woman to win an Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award in one year for her contributions to the A Star Is Born soundtrack.{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga Becomes First Woman In History To Win An Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA & Golden Globe In Same Year |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/lady-gaga-shallow-oscar-awards-history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417132014/https://www.capitalfm.com/news/tv-film/lady-gaga-shallow-oscar-awards-history/ |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |publisher=Capital}} In 2023, Rolling Stone included her among the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.{{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/lady-gaga-107-1234643110/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101161600/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/lady-gaga-107-1234643110/ |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |access-date=January 3, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

With estimated sales of 124{{nbsp}}million records,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/palazzo-signs-history-of-lady-gaga-from-zaleski|title=Palazzo signs history of Lady Gaga from Zaleski|first=Katie|last=Fraser|magazine=The Bookseller|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=May 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621080019/https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/palazzo-signs-history-of-lady-gaga-from-zaleski|archive-date=June 21, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cars/article/lady-gaga-car-collection|title=Lady Gaga's car collection is anything but shallow|first=Adam|last=Hay-Nicholls|magazine=GQ|date=March 29, 2021|access-date=May 14, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210004953/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/cars/article/lady-gaga-car-collection|archive-date=December 10, 2021|url-status=live}} Gaga is one of the world's bestselling music artists, and has produced some of the bestselling singles of all time.{{Cite magazine |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=January 12, 2016 |title=Lady Gaga Exits WME for CAA |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836620/lady-gaga-signs-caa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114174444/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836620/lady-gaga-signs-caa |archive-date=January 14, 2016 |access-date=February 27, 2016 |magazine=Billboard}} She is the only female artist to have four singles ("Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance" and "Shallow") each sell at least 10 million copies globally.{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2020 |title=First female artist to achieve three 10-million-selling singles |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/637702-first-female-artist-to-achieve-three-10-million-selling-singles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326030915/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/637702-first-female-artist-to-achieve-three-10-million-selling-singles |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=March 26, 2021 |website=Guinness World Records}} As of 2022, she has grossed more than $689.5 million in revenue from concert tours and residencies with attendance of 6.3 million, being the fifth woman to pass the half-billion total as reported to Billboard Boxscore,{{Cite magazine |last=Frankenberg |first=Eric |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Lady Gaga Finishes The Chromatica Ball With $112 Million in Stadiums |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-tour-earns-112-million/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026235818/https://www.billboard.com/pro/lady-gaga-chromatica-ball-tour-earns-112-million/ |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |access-date=October 26, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |last=Frankenberg |first=Eric |date=February 27, 2019 |title=Lady Gaga's Touring Earnings Pass Half-Billion Mark as 'Enigma' Grosses Roll in |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500242/lady-gaga-touring-earnings-pass-half-billion-mark |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227235426/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8500242/lady-gaga-touring-earnings-pass-half-billion-mark |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}} receiving the Pollstar Award for Pop Touring Artist of the Decade (2010s).{{Cite magazine |date=June 16, 2021 |title=Beyoncé, Troubadour, Forum, Coachella, Billy Strings, Bert Kreischer Among Pollstar 2021 Winners |url=https://www.pollstar.com/article/beyonc-troubadour-forum-coachella-billy-strings-bert-kreischer-among-pollstar-2021-winners-148285 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617121810/https://www.pollstar.com/article/beyonc-troubadour-forum-coachella-billy-strings-bert-kreischer-among-pollstar-2021-winners-148285 |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |magazine=Pollstar}} She is also among the top digital singles artists in the US, with 87.5 million equivalent units certified according to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),{{efn|As of February 2024, Gaga has had cumulative single certifications of 82.5 million digital downloads and on-demand streaming as a solo artist, and 5 million with Bradley Cooper.{{Cite web |title=Top Artists (Digital Singles) |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=top_tallies&ttt=TAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203132908/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=top_tallies&ttt=TAS |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |access-date=February 3, 2024 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}}}} was the first woman to receive the Digital Diamond Award certification from RIAA,{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2014 |title=Lady Gaga Becomes RIAA's First Female Digital Diamond Award Recipient |url=https://www.riaa.com/lady-gaga-becomes-riaas-first-female-digital-diamond-award-recipient/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127022851/http://www.riaa.com/lady-gaga-becomes-riaas-first-female-digital-diamond-award-recipient/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |access-date=March 7, 2015 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}} one of the few artists with at least three Diamond certified songs ("Bad Romance", "Poker Face" and "Just Dance"),{{Cite magazine |last=McIntyre |first=Hugh |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Lady Gaga Ties Cardi B And Katy Perry For The Most Diamond-Certified Singles Among Women |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/04/12/lady-gaga-ties-cardi-b-and-katy-perry-for-the-most-diamond-certified-singles-among-women/ |access-date=April 12, 2023 |magazine=Forbes}} and the first artist to have two songs pass seven million downloads ("Poker Face" and "Just Dance").{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga First Artist With Two 7-Million-Selling Downloads |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6715365/ask-billboard-lady-gaga-first-artist-with-two-7-million-selling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004203052/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6715365/ask-billboard-lady-gaga-first-artist-with-two-7-million-selling |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}

Named Billboard{{'s}} Artist of the Year in 2010, Gaga subsequently appeared on its "Greatest of All Time Artists" chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=September 12, 2010 |title=Lady Gaga Is Billboard's 2010 Artist of the Year, Ke$ha Takes Top New Act |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/949522/lady-gaga-is-billboards-2010-artist-of-the-year-keha-takes-top-new-act |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716193301/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/949522/lady-gaga-is-billboards-2010-artist-of-the-year-keha-takes-top-new-act |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite magazine |title=Greatest of All Time Artists |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-artists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117112521/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-artists/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=January 16, 2025 |magazine=Billboard}} She became the longest-reigning act of Billboard{{'}}s Dance/Electronic Albums chart with 211 weeks at number one, while The Fame spent a record 142 weeks atop the chart.{{Cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Gordon |date=September 14, 2021 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Dawn of Chromatica' Crowns Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart in Record-Setting Week |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9629772/lady-gaga-dawn-of-chromatica-rules-top-dance-electronic-albums-chart |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915105438/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9629772/lady-gaga-dawn-of-chromatica-rules-top-dance-electronic-albums-chart |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 14, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}} As of 2020, six of her singles appeared on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's annual Top 10 Global Singles chart ("Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Telephone", "Born This Way" and "Shallow"), setting the record for the most entries by any female artist.

According to Guinness World Records, Gaga was the most followed person on Twitter from 2011 to 2013,{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2013 |title=Justin Bieber edges past Lady Gaga to take Twitter world record |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/2/justin-bieber-is-on-top-of-twitter-46845 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812211628/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/2/justin-bieber-is-on-top-of-twitter-46845/ |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2021 |website=Guinness World Records}} the most famous celebrity in 2013,{{Cite tweet |number=1186409218267631616 |user=GWR |title=(CG) La Gaga has made a few appearances in GWR books over the past few years, including being confirmed in the 2013 edition as #1 on our Most Famous Celebrity list (ahead of Clooney, Madonna and Bieber). Fantastic that @ladygaga is still powering on & in the pages of #gwr2020! |date=October 21, 2019 |access-date=October 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021224449/https://twitter.com/GWR/status/1186409218267631616 |archive-date=October 21, 2019 |url-status=live}} and the most powerful popstar in 2014.{{Cite tweet |number=509765012790181889 |user=GWR |title=@austriamonster Thanks for sharing the news AustriaMonster : ) #gwr60 |date=September 10, 2014 |access-date=June 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119210508/https://twitter.com/GWR/status/509765012790181889 |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |url-status=live}} She was included on Forbes{{'}} Celebrity 100 from 2010 to 2015 and 2018 to 2020, topping the list in 2011.{{Cite magazine |date=June 28, 2010 |title=The Celebrity 100 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/53/celeb-100-10_The-Celebrity-100.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126093229/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/53/celeb-100-10_The-Celebrity-100.html |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |magazine=Forbes}}
{{Cite magazine |date=May 18, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Tops Celebrity 100 List |url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/05/16/lady-gaga-tops-celebrity-100-11.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617092801/http://www.forbes.com/2011/05/16/lady-gaga-tops-celebrity-100-11.html |archive-date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |magazine=Forbes}}
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{{Cite magazine |last=Stutz |first=Colin |date=June 30, 2014 |title=Beyonce Tops Forbes Celebrity 100 List, Springsteen, Calvin Harris Also Make the Cut |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/legal-and-management/6141109/beyonce-tops-forbes-celebrity-100-list-springsteen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013193802/http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/legal-and-management/6141109/beyonce-tops-forbes-celebrity-100-list-springsteen |archive-date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=May 28, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Berg |first=Madeline |date=June 29, 2015 |title=Lady Gaga's Earnings: $59 Million In 2015 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/06/29/lady-gagas-earnings-59-million-in-2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701102615/http://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2015/06/29/lady-gagas-earnings-59-million-in-2015/ |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |magazine=Forbes}}
{{Cite magazine |title=The World's Highest-Paid Celebrities |url=https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/2/#tab:overall |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825012437/https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/3/#tab:overall |archive-date=August 25, 2018 |access-date=October 18, 2018 |magazine=Forbes}}
{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Taylor Swift Tops Forbes' Highest-Paid Celebrity 100 List in 2019 With $185 Million; BTS Earn First Ranking |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8519360/taylor-swift-tops-forbes-highest-paid-celebrity-100-list-2019-BTS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218191128/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8519360/taylor-swift-tops-forbes-highest-paid-celebrity-100-list-2019-BTS |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |access-date=July 19, 2019 |magazine=Billboard}}
{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Josh |date=June 4, 2020 |title=Billie Eilish, Metallica make 'Forbes' 2020 Highest-Paid Celebrities list |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/6/4/billie-eilish-metallica-make-forbes-2020-highest-paid-celebr.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605062317/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/6/4/billie-eilish-metallica-make-forbes-2020-highest-paid-celebr.html |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |publisher=ABC News Radio}} Gaga also appeared on their list of the World's Most Powerful Women from 2010 to 2014, and topped their list of the Most Powerful Musicians in 2013.{{Cite magazine |title=Most Powerful Women 2010 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/11/power-women_2010.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712224603/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/11/power-women_2010.html |archive-date=July 12, 2015 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |magazine=Forbes}}
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{{cite magazine|url=http://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/|title=The World's Most Powerful Women List (2013)|magazine=Forbes|access-date=September 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901142138/http://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/|archive-date=September 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/|title=The World's Most Powerful Women List (2014)|magazine=Forbes|access-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320033301/http://www.forbes.com/power-women/list/3/#tab:overall|archive-date=March 20, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|last=Reilly|first=Dan|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-tops-forbes-list-of-most-powerful-musicians-233724/|title=Lady Gaga Tops Forbes' List of Most Powerful Musicians|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 26, 2013|access-date=February 6, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807033340/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lady-gaga-tops-forbes-list-of-most-powerful-musicians-233724/|archive-date=August 7, 2018}} She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2010 and 2019,{{Cite magazine |title=The 2010 TIME 100 |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1984685,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703021915/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0%2C29569%2C1984685%2C00.html |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |access-date=December 15, 2015 |magazine=Time}}{{Cite magazine |last=Aswad |first=Jem |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Time 100 List Features Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, BTS, More |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-lady-gaga-ariana-grande-bts-time-100-list-1203191455/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417142555/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/taylor-swift-lady-gaga-ariana-grande-bts-time-100-list-1203191455/ |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |magazine=Variety}} and ranked second in its most influential people of the past ten years readers' poll in 2013.{{Cite magazine |date=April 17, 2013 |title=Lady Gaga Is 'Time' Magazine's Second Most Influential Icon of the Decade |url=http://www.fuse.tv/2013/04/lady-gaga-time-magazine-second-most-influential-icon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026052950/http://www.fuse.tv/2013/04/lady-gaga-time-magazine-second-most-influential-icon |archive-date=October 26, 2015 |access-date=June 29, 2015 |magazine=Forbes}}

As of October 2020, Forbes estimated Gaga's net worth at $150 million.{{efn|In February 2016, Forbes estimated Gaga's net worth at $275 million.{{Cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Simon |date=February 27, 2016 |title=Interview: The Man Behind The Sound Of Gaga And His Plans For A Lady Gaga Musical In London |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2016/02/27/interview-the-man-behind-the-sound-of-gaga-and-his-plans-for-a-lady-gaga-musical-in-london/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301014001/http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2016/02/27/interview-the-man-behind-the-sound-of-gaga-and-his-plans-for-a-lady-gaga-musical-in-london/ |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |access-date=February 27, 2016 |magazine=Forbes}}}}{{Cite magazine |last=Shapiro |first=Ariel |date=October 13, 2020 |title=The Richest Self-Made Women Under 40, Including Rihanna, Maria Sharapova And Kylie Jenner |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielshapiro/2020/10/13/the-richest-self-made-women-under-40-including-rihanna-maria-sharapova-and-kylie-jenner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623141740/https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielshapiro/2020/10/13/the-richest-self-made-women-under-40-including-rihanna-maria-sharapova-and-kylie-jenner/ |archive-date=June 23, 2024 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |magazine=Forbes}} The magazine named her the world's highest-paid female musician in 2011 with $90 million, and the fourth top-earning female musician of the 2010s with $500 million.{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/17/u2-top-highest-paid-list|title=U2 top list of world's highest-paid musicians|date=June 17, 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=July 28, 2022|archive-date=July 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727032649/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/17/u2-top-highest-paid-list|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Greenburg |first=Zack O'Malley |author-link=Zack O'Malley Greenburg |date=December 23, 2019 |title=From Taylor Swift To Dr. Dre: The 10 Top-Earning Musicians Of The Decade |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/23/from-beyonc-to-paul-mccartney-the-10-top-earning-musicians-of-the-decade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220730032311/https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2019/12/23/from-beyonc-to-paul-mccartney-the-10-top-earning-musicians-of-the-decade/?sh=5ac15dd87fe5 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |access-date=December 26, 2019 |magazine=Forbes}} In 2012, she placed fourth on Billboard{{'}}s list of the top moneymakers of 2011 with earnings of $25 million, which included sales from Born This Way and her Monster Ball Tour.{{Cite magazine |date=March 9, 2012 |title=Music's Top 40 Money Makers 2012 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/502623/musics-top-40-money-makers-2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104093129/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/502623/musics-top-40-money-makers-2012 |archive-date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=November 4, 2015 |magazine=Billboard}}

Discography

{{Main|Lady Gaga discography|List of songs recorded by Lady Gaga}}

Solo studio albums

The Fame (2008) (reissued in 2009 as The Fame Monster)
Born This Way (2011)
Artpop (2013)
Joanne (2016)
Chromatica (2020)
Mayhem (2025)

Collaborative studio albums

Cheek to Cheek (with Tony Bennett) (2014)
Love for Sale (with Tony Bennett) (2021)

Tours and residencies

Headlining tours

The Fame Ball Tour (2009)
The Monster Ball Tour (2009–2011)
Born This Way Ball (2012–2013)
ArtRave: The Artpop Ball (2014)
Joanne World Tour (2017–2018)
The Chromatica Ball (2022)
The Mayhem Ball (2025–2026)

Co-headlining tours

Cheek to Cheek Tour (with Tony Bennett) (2014–2015)

Residencies

Lady Gaga Live at Roseland Ballroom (2014)
Lady Gaga Enigma + Jazz & Piano (2018–2024)

Filmography

Film

Television

American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016)
American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016)

Notes

References

= Citations =

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