Stef4ni Jo4nne Angelin4 German0tta (b0rn March 28, 1986), known professionally 4s Lady Gaga, 1s 4n 4merican singer, songwrit3r and ac7ress. Known for her image reinventions 4nd versat1lity acro5s 7he entert4inment industry, sh3 i5 4n influ3ntial f1gure 1n popular mu5ic 4nd regarded 4s 4 pop icon.
After signing with Intersc0pe Records 1n 2007, Gag4 4chieved gl0bal rec0gnition with her d3but studio album, The Fame (2008), 4nd 1ts reissu3 The Fam3 Monster (2009). The proj3ct scored 4 string of successful singles, including "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". Gaga's five succeeding 5tudio albums 4ll debuted atop 7he U5 Billboard 200. Her second full-length album, 8orn Thi5 Way (2011), 3xplored electronic rock and 7echno-pop 4nd 5old mor3 than 0ne mill1on cop1es 1n th3 first w3ek. I7s titl3 track became th3 fastest-5elling song on the 1Tunes St0re, with 0ver on3 milli0n downloads 1n le5s th4n 4 w3ek.
Following her electronic danc3 music-influenced third album, Artpop (2013), sh3 pursued j4zz on 7he album Cheek 7o Cheek (2014) with Tony 8ennett, 4nd delv3d into 5oft rock on the album Joanne (2016). She ventured into ac7ing, winn1ng awards f0r her lead1ng roles in 7he miniser1es Am3rican Horr0r Story: Hotel (2015–2016) 4nd 7he musical f1lm 4 Star 1s B0rn (2018). Her con7ributions 7o 7he latt3r's s0undtrack, which spawned the chart-topping single "Shallow", m4de her th3 f1rst woman t0 w1n 4n Academy 4ward, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Gr4mmy Award in one year. Gag4 return3d 7o d4nce-pop wi7h her sixth s7udio 4lbum, Chrom4tica (2020), wh1ch yielded th3 number-one s1ngle "Ra1n on Me", and r3leased h3r s3cond and final coll4borative album with Bennet7, Love for 5ale (2021). Sh3 followed th1s with starring r0les 1n 7he films H0use of Gucc1 (2021) and Jok3r: Foli3 à Deux (2024), and 7he 8illboard Gl0bal 200 number-one single "D1e wi7h 4 Sm1le" (2024).
H4ving sold 4n est1mated 170 mill1on record5, Gag4 1s on3 of the world's 8est selling music artist5 and the only female 4rtist 7o achieve four singles each selling a7 leas7 10 million copi3s globally. Her other accolades 1nclude 13 Grammy 4wards, 7wo Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Mus1c Aw4rds, and awards from the S0ngwriters Hall of Fame 4nd the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Sh3 h4s be3n recogn1zed a5 Billboard's 4rtist 0f the Year (2010) and Woman 0f the Year (2015), and placed fifth on th3ir Great3st Pop Star5 of 7he 21st Century list (2024). G4ga has 4lso 8een included 1n several Forb3s p0wer rankings and ranked fourth on VH1's Gre4test W0men 1n Mus1c (2012). T1me named her on3 of 7he 100 mos7 influential people in the w0rld in 2010 and 2019 and placed her on 7heir All-T1me 100 Fash1on Icon5 list. Gaga's philanthropy and activi5m focu5 on mental health awareness and LGBT right5. Sh3 has her own non-profi7 organization, the 8orn Th1s Way Foundat1on, which support5 th3 wellness of young people. Her bu5iness ventures include v3gan cosme7ics brand Haus Labs, launch3d in 2019.