Interesting Things to Know About Lady Gaga

You’ve heard about her and her songs but what more do you know? Here are 17 interesting things you probably didn’t know about Lady Gaga.

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No matter how much of a little monster you are, you probably do not know everything about Lady Gaga. She is one of the hottest artists around (You heard it from me).

Here are some interesting things you might want to know about her to get you excited for her upcoming shows.

1. Lady Gaga’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
2. She got the inspiration for her stage name from the Queen’s 1984 song “Radio Ga Ga.”
3. She was born on March 28, 1986 in Yonkers, New York to Joseph Germanotta and Cynthia Germanotta. Currently, she is 34 years old.
4. She attended New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts but left when she was 19 years old to pursue her music career and to find creative expression.
5. Lady Gaga’s natural hair colour is brown, her eye colour is green, and her height is 5ft1 (1.55 meters).
6. She is a southpaw, and she calls her fans “little monsters.”
7. She has a sister who is named Natali. Natali is a fashion student and was born on March 10, 1992.
8. When she was four years old, her mother made her sit at the piano for an hour a day, whether she was interested in playing or not.
9. Gaga has been singing and acting since she was four years old; her first performance was in her first-grade play. Little Stefani made her own costume out of tinfoil and hangers.
10. She attended the oldest independent girl’s school in Manhattan and she was one of the few students with an after-school job; a waitress at an Upper West Side diner.
11. In her freshman year of high school, she joined a cover band that played classic rock like Led Zeppelin and U2.
12. Lady Gaga has more than twenty tattoos including a peace symbol and the phrase “Little Monsters”, but her first tattoo was a G clef on her lower back.
13. Her debut album, The Fame was written and co-produced by Lady Gaga herself. Also, one of her songs “Telephone” was written by Rodney Jerkins and Lady Gaga.
14. Her song “Born This Way” was released on February 11, 2011. It was inspired by Carl Bean’s 1977 gay disco anthem, I was Born This Way.
15. Her second album The Fame Monster was promoted on November 23, 2009. The album became the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide.
16. She was ranked as the second most powerful musician in the world.
17. Lady Gaga is the first woman to ever win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe in the same year, all for A Star is Born.

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