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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American pop singer-songwriter. After enrolling at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003 and later performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side.

SHE IS ALSO THE ONLY ARTIST IN THE DIGITAL ERA TO TOP THE 5 MILLION SALES MARK WITH HER FIRST TWO HITS. GAGA BROKE THE RECORD WHEN HER SINGLE "POKER FACE" REACHED 5 MILLION IN SALES AFTER HER DEBUT SINGLE "JUST DANCE" ACCOMPLISHED THE SAME FEAT THE YEAR BEFORE. SHE HAS OVER 1.3 BILLION COMBINED VIEWS OF ALL HER VIDEOS ONLINE. SHE IS ALSO A STAPLE IN THE SOCIAL NETWORKING WORLD SeaRCH WAS HERE. SHE'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST LIVING PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK WITH OVER 33 MILLION 'LIKES' AND IS #1 ON TWITTER WITH OVER 9.5 MILLION FOLLOWERS.

GAGA IS WELL-RECOGNIZED FOR HER OUTRÉ SENSE OF STYLE AS A RECORDING ARTIST, IN FASHION, IN PERFORMANCE AND IN HER MUSIC VIDEOS. HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAVE GARNERED HER NUMEROUS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDING FIVE GRAMMY AWARDS AMONGST TWELVE NOMINATIONS, TWO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS AND THE ESTIMATED SALE OF 15 MILLION ALBUMS AND 51 MILLION SINGLES WORLDWIDE. BILLBOARD NAMED HER BOTH THE "2010 ARTIST OF THE YEAR" AND THE TOP SELLING ARTIST OF 2010 RANKING HER AS THE 73RD ARTIST OF THE 2000S DECADE. GAGA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN TIME'S ANNUAL "THE 2010 TIME 100" LIST OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AS WELL AS FORBES' LIST OF THE "THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CELEBRITIES" IN THE WORLD. FORBES ALSO PLACED HER AT NUMBER SEVEN ON THEIR ANNUAL LIST OF THE WORLD'S "100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN."