Her achievements include several Guinness World Records, six Grammys, three Brit Awards, and an award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Having sold 27 million albums and 146 million singles as of January 2016, Gaga is one of the best-selling music artists in history. She also contributed to the latter's soundtrack, which made her the only woman to achieve five US number one albums in the 2010s. During this period, Gaga also ventured into acting, playing leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel, for which she received a Golden Globe Award, and the musical romantic drama film A Star Is Born. Her collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett, titled Cheek to Cheek, and her soft rock-influenced fifth studio album, Joanne, also topped the US charts. Gaga ventured into EDM with her third studio album Artpop, which reached number one in the US and included the single "Applause". Its title track became the fastest selling song on the iTunes Store with over a million downloads in less than a week. The album peaked atop the US Billboard 200 and sold more than one million copies in the country during its first week. Gaga's second full-length album Born This Way explored electronic rock and techno-pop. A follow-up EP, The Fame Monster, featuring the singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro", also proved successful. She rose to prominence the following year with her debut album, the electropop record The Fame, and its chart-topping singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
After Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where Akon helped her sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own label KonLive Distribution in 2007. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a music career. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She is known for her unconventionality and provocative work, as well as visual experimentation. I have to be confident in who I am.Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Whether it is through my social media or whatever, I want anyone who looks up to me to know that I go through the same problems. You are you 120 percent, through and through. No other person can be you 100 percent no one has your fingerprint no one has your DNA. If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself. That's a word that doesn't really enter my vocabulary. The star later said this about excessive photoshopping in a New You interview: "There is no such thing as ugly. So I took it upon myself to release the real pic (right side) and I love it." Anyone who knows who I am knows I stand for honest and pure self love. "Do you find this funny? I will write another paragraph to educate you aswell #youreallywannabenext?" she tweeted, later adding, "Now.everyone go look in the mirror at their beautiful body, and love that s-t #thickgirlswinning #skinnygirlswinning #weallwinning."Īlso in 2016, Zendaya called out a magazine for photoshopping her, writing on Instagram, "These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have.
In 2016, the star clapped back online after being accused of being a "thinspo model" for "impressionable tweens." Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Zendaya
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