Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga  (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta; March 28, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.  Her debut album The Fame (2008) was a critical and commercial success that produced global chart-topping singles such as “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”.  Her second full-length album Born This Way was released in 2011, topping the charts in more than 20 countries, including the United States.  In 2014, Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek, which became her third consecutive number one in the United States.  With global album and single sales of 27 million and 146 million respectively, as of January 2016, she is one of the best-selling musicians of all time.  Her achievements include twelve Guinness World Records, three Brit Awards, and six Grammy Awards.  She is also the first artist to win the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Icon Award.  In 2013, Gaga finished second on Time’s readers’ poll of the most influential people of the past ten years; while in 2015, she was named Billboard’s Woman of the Year.  (More from Wikipedia)