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Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelica Germanotta on March 28, 1986 in New York City
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Lady Gaga starting playing the piano at age four and used this as the source of writing songs
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At age 13 Lady Gaga starting writing her first songs.
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By the year 2005, Lady Gaga was performing in Open Mic Nights and studying to be an actress at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
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By 2006, Lady Gaga admitted early from Art School and started writing songs for Def Jams. She returned to the city and started to record demos and gain gigs at clubs and theaters.
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In 2007, Lady Gaga was performing with Lady Starlight in Lower East Side clubs and lounges. 2007 was also the year that Lady Gaga came out with her first minor hit "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich".
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Lady Gaga landed a recording contract with Interscope and wrote for hit artists such as Britney Spears and the Pussycat Dolls. He wrote with Akon who saw great talent in her and got her a partial record deal with Kon Live Distribution.
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As 2008 went on, Lady Gaga released her first album "The Fame". The album opened at number one with three number one hits, which made her one of the few artists to have a debut album with three number one sinlges. The three singles were "Just Dance", "Poker Face", and "Paparazzi".
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In 2009, Lady Gaga released her second album called "The Fame Monster." This time Gaga collaborated with Beyonce and wrote new number ones like "Bad Romance" and "Telephone".
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Lady Gaga began her new tour "The Monster Ball" around the world.
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Lady Gaga was nominated for nine MTV Music Video Awards. She took home "Best New Artist" and two other awards for her song "Paparazzi".
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Lady Gaga continued her success when she won "Best Dance Recording", "Song of the Year", and "Record of the Year".
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Lady Gaga released her next major single "Born this Way". "Born this Way" the album is to be released on May 23, 2011 as her third release in three years.
