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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (New York, 28 maart 1986), beter bekend als Lady Gaga, is een Amerikaans zangeres, songwriter, actrice en pianiste. Ze brak in 2009 wereldwijd door met de singles Just Dance en Poker Face, die in veel landen nummer 1-hits werden. Daarna scoorde ze ook megahits met nummers als Paparazzi (2009), Bad Romance (2009), Telephone (2010), Alejandro (2010), Born This Way (2011), Applause (2013) Shallow (2018), Rain on Me (2020) en Die with a Smile (2024).

Gaga won verschillende Grammy Awards, onder meer in 2010 voor haar debuutalbum The Fame (beste dancealbum) en in 2011 voor haar album The Fame Monster (beste vocale popalbum). Haar nummer Poker Face, dat wereldwijd de bestverkochte single was van 2009, werd bekroond met een Grammy voor de beste danceplaat. Poker Face (13 miljoen verkochte exemplaren) en Bad Romance (12 miljoen verkochte exemplaren) behoren tot de best verkochte singles aller tijden.

Lady Gaga heeft haar artiestennaam ontleend aan het nummer Radio Ga Ga van de Britse rockgroep Queen.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in popular music. With estimated sales of 124 million records, she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Publications such as Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked her among the greatest artists in history.

After signing with Interscope Records in 2007, Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut album, The Fame (2008), and its reissue The Fame Monster (2009). The project scored a string of successful singles, including "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". Her second studio album, Born This Way (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies first-week. Its title track became the fastest-selling song on the iTunes Store, with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her electronic dance music-influenced third album, Artpop (2013), she pursued jazz on the album Cheek to Cheek (2014) with Tony Bennett, and delved into soft rock on the album Joanne (2016).

Gaga also ventured into acting, gaining praise for her leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016) and the films A Star Is Born (2018) and House of Gucci (2021). Her contributions to the A Star Is Born soundtrack, which spawned the chart-topping single "Shallow", made her the first woman to win an Academy, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award in one year. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her album Chromatica (2020), which yielded the number-one single "Rain on Me". She reunited with Bennett for their second and final collaborative album, Love for Sale (2021), and revisited her early pop sound on the album Mayhem (2025), which contains the chart-topping single "Die with a Smile".

Gaga has amassed six number-one studio albums and six number-one songs on the US Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts, respectively, and is the only female artist with four singles that have each sold at least 10 million copies globally. According to Forbes, she was the world's highest-paid female musician and the most powerful celebrity in 2011, while Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019. Her accolades include 14 Grammy Awards, a Sports Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, 22 MTV Video Music Awards, and a recognition from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Gaga's philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBTQ rights. Her business ventures include vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs and the non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation, which supports the wellness of young people.