Lady Gaga is anything but another cookie-cutter blonde pop princess. Known for her infectious beats, oddball fashions and an unpredictable attitude, Gaga is a feisty addition to the music scene wrapped in a glittery bow-tied package.
Before burning up the charts with hits from her debut album The Fame, Stefani “Gaga” Germanotta was a college dropout who performed in Manhattan burlesque clubs and wrote songs for Britney Spears and New Kids on the Block. But thanks to five mega-hits (from “Just Dance” to “Bad Romance”) and countless risk-taking ensembles, the disco queen racked up five Grammy nominations in 2009.

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