Lady Gaga
Aug 18, 2013
Lady Gaga is back with a fourth studio album entitled ARTPOP and it will be released in two volumes set to come out on November 11th via Interscope Records. The lead-off track is entitled "Applause" and with its spiky, new wave verses and uptempo, super-smooth chorus, it sets expectations high for ARTPOP. This first single captures Gaga's unique combination of purposes, where she looks to push the artistic envelope while still maintaining the love and support of large hordes of her Little Monsters. That's a tough maneuver, but with "Applause" she certainly pulls it off.
Alongside her music endeavors, Gaga will make her debut film appearance in Robert Rodriguez's upcoming movie Machete Kills. She will play the role of La Chameleón, starring alongside an ensemble cast in the action film that is due to hit cinema screens on September 13th.
Lady Gaga was born and raised in New York City and she often performed in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side. In 2008, Lady Gaga came to prominence with her debut studio album, The Fame, which was a critical and commercial success. The record included the international number-one tracks "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". In 2009, her extended play, The Fame Monster, was released to a similar reception, and produced the hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro". Its accompanying Monster Ball Tour became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Lady Gaga's second album, Born This Way (2011), topped albums charts in most major markets and generated chart-topping songs "Born This Way", "Judas", and "The Edge of Glory". Lady Gaga is recognized for her flamboyant, diverse and outré contributions to the music industry through her fashion, performances and music videos. As of October 2011, she had sold an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide and her singles are some of the best-selling worldwide. Her achievements include five Grammy Awards and 13 MTV Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga has consecutively appeared on Billboard magazine's Artists of the Year (scoring the definitive title in 2010), ranked fourth in VH1's list of 100 Greatest Women in Music, is the fourth best selling digital singles artist in US according to RIAA, is regularly placed on lists composed by Forbes magazine, including The World's 100 Most Powerful Women from 2010 to 2013,[ and was named one of the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.