Five years ago, Lady Gaga did not exist. Then 19, Stefani Germanotta was waitressing and singing in dingy New York clubs. But she had bigger goals. “Don’t ask me how or why,” she sings in “The Fame,” her debut album’s title track, which recalls the genesis of her career, “but I’m gonna make it happen.”
Gaga broke through last year as a global phenomenon, musing on “disco sticks,” channeling Madonna’s glitter-glam fashion, and cribbing shock-rock performance notes from Alice Cooper. Some critics say she’s derivative. But Gaga has done something unprecedented, melding her inspirations with au courant dance pop and Web savvy to build a business empire notable for both the speed of its creation and the diversity of its platforms.
Source: Fast Company
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