Today is Lady Gaga’s birthday! The “Born This Way” singer is celebrating her 26th birthday. I absolutely adore Lady Gaga. She is a true example of creating her own path and dancing to the beat of her own drum. I love that she uses her music to encourage people to be free in their own skin and to love themselves first. She is as innovative as she is eccentric. In honor of her birthday, here are 10 things you didn’t know about Lady Gaga:
- Her birth name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
- Lady Gaga attended Covenant of the Sacred Heart school. Her family is Roman Catholic.
- She attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts until the age of 19 when she began to solely focus on music.
- She started performing on the rock music scene in Lower Manhattan.
- Akon was the first person to sign Lady Gaga to his Kon Live Distribution label.
- Lady Gaga has sold 23 million albums and 64 million singles.
- Gaga says that she is a family girl and is very old fashioned.
- She has a line of lipsticks with MAC Cosmetics called, “Viva Glam Gaga.” All of the proceeds went to support HIV and AIDS.
- Lady Gaga founded the Born This Way Foundation that focuses on youth empowerment, anti-bullying, and self confidence.
- She received the media GLADD award on March 24th for he work with the LGBT community.
