How Old is Lady Gaga?

Quick biography

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta — Lady Gaga — was born on March 28, 1986, in New York City. A piano prodigy who wrote her first ballad at 13, she dropped out of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts to chase music, grinding through downtown clubs before Akon and Interscope signed her in 2007.

The Fame (2008) detonated with “Just Dance” and “Poker Face,” and she never stopped shape-shifting: the Born This Way era’s LGBTQ anthems, the jazz standards with Tony Bennett, and then Hollywood — A Star Is Born (2018) earned her the Oscar for “Shallow,” making her one of the few artists to win an Academy Award, Grammy, BAFTA and Golden Globe. With 13 Grammys and an estimated 170 million records sold, she is among the best-selling artists ever.

Career highlights

• ✦2008 — The Fame; “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” go global.
• ✦2011 — Born This Way becomes an LGBTQ anthem.
• ✦2015 — Golden Globe for American Horror Story: Hotel.
• ✦2018 — A Star Is Born; Oscar for “Shallow.”
• ✦2020 — Chromatica returns her to dance-pop.
• ✦2025 — Mayhem album tops charts worldwide.

Personal life in brief

Gaga has been open about living with fibromyalgia and PTSD, and her Born This Way Foundation has funded youth mental-health programs for over a decade.

Legacy & influence

A fierce advocate for LGBTQ rights and youth mental health through her Born This Way Foundation, she remains one of the most searched entertainers in the world.

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