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Most people I talk to look at me like I’m crazy when I say I’m a huge Lady Gaga fan because they say she’s weird or gothic.
I guess they base their opinions on her insanely spectacular stage antics. At the MTV Video Music Awards in September, she pretended to stab herself at her piano and finished the routine with “blood” spilling from her midsection before being “hung” from a chandelier.

Then, there’s the glass wall she broke and the glass bottles she shattered while playing a flaming piano and singing her latest hit song, “Speechless”, during her performance at the American Music Awards in November.

So maybe New Year’s organizers didn’t feel Lady Gaga was appropriate for ABC and NBC’s family-oriented New Year’s Eve broadcasts.
Well, they made a mistake, and Miami residents and visitors, including a bunch of young celebrities, were able to have Lady Gaga to themselves on New Year’s Eve as she performed four songs in front of the pool at Fontainebleu Hotel to help fans ring in New Year’s. She sold $1 million in tickets with tables selling for as much as $25,000
Lady Gaga is a musical genius with powerful vocal range, catchy dance steps and extraordinary skills as a pianist, songwriter and composer.
She was born Stephani Germanotta. Before bleaching her hair blonde, her long brunette locks, powerful vocals and magnificent piano skills drew comparisons to Nora Jones and Amy Winehouse.
Stephani dropped out of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Before she dropped out, she drew a lot of attention with her performance at a 2005 NYU talent show.

Stephani changed her name to Lady Gaga after one of her early producer’s nicknamed her Gaga because her vocal style was similar to late Queen rock band member Freddie Mercury, who sang “Radio Ga Ga”. Of course, gaga also means crazy.
Now that the lady has gone gaga, she has created her own name by combining the talents of Nora, Amy, Madonna, Cindy Lauper, Christina Aguilera and Britney in addition to being inspired by Queen, David Bowie and Michael Jackson.
Lady Gaga is sure to rake in Grammy Awards on Jan 31. She has five Grammy nominations, including album of the year, song of the year and record of the year.
Hopefully, then the masses can see Lady Gaga isn’t weird. She knows exactly what she’s doing, and she’s a musical genius.

By Teneshia LaFaye
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