terça-feira, 26 de abril de 2011

segunda-feira, 18 de abril de 2011

Lady Gaga's Biography


Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American pop singer-songwriter. After performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003 and later enrolling at New York University'sTisch School of the Arts, she soon signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and signed her to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.
Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album The Fame (2008), which was a commercial success and achieved international popularity with the singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album reached number one on the record charts of six countries, accomplished positions within the top-ten worldwide, and topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart while simultaneously peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States. Achieving similar worldwide success, The Fame Monster (2009), its follow-up, produced a further two global chart-topping singles "Bad Romance" and "Telephone" and allowed her to embark on a second global headlining concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just months after having finished her first, The Fame Ball Tour. Her second studio album, Born This Way, is scheduled for release on May 23, 2011 after the arrival of its eponymous lead single "Born This Way", which achieved the number-one spot in countries worldwide and was the fastest-selling single in iTunes history, selling one million copies in five days.
Inspired by glam rock artists like David BowieElton John and Queen, as well as pop singers such as MadonnaMichael Jackson, and Amy Winehouse, Gaga is well-recognized for her outré sense of style in fashion, in performance and in her music videos. Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including five Grammy Awards, among twelve nominations; two Guinness World Records; and the estimated sale of fifteen million albums and fifty-one million singles worldwide. Billboard named her both the Artist of the Year in 2010 and the top selling artist of 2010; ranking her as the 73rd Artist of the 2000s decade. Gaga has been included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world as well as Forbes' list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world. Forbes also placed her at number seven on their annual list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

quinta-feira, 7 de abril de 2011

Lady Gaga - Born this way (lyrics)

(Intro:)
"This is the manifesto of Mother Monster.
On Goat, a government-owned alien territory and space,

A birth of magnificent and magical proportions took place.
But the birth was not finite. It was infinite.
As the womb slumbered, and the mitosis of the future began,
It was perceived that this infamous moment in life is not temporal, it is eternal.
And thus began the beginning of the new race.
A race within the race of humanity.
A race which bares no prejudice, no judgement, but boundless freedom.
But on that same day, as the eternal mother hovered in the multiverse, another more terrifying birth took place.
The birth of evil.
And as she herself split into two, rotating in agony between two ultimate forces, the pendulum of joice began its dance.
It seems easy to imagine, to gravitate instantly and unwaveringly towards good.
But she wondered: how can I protect something so perfect without evil?"

It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'Cause you were born this way, Baby

(Verse:)

My mama told me when I was young
We are all born superstars

She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on
In the glass of her boudoir

'There's nothin wrong with lovin who you are'
She said, 'cause he made you perfect, babe'

'So hold your head up girl and you'll go far,
Listen to me when I say'

(Chorus:)

I'm beautiful in my way
'cause god makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way

Don't hide yourself in regret
Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way

(Post-chorus:)

Ooo there ain't no other way
Baby i was born this way
Baby i was born this way
Ooo there ain't no other way
Baby I was born
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way

Don't be a drag - just be a queen
Don't be a drag - just be a queen
Don't be a drag - just be a queen
Don't be!

(Verse:)

Give yourself prudence
And love your friends
Subway kid, rejoice your truth

In the religion of the insecure
I must be myself, respect my youth

A different lover is not a sin
Believe capital H-I-M (hey hey hey)
I love my life i love this record and
Mi amore vole fe yah (love needs faith)

(Chorus)

(Post-chorus)

(Bridge:)

Don't be a drag, just be a queen
Whether you're broke or evergreen
You're black, white, beige, chola descent
You're lebanese, you're orient
Whether life's disabilities
Left you outcast, bullied, or teased
Rejoice and love yourself today
'cause baby you were born this way

No matter gay, straight, or bi,
Lesbian, transgendered life
I'm on the right track baby
I was born to survive
No matter black, white or beige
Chola or orient made
I'm on the right track baby
I was born to be brave

(Chorus)

I was born this way hey!
I was born this way hey!
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way hey!

I was born this way hey!
I was born this way hey!
I'm on the right track baby
I was born this way hey!