Full Name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Birth Date: March 28, 1986
Birth Place: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 5’1″

Trivia
Has three tattoos, one her on wrist, shoulder blade, and lower back.

Is of Italian descent.

Used to be a go-go dancer.

The album’s lead single, “Just Dance”, was released on April 8, 2008 and had reached number one in five countries.

Went to the same school with Paris Hilton.

She has been influenced by David Bowie, Queen, Madonna, and Michael Jackson.

Attended a private Catholic school.

At seventeen, she was one of twenty people in the world to have gained early admission to the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Her stage name, Lady GaGa, is a reference to the song “Radio Ga-Ga” by Queen.

Interscope music executive Vincent Herbert hired her in January 2008 as a music writer.

She states that she is “very into fashion” and that it is “everything”.

Her song “Boys, Boys, Boys” was inspired by Mötley Crüe’s hit “Girls, Girls, Girls”.

She learned how to play the piano at the age of four, wrote her first piano ballad at 13, and began performing at open mic nights by the age of 14.

Her parents are Joseph, an Internet entrepreneur, and Cynthia, a telecommunications assistant.

She makes mention of the band, The Killers, in her song “Boys, Boys, Boys”.

On February 20, 2009, she donated tickets and a meet and greet, for any show on her Fame Ball tour, in the US or Canada, to raise money for Odyssey Charter School and elementary schools in Los Angeles affected by budget cuts.

Has a younger sister.

Is a natural brunette.

Attended Sacred Heart school in New York City.

Bleached her hair blonde in light of the fact that she was being mistaken for Amy Winehouse by interviewers while trying to make it big.

Has a contralto vocal range.