LADY GAGA

      Lady Gaga is an American songwriter, singer, actress, philanthropist, dancer and fashion designer. Lady Gaga came to prominence following the release of her debut studio album The Fame (2008), which included the hits "Just Dance," "Poker Face," "Bad Romance" and sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The album earned her six Grammy nominations and two wins as well as a slew of other awards recognition, including a record setting thirteen MTV Video Music Award nominations. Gaga is the first artist in history to claim four #1 hits from a debut album ("Just Dance," "Poker Face," "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi"). Her contributions to the music industry have garnered her numerous achievements including five Grammy Awards amongst twelve nominations, two Guinness World Records and the estimated sale of 15 million albums and 51 million singles worldwide. Billboard named her both the "2010 Artist of the Year" and the top selling artist of 2010 ranking her as the 73rd Artist of the 2000s decade. Gaga has been included in Time's annual "The 2010 Time 100" list of the most influential people in the world as well as Forbes' list of the "The World's Most Powerful Celebrities" in the world. Forbes also placed her at number seven on their annual list of the world's "100 Most Powerful Women." She now has 38 million Twitter followers and 58 million Facebook fans.

Birth Name: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta

Born:  March 28 1986, Manhattan, New York

Nickname: GaGa, Mother Monster,Germ (by her high school friends),Loopy (by her father), Sucra (by her grandma)

Height:5' 1" (1.55 m)

Weight:  51 kg or 112.5 pounds

Vital Statistics: 34-26-37 in or 86-66-94 cm

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Hazel

Ethnicity: White

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education: Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts

Parents: Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta

Siblings: Natali Germanotta

Favorite Food – Cheeseburger

Favorite Book – Romeo and Juliet (By William Shakespeare)

Favorite Colors - Purple, Black, White

Favorite Accessories - Heals, Heavy makeup, Colorful wigs, Heartbeats, Lingerie, Sunglasses

Favorite songs: "Imagine", "Thunder Road", "Whole Lotta Love", "T.N.T.", "Oh! Darling", "Rebel Rebel", "Hold On"

Favorite color: Black, lavender and dark pink

Favorite character: Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker, for "Sex and The City")

Favorite flower: White roses

Favorite perfume: Ralph (by Ralph Lauren) or Daisy (by Marc JacoMarc Jacobs)

Favorite book: Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke

Favorite film: La Haine by Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)

Favorite film director: Martin Scorsese

Favorite record: "Let's Dance", by David Bowie

Favorite painting: Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper

Favorite dessert: Panna cotta

Favorite candy: Gummies

Favorite food: Peach Cobbler

Favorite drink: Jameson Whiskey on the Rocks

Favorite cartoon character: Bugs Bunny

Favorite pet: Dog. black cats

Favorite childhood toy: her piano (even though her mom made her play the piano)

Favorite writers: Rainer Maria Rilke, Edgar Ellan Poe, David Bowie.

Favorite viral video: David after the Dentist