26 jul 2022 om 06:11
Platinum blonde singer with dance hits, pop icon in extravagant outfits, actress who impresses with her voice: Lady Gaga has been showing her many faces for fourteen years. Tuesday evening she will be with her show The Chromatica Ball at GelreDome in Arnhem. NU.nl uses her albums to explain how the singer keeps reinventing herself.
By: Michiel VosThe Fame (2008)
Lady Gaga, born Stefani Germanotta, is slowly but surely breaking through as her singles in 2008 Just Dance in Poker Face are picked up by radio stations and after a few months become big hits. The artist, with the trademark platinum blonde haircut with bangs, releases her debut album The Fame out wherever the hit Paparazzi on state. The record is full of contemporary pop music with an electronic and danceable slant. Around the time her first hits are taking over the world, Lady Gaga is still performing in venues such as Paradiso and Melkweg, which can accommodate about 1,500 people. Soon after, she made the switch to arena tours.
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The Fame Monster (2009)
Lady Gaga knows better than anyone that you have to strike while the iron is hot. After the success of her debut album, she quickly decided to come up with new music. The choice is made for a reissue of her first album with an EP with eight new songs on it; The Fame Monster. The first single Bad Romance became a worldwide hit again and is still known as one of her most influential hits. The singer and her team are taking things even bigger for this release. The musical productions are more layered, her outfits are even more eye-catching, and Beyoncé is roped in for the song Telephone for which an almost ten-minute video clip is being shot.
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Born This Way (2011)
About a year and a half after the publication of The Fame Monster Lady Gaga returns with an all-new album: Born This Way. The first single with the same title immediately becomes a number 1 hit again and is embraced as a kind of battle song especially by the LGBTQ+ community, which Lady Gaga has been committed to since the early days of her career. The album has sold more than a million copies in its first week. This phase in her career is characterized by somewhat dark video clips, a heavier sound and less radio-friendly productions. Although songs like Judas in The Edge Of Glory don’t do badly in the charts, they don’t match the success of previous singles.
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ARTPOP (2013)
After the release of the album ARTPOP Lady Gaga gets a lot of criticism. The electronic pop album, which feels more experimental than her earlier work, is not received with open arms by critics and the sales figures are also somewhat lower than with the previous albums. By the way, ARTPOP in the United States ‘just’ one of the ten best-selling albums of the year at the end of 2013. The promotion campaign of the album falls somewhat into the water when Do What U Wanta duet with the already discredited R. Kelly, is chosen as the second single. G.U.Y. is then still launched with an extensive video clip, but that release does not stir up much dust. Years later, fans of the singer are still behind the album and even ensure that the record was streamed and downloaded more. Lady Gaga thanks her loyal followers and says she is happy that the album, which she believes was ahead of its time, is still appreciated.
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Joanne (2016)
Lady Gaga later admits that the release of ARTPOP was going through a difficult period in her life. She concludes with the album Joanne for a fresh start. The electronic sounds that characterized her music have disappeared, giving way to guitars and a country and pop-rock influenced sound. Although the first single Perfect Illusion does not become the comeback that Lady Gaga may have hoped for, she hits the charts again in her homeland with the ballad Million Reasons. At this stage, she seems focused on underlining her vocal abilities and her musicality, usually leaving the extravagant outfits in the closet.
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A Star Is Born (2018)
The focus on her voice and the largely lack of electro-pop continues in the film A Star Is Born. In it she plays a singer who hopes for a breakthrough. the duet Shallowwhich she sings with co-star and director Bradley Cooper, brings Lady Gaga her biggest success since Born This Way has experienced. It not only earns her more than 1.8 billion streams on Spotify, but also an Oscar for best Soundtrack song. Also other songs from the movie, such as Always Remember Us This Way, storm the charts. It is not only the music from the film that puts Lady Gaga back in the spotlight: her acting performances are also praised and earn her an Oscar nomination.
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Chromatica (2020)
The album released just after the start of the corona pandemic Chromatics means Lady Gagas return to the dance floor. On the record, the singer once again embraces the danceable, electronic pop that made her great. Although the first single Stupid Love does not immediately make a big impression, the pop star manages to turn the tide with the second single Rain On Me, a duet with Ariana Grande. In addition to Grande, Elton John can also be heard on the album. Lady Gaga had to wait two years due to the measures surrounding the corona virus, but recently she finally kicked off the tour for this record. The show in GelreDome is part of only six concerts she gives in Europe.
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