Lady Gaga
USA, 2005–now
American singer, songwriter and performance artist (b. 1986, Stefani Germanotta). The Fame (2008) and its follow-ups fused dance-pop maximalism with avant-garde fashion and provocation, making her one of the defining pop stars of the 2010s before she pivoted to jazz, film and rootsier pop.
MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced Lady Gaga and 0 artists Lady Gaga influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Lady Gaga?
- Madonna — Gaga's provocation, reinvention and dance-pop maximalism draw openly on Madonna, the pop blueprint she is most often measured against.
- Queen — Gaga took her stage name from Queen's 'Radio Ga Ga' and cites Freddie Mercury's theatricality as a formative influence.
- David Bowie — David Bowie's shape-shifting personae are a touchstone for Gaga's theatrical reinvention; she paid tribute to him at the 2016 Grammys.