To inform the audience about Lady Gaga- Her early life and fame Thesis: I, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, am well recognized all around the world for dance music and extravagant fashion clothes. I'm a feisty addition to the music industry wrapped in a glittery bow tie package.Introduction Attention Getter: Most people see me as being weird, odd and mostly crazy! I see myself as being unique and most definitely just being Lady Gaga. Whether it be with my outré sense of style or my off the wall hair, I like to stand out and be well known.
That is why when a reporter told me I some what resembled Amy Winehouse I immediately dyes my hair from jet black to platinum blonde. I want to be known for my own look!Thesis Statement: I. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, am well recognized all around the world for dance music and extravagant fashion clothes. I'm a feisty addition to the music industry wrapped in a glittery bow tie package. Preview of Main Points: And on this very day you will know more about me than you have ever known. You will hear about my early life, how I was discovered, uncommon little facts about me and finally what I am doing now.
II. Transition: Nobody ever thought I would be as famous as I am now, even though I was a very talented little girl and everyone had high hopes for me. I was born March 28th of 1986, in Yonkers, New York.1.
My parents were Joe and Cynthia Germanotta. a) I have one sister, Natali Veronica Germanotta, or better known as Baby Gaga. b) Natali is 20 and is a fashion student. c) Some say I'm not the only monster in my family with talent.
I agree my sister has as much potential as me.2. My parents have always been there for me by supporting and protecting me. They have always wanted the best for their daughters.
a) I grew up in Manhattan's Upper West Side in a beautiful apartment building. b) We had no doors to our bedrooms in the apartment, as my parents always liked to know what was going on and what was being said.3. From an early age I was interested in performing. I was always an entertainer.
I had my eyes set on becoming a famous performer. a) As a child I was intrigued by rock and pop music. b) And I had learned to play the piano by the time I was four. c) By thirteen I had wrote my first song.
d) And by fourteen I was performing at open mic nights.4. During High School I wasn't at all popular. a) I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds and my school work suffered at one point.
b) What hurt more than the name calling was when my school mates organized a party and I was deliberately excluded. For all these reasons I was ashamed of who I was. c) When certain things were said to me over and over again as I was growing up, it stayed with me and I still wonder if its true.B. After High School was done and over with I wasn't going to let anything bring me down. I knew things would get better, but I also knew I wouldn't get famous over night.
When I earned my high school diploma from the Convent of the Sacred Heart Catholic school I enrolled at New York University's prestigious Tisch School for the Arts. a. However, in 2005 my time at the institution proved short as I decided that formal training wasn't what I needed to accomplish my goal. b.
And I dropped out of NYU.2. Soon after I started performing as a go-go dancer and got my name Lady Gaga from the song "Radio Ga-Ga" by Queen. 3. During the day I was holding down a day job as a music publisher. a.
This is when I entered into a serious relationship with cocaine. b. I thought I was going to die. c. I never really did it for the high, it was more for the romanticism of Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger and all the artists that I loved. I wanted to be them and live their life, I wanted to understand how they saw things.
d. This all ended when my family encouraged me to give up drugs and focus on my career.III. Transition: From then on, Lady Gaga was born.
By early 2006 I had begun singing with a couple of local glam rock bands. And soon accidentally I came across my first record deal. When a Def Jam executive signed me on the spot after hearing me sing in the hallway. This contract came to nothing. C.
I then soon started performing with New York burlesque performer Lady Starlight. Lady Starlight was like my mentor. We appeared together as Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue, where many came to watch and it helped raise my public profile. D. I then landed another contract with a music label, but this time it was as a songwriter.
I also had begun working on pop tunes with producer RedOne.My work than attracted the attention of Sony and soon I was penning tracks for the Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, and Fergie. From here I met Akon and he signed me to his own. E.
Short months later my single "Just Dance" was released and resided atop of the charts of no fewer than seven different countries.IV. Transition: This is when I began to feel the fame and knew I would go far. I set out for my first solo act in 2008.Opening for 1980's New Kids on the Block.
In September of that year my single "Poker Face" topped the trio of dance music charts. B. With my extravagant fashion choices, I influenced major fashion innovators like Marc Jacobs. My album The Fame then went multi-platinumAnd soon after I spawned a third chart-topping single, "Love Game" After that I soon came out with songs like "Bad Romance" and "Telephone". C. My success continued after releasing my third album Born This Way.
On March 24, 2011 I became the most followed person on Twitter with nine million followers.. I then released a country version of the single "Born This Way". This lead me to launch the Born This Way Foundation, to make the world a better place for those who are considered different by society.
D. I have been included in many top placements on Forbes lists. I am the only artist in digital era to top the 5 million sales mark with my first 2 hits. I was #7 on worlds "100 most powerful women" even coming ahead of Oprah Winfrey.
I was 2010 artist of the year.And with my annual earnings of 62 million dollars it made me one of music's top ten earners. V. Conclusion: To this day I am still the best.
