Stefani Germanotta (born 1986), better known by her stage name Lady GaGa, is a dance-pop and electronica musician signed to Interscope Records. On April 8, 2008 she released her first single Just Dance.
As a child Lady Gaga attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart School. At the age of 17 she gained early admission to the Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied music. By age twenty she began writing songs for Interscope Records artists, such as the Pussycat Dolls.
The stage name "Lady GaGa" according to an interview by Ron Slomowicz, was said to be a reference to the song "Radio Ga-Ga" by Queen.