Lady Gaga as Scáthach | AHS: Roanoke | FX

Academy Award®- nominated Lady Gaga is a one-of-a kind artist and performer. She holds the distinction of generating three consecutive number one albums on the Billboard Hot 100, continuously topping the charts with pop hits including “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “Paparazzi,” “Bad Romance,” “Telephone,” “Alejandro,” “Born This Way,” “The Edge of Glory,” and “Applause.” She has won six Grammy Awards® and amassed an outstanding 28 million global album sales and 140 million single sales, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Her new single, “Perfect Illusion” is due out this Fall. 

Known for her massive pop anthems and her fashion-forward aesthetics, Lady Gaga expanded her talents to television last Fall when she appeared as “The Countess” on the fifth installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series American Horror Story: Hotel for FX. Subsequently, she won the Golden Globe Award® for Best Actress — Miniseries or Television Film for her performance on the show. 

Lady Gaga has successfully collaborated with multi-platinum artists ranging from Beyoncé to Diane Warren — with whom she wrote “Til It Happens to You.” The song was featured in the documentary The Hunting Ground and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and an Emmy® for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics in 2016. Another collaborator of Lady Gaga’s is Tony Bennett, with whom she released “Cheek To Cheek,” a collection of American Jazz standards that won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Together they toured “Cheek To Cheek,” a live tour inspired by their 2014 PBS TV special which received a 2015 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special.

Lady Gaga’s other television credits include hosting Saturday Night Live in 2013 and as herself on The Simpsons in 2012. 

The first woman to receive the RIAA’s Digital Diamond Award, Lady Gaga has won six Grammy Awards, 13 MTV Video Music Awards, nominated for two Emmy Awards, named one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes four years in a row, featured as Billboard’s “Artist of the Year” multiple times, and been named one of the world’s most influential people by Time. Lady Gaga and her creative talents were most recently recognized by the Songwriters Hall of Fame with their first-ever Contemporary Icon Award, an award celebrating her iconic status in pop culture.

Known for her innovative and exciting fashion and performances, Lady Gaga has delighted her fans with massive tours including “The Fame Ball Tour” and “The Monster Ball Tour,” which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist. Her 2012/13 “Born This Way Ball” was ranked as the fifth highest-grossing tour in 2012 by Pollstar. It was followed by 2014’s “ArtRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” which reached more than one million fans across 24 countries, making it one of the year’s highest-grossing tours. 

With over 3.4 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living forces in social media with over 61 million likes on Facebook, over 62.9 million followers on Twitter, and over 18.5 million followers on Instagram.

In 2012, Lady Gaga launched the Born This Way Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth, embracing differences and inspiring kindness and bravery. She is also an outspoken activist and philanthropist, having been an outspoken supporter of many important issues including LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness and body image issues.