Lady Gaga
The Mother Monster firmly took her place of iconic status in 2011. Her third album, Born This Way, exploded on to the charts coming in at #1 with first week sales of over 1 Million copies sold in it's first week out! And the title track and lead single also hit #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 singles chart. It speaks for all of the young people who might be struggling with their sexual identity - stating quite simply, whether you are gay, lesbian, or transgender, you were born this way baby!
This amazing song inspired an entire episode of Glee where the cast of characters learned to embrace their unique individuality. It culminated with a group performance of the song where they all wore t-shirts with bold words proclaiming the qualities they are proud to accept about themselves.
In addition, the Season 10 finalists of American Idol had the privilege of being mentored by Lady Gaga this year. While most of the young finalists were too shy and conservative to truly appreciate her avante garde and artistic perspective it's the kind of experience that they can only grow and learn from.
The album is jam packed with amazing songs exemplified by the many follow-up singles. Judas picks up the beat where Bad Romance left off and Edge of Glory follows the trend of bringing the saxophone solo back to pop music with the outstanding contribution from Clarence Clemons.
At this year's MTV Video Music awards she opened the show with a performance of the single You and I. She completely embodied the role of a male character that she created for the video. But she didn't just stop there with the performance - she totally committed to the part for the entire evening making all of her subsequent appearances as a presenter and even in the audience as the character.
She is an amazing artist that backs it up with high quality, catchy and socially relevant music. She is ending 2011 with a very deserved Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
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