Did you know that Lady Gaga was once disqualified from a Grammy category… and helped changed the rules forever? A 🧵 Lady Gaga released her debut single “Just Dance” in April 2008. The song was a sleeper hit and didn’t go number one on the Billboard Hot 100 until January 2009. It was, however, embraced by the dance community and in December 2008, “Just Dance” received a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording.

Lady Gaga’s most beautiful pianos, a 🧵 Royal Variety Performance, 2009

10-foot tall piano inspired by Salvador Dali’s “Temptation of St Anthony”

Production company: Area 51

Lady Gaga’s most iconic shoes, a 🧵

Marry The Night video, 2011

Designer: Noritaka Tatehana
Lady Pointe in pink, 18 inches

In honor of Lady Gaga’s debut album turning 15 this summer, here are some of the most random places she performed at before it became a hit.

A thread 🧵 A random fashion show where not a single soul knew who she was

You’ve probably heard this story: back in 2005, Lady Gaga’s classmates created a Facebook group called “Stefani Germanotta, you’ll never be famous.”



But we found someone who believed in Gaga when no one else did… in another group with just one member.



A thread 🧵 Back in 2005, when Facebook was limited to US universities, Lady Gaga’s classmates made a Facebook page called “Stefani Germanotta [Gaga’s real name], you will never be famous.”