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- Lady Gaga, a 22-year-old singer who had spent two years performing on the New York club scene, released her debut album “The Fame”. The album presented fame primarily as a matter of attitude. Thanks to the hits “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”, she became known around the world, not just in her own imagination.
- Lady Gaga asked her fans to stop making online threats against her critics. She said she did not approve of hateful or abusive behavior toward others and that such a way of dealing with emotions was not healthy. Some of her fans had sent death threats on Twitter to dance music producer Deadmau5, who had criticized Gaga over her video collaboration with artist Marina Abramović.
- At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga was the evening’s most successful performer. She won the Artist of the Year award, the Song of the Year award for “Rain on Me” with Ariana Grande, and the MTV Tricon Award. Due to restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, new categories were also awarded: Best Music Video From Home, won by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber for “Stuck with U”, and Best Quarantine Performance, won by CNCO for “Unplugged at Home”. BTS won Best Group, Coldplay won Best Rock for “Orphans”, and Video of the Year went to The Weeknd for “Blinding Lights”.