Given that Lady GaGa’s style and sounds have dominated the year in pop it may only surprise a few of you that she’s stormed to the top of our listener chart. Released in the UK in January (although other territories had it earlier) The Fame has proved to be the most impressive, assured, catchy and triumphant debut album of the year, and possibly for a lot longer than that too. A fully-formed star from the off, Lady GaGa brought electro, hip-hop, pop, dance and a little dash of rock to the party, a lively cocktail that proved tough to shake on radio stations, TV shows, soundtracks… pretty much anywhere with a speaker actually.
Hype-O-Meter says:
Hot new artist (89°F)
How quickly this artist got hot in 2009 on a scale of 69°(warm) to 110°(scorching)
If The Fame is the album of the year then surely ‘Poker Face’ is the defining track. While GaGa initially claimed the track was clearly about sex and gambling, the New York native later revealed during a 2am set in Palm Springs that the track related to her experiences as a bisexual. It remains at the top of her artist scrobbles week-in, week-out, often generating as many as double the plays of singles ‘LoveGame’ and ‘Paparazzi’, and it has been such a success that Christopher Walken and Eric Cartman have both been moved to cover it.
Lady GaGa will be touring The Monster Ball in support of new album The Fame Monster; maybe you’ll see her here next year?
11.28.2009 | Toronto, On, CA 
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Lady Gaga – Christmas Tree