
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


The numbers are staggering: more than 1 billion music video online hits, record sales of more than 50 million, number 7 on the Forbes List of the world's 100 most influential women. Not bad at all for 24 year old Stefani Germanotta, a girl from New York's Lower East Side whom the world now knows as Lady Gaga. In this week's Christmas day Profile, Stephen Smith follows Germanotta's story from rebellious, classically trained pianist to pop's newest and hottest icon.
By BBC Radio 44.1
9898 ratings
The numbers are staggering: more than 1 billion music video online hits, record sales of more than 50 million, number 7 on the Forbes List of the world's 100 most influential women. Not bad at all for 24 year old Stefani Germanotta, a girl from New York's Lower East Side whom the world now knows as Lady Gaga. In this week's Christmas day Profile, Stephen Smith follows Germanotta's story from rebellious, classically trained pianist to pop's newest and hottest icon.

7,913 Listeners

376 Listeners

863 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

5,576 Listeners

1,808 Listeners

1,729 Listeners

1,018 Listeners

1,952 Listeners

1,996 Listeners

488 Listeners

49 Listeners

32 Listeners

33 Listeners

129 Listeners

159 Listeners

52 Listeners

75 Listeners

108 Listeners

2,734 Listeners

3,245 Listeners

1,010 Listeners

100 Listeners

45 Listeners

48 Listeners