The Fame

The Fame is the debut album by American pop singer-songwriter Lady GaGa. It was released in August, 2008 by Interscope Records in Canada and some European countries. A revised edition with new tracks and different track-listing was released in Australia on November 15, 2008, in the US on October 28, 2008 and in Ireland and the UK on January 9, 2009 and January 12, 2009.Musically, The Fame is a dance-pop and synthpop album that has influences of pop music from the 1980s. Lyrically, the album visualizes Gaga’s love of fame in general whilst also dealing with subjects such as love, sex, money, drugs and sexual identity. Promotion was primarily through The Fame Ball Tour and multiple television appearances. The Fame was included as a bonus disc on the deluxe edition of the extended play, The Fame Monster (2009).

The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who commended the album’s lyrical content and Gaga’s musicianship and vocal ability, which have been compared to fellow pop singers such as Gwen Stefani. The album was a commercial success, topping the charts in different countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Poland and Switzerland. In the United States, it peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, while topping the Dance/Electronic Albums chart for 100 non-consecutive weeks. The Fame has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide.

The first two singles from The Fame, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”, gained international success, topping the charts in several countries worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.