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By: Claudia Smith

POP SINGER Lady Gaga, one of the most exciting and innovative new artists in recent history, has announced her highly anticipated return to North America on the heels of her sold-out European tour. Lady Gaga was born in Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta;on March 28, 1986,she is an American recording artist. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side. She soon signed with Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, upon its establishment in 2007. During her early time at Interscope, she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of Akon, who recognized her vocal abilities, and had her also sign to his own label, Kon Live Distribution.Her debut album, The Fame, was released on August 19, 2008. In addition to receiving generally positive reviews, it reached number-one in Canada, Austria, and Germany.

Lady Gaga has been influenced by glam rock musicians such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, as well as pop music artists such as Madonna and Michael Jackson. The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" inspired her stage name. She commented: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name... Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music."Madonna told Rolling Stone that she sees "herself in Lady Gaga." In response to the comparisons between herself and Madonna, Lady Gaga stated: "I don't want to sound presumptuous, but I've made it my goal to revolutionise pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago." Fashion icon, actress and singer Grace Jones has also been cited as an inspiration..She has often been likened to Blondie singer Debbie Harry. Alice Cooper called her style "vaudevillian".

By: Hannah Rosas

Do you have a great voice but can't find the right R&B beats to back it up or compliment it? Would you like to get those R&B beats with out having to spend thousands of dollars on a producer? Have you found that even the software to make R&B beats cost hundreds plus takes hours and hours of your time just to figure it out? Wether you want R&B beats to get your music career going or just for fun, there are some things you should know before you get started on your search that can not only save you time but money.

When searching for R&B beats on websites, you need to first know what the beats will be used for. Wether you are a solo artist or a group, you will need to make unique songs to record, sell and promote as singles or full albums but to do this you will be unique R&B beats. These are the kinds of decisions that need to be clear before you start your search for the right R&B beats. Being able to sample and buy R&B beats online makes it far less costly and time consuming.

Getting beats from producer's off line with not only cost a great deal for the R&B beats themselves but you will also have to sign some sort of agreement that with the producer to get exclusive rights to the R&B beats. This is why these type of beats are so expensive because the producer can only profit from them once. If you are just wanting to use it for promotional needs then it will not matter but if you want to use the R&B beat for other uses it will.