Gaga is constantly reinventing herself, and following the release of her Born This Way album in May 2011, we saw her with prosthetic horns and ridges on her shoulders, forehead, and cheekbones. This was Gaga's way of showing the world who she really was and encouraging others to not be afraid to be themselves.
"I was born this way. It's that very simple, over-arching phrase that has really set me free as an artist," she explained at the time. "It's set me free of my insecurities as an artist, my insecurities as a person — as a human. I separate artist and human because a lot of other people separate artist and human, but on this album it's conceived that I am fully an artist and I am fully human. And that is my destiny. It is my destiny to follow my artistic visions to their fullest. I was born this way."
The lead song from the album, "Born This Way," became the fastest-selling single ever on Apple's iTunes, racking up more than one million downloads in five days! Gaga also scored three Grammy nominations for the album, including best pop vocal album and album of the year.
As far as her personal life was concerned, Gaga began dating Taylor Kinney after he played her love interest in her "You and I" music video. The two dated for four years and eventually got engaged on Valentine's Day in 2015. However, they ended up breaking up a year later, though they still remain good friends.
