In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Lightning ...

Lady Gaga’s 2008 hit “Poker Face” has a surprising queer origin. During a recent performance of the song at her long-running Las Vegas residency, “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano” at the Dolby Live Theater in ...

Another show, another tumble on stage. Just one week after Lady Gaga met a less-than-cooperative piano bench during her performance in Houston, she gave new meaning to the term wardrobe malfunction ...

“Poker Face” was a huge moment in Lady Gaga’s career. Gaga’s previous single was her first one, “Just Dance,” which topped the Hot 100 chart. There’s a lot of pressure that comes with following a ...

Lady Gaga made a splash in the music industry with her debut single “Just Dance” in early 2008. Later that year, she released “Poker Face,” the second single from her debut album The Fame. “Poker Face ...

“Poker Face” is one of Lady Gaga‘s most famous early songs. Kanye West heard it and subsequently sampled it for a song he produced for Kid Cudi. West was surprised to learn the meaning of Gaga’s track ...

Before The Fame, Lady Gaga was schlepping her keyboard up and down stairs to her walk-up apartment, playing Lower Manhattan venues and dive bars in New York City, all while writing songs for other ...