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How Gaga Became "Woman Of The Year"
Billboard brings the recepits on why Gaga is WOTY 2015:
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HOW THE WOTY WAS WON 2015
From her jaw-dropping Julie Andrews tribute at the Oscars to her bloody (and convincing) American Horror Story role, how Lady Gaga redefined herself this year
FEB. 14
Gaga announced her engagement to actor Taylor Kinney with an Instagram snap of a heart-shaped diamond, captioned “He gave me his heart on Valentine’s Day, and I said YES!”
FEB. 22
The star’s critically lauded medley to honor The Sound of Music’s 50th anniversary drew a standing ovation at the 87th Academy Awards and featured numbers “Do Re Mi” and “Edelweiss.”
APRIL 26
Alongside partner-in-jazz Tony Bennett, she delighted the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival crowd with cuts from the Great American Songbook off their 2014 duets album, Cheek to Cheek.
JUNE 8
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined forces with Gaga to co-write an op-ed exclusively for Billboard, pushing for legislation to combat sexual assault on college campuses.
JUNE 19
“I feel extremely unaccomplished as a songwriter,” the humbled star said while accepting the Contemporary Icon Award at the 46th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction & Awards Gala.
SEPT. 18
She released the video for “Til It Happens to You,” a song co-written with Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren as a sexual assault PSA for the 2015 documentary The Hunting Ground.
OCT. 2
The hitmaker became the first artist in history to sell more than 7 million downloads of two tracks — “Just Dance” (featuring Colby O’Donis) and “Poker Face,” off her acclaimed 2008 debut, The Fame.
OCT. 7
Gaga made her small- screen debut to rave reviews (alongside veteran actress Kathy Bates) as The Countess on American Horror Story: Hotel, the fifth season of the Ryan Murphy horror anthology.
OCT. 19
Received the Young Artist Award at the National Arts Awards (her “most meaningful” honor) before a crowd including Jeff Koons, Klaus Biesenbach and fellow honoree Sophia Loren.
OCT. 24
The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and the Born This Way Foundation hosted the Emotion Revolution Summit, featuring panels and workshops by advocates and educators.
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