Madonna's influence can be heard in songs such as " Born This Way" and " Scheiße". Writing and composition Influences and themes Brian May, a guitarist of Queen, and Clarence Clemons, a former member of the E Street Band, worked with Gaga on the album. I've already written the first single for the new album and I promise you, that this album is the greatest of my career." īesides sessions on tour buses, recording sessions and mixing for the album took place at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, Studios 301 in Sydney, Australia, Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia, Gang Studios in Paris, France, Livingroom Studios in Oslo, Norway, Allerton Hill in the United Kingdom, Warehouse Productions Studio in Omaha, Nebraska, Studio at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, Officine Meccaniche in Milan, Italy, Miami Beach Recording Studio in Miami Beach, Florida, and Germano Studios in New York City. I write music every day." In another interview, she declared the album "the anthem of generation," as she continued, "It includes the greatest music I've ever written. I've been working on it for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. A few months after the announcement, Gaga exclaimed that she had finished writing songs for the album: "It came so quickly. Meanwhile, producer RedOne described it as Gaga's "freedom album" as her manager, Troy Carter, felt her public image would begin to change after the release of Born This Way. In March 2010, Gaga disclosed that she was working on a new album, saying that she had written most of the songs for the proposed album. On May 28, 2021, Gaga announced Born This Way The Tenth Anniversary, "a special anniversary release" of the album featuring six renditions by artists of the LGBT community. In November 2011, Born This Way, and its remix album, Born This Way: The Remix, were packaged as a compilation album titled Born This Way: The Collection. Gaga has performed songs from the album on different occasions, including the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards and the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, as well as in other events and on worldwide television, including her third headlining concert tour, Born This Way Ball (2012–2013). As of 2021, it has more than 5.8 billion global streams, 5.2 million physical copies sold and 31 million digital tracks sold. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Born This Way was the third global best-selling album of 2011. The album's fifth official single, " Marry the Night", charted within the top-thirty in the United States. A promotional single from the album, " Hair", also managed to chart in sixteen countries, peaking at number 12 in the United States. At the time of its release, the title track was the fastest-selling single in iTunes history. Four of the album's singles-" Born This Way", " Judas", " The Edge of Glory", and " You and I"-charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, where "Born This Way" became the 1,000th song to reach the number one spot since the inauguration of the chart in 1958. In the United States, the record sold more than one million copies in its first week-the highest first-week album sales in five years an estimated 440,000 copies were sold on Amazon in two days of its first week at a price of 99 cents. In 2020, Rolling Stone included it at number 484 in their updated list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.īorn This Way debuted atop in various major music chart worldwide, including the Billboard 200. Born This Way received three Grammy Award nominations, including Gaga's third consecutive nomination for Album of the Year. Several music publications included the album in their year-end best-of lists. Despite divided opinions among religious and conservative commentators, the album was well received by music critics, who praised the varying musical styles and Gaga's vocals.
It features a broader range of genres, such as opera, heavy metal, disco, house, and rock and roll, while its lyrical topics include sexuality, religion, freedom, feminism, and individualism. The music of Born This Way stems from the synth-pop and dance-pop styles of her previous material while incorporating different forms of instrumentation from that on her previous releases, such as electronic rock and techno.
She also worked with artists such as E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons and Queen guitarist Brian May. It was co-written and co-produced by Gaga with several producers, including RedOne and Fernando Garibay, who had previously worked with her.
Born This Way is the second studio album by American singer Lady Gaga, released by Interscope Records on May 23, 2011.