Lady Gaga and Queen

The 13-time Grammy award winner’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. What’s the story behind her stage name then? In a 2010 interview with Flybe magazine, the 37-year-old singer revealed that it was her producer, Rob Fusari, who came up with it.

She said: “He started to call me Gaga when I'd come into the studio. I decided that I'd been playing under my real name for so long, I wanted to reinvent myself.”

That same year, Fusari sued the ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker, demanding $30.5 million, stating that he deserved compensation for creating the music star’s famous name. However, part of the lawsuit revealed the true story behind the name.

The legal document read: “He played the Queen song 'Radio Ga Ga' whenever she arrived at his studio, and one day when Fusari addressed a cell phone text to Germanotta under the moniker 'Radio Ga Ga' his cell phone's spell check converted 'Radio' to 'Lady.' Germanotta loved it and 'Lady Gaga' was born."