Lady Gaga to Receive Grammy Museum's Jane Ortner Artist Award

Six-time GRAMMY® Award winner Lady Gaga will be the recipient of the Jane Ortner Artist Award at the GRAMMY Museum® 's 2016 Jane Ortner Education Award Luncheon on April 4, 2016 at Ron Burkle's Green Acres home in Beverly Hills, Calif. The Artist Award honors a performer who has
demonstrated passion and dedication to education through the arts. The recipient of this year's Jane Ortner Education Award, which honors K-12 academic TEACHERS who use music in the classroom as a powerful educational tool, will be announced shortly.

The luncheon will be marked by special performances from Lady Gaga and nine-time GRAMMY winner and Oscar winner John Legend, the recipient of the Museum's firstever Jane Ortner Artist Award.

Building on the Museum's successful education programs and initiatives, the Jane Ortner Education Award for TEACHERS and the Jane Ortner Artist Award were established by the GRAMMY MUSEUM in partnership with Charles B. Ortner - entertainment attorney, Museum Board member and husband of the late Jane Ortner, a devoted and beloved public school teacher who valued music as a tool for teaching academic subjects and building confidence and community.

"The enormous impact Lady Gaga has had on artists and fans began with a strong educational foundation," said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum. "Her career trajectory, marked by extraordinary talent and creativity, is one of the most inspiring stories in music. We couldn't be more honored to recognize Lady Gaga with this year's Jane Ortner Artist Award."

The Jane Ortner Education Award for TEACHERS is unique in that it celebrates educators who incorporate music into teaching academic subjects such as English language arts, history, math, and science. Program participants recognize that making music a central part of the educational experience fosters the development of a broad range of social skills, including creative expression, confidence-building, collaboration, and social responsibility.

Previous recipients include California educators Erica Amann (El Dorado High School), Sunshine Cavalluzzi (El Dorado High School), BIANCA Wilson Cole (Washington Prep High School), Kylie Ko (Mark Keppel Elementary School), and Nicole Naditz (Bella Vista High School). Past recipients of the Jane Ortner Artist Award are John Legend, Janelle Monáe and Jackson Browne.

The Museum's inaugural Jane Ortner Education Award Luncheon was held on July 16, 2014, in Los Angeles and featured a keynote address from First Lady Michelle Obama, who noted, "Every arts organization in this country should be embracing the mission of the GRAMMY Museum."

About Lady Gaga Lady Gaga is a one-of-a kind artist and performer. She holds the distinction of generating three consecutive Number One albums on the Billboard Hot 100, continuously topping
the charts with pop hits including, "Just Dance," "Poker Face," "Paparazzi," "Bad Romance," "Telephone," "Alejandro," "Born This Way," "The Edge of Glory," and "Applause." Described as the "Queen of Pop" by Rolling Stone magazine, she has won six GRAMMY AWARDS and amassed an outstanding 27 million global album sales and 146 million single sales, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time.

Known for her massive pop anthems and her fashion-forward aesthetics, Lady Gaga has expanded her talents to television this Fall appearing as The Countess on Ryan Murphy's anthology series "American Horror Story: Hotel" for FX Network, a role that recently garnered Lady Gaga a Golden Globe Award. The fifth season of the thriller series premiered on October 7.

Lady Gaga has successfully collaborated with multi-platinum artists ranging from Beyoncé to Tony Bennett - with whom she released Cheek To Cheek, a collection of American Jazz standards that won the 2015 GRAMMY Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Together they recently toured Cheek To Cheek, a live tour inspired by their 2014 PBS TV special which received a 2015 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Special.

The first woman and one of three artists to receive two RIAA's Digital Diamond Awards, Lady Gaga has won six GRAMMY Awards, 13 MTV Video Music Awards, been nominated for two Emmy Awards, been named one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes four years in a row, been featured as Billboard's "Artist of the Year" multiple times, and been named one of the world's most influential people by Time.

Earlier this year, Lady Gaga was awarded the "Young Artist Award" at the National Arts Awards presented by Americans for the Arts, in recognition of her artistic success and young leadership. Lady Gaga and her creative talents were also recently recognized by the Songwriters Hall of Fame with their first-ever "Contemporary Icon Award," an award celebrating her iconic status in pop culture, and by Billboard as their "2015 Woman of the Year."

Known for her innovative and exciting fashion and performances, Lady Gaga has delighted her fans with massive tours including "The Fame Ball Tour" and "The Monster Ball Tour," which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist. Her 2012/13 "Born This Way Ball" was ranked as the fifth highest-grossing tour in 2012 by Pollstar. It was followed by 2014's "ArtRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball" which reached more than one million fans across 24 countries, making it one of the year's highest-grossing tours.

With over 3.4 billion combined views of all her videos online, Lady Gaga is one of the biggest living forces in social media with over 61 million likes on Facebook, over 53 million followers on Twitter, and over 12.8 million followers on Instagram.

In 2012, Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta launched the BORN THIS WAY Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth, embracing differences and inspiring kindness and bravery. She is also an outspoken activist and philanthropist, having been an outspoken supporter of many important issues including LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS awareness and body image issues. Lady Gaga's most recent single, "Til It Happens to You," co-written by her and Diane Warren, accompanies the 2015 documentary film, THE HUNTING GROUND, furthering her activism and tackling the issue of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States. This powerful record is currently nominated for a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Critics Choice Award.

Source: Grammy Museum

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