where is she from shakira?
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 Lady Gaga : Queen of Pop has 288 pages , including 32 pages of photographs of the musician . The author compares Lady Gaga to Madonna , writing that both are independent and work to assert control over their futures . The book discusses Lady Gaga 's early life and background , including her upbringing in a New York household with her father , a businessman . Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28 , 1986 , from age 11 she attended Convent of the Sacred Heart high school ; the same high school as Paris Hilton . Germanotta was not popular with her fellow pupils because of her experimentation with exotic dance , drugs , and bisexuality . By age 13 , she had written her first song and her mother took her to nightclubs to perform at open @-@ mic events . Germanotta gained entry to the Tisch School of the Arts in New York at age 17 , but left and started using drugs while performing as a go @-@ go dancer . After a period of difficulty with her father , she ceased this behavior pattern . 

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 His agent gets Darin a recording contract with Atlantic Records , where the singer enjoys teen idol success with " Splish Splash " . Not wanting to limit his appeal to rock and roll audiences , he changes his niche to big band singing and records major hits , such as " Mack the Knife . " To capitalize on his popularity with teenage and young adult audiences , Darin is cast in Come September opposite Sandra Dee . He falls in love with the eighteen @-@ year @-@ old actress and , determined to marry her , he romantically seduces and enchants her with songs like " Beyond the Sea " and " Dream Lover . " The two elope , angering her mother . Darin finally realizes his own mother 's dream when he is signed to appear at the famed Copacabana nightclub in Manhattan . 

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 An accompanying music video , directed by Philip Andelman , portrays a romantic encounter between Rihanna and Drake in a grocery store along with romantic scenes between the pair and Rihanna walking through Manhattan 's Lower East Side . " What 's My Name ? " was promoted with live performances , including Saturday Night Live in America and the series seven finale of The X Factor in the United Kingdom . 

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 Shakira released her first official studio album Pies Descalzos in 1995 by Sony Music and Columbia Records . Assuming a prominent position in its production , she co @-@ wrote and co @-@ produced each of the eleven tracks included on the record . Serviced as the fourth single from the project , " Un Poco de Amor " saw additional songwriting and production from Luis Fernando Ochoa . The track is heavily influenced by Latin pop elements , and additionally incorporates reggae styles . Lyrically , it states that Shakira is waiting to find someone who loves her . It became her first track to include phrases in English , performed by the uncredited Howard Glasford . 

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 At age 19 , Gaga withdrew from CAP21 in the second semester of her sophomore year , deciding to focus on her musical career . In the mid @-@ 2005 , Gaga recorded a couple of songs with hip @-@ hop singer Grandmaster Melle Mel , for an audio book accompanying Cricket Casey 's children 's book The Portal in the Park . She also formed a band called the Stefani Germanotta Band ( SGBand ) with some friends from NYU . The band played at gigs around New York becoming a local fixture of the downtown Lower East Side club scene . After the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame New Songwriters Showcase at The Cutting Room in June , Gaga was recommended to music producer Rob Fusari by talent scout Wendy Starland . Fusari collaborated with Gaga , who traveled daily to New Jersey , to work on songs she had written and to compose new material with him . According to the producer , they began dating in May 2006 , and he claimed to have created the " Lady Gaga " moniker after the Queen song " Radio Ga Ga " . The singer was in the process of trying to come up with a stage name when she received a text message from Fusari that read " Lady Gaga " . He explained , " Every day , when Stef came to the studio , instead of saying hello , I would start singing ' Radio Ga Ga ' " . The text message was the result of a predictive text glitch that changed " radio " to " lady " . Fusari said she texted back , " That 's it " , and declared , " Don 't ever call me Stefani again . " 
