Lady Gaga's second studio album was released in May 2011.
`` Born This Way '' is a song by American singer Lady Gaga , and the lead single from her second studio album of the same name . She sang part of the chorus at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in 2010 and announced the song as the lead single from the album , released on February 11 , 2011 . Lady Gaga . Gaga 's second full-length album Born This Way ( 2011 ) topped the charts in more than 20 countries , including the US , where it sold over one million copies in its first week .