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By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, ''[[The Fame]]'', and to set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga, modeled on [[Andy Warhol]]'s [[The Factory]].[{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Biography |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214150902/http://www.contactmusic.com/lady-gaga |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]}}][{{Cite web |title=Inspiration |url=http://www.haus-of-gaga.com/inspiration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042600/http://www.haus-of-gaga.com/inspiration |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |publisher=Haus of Gaga}}] ''The Fame'' was released on August 19, 2008,[{{Cite web |last=Gaga |first=Lady |title=The Fame |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fame/id1059034178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908043311/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fame/id1059034178 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |publisher=[[iTunes Store]]}}] and reached number one in Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, as well as the top five in Australia and the US.[{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=John |date=January 14, 2009 |title=Lady GaGa's 'Fame' rises to No. 1 |url=http://jam.canoe.]ca/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629212048/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |publisher=[[Jam!]]}}[{{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga – The Fame – World Charts |url=http://acharts.co/album/37558 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105144554/http://acharts.co/album/37558 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2009 |publisher=aCharts.co}}] Its first two singles, "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" and "[[Poker Face (song)|Poker Face]]",{{sfn|Gray II|2012|p=3}} reached number one in the United States, Australia,[{{Cite web |title=Discography Lady GaGa |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304004346/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}}] Canada[{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/can/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102114030/http://www.billboard.com/music/lady-gaga/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}] and the UK. The latter was also the [[List of best-selling singles#Best-selling singles by year worldwide|world's best-selling single]] of 2009, with 9.8 million copies sold that year, and spent a record 83 weeks on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's [[Digital Songs]] chart.[{{Cite web |title=Digital Music Sales Around The World |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222025232/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |page=10}}][{{Cite web |title=Most weeks on US Hot Digital Songs chart |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/track-with-most-weeks-on-the-us-hot-digital-songs-chart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132426/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/track-with-most-weeks-on-the-us-hot-digital-songs-chart |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |website=Guinness World Records}}] Three other singles, "[[Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)]]", "[[LoveGame]]" and "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]", were released from the album;[Single releases from ''The Fame'':] |
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By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, ''[[The Fame]]'', and to set up her own creative team called the Haus of Gaga, modeled on [[Andy Warhol]]'s [[The Factory]].[{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Biography |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/lady-gaga |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214150902/http://www.contactmusic.com/lady-gaga |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2009 |magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]}}][{{Cite web |title=Inspiration |url=http://www.haus-of-gaga.com/inspiration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028042600/http://www.haus-of-gaga.com/inspiration |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |access-date=October 27, 2017 |publisher=Haus of Gaga}}] ''The Fame'' was released on August 19, 2008,[{{Cite web |last=Gaga |first=Lady |title=The Fame |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fame/id1059034178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908043311/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-fame/id1059034178 |archive-date=September 8, 2017 |access-date=August 21, 2017 |publisher=[[iTunes Store]]}}] and reached number one in Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, as well as the top five in Australia and the US.[{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=John |date=January 14, 2009 |title=Lady GaGa's 'Fame' rises to No. 1 |url=http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629212048/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Artists/L/Lady_GaGa/2009/01/14/8022056-jam.html |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |publisher=[[Jam!]]}}][{{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga – The Fame – World Charts |url=http://acharts.co/album/37558 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105144554/http://acharts.co/album/37558 |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2009 |publisher=aCharts.co}}] Its first two singles, "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" and "[[Poker Face (song)|Poker Face]]",{{sfn|Gray II|2012|p=3}} reached number one in the United States, Australia,[{{Cite web |title=Discography Lady GaGa |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304004346/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |publisher=Hung Medien}}] Canada[{{Cite magazine |title=Lady Gaga Chart History: Billboard Canadian Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/can/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102114030/http://www.billboard.com/music/lady-gaga/chart-history/canadian-hot-100 |archive-date=November 2, 2017 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |magazine=Billboard}}] and the UK. The latter was also the [[List of best-selling singles#Best-selling singles by year worldwide|world's best-selling single]] of 2009, with 9.8 million copies sold that year, and spent a record 83 weeks on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's [[Digital Songs]] chart.[{{Cite web |title=Digital Music Sales Around The World |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222025232/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2010.pdf |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |page=10}}][{{Cite web |title=Most weeks on US Hot Digital Songs chart |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/track-with-most-weeks-on-the-us-hot-digital-songs-chart |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924132426/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/track-with-most-weeks-on-the-us-hot-digital-songs-chart |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |website=Guinness World Records}}] Three other singles, "[[Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)]]", "[[LoveGame]]" and "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]", were released from the album;[Single releases from ''The Fame'':] |