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What is Born this Way Day? Lady Gaga honoured by West Hollywood on album’s 10th anniversary
Born This Way Day in honour of Lady Gaga’s 2011 studio album.
The 2011 album
Born This Way turns 10 this year. The album that inspired many of the singer’s fans across the world still remains one of her most popular work.
However, the special occasion of Lady Gaga’s album turning ten was further enhanced after the city of West Hollywood honoured the singer and surprised her fans.
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Rocking a baggy T-shirt, ripped fishnets and her signature platform boots, the singer poses on the street painting featuring her 2011 self-acceptance anthem s title.
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Lady Gaga performs onstage during the MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 live show at at the Odyssey Arena on Nov. 6, 2011 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Everything was coming up Lady Gaga on Sunday (May 23) in West Hollywood when the town celebrated its new official holiday,
Born This Way Day. The official civic holiday celebrating the cultural impact of the landmark album the singer released on May 23, 2011, including a street mural and the presentation of a key to the city by W. Hollywood mayor Lindsey P. Horvath.
Born This Way, my song and album, were inspired by Carl Bean, a gay black religious activist who preached, sung and wrote about being Born This Way, Gaga wrote in an Instagram post celebrating her new holiday. Notably his early work was in 1975, 11 years before I was born. Thank you for decades of relentless love, bravery, and a reason to sing. So we can all feel joy, because we deserve joy. Because we deserve the right to inspire to
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Lady Gaga was awarded West Hollywood’s Key to the City on Born This Way Day (23.05.21).
A decade after the release of her acclaimed 2011 studio album, ‘Born This Way’, the 35-year-old pop megastar’s chart-topping LP has been honoured for its cultural impact.
West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath presented the Grammy-winner with the key to the city and declared May 23 to be Born This Way Day.
Horvath told Gaga: “Thank you for encouraging us to love ourselves and be proud!”
A painting of the album’s title in pride flag form was unveiled on Robertson Boulevard in honour of the LGBTQIA+ community, and the ‘Stupid Love’ hitmaker vowed to “always be here for this day”.