L'album Gaga

New songs for Gaga's third studio album, Artpop, were "beginning to flourish" as she worked with producer Fernando Garibay in early 2012.[111][112] Gaga's manager, Vincent Herbert, said the singer began working on the project during the Born This Way Ball tour and promised new material consisted of "insane, great records".[113] Gaga herself explained that she yearned to make audiences have "a really good time" with Artpop, crafting the album to mirror "a night at the club".[114] "When you listen to it, it really flows nicely. It's really fun to pop in with your friends. I really wrote it for me and my friends to pop in from start to finish."[114] The album was released on November 6, 2013.[115] It eventually became her second number-one album in the United States with first week sales of 258,000 copies.[116] Music critics were divided in their assessments of Artpop.[117] The album has thus far spawned successful singles in "Applause" and "Do What U Want", the latter featuring R&B singer R. Kelly.[118][119][120] Gaga had split from her longtime manager, Troy Carter, shortly thereafter citing "creative differences".[121] Zedd produced EDM track "G.U.Y." was released as the third single from Artpop and is the lowest charting single to be released by Gaga.[122] Gaga embarked on the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour in support of the album on May 2014. The tour took its concept from the ArtRave event organized by Gaga for promoting Artpop, and would visit cities where she had cancelled dates of her Born This Way Ball tour, as well as new locations.[123] By the next month she and her new manager Bobby Campbell joined Artist Nation, the artist management division of Live Nation Entertainments.[124]

Gaga starred in Robert Rodriguez's project Machete Kills as La Chameleón. The picture, released on October 11, 2013, was poorly received critically and commercially.[125][126][127] Her performance earned her a Golden Raspberry nomination for Worst Supporting Actress.[128] The singer also hosted the November 16, 2013 episode of Saturday Night Live, closing out the program with a performance of "Do What U Want" with Kelly.[129] Later that month, she held her second Thanksgiving Day television special on ABC, Lady Gaga and the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular, where she played a selection of songs with The Muppets, Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and RuPaul.[130] Gaga had a cameo in another Robert Rodriguez film, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, released on August 22, 2014.[131]

Besides her film endeavors, Gaga would also be involved in other musical ventures. She collaborated with American jazz artist Tony Bennett and released an album of the genre, Cheek to Cheek. The album was released on September 19, 2014 and debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, becoming Gaga's third consecutive number-one record in the United States.[132][133] In early 2015, Gaga will perform the first ever concert in space as part of Zero G Colony, a three-day music festival. She will travel via Spaceport America, the world's first commercial spaceport, in New Mexico, and the event will feature a mix of entertainment and cutting-edge technology. Gaga will be the grand finale.[134]

Artistry

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