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It was 10 years ago today (Aug. 19) that a fairly unknown singer-songwriter altered the course of pop music forever. Lady Gaga released her debut album, The Fame, in Canada, and her near-ubiquitous takeover of pop was just getting started. Within months, her songs ?Just Dance? and ?Poker Face? would become ginormous radio smashes, both hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The world soon went goo-goo for Gaga as she affirmed the unifying power of pop while celebrating all the wonderful weirdness it has the capacity to convey. Whether it was her ability to write the hell out of a chorus or the thrilling theatricality of her performances, including her "Paparazzi" spectacular at the MTV VMAs, Gaga reset the expectations for every pop player, spooking fellow artists and giving everyone a kick up the ass.

Despite some editions of The Fame sitting at a lengthy 16 tracks, she wrote and discarded many, many more along the way. According to Gaga, she worked on the album for two and half years before it came out. ?I think you've really got to allow artists' creativity to marinate,? she told MTV U.K. in 2009. ?It took me a while, but really delving into myself, I finally got it.?

Given that we?re now living in a world where online leaks are frequent and routine, much of what was previously in the vault has found its way on to the internet in some form or another. Whether they?re unfinished demos, low-quality snippets or fully fleshed-out bangers, the sessions for The Fame paint a portrait of a razor-sharp artist flexing her creativity while still exploring and defining her artistic persona. So to celebrate a decade of The Fame, Billboard has picked the best 10 demos, deep cuts and rarities that never made the album's final cut.

Billboard's picks

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[Hatsumomo]

Amazing album I?m about to play it today

[🦚]

Poker face is still legendary.

Don?t think I have any desire to revisit the album tho.

[Purple Moon]

Fuck her

[Admin]

Aw good times. I saw her opening for the Pussycat Dolls and instantly loved her songs so I checked out the full album and fell in love with it.
Her image was so over the top and almost like a caricature of what a pop star is. Very fun and carefree. Those 2008/early 2009 interviews where she sat there with this cheap blonde wig and way too much tan. Iconic. That's what I loved about her. And the songs reflected that as well. "Eh Eh" for example, or "Beautiful Dirty Rich" and "The Fame". Fun catchy songs with sublime synth production/mixing as well as great vocals (she sounds horrible now).

Imo, the release of the Paparazzi video was the start of her taking herself way too seriously.

[Nine]

Poker Face and Paparazzi alone >>>>>>>>



Really iconic songs

[Lazarus]

Pokerface>>>>

[GRAND ETERNAL SUPREME]

Pokerface>>>>

I used to be so enthralled by that video

Its still my fav next to Bad Romance

[Lazarus]

Pokerface>>>>

I used to be so enthralled by that video

Its still my fav next to Bad Romance

It's how I was first introduced to Gaga. MTV kept it in rotation and I got hooked on it.

Her debut era>>>>>>

[Freemala Harris]

Legendary

Beautiful Dirty>>>

The Fame>>>>

GODney Honey>>>>>

Just Dance>>>>>>

[Freemala Harris]

[Cuban0]

Pokerface>>>>

[LOONA.]

This alb is everything   

[CREAM.]

This is my least favorite Gaga album

But the singles lashed me

[GRAND ETERNAL SUPREME]

This is my least favorite Gaga album

But the singles lashed me

Did you like TFM?

Not including the original fame