
Gaga met her performance artist Lady Starlight during this time during a performance at Lollapalooza Festival in 2007 Gaga was signed by Vince Herbert to Streamline Records, an imprint owned by Interscope Records. Gaga signed a publishing contract with Sony/ATV after she was an apprentice to a songwriter at Famous Music Publishing. This led to her being was hired to write songs for Britney Spears and her labelmates New Kids on the Block, Fergie, and the Pussycat Dolls. At Interscope, singer-songwriter Akon recognized her vocal abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio; Akon then convinced Interscope-Geffen-A&M Chairman and CEO Jimmy Iovine to form a joint deal by having her also sign with his own label Kon Live, making her his "franchise player. In 2008 Gaga released her debut album 'The Fame' which received only a few radio listeners; Gaga went on tour across Europe and also in gay clubs across the US to launch the album. However, it was not until her first single 'Just Dance' came to mainstream attention in 2009 that Gaga was a star on the music scene. Gaga was suffering from a laceration to the labrum in her right hip. She was taking care of it in secret for several weeks so that she could continue the tour. The singer was unable walk after a concert in Toronto and was suffering from severe pain. The tour was stopped.
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