
Gaga met performance artist Lady Starlight during this time and, following a performance at the Lollapalooza Festival in 2007 Gaga was signed by Vince Herbert to Streamline Records which is an imprint of Interscope Records. Gaga was an apprentice songwriter in the course of an time at Famous Music Publishing. This firm later was acquired and rebranded Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Gaga was hired to create songs for Britney, Fergie, New Kids on the Block, 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. Gaga's debut album in 2008 The Fame received mediocre radio play. She was on tour Europe and the US in support of the album. But it was not until her 2009 smash 'Just Dance that the mainstream music scene truly took off. Gaga was suffering from a labral tear in her right leg. she secretly nursed for several weeks so that she could go on the tour. She was unable walk after a concert in Toronto and was in extreme discomfort. The tour was stopped.
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