well in a club lady gaga was prfroming in ,a famous guy named Akon was so inpressed that he offered a record deal,and signed her into his own label kon live distribution,then in August 19,2008,her new album the fame reached #1 in uk,canada,Austria,germany,and ireand,and reached juu 10 in countries worldwide in the us it was in billborad 200 it reached #2 ,later the album earned 6 grammy in total.