Read the text about Lady Gaga and choose a suitable word for each gap.

Lady Gaga - The Queen of pop
Lady Gaga was born in 1986. Her real name is Stefani Joanne Germanotta. She could play the piano ... from the age of four, and later said her musical ... was the classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Gaga always loved performing and dreamt of fame from an early age. At 17, she became one of the youngest students at the Tisch School of Performing Arts in New York. After that, she followed her dream the hard way, moving out of her parents’ home to a cheap flat, while trying to earn a living as a singer and songwriter. It wasn’t easy. Gaga spent a few years ... in clubs without success. Then, her luck started to change. She began writing songs for successful artists like Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls and music executives quickly spotted her talent for writing pop hits. Meanwhile, Gaga was developing her own image and performance style, wearing outrageous costumes, wigs and make-up. She writes songs, sings and dances, surprising audiences with her unusual clothes. Her talent and hard work have made her a reigning ... of today’s pop culture.