Solo Artist · Mother Monster
Most frequent collaborator: BloodPop · 25 tracks
Holds writing credit on 98 of 105 tracks
Yes. Lady Gaga co-writes almost everything she records; across the albums covered here she holds a writing credit on the large majority of her tracks. She rarely writes alone, sharing credit with collaborators like RedOne, Jeppe Laursen, and Andrew Watt, but she is a lyricist and composer on her own hits from 'Poker Face' and 'Bad Romance' to 'Abracadabra.'
Across all 105 tracks: how many Lady Gaga wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 105 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Lady Gaga's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Lady Gaga sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Interscope / Streamline / KonLive / Cherrytree
Interscope / Streamline / KonLive / Cherrytree
Interscope / Streamline / KonLive / Cherrytree
Interscope / Streamline / KonLive / Cherrytree
Interscope / Streamline
Interscope / Streamline
Interscope / Atlantic
Interscope Records
No albums from this decade.
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. B BloodPop · BR Benjamin Rice · AW Andrew Watt · R RedOne · PB Paul Blair · HW Henry Walter
Data Insight
Lady Gaga co-writes virtually everything she records, her songwriting credits span her entire pop discography going back to The Fame. She frequently collaborates with RedOne, Fernando Garibay, and others as co-writers, but always maintains a lyricist and composer credit on her own material. The one major exception is Cheek to Cheek, a jazz standards album with Tony Bennett where the songwriting credit goes to composers from prior decades.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A career co-writer: Lady Gaga holds a writing credit on nearly everything she records, almost always sharing the room with collaborators like RedOne and Andrew Watt rather than writing alone or handing songs to ghostwriters.
The Story
Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to global fame with her 2008 debut album The Fame. Known for her theatrical stage presence, avant-garde fashion, and genre-blending sound, she has become one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Across seven studio albums she has continuously reinvented her sonic identity, from electropop and dance music to hard rock, experimental art pop, and cinematic soundscapes, while maintaining creative ownership as a co-writer on virtually everything she records.