“Born This Way” is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, and the lead single from her second studio album of the same name. Written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, who produced along with Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow, it was developed while Gaga was on the road with The Monster Ball Tour. Inspired by the 1990s empowering music for women and the gay community, Gaga explained that “Born This Way” was her freedom song. She sang part of the chorus at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in 2010 and announced the song as the lead single from the album. The single was released on February 11, 2011. In the United States, “Born This Way” debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as becoming Gaga’s third number one single. “Born This Way” became the nineteenth song to debut at number one on the Hot 100, and the 1000th number one single in the chart’s history. The song sold 448,000 digital downloads in three days, the most downloads in a first week by a female artist. [x] Happy Birthday, Born This Way!
