What Do Lady Gaga and Kanye West Have in Common?

With the Grammy nominations happening today, we can’t help but get excited about this famous award show. We’re looking at all the numbers and previous winners in preparation for what should be a fun event come February 12. Something interesting we have discovered is that Lady Gaga and Kanye West have something in common! They’re the only two artists to receive a nomination for Album of the Year for their first three albums.

Lady Gaga came out hot with her musical career, releasing hit after hit. The three albums to receive this highly regarded Album of the Year nomination were “The Fame,” “The Fame Monster” and “Born This Way.”

Kanye West’s three albums came a little bit before Lady Gaga with his debut album coming out in 2005. His first three albums he released were “The College Dropout,” “Late Registration” and “Graduation,” But he had two others he worked on a producer also get this nomination: “The Diary of Alicia Keys” and “The Emancipation of Mimi.”


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