Lady GaGa’s name turned Calvin Harris away

In January 2008, Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer Calvin Harris received a mail from a wannabe singer who asked him to work with her. Calvin, however, turned her down - her name “Gaga” didn’t lick with him. One year passed since then and the same name of Lady Gaga is worth millions now. Although Calvin says he has no regrets as the song he heard from her then was not so good.

After singer-songwriter and record producer Akon recognised that Gaga also had vocal talent, he signed her to a joint deal with his own label, Kon Live Distribution, and then started to work on her own new material for her debut album. In 2008, Gaga released The Fame, which she explained was “about how anyone can feel famous”. To date, the album spawned the international hit singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”.