Born This Way is the second studio album and third major release by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records as a follow up to her internationally successful, The Fame (2008) and the extended play The Fame Monster (2009). Born This Way is notably different from The Fame and The Fame Monster as it incorporates a broader range of elements of several musical genres such as opera, heavy metal, disco, and rock and roll, and fuses those elements with sounds of electropop and dance. The album also is heavily inspired by synthpop and electronic music from the 1980s and 90s. In the album, the central themes include those of religion, sexuality, and feminism. On the record, Gaga worked with several producers, including RedOne, the only hold over for her previous work. With Born This Way, Gaga took more control of her musical direction and the album composition.
Production first took place in early 2010, with recording sessions for the album took place at various recording studios around the world. The title was revealed in September at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards after Gaga's win of the Video of the Year Award for "Bad Romance". Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to copyright violations.
Three singles and one promotional single were released for the album. "Born This Way", the lead single, topped the charts in over eighteen countries including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It would become the fastest selling single in iTunes history, having sold over 1 million copies within its first five days. "Judas" was the second single for Born This Way. The song peaked on the top ten in nineteen countries. "The Edge of Glory", originally released as one of two proposed promotional singles, was shortly made as the third single of the album. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Brazil and South Korea. The promotional single for the album, "Hair", peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and chart on the musical charts in sixteen different countries.
The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. However, the repetitive use of the word "Jesus", in addition to the employment of church bells and monk voices in many of the album's tracks including "Marry the Night," "Bloody Mary" and "Electric Chapel" have all resulted in negative reactions from some Christian societies, including those in Lebanon, where Born This Way was temporarily banned. Despite such strife, Born This Way topped the charts in twenty-three countries. It debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies. Over 430,000 of these sales were at a special price of US$ 0.99, which Amazon.com offered for two days during the album's first week of release.

全世界瞩目，万众期待的Lady Gaga回归了，她2011年全新单曲《Born This Way》2月11日正式于全美电台首播，歌曲风格依然是“夫人”擅长的电子乐，舞曲节奏震撼你的听觉。
据外国媒体报道，时尚教母Lady Gaga日前公布她的全新录音室专辑《Born This Way》将于5月23日在全美发布，该专辑将收录17首全新单曲。早前，Lady Gaga在接受著名时尚杂志《Vogue》采访时曝光了5首收录在新碟的单曲曲目，其中包括《Hair》、《Bad Kids》和《Government Hooker》。

而在采访中，Lady Gaga借机宣传她即将推出的新碟第二首主打单曲《Judas》，其中说道：“这首歌的旋律像是为了女子组合罗奈特乐队(The Ronettes)量身订做一般，这也是一首节奏强劲的舞曲，当然其中说的也是与爱情有关的故事，在这我可要卖个小关子，乐迷们还是翘首期待吧。”

据了解，收录在全新专辑《Born This Way》的另一首单曲名为《Americano》。Lady Gaga对于这首单曲充满期待，其中说道：“这首歌有点玛利亚·凯莉的味道，从名字就可以得知这首歌的内容是与美国有关的。这首歌里面涉及移民法律、同性恋婚姻和各种各样在美国比较有争议的事情。这张专辑听起来可以归入流行专辑类别，但当我录音的时候，我却觉得自己像法国的小鸟歌后艾迪特·皮雅芙(Edith Piaf)拿着旧式的麦克风在演唱一样。”

除了曝光新碟的部分曲目外，Lady Gaga还告诉乐迷这次的新专辑她尝试了很多不同的风格，不单单是电子舞曲，其中说道：“在新的专辑里有不少摇滚的分子，乐迷会听到一些布鲁斯?斯普林斯汀( Bruce Springsteen)和枪炮与玫瑰（Guns N´ Roses）的范儿，肯定能为乐迷带来不少惊喜”。

此外，Lady Gaga谈到这张全新专辑时评价道：“这次的专辑我采用了与平时独树一格的声音，显得更巧妙融合了电子舞曲乐曲风，而且这次我特别添加了一些歌剧的特色进去，可以说这张专辑是我制作十年来最棒的音乐专辑。而首支单曲《Born This Way》是一首同性恋赞歌，整个制作过程我只用了10分钟，一气呵成简直就是变魔术一样。对我而言这样的感觉非常奇妙。而我相信我的乐迷会非常期待这次的单曲。”

据悉，Lady Gaga这张备受关注的专辑《Born This Way》将于5月开始发售，同时将推出豪华版，豪华版除了加入《Born This Way》专辑中的原始曲目，还加添加三首录音室单曲以及五首混单曲。而这张专辑将于2月26日在官网接受预售，《Born This Way》这首单曲将于北京时间2月11日下午5点全球首播。