Lady Gaga to Release 'Born This Way' Album in May, Single on Grammy Night

ady Gaga rang in the New Year with a major announcement for her little monsters: "Born This Way," the highly anticipated follow-up album to her breakthrough debut, "The Fame," will be released on May 23, 2011. The set's title track and first single will premiere on Feb. 13.

Gaga announced the release dates on Twitter by posting a photo of "Born This Way's" cheeky artwork with the caption, "THE SONG 2 13 11 THE RECORD 5 23 11." The provocative image features a pantless (bottomless, really) Gaga facing away from the camera in a suggestive pose, and wearing a jacket with the words "born this way" scrawled on the back. The tattoo on her left thigh, a unicorn with the words "born this way" coiled around its horn, is also visible.

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"This has to be the happiest + most exciting night of my life," Gaga wrote just a few hours before the clock struck midnight in her native New York and the announcement was made. "You've created this moment. You imagined me. You are, you wrote #bornthisway."

For close calendar-watchers out there, Feb. 13 also happens to be the date of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, for which Gaga is nominated in six categories, including album of the year for "The Fame Monster." Could Gaga be premiering "Born This Way" live on the music industry's biggest night? Stay tuned.

courtesy of Billboard

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Bush said that Kanye's comments about him "not liking black people" was one of the "lowest moments of his presidency."

Kanye tried to clarify his statement on The Today Show this week, but that interview with Matt Lauer didn't go very well. West was so frustrated with how he felt he was treated by Lauer, he's pulled out of a post Thanksgiving Day performance on the Today Show.

Fellow Chicago native and rapper Lupe Fiasco, came to Kanye's defense today via twitter.

"Maaaaaaaaaan... f*ck bush! That n*gga was a tyrant and a menace! American Imperialist and terrorist! Supported financial chicanery and illegal wars...f*ck him! Till @kanyewest is responsible for the deaths of Hundreds Of Thousands of people he good in my book. The Tea Party Don't Like Black People!!"