Oh my God, has the music industry gone so far downhill to the point where this is a rarity? This is one of the most basic attribute all decent artists should have anyway, otherwise you're just another corporate puppet. *see above point* Well she's only made two albums for a start (and they're both of a pretty similar style anyway), and once again this is true of most serious artists. (Until you go out wearing a meat dress) Please explain how? Whilst they are good by today's standards, they've hardly 're-invented' the whole music-video idea, there were always equally insteresting and probably way more thought out videos out there. I'm sorry but all those artists are truly awful. And please explain to me why fusing genre's is special now that Gaga is supposedly doing it? It's really not... it's what most memorable and classic albums require if pulled off successfully, and whilst if it is it sounds very special you can't just claim to have made a new genre because you happen to have more than one influence, I'm afraid that's just very naive fanboy talk. (if it could I'd be totally plugging Muse right now since they do better than anyone IMO) So what? It shocks me that being known as smart, educated and actually just caring about music and your fans is what gets you praised like a God nowadays, just highlights everything that's going wrong with multiple industries. For the record, I do like Gaga and enjoy her music but I really don't get how it's got to the point where she's apparently become an icon of modern day music history just by conducting her career via common sense and the way most modern artists should have been doing all along if they wanted to ever be remembered.