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MTV News caught up with Lady  Gaga last week before her Monster Ball tour stop in San Diego to ask about her favorite artists, albums and songs of 2009. As it turns out, she drew inspiration from the new and the old.

Artists of the Year
"First and foremost, my favorite artists of 2009 were my fans. They were my favorites because every song I did, they remade on their own, and every photograph that I took, they took their own version of it. And they remade my music videos, they designed clothes for me. They wrote poetry and made films and designed all sort of amazing paintings. They're just the most brilliant fans in the world. It's funny — my dad was at a show the other night and afterward he said, 'Do you think your fans are smart?' and I said, 'Oh hell yeah, my fans are smart,' and he said, 'You know what, I was thinking the same thing during the show.'

"My fans are f---ing really smart. They're art students, they're club kids, and some of them are just normal, top-40-listening kids in high school who don't feel like they have an identity yet and they're searching for one. But I would say that they're my favorite artists. Then I would say Semi Precious Weapons, who are on tour with me and are my very dear and close friends. And I really love Alphabeat, they're great and they're going to come out on tour with me next year."

Album of the Year
"I really liked Morrissey's new album, [Years of Refusal.] I listened to that one a lot."

Song of the Year
"Some of the songs I really liked ... hmm. Well, I really, really love Grace Jones' most recent album, [2008's Hurricane] and a song off it called 'Corporate Cannibal.' "  (MTVNews)

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Lady Gaga opens up on her self education, creative inspiration,  and present and forthcoming albums in the  January issue of Elle Magazine.

Why didn’t you want to finish your degree at NYU?

I loved NYU, but I thought I could teach myself about art better than the school could. I really felt New York was my teacher and that I needed to bite the bullet and go it alone. I wasn’t interested in going to frat parties and doing those sorts of collegiate things. I was really interested in the music scene and waitressing and cleaning toilets, or whatever the *%$^ it was I was doing.

What experiences did you draw from to create The Fame?

I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn’t an expert in what I write about? And the album itself is the story of me and my friends, and, again, our lives in New York—and you either want to know about it and be a part of it or you don’t. I am completely 100 percent honest in what I do and who I am, and I’ve got nothing to hide.

What can we can expect from your next album?

Well, let’s just say that right now I’m quite obsessed with 1950s sci-fi monster movies.…

1950s sci-fi monster movies? Is someone having a bad romance with Ed Wood?  We thought Gaga couldn't get any more avantgarde, but apparently we were wrong! [Elle]

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Hard to believe that Lady Gaga only burst on the pop scene el año pasado, considering how much of a cultural (and musical!) phenomenon she's become!

With her new album 'The Fame Monster' out esta semana, and as part of Spankin' New Music Week, the Gaga Monster has put together una lista de los mejores momentos in her career so far.  We think this pop diva has accomplished quite a lot hasta ahora, no creen?  [MTV Buzzworthy]

Is she missing anything?  What about her bloody VMA performance from este año?  Dinos, what do YOU think are the best moments in Lady Gaga's career so far?

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Big week for music releases?  That's the understatement del siglo!

Esta semana will see the release of some of the most anticipated albums del año, including:

Wisin y Yandel - 'La Evolucion'

Los lideres are back with a double CD of remixes and new material from their 'La Revolucion' record.  We've already got a taste of what's on here, with "Imagínate" f/T-Pain, and you know the rest of it is going to be just as hot!

Shakira - 'She Wolf'

FINALLY!  El muy esperado disco de Shakira has finally hit the stores!  La cantante Colombiana "Did It Again" con este album, delivering one sexy hit (um... the title track, "Loba"?!) after another.

Lady Gaga - 'The Fame Monster'

Listen to the track "Alejandro" and you'll see that even the Gaga-monster has been bitten by the Latin bug!   No te la vas a poder sacar de la cabeza, we promise you!!  That is, as soon as you can get "Bad Romance" out of it!

Rihanna - 'Rated R'

With "Russian Roulette" blowing up the scene, we expect a repeat success for our favorite 'Good Girl Gone Bad.'

Also out this weekare Beyoncé's 'I AM… Deluxe Edition,' a re-release of her platinum-release 'I Am...Sasha Fierce,' and Britney Spears' 'The Singles: Deluxe Box Edition.'

Cuéntanos, which album(s) are you MOST excited about hearing esta semana?  Stay tuned to MTV Tr3s toda esta semana for special programs on your fave new música!

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Not only was Lady Gaga's new single "Bad Romance" available on iTunes starting Monday, but it also soared to the Top 20 after just a few hours of sales. Go, Go Gaga! Also available is a detailed tracklist for the 8 additional songs available on The Fame Monster, the re-release of Gaga's first album The Fame -- which features a new song, "Telephone," featuring Beyoncé!

Yes, Beyoncé and Gaga will be making more beautiful music together! Gaga was on-set last week when Beyoncé shot her latest video, "Video Phone," and now Beyoncé is featured on Gaga's new song, "Telephone."  We wonder what's with all the phone references?  Hopefully the duo will team up otra vez para el video de "Telephone" soon!

We picture leotards... lots and lots of leotards! [PerezHilton]

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