--- title: Lady Gaga Is on the 2019 TIME 100 List description: Lady Gaga is one of the most influential people of 2019. The Oscar winner's voice is being heard where it really counts, Celine Dion writes. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-16T20:54:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T02:25:10.471Z og:title: Lady Gaga Is on the 2019 TIME 100 List og:description: Lady Gaga is one of the most influential people of 2019. The Oscar winner's voice is being heard where it really counts, Celine Dion writes. og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lady Gaga Is on the 2019 TIME 100 List og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lady Gaga Is on the 2019 TIME 100 List twitter:description: Lady Gaga is one of the most influential people of 2019. The Oscar winner's voice is being heard where it really counts, Celine Dion writes. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Apr 16, 2019 # Lady Gaga by Celine Dion  Filippo Monteforte—AFP/Getty Images I love Lady Gaga, and I think she’s got one of the greatest voices in the world: powerful, convincing, passionate and sensitive. She’s definitely one of the most inventive artists we’ve ever seen. Her artistic expression has no rules, no boundaries. When she first came on the scene with her outrageous style, she didn’t care what the critics said. She marched to the beat of her own drum, knowing that her message of individuality was a way to express her inner strength. What makes her even more special, and such a powerful influence on society, is that she empowers her fans to adopt the very same values in their lives—to stand up for what they believe in, despite what others might think. By doing so, she gives her followers the strength and confidence to believe in themselves. Whether it’s her unstoppable support for the LGBTQ community, or her anti-bullying campaigning, Lady Gaga’s voice is being heard where it really counts. Yes, she’s an amazing musician, composer, performer and, as we saw in _A Star Is Born,_ an incredible actress, but her legacy reaches well beyond show business. She will continue to inspire love and freedom around the world, for generations to come. _Dion is a Grammy-winning singer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/"},"headline":"Lady Gaga","datePublished":"2019-04-16T20:54:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T02:25:10.471Z","description":"Lady Gaga is one of the most influential people of 2019. The Oscar winner's voice is being heard where it really counts, Celine Dion writes.","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/","keywords":["T100 2019 Icons","2019 TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567667/lady-gaga/","name":"Lady Gaga"}}]}] ```