Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” climbs to a new peak on the U.K.’s ...

everyone else is wrong about. When Lady Gaga released “Born This Way,” the 2011 song on an album of the same name, it was an instant hit and an instant L.G.B.T.Q. anthem. The song debuted at No. 1 on ...

I’m sure for many of us, our first introduction to the “born this way” narrative was from Lady Gaga’s hit song “Born This Way.” As she belted out the lyrics, “I’m on the right track, baby / I was born ...