Lady Gaga won Best Pop Vocal Album at the 2026 Grammys. As she took to the stage to accept the award, the singer thanked her fiancé, Michael Polansky, and urged women in music to fight for their ideas and songs."I just want to say, for women in music, that I know, sometimes, when you're in the studio with a bunch of guys, it can be hard. So I urge you to always listen to yourself and always fight for your ideas, fight for your songs, fight for yourself as a producer. Make sure that you are heard, loudly."This is not the first time Lady Gaga has stood up and fought for women's recognition in music. The singer has been vocal about her experiences during her early career, and how it took her almost 2 decades to find her voice.Lady Gaga speaks up for women in musicIn 2013, while speaking to Billboard, Lady Gaga had advice for women in music. After she was named Woman of the Year, Gaga said,"I want to show women they don't need to try to keep up with the 19-year-olds and the 21-year-olds in order to have a hit. Women in music, they feel like they need to f**king sell everything to be a star. It's so sad. I want to explode as I go into my thirties."After the court ended Britney Spears' 23-year conservatorship in 2021, Gaga showed her support during a red carpet interview and said,"The way that she was treated in this business was really wrong, and the way that women are treated in the music industry is something that I wish would change. I think she will forever be an inspiration to women."In March 2025, Lady Gaga, while speaking to The New York Times, opened up about challenges she faced early in her career. Gaga discussed how art gets wrapped up in image and by "brand" in the music world, and the effect it had on her early career. Gaga added that she was "bridled to think about women in music" in those terms.Gaga explained that when she moved to Hollywood and was playing for Interscope for the first time, people had a lot to discuss on what her look was "going to be", including how she'd be dressing. Gaga mentioned that the music industry makes artists think about music "as a business as opposed to a performance."