If your face graced the covers of magazines…If you had performed on television shows around the globe…If you had sold over 20 million records worldwide…Would you be willing to walk away from it all? Lady GaGa would!

Appearing on the syndicated Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show this morning, Lady GaGa told host Kidd Kraddick, “Family is everything to me.” GaGa’s father’s heart was only receiving a third of the blood a healthy heart receives daily, but he didn’t want the surgery to repair a leaky heart valve. GaGa told Kraddick, “It was really bad, but I looked at him and said, ‘If you don’t have this surgery, I’ll quit music and take care of my mom and sister. I can’t go on without you and you have to do it.’” GaGa’s willingness to walk away from it all to take care of her family is what made her father agree to move forward with the surgery. She said, “I know I sing about non-traditional things, but I’m a very traditional Italian girl from New York.”

While sitting in the recovery room with her father after his surgery, GaGa received a phone call from her manager who said, “Tell your daddy his daughter is going to be the first one to have her first four songs be number one in America.” And even though he was heavily sedated, GaGa told Kraddick that her father heard her and spun his finger around like “Whoopie!”

After winning three “Moon Men” at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards — for Best New Artist, Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects — GaGa is one of the most widely-known and best-loved artists in the world. GaGa began her career at the age of 14, performing at open mic nights in New York City clubs. She received early acceptance into NYU’s coveted Tisch School of Arts where she finely tuned her songwriting skills. GaGa later withdrew from school to work full-time on her music career. Through her songwriting work at Interscope, GaGa met Akon, who talked the label into signing her. Her debut album “The Fame” has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance Recording and has sold over 20 million digital singles and 4 million albums worldwide. Lady GaGa is embarking on her first headlining tour at the end of November. Her “Fame Monster Ball” tour will visit 34 cities nationwide. Also, her debut album “The Fame,” which was originally released in 2008, will be reissued on November 24, 2009, under the new title “The Fame Monster,” featuring eight new songs.