Viral: Lady Gaga goes gaga over Winnipeg’s Maria Aragon

Winnipeg YouTube sensation Maria Aragon has caught Lady Gaga's attention

There is no official rule book on how to achieve internet fame. If there were, though, it would surely advise people who aspire to getting a million plays on YouTube to either be a) a kitten or b) a child. Add a keyboard to the mix, and voila — you’ve got something.
Consider Winnipeg’s Maria Aragon, a 10-year-old whose YouTube success got her a spot performing on American television and a mention by a Conservative MP.
The Grade 5 student shot to stardom when a video of her covering Lady Gaga’s latest song, “Born This Way,” on a keyboard on Feb. 16 was praised on Twitter by Gaga herself last week, who said the video brought tears to her eyes. “She is the future,” Gaga tweeted.
This week, her fame took off in a big way. On Tuesday, she was interviewed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On Thursday, she appeared as a guest on Good Morning America. She told host George Stephanopoulos that she has no formal training, and figured out how to play the song all by herself.
She has even made it to Canadian politics. An anonymous MP commented this week that Canadians care more about Aragon (who’s “very good, by the way”) than about the Bev Oda affair.
The video had 12 million views and counting by Thursday.
The attention isn’t over for the young star. Gaga has reportedly asked Aragon to sing a duet with her at her March 3 concert in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre.