Question: In what year did the singer behind "Eh, Eh" rise to prominence?

Context articles: Dustin Hoffman filmography
Mustapha Kamal N'Daw
Bára Basiková
Re'eh
Lady Gaga discography
Lady Gaga
LoveGame
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
Raves (band)
The Cherrytree Sessions (Lady Gaga EP)

American actor Dustin Hoffman began his career by appearing in an episode of "Naked City" in 1961.
 His first theatrical performance was 1961's "A Cook for Mr. General" as Ridzinski.
 Following several guest appearances on television, he starred in the 1966 play "Eh?
"; his performance garnered him both a Theatre World Award and Drama Desk Award.
 Hoffman made his film debut in 1967 when he appeared in the comedy "The Tiger Makes Out".
 In the same year, his breakthrough role as Benjamin "Ben" Braddock, the title character in Mike Nichols' comedy-drama "The Graduate", led to Hoffman achieving star status and his first Academy Award nomination.
 He then acted in the play "Jimmy Shine" as the eponymous character and the comedy film "Madigan's Millions" (both 1968).
 In 1969, he starred alongside Jon Voight in the Academy Award for Best Picture winner "Midnight Cowboy", which Hoffman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor a second time.
Kamal Begin playing still in Gambia with Real de Banjul where he was spotted by R.S.C. Anderlecht that bought him in 1999.
 He ended up playing mostly for the Anderlecht B team, besides the loan during the 2000-01 season to the FCV Dender EH.
 In 2003, he moved to the Faroe Islands where he signed with B71 Sandoy before returning to Belgium to sign with K.A.A. Gent and playing with them the 2004-05 season.
 In 2006, he signed with another Faroese club, B68 Toftir, before moving to Cyprus where he represented AEK Larnaca and Doxa Katokopia.
 In the winter break of the 2007-08 season Greek club Veria FC signed him, but after a year he returned to Cyprus this time to play with Enosis Neon Paralimni FC.
 After 6 months without a club he signed with Macedonian club FK Teteks in January 2010 where he played the rest of the season.
Barbora "Bára" Basiková (born 17 February 1963) is a Czech singer and actress.
 She was named Female Singer of the Year at the 1991 Anděl Awards.
 In 2002, she performed the title role in the famous Czech musical, Kleopatra, at Prague's Broadway Theatre.
 Basiková placed third in the 1987 Zlatý slavík for female singer behind Petra Janů and Iveta Bartošová.
Re'eh, Reeh, R'eih, or Ree ( — Hebrew for "see", the first word in the parashah) is the 47th weekly Torah portion (, "parashah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fourth in the Book of Deuteronomy.
 It constitutes In the parashah, Moses set before the Israelites the choice between blessing and curse.
 Moses instructed the Israelites in the laws that they were to observe, including the law of a single centralized place of worship.
 Moses warned against following other gods and their prophets and set forth the laws of kashrut, tithes, the Sabbatical year, the Hebrew slave, firstborn animals, and the three pilgrim festivals.
American singer Lady Gaga has released five studio albums, three compilation albums, three video albums, four EPs, twenty-six singles (including two as a featured artist), and seven promotional singles. Gaga made her debut in August 2008 with the studio album "The Fame", which peaked at number two in the United States and was subsequently certified triple platinum while also seeing large success in Europe where it topped the charts in Germany and the United Kingdom.
 Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", were both successful worldwide, reaching number one in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States.
 The album spawned three more singles: "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi".
 The latter reached the top ten in many countries worldwide, and number one in Germany.
Growing up, Gaga wrote songs, played at open mic nights, and performed in school plays.
 She also studied at CAP21 through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue a musical career.
 After being dropped from a contract with Def Jam Recordings, Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where Akon helped her sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own label KonLive Distribution in 2007.
 Gaga rose to prominence in 2008 with the release of her debut album, a dance-pop and electropop record titled "The Fame", and its internationally chart-topping singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face".
 A follow-up EP, "The Fame Monster" (2009), featuring the singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro", also proved successful.
"LoveGame" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, "The Fame" (2008).
 Produced by RedOne, the track was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)".
 "LoveGame" was also released as the fourth single in the United Kingdom, after "Paparazzi".
"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga, from her debut album, "The Fame" (2008).
 It was released as the third single in Australia, New Zealand and selected European countries, and the fourth single in France.
 The song is a calypso-styled, mid-tempo ballad, and is about breaking up with one's old partner and finding someone new.
 Although "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" was never released as a single in her home country, it received mostly negative reviews from US-based critics, who denoted it as "dry and lifeless", blaming it for halting the "bad-girl party atmosphere" of "The Fame".
The Raves are a power pop band based in Atlanta, Georgia and were most active in the 1980s.
 Originally formed in 1971 and called Nod, the band consisted of three brothers (Chuck, John and Jim Yoakum) and Ken Kennedy.
 Unusual for that time in the Southern United States, they played original rock music in the vein of The Pretenders, Badfinger, Big Star, and other pop rock bands.
 In 1980 the group changed the name from Nod to The Raves.
 The Raves played throughout the South including Atlanta area nightclubs: 688 Club, The Agora Ballroom, The Bistro and many other venues through the mid-1980s.
 The Raves also had their own local public-access television program titled "Eh, Wot's This?"
, a mix of original comedy sketches and music video which aired from 1980-1982.
 The series won a Caber award in 1981.
 An LP titled "The Color of Tears" was released on their own label later that year.
 The group disbanded in 1983.
 A CD titled "Past Perfect Tense" that took tracks from the "Color of Tears" LP and newly recorded material from 1989 was released in 1992.
 A second CD, titled "Inside Looking Out" (a compilation of their Nod and Raves material from 1968–1983) was released in 2002.
The Cherrytree Sessions is the first extended play (EP) by American singer Lady Gaga.
 It was released on February 3, 2009.
 Consisting of three acoustic versions of "Poker Face", "Just Dance", and "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", "The Cherrytree Sessions" was initially released only through Borders stores and via digital download.
 It was later reissued on CD in August 2010.
 The EP received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Gaga's vocal abilities and the instrumentation of the three tracks, including their unusual incorporation of styles such as cabaret and beatboxing.
 "The Cherrytree Sessions" reached number 32 on the Mexican Albums Chart.