The Fame Monster is a
reissue of American singer
Lady Gaga's debut studio album,
The Fame (2008), and was released on November 18, 2009, through
Interscope Records. Initially planned solely as a deluxe reissue of
The Fame, it was later decided that the release's eight new tracks would also be released as a standalone
EP in some territories, as Gaga thought the re-release was too expensive and that the albums were each conceptually different, describing them as
yin and yang. A super deluxe edition of
The Fame Monster including
The Fame and additional merchandise, including a lock of her wig, was released on December 15, 2009.