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Lady Gaga leaks an unreleased song from Born This way - Stuck On Fuckin’ you. Merry Christmas, Little monsters!
Singles:
- Earned her 3rd #1 on on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart with ‘Born This Way’.
- Earned her 8th consecutive top 10 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart with ‘Born This Way’.
- Earned her 9th consecutive top 10 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart with ‘Judas’.
- Earned her 10th consecutive top 10 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart with ‘The Edge of Glory’.
- Earned her 11th consecutive top 10 with ‘Yoü and I’.
- ‘Born This Way’ broke radio record by debuting at #6 on Billboard’s “Radio Songs” chart with the largest first-week audience of 78.5 million.
- ‘Born This Way’ received the second highest debut on Pop Songs at #14.
- ‘Born This Way’ obtained first week sales of 448,000, which the largest debut by a female and 3rd largest overall.
- ‘Born This Way’ became the 19th song to debut at #1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.
- ‘Born This Way’ held the number one spot for six weeks making it the only song to debut at number one and stay there for over a month since Elton John’s ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’.
- ‘Born This Way’ became the fastest selling single on iTunes, reaching #1 in the US in only 3 hours.
- ‘Born This Way’ became the first song to go #1 in every iTunes store simultaneously.
- ‘Born This Way’ became the 1000th #1 song on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.
- ‘Born This Way’ became the only #1 song to specifically mention the LGBT community.
- Born This Way is the 1,000th #1 on the Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.
- Earned her 8th consecutive #1 on the Billboard’s “Dance/Club Play Songs” chart with ‘Born This Way’.
- Earned her 9th consecutive #1 on the Billboard’s “Dance/Club Play Songs” chart with ‘Judas’.
- Earned her 10th consecutive #1 on the Billboard’s “Dance/Club Play Songs” chart with ‘The Edge of Glory’.
- Earned her 11th consecutive #1 on the Billboard’s “Dance/Club Play Songs” chart with ‘Yoü and I’.
- Broke the record for most consecutive #1s on Billboard’s “Dance/Club Play Songs” chart, previously held by Kristine W. (with 9).
- Fastest to 10 #1s on Billboard’s “Dance/Club Play Songs” chart, breaking the previous record held by Rihanna.
- ‘Born This Way’ certified 3x platinum in the United States and sold over 6,500,000 copies worldwide.
- ‘Judas’ sells over 800,000 copies in the United States and over 2,300,000 worldwide.
- ‘The Edge of Glory’ certified 2x platinum in the United States. and sold over 4,500,000 copies worldwide
- ‘Yoü and I’ certified platinum in the United States and sold over 2,000,000 copies worldwide.
Albums:
- “The Fame Monster” sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.
- “Born This Way” debuted at #1 in the United States with 1.1 million copies sold.
- “Born This Way” became the 17th album to sell a million copies in one week.
- “Born This Way” obtained the largest sales week of any album since 50 Cent’s “The Massacre”.
- 5th woman to sell over 1,000,000 copies of an album in one week.
- “Born This Way” broke digital the record by selling 662,000 copies from online retailers.
- “Born This Way” certified 2x platinum in the United States.
- “Born This Way” has been certified platinum or more in over 18 countries.
- “Born This Way” peaked at number one in over 30 countries.
- “Born This Way” became the eighth best-selling digital album in United States history after its first week of sales.
- Highest opening sales in Japan for an international artist.
- Best selling solo album in Japan.
- Best selling International album in Japan.
- Highest worldwide opening this year with “Born This Way”.
- Highest opening sales in the UK by an international female artist.
- Most points in one week on UWC with the song “Born This Way”.
- “Born This Way” became the third highest-selling album of the year in the US.
- “Born This Way” became the second highest-selling album of the year worldwide.
Award Nominations (*won - **pending):
- Three American Music Awards for Artist of The Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (BTW).
- One ARIA Music Award for Most Popular International Artist.
- One ASCAP Award for Most Performed Songs (Telephone).
- One Bambi Award for International Pop Artist*.
- One BET Award for FANdemonium Award.
- Two Billboard Year-End Chart Awards for Top Electronic Dance Album* (BTW) and Top Dance/Electronic Artist.
- Sixteen Billboard Music Awards for Top Artist, Top Touring Artist, Top Social Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Digital Media Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Pop Artist*, Top Dance Artist*, Fan Favorite Award, Top Electronic/Dance Album* (TF), Top Pop Album (TF), Top Dance Song (BR), Top Streaming Song Video (BR), Top Dance Song (Telephone), Top Electronic/Dance Album (TFM), and Top Electronic/Dance Album (TR).
- Two Latin Billboard Music Awards for Crossover Artist of The Year and Hot Latin Songs - Female Artist of The Year.
- Five BMI Awards for Award Winning Songs - ‘Paparazzi’*, ‘Bad Romance’*, ‘Telephone’*, ‘Alejandro’* and BMI Songwriters of The Year*.
- One CFDA Fashion Award for Fashion Icon*.
- One Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special.
- One ESKA Music Award for Best International Artist*.
- Nine Grammy awards for Album of The Year (TFM), Best Pop Vocal Album* (TFM), Best Pop Vocal Performance* (BR), Best Short Form Music Video* (BR), Best Pop Collab with Vocals (Telephone), Best Dance Recording (DITD), Album of The Year** (BTW), Best Pop Vocal Album** (BTW), and Best Pop Solo Performance** (Y&I).
- Three International Dance Music Awards for Best Solo Artist, Best Music Video (Telephone), and Best Pop Dance Track* (Alejandro).
- One Japan Gold Disc Award for International Artist of The Year*.
- One MTV Video Music Brazil Award for International Artist of The Year*.
- Seven MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Female*, Best Live Act, Best North America Act, Best Pop, Biggest Fans*, Best Song* (BTW), and Best Video* (BTW).
- Three MTN Japan Music Awards for Video of The Year* (BTW), Best Female Video* (BTW), and Best Dance Video* (BTW).
- Four MTV O Awards for Innovative Artist*, Must Follow Artist on Twitter*, and Favorite Animated GIF.
- Four MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video* (BTW), Best Video With A Message* (BTW), Best Choreography, and Best Art Direction.
- Three MuchMusic Video Awards for Best International Artist Video* (Judas), People’s Choice: Favorite International Video* (BTW), and Most Watched Music Video of The Year.
- One MYX Music Award for Favorite International Video (Telephone).
- One Always Now, Forever Next award*.
- One Nickelodeon Australian Kids’ Choice Award.
- Four NME Awards for Most Stylish, Least Stylish, Hero of The Year*, and Hottest Woman.
- Four NRJ Music Awards for International Female Artist of the Year, Live Act of the Year, International Song of the Year (BR), International Band/Collaboration/Company of the Year (Telephone), Music Video of the Year* (Telephone), and Music Video of The Year** (BTW).
- Nine People’s Choice Awards for Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Pop Artist, Favorite Music Video (Telephone), Favorite Song (Telephone), Favorite Female Artist**, Favorite Pop Artist**, Favorite Song** (TEOG), Favorite Music Video** (Judas), and Favorite Album** (BTW).
- One Premios Oye Award for International Album of The Year** (BTW).
- One Q Award for Best Video (Judas).
- One Stonewall Award for Hero of The Year.
- Three Teen Choice Awards for Choice Music: Female Artist, Choice Red Carpet Fashion Icon — Female and Choice Music: Single (BTW).
- One The Record of the Year Award for The Record of The Year* (BTW).
- Three TRL Awards for Wonder Woman Award*, Best Look, and Too Much Award.
- Three Vh1 “Do Something!” Awards for Best Music Artist, DO SOMETHING Facebook*, and Best Charity Song (BTW).
- Five Virgin Media Music Awards for Hottest Female*, Best Solo Female*, Best Video* (BTW), Best Track* (BTW), and Best Album* (BTW).
TV Ratings:
- “A Very Gaga Thanksgiving” gave ABC a 23% ratings boost over the previous year.
- Saturday Night Live’s season finale with Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga was the higest rated episode in 7 years.
- The 2011 MTV VMAs, which featured Lady Gaga, as the opening act was the highest rated MTV telecast ever.
- The 2011 MTV EMAs received its highest viewership in many European countries.
Major Performances/Duets:
- Performed at the Grammy Awards.
- Performed on the Ellen Show twice.
- Performed at the Robin Hood Gala.
- Performed on Le Grand Journal.
- Performed on The Graham Norton Show.
- Performed at Radio One’s Big Weekend concert.
- Performed on Saturday Night Live.
- Performed on American Idol.
- Performed on Germany’s Next Top Model.
- Performed at Rome’s Euro Pride.
- Performed on The Paul O’Grady Show.
- Performed on X Factor in France.
- Performed at the MuchMusic Awards.
- Performed on Taratata.
- Performed on “Lady Gaga Day” in Singapore.
- Performed on SmapxSmap.
- Performed on The Howard Stern Show.
- Performed at Sydney’s Town Hall.
- Performed on So You Think You Can Dance.
- Performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
- Performed on The View.
- Performed on Jonathan Ross.
- Performed on the X Factor in the UK.
- Performed at the MTV European Music Awards.
- Performed at the BAMBI Awards.
- Performed at the Children In Need Concert.
- Performed on Alan Carr: Chatty Man.
- Performed at the Grammy Nominations Concert.
- Performed on Dick Clarke’s New Year’s Eve special.
- Performed on Music Station Japan.
- Duet with Tony Bennett on The Lady Is A Tramp.
- Performed for Bill Clinton at Foundation Concert.
- Duet with Cher on The Greatest Thing.
- Performed with Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Sugarland, Brian May, and Clarence Clemons.
- Headlined GMA Summer Concert Series.
- Headlined the KIIS FM and Z100 Jingle Balls.
- Headlined the iHeart Radio Music Festival.
Misc.:
- #1 on Forbes Celeb 100 with $90 million.
- Highest grossing female musician for 2011.
- Appeared in Google Chrome commercial.
- Interviewed by Howard Stern and turned him into a fan.
- Raised over $1,000,000 for the Japanese people.
- Was honored at The Trevor Project live conference as this years Hero Honoree.
- Partnered with Barneys New York to create “Gaga’s Workshop”.
- Released “Terry Richardson X Lady Gaga”.
- “Terry Richardson X Lady Gaga” became a New York Time’s Best Selling Book.
- Declared this generation’s “Queen of Pop” by Rolling Stone.
- Partnered with Zynga to create “GagaVille” to promote Born This Way.
- Highest grossing tour by a debut headlining artist.
- Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden aired on HBO released on Blu-ray/DVD.
- Visited Singapore where the day she arrived was declared “Lady Gaga Day”.
- Established the Born This Way Foundation.
- Released several products for Polaroid’s Grey Label.
- Met with President Barack Obama to discuss bullying.
If anyone wants to tell you that this year has been an unsuccessful year for Lady Gaga, direct them to this post.
I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.
Amen.
(via fuckyeahladygaga)