Lol yeah. Like I said, Gaga is considered as one of the "it" girls atm. She has a lot of band wagoners. So did Britney, and probably Madonna and MJ too (I was too young so I'm not 100% sure).
But it is a bad thing! just look at the Spice girls! Love them girls but they faded fast when their Fan base grew up and moved on. You think gaga's fan base is gonging to grow up and evolve with her with all that little monster, paws up etc.
Everyone relies on fans, but Rihanna relies on stans the most. The reason why her singles are so successful is because they spend majority of their time RIHquesting.