To a lot of people it won't seem that long ago, but exactly five years ago the world was introduced to Lady Gaga, when she released her debut single Just Dance which went on to climb to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and several international charts. Follow-up single Poker Face was a worldwide hit that instantly made her the biggest pop girl on the planet and this was the start of a career that is one of the biggest in today's music industry.
Having released 3 albums and 17 singles, having two official headlining tours, and having received numerous awards and nominations, she has reached the following milestones:
- Topped 25M albums sold worldwide
- Topped 100M records sold worldwide
- Topped 50M records sold in the United States (8.6M albums)
- Topped 11M records sold in the United Kingdom (3.8M albums)
- Topped $400M career-tour gross (including a $227M grossing tour)
- Topped $1B in perfume gross
- Won 290 awards out of 347 nominations (including 5 Grammy's, 1 Emmy Award, and 13 VMAs)
- Most famous person in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records
In addition she has performed in front of people like Queen Elizabeth II, President Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton, and the Princess of Monaco and has performed and/or worked with artists like Beyonce, Brian May, Cher, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Tony Bennett, and Yoko Ono.
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Congratulations Lady Gaga! Here's to the next five years of hard work and magnificent music! #ARTPOP 2013
