The added media attention surrounding Applause’s release has also helped Lady Gaga’s 2009 Number 1 hit Bad Romance finally nudge over the million copies sales barrier.
Bad Romance is just one of 138 singles to sell over a million copies in British history, and Lady Gaga is just one of 16 artists to achieve more than one million selling single (her 2009 hit, Poker Face, is also a million seller).