Today is the two year anniversary of Lady Gaga’s debut album The Fame, which was first released in Canada on August 19th, 2008!

The album reached top 10 in over thirty countries and has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. In the United States, despite debuting at No. 17 with only 24,000 copies sold, it became the best-selling 2008 album.

In 2009, Gaga released her sophomore effort The Fame Monster, which charted as a re-release of The Fame.

The Fame / The Fame Monster spawned seven smash hits which reached top 10 on almost every chart. Tracks from the album have sold a combined total of more than 25 million digital copies in the United States, more than any other album in history.

Take a look at the list of achievements and milestones of The Fame (and the re-release):

– 13 million copies sold worldwide
– Number one in more than ten countries
– Top 10 in more than thirty countries
– Over 45 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200
– Over 75 weeks at number one on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic albums
– Six weeks at number one on the UK albums chart
– Double platinum in France, Japan and New Zealand
– Triple platinum in the United States, Australia and Canada
– Four times platinum in the UK, Russia and Germany
– Nine times platinum and best selling album of 2009 in Ireland
– Best-selling digital album of all time in the United States
– Most digital track downloads of all time in the United States
– First album to spawn two 5 million-selling singles in the United States
– Seven consecutive top 10 singles in the United States
– Six consecutive number one singles on pop radio in the United States
– Six number ones on Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs
– Seven top 10 hits in the UK, Australia and Canada
– Best selling female digital single of all time in the United States (“Just Dance”)
– Second best selling female digital single in the United States (“Poker Face”)
– Best selling digital single of all time in the UK (“Poker Face”)
– First debut album since 2000 to collect four number ones in the UK
– Two Grammy Awards, six nominations
– Eight Billboard Year End Chart Awards
– Three Teen Choice Awards
– Five World Music Awards
– Three BRIT Awards

Happy anniversary!

Lady Gaga devastated after discovering on-off boyfriend Luc Carl 'still seeing girlfriend'

She's only recently been reunited with her ex-boyfriend Luc Carl.
But Lady Gaga is believed to have been left devastated after discovering that the barman is still seeing his girlfriend.
According to Grazia magazine, the couple had just got back from a romantic holiday in Texas, when Gaga found out that Carl was still seeing his girlfriend.

A friend close to the star told the magazine: 'She's only just got back together with Luc and now she's frightened she's going to lose him again because she simply can't trust him.
'She's also upset because this seems to make her the "other woman".'
Gaga, 24, and 32-year-old bar owner Luc, were snapped kissing and larking about in a hotel pool in Houston, Texas at the end of last month.
The couple first dated five years ago before she shot to fame, but split over her then drug habit.

But other reports suggested that he was unfaithful to her so she had a fling with her manager Rob Fusari before heading to Los Angeles to make it big.
Her friend added: 'Gaga has built this whole career and she had to prove she could do it.
'But in her personal life she feels like a fool because she still can't make the man she loves love her and only her.'
Gaga and Carl were reconciled last month but friends were concerned about the reunion, including his mother Melinda.

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She is quoted as saying: 'I deliberately haven't talked to him about what's going on. They had a very nasty break-up last time. I have no idea how this will end.'
Gaga had her suspicions that something was not right and is said to have texted Carl's girlfriend to find out the truth for herself.
The friend added: 'Luc's ex told her they were still together. She was so upset. Luc had promised Gaga he's treat her like a princess and all the hurt was in the past.
'Gaga says it's a matter of self-respect now and she may have to end it because she's just not high enough on his list of priorities.
'She worries that he's just using her for her fame and money and it's killing her inside.'

LUC CARL

It appears as though Lady Gaga has reconciled with her former boyfriend, Luc Carl. (Actually, according to his MySpace profile, there’s a Spin̈al-Tap-style umlaut over the u.) Lüc Carl is a bartender and musician living in Brooklyn and believed to be the inspiration for most of the songs on Gaga’s breakthrough debut album “The Fame.”

From PEOPLE:

“Gaga’s first album is entirely about their relationship and her latest song, ‘You and I,’ is about how they got back together,” adds the source. “They’ve been in love for a while.”
If the song’s lyrics are any indication, Gaga intends to keep her man close by: “It’s been a long time but I’m back in town/But this time I’m not leaving without you,” she sings.
Lady Gaga performed in New York this morning in front of a record crowd as part of The Today Show Summer Concert Series and played a new song called, “You and I” which she said “was written about the most important person I ever met.” All signs point to Lüc, which must be a real drag for less important people Gaga has met like Queen Elizabeth II, Bruce Springsteen and Al Roker.

The reconciliation rumors began when Lady Gaga and Lüc were spotted together at a New York Mets game on June 10th, 2010.

Here are some more photos of the “Taco Nazi” bartender and rocker Lüc Carl from his MySpace Page that seem to demonstrate he also has a flair for eccentric fashion:

Pop singer Lady Gaga arrives in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the first of two shows at Staples Center. To get a sense of the concert, and Gaga's achievements, here's a statistical (and not so statistical) analysis of her world.

667,070,854*: Combined hits from her videography on her official YouTube/Vevo channel for "Alejandro," "Telephone," "Bad Romance," "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich," "Poker Face," "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)," "Paparazzi," "Love Game" and "Just Dance."

18.1 million**: Number of digital singles Lady Gaga has sold.

3.64 million: The number of copies Lady Gaga's "The Fame" has sold in the U.S. since its release in August 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

1.3 million: The number of copies "The Fame" has sold in 2010 alone, making the 2-year-old album this year's fourth-bestselling album thus far.

$24 million: Billboard's estimate of the gross for Lady Gaga's 47 European and Pacific Rim tour dates.

$440: The most expensive ticket package when Lady Gaga returns to Staples Center on March 28, 2011.

$40: Cost of a Lady Gaga 2010 tour shirt.

Mission: "I want to make pop music that my heavy metal friends will listen to," Lady Gaga told The Times in 2009.

10: Height, in inches, of the heels on the Alexander McQueen Armadillos that Gaga made famous in her "Bad Romance" video.

179: Total number of shows Gaga will have played when the tour wraps next year (it began in 2009).

19: Number of songs Gaga treats her "monsters" to during the spectacle.

13: Number of Moonmen she could potentially walk away with at this year's Video Music Awards; she received the most nominations ever in a single year.

15: Number of costume changes during the concert.

*As of Monday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m.

** The week ending Aug. 1
Copyright © 2010, Los Angeles Times

Teen Choice Awards 2010

Lady GaGa has managed to walk away with two Teen Choice Awards tonight! The awards show took place in Los Angeles, California and will air on FOX in the US on Monday 9th August. Lady GaGa was not in attendance to accept the awards, but she is currently in New York recording new music. Check out which awards GaGa won below.

[Choice Music] Female Artist: Lady GaGa
[Choice Summer Music Star] Female: Lady GaGa

MTV looses Music Videos from Universal Music

Negotiations between MTV and Vevo over videos from UMG, home of such artists as U2, Amy Winehouse, and Lady Gaga, broke down Thursday, according to Vevo. What this means is that most of MTV's Internet properties will lose access to UMG's videos.

That may not be all. Vevo is the online music-video portal that launched in December and is supported by three of the top four labels, UMG, Sony Music Entertainment, and EMI Music. So, MTV conceivably may have problems signing deals with the other two labels.

"MTVN has been unwilling to negotiate a fair syndication deal with Vevo to carry our artists' videos and consequently our videos will not be shown on their online properties," a UMG spokesman said.

MTV would only say that it's disappointed a deal couldn't be reached.

"During our recent discussions with Vevo, we were unable to reach a fair and equitable agreement for rights to stream UMG artists' music video," MTV said in a statement. "As a result, UMG has elected to pull their music videos from our Web sites. We are disappointed by this move and sincerely hope that UMG will work with us toward a fair resolution."

MTV has declined to enter into UMG's standard financial agreement and one that has been signed by other companies, such as Google's YouTube. Disagreements between the large labels and MTV are nothing new. MTV's rise to power and profits, beginning in 1981, by broadcasting nothing but music videos, is a sore spot for big music.

The large record companies have always said they didn't get their fair share from their videos. MTV argued that the labels got plenty. MTV says over the years it has paid the record industry billions.

More recently, YouTube emerged and music videos became the most popular segment on the site. Now, record company execs say that since music videos are huge traffic drivers, they want to be the ones who pocket the ad revenues the videos generate.

Source:http://www.zdnetasia.com/mtv-loses-web-videos-from-universal-music-62201956.htm

Let It All Out

What's left for Lady Gaga to reveal? By the end of her two-hour, 18-song, epic performance Friday, she had laid it all out on the stage — her beliefs, her multitude of musical influences, her skin, her brazen vulgarity, her athleticism and her soul. The staging of the story line — Lady leads her troupe on a nightmarish journey to a Monster's Ball— was over the top and well-choreographed, and it projected well in the vast outdoor setting. But it was the few quieter moments that surprised the most. Sitting at the keyboard for Speechless and the new You and I from her in-the-works album, she revealed a lusty, more-than-serviceable voice reminiscent of the saloon-singing style of Billy Joel. Some may also have been surprised by the heavy-metal influences that augment the David Bowie-esque glam in songs such as Fame and Boys Boys Boys. But by the time of closer Bad Romance, surprise had given way to awe.

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-08-09-lollapalooza09_ST_N.htm