Lady Gaga First to Pass 20 Million Twitter Followers

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In the never-ending battle for Twitter supremacy, Lady Gaga has hit a new milestone.

The singer now tops 20 million followers, becoming the first person to cross the threshold.

At this moment, Gaga has 20.18 million Little Monsters on the social media platform.

Justin Bieber celebrated his 18th birthday week by crossing the 18 million mark to maintain his second-place standing. He can now count 18.14 million Twitter users as followers.

Katy Perry (15.78 million), Shakira (14.58 million) and Rihanna (14.53 million) complete the Top 5.

Other notables include Kim Kardashian (13.67 million), who remains more popular than President Obama (12.86 million).

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ABC Announces Lady Gaga Thanksgiving Special

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"A Very Gaga Thanksgiving" was conceived and directed by the singer, and will feature a sit-down interview with Katie Couric.

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Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Other Stars Snag 2012 Guinness World Records

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Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne and a slew of other celebrities have made it into the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records.

The Biebs lost to Gaga for “Most Twitter Followers” — she had 11,259,372 as of June 29 — but he took the title for ”Most Popular Video of Any Kind Online,” with “Baby” snagging 463,820,304 views as of Feb. 16, 2011.

Lil Wayne is in the book for “Most US Hot 100 Hits by a Rap Artist,” with 64 between 1999 and 2010.

J.K. Rowling recieved the title of “First Billionaire Author,” with her seven Harry Potter books selling more than 400 million copies worldwide.

Johnny Depp is listed as “Highest Paid Actor” ($75 million), and Sandra Bullock as “Highest Paid Actress” ($56 million), while “Two and a Half Men” star Angus T. Jones is the “Highest Paid Child Star,” earning $250,000 per episode.

Check out MORE celebrity records below!

Miranda Cosgrove – “Highest Paid Child Actress” ($180,000 per “iCarly” episode)

Hugh Laurie – “Highest Paid Actor in a TV Drama” ($400,000 per “House” episode)

Prince William and Kate Middleton – “Most Live Streams for a Single Event” (72 million streams for the Royal Wedding)

Rihanna - “Most US #1 Singles in a Year (Female)” (Four singles: “Rude Boy”, “Love The Way You Lie,” “What’s My Name?” and “Only Girl”)

The books hits store on Thursday, September 15.

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Adele and Lady Gaga Lead American Music Awards Nominees

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Adele and Lady Gaga are among the superstar women who lead the nominees for the 2011 American Music Awards.

Katy Perry, Rihanna and Taylor Swift also garnered multiple nominations for the ceremony, which will air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on November 20.

Lil Wayne will take on Gaga, Perry, Swift and Adele for “Artist of the Year” honors.

Winners will be determined by online voting.

Here’s the full list of nominees:

Artist of the Year:

Adele

Lady Gaga

Katy Perry

Lil Wayne

Taylor Swift

Pop or Rock Music – Favorite Female Artist:

Adele

Katy Perry

Lady Gaga

Pop or Rock Music – Favorite Male Artist:

Justin Bieber

Bruno Mars

Pitbull

Pop or Rock Music – Favorite Band, Duo or Group:

LMFAO

Maroon 5

OneRepublic

Pop or Rock Album:

Adele, 21

Rihanna, Loud

Lady Gaga, Born This Way

Rap/Hip-Hop Music – Favorite Artist:

Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Kanye West

Rap/Hip-Hop Album:

Lil Wayne, Tha Carter IV

The Throne, Watch the Throne

Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday

Soul/R&B Music – Favorite Male Artist:

Chris Brown

Trey Songz

Usher

Soul/R&B Music – Favorite Female Artist:

Rihanna

Beyoncé

Kelly Rowland

Soul/R&B Album:

Chris Brown, F.A.M.E.

Rihanna, Loud

Beyoncé, 4

Alternative Rock Music – Favorite Artist:

Foo Fighters

Black Keys

Mumford & Sons

Adult Contemporary Music – Favorite Artist:

Adele

Bruno Mars

Katy Perry

Latin Music – Favorite Artist:

Pitbull

Enrique Iglesias

Jennifer Lopez

Country Music – Favorite Female Artist:

Sara Evans

Miranda Lambert

Taylor Swift

Country Music – Favorite Male Artist:

Jason Aldean

Brad Paisley

Blake Shelton

Country Music – Favorite Band, Duo or Group:

Zac Brown Band

Lady Antebellum

The Band Perry

Country Music – Favorite Album:

Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party

Taylor Swift, Speak Now

The Band Perry, The Band Perry

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