Lady Gaga: Has she made it into the Forbes list of most powerful women??

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta who is well-known as Lady Gaga has been ranked among the list of World’s Most Powerful Women by Forbes magazine in 2011. Although the list constituted of a bit of shuffling from the 2010 catalog but none of the women were more noticeable than Lady Gaga who was given the eleventh ranking and she even topped the Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list which was released in May. Besides these accomplishments, Lady Gaga also topped the Forbes’ list for social and web reach as she was the first person to reach 12 million Twitter followers and more than 36 million fans on her Facebook page; trumping teen dream Justin Bieber and President Obama.

Lady Gaga is by profession a songwriter, singer, businesswoman, activist, record producer and dancer. She began her career by performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and by the end of 2007 she was signed with Streamline Records for songwriting. Akon captured the attention of the lady’s vocal abilities and signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution. As a recording artist, Lady Gaga became prominent after the release of her debut album The Fame in 2008; it was a huge success as the album topped the charters all over the world and included the top rated number-one singles i.e. Just Dance and Poker Face. The success of Lady Gaga hit a much higher level when she released her second album The Fame Monster in 2009, followed by Born This Way in 2011; both of these albums were both a critical and commercial success which helped the singer earned lots of fame.

Besides her musical career, she has even boasted promotional deals with Gilt, Zynga and Google and raised more than $202 million to fight AIDS through her endorsement of MAC’s VIVA GLAM lipstick and lip gloss. According to Forbes, Lady Gaga earned more than $90 million from May 2010 to May 2011. The lady has sold more than 23 million albums and 64 million singles internationally which makes her one of best-selling music artists of all time and her singles some of the best selling worldwide. Lady Gaga has been awarded five Grammy Awards and thirteen MTV Video Music Awards. Hence, Lady Gaga is well-reputed for her diverse and extravagant contributions to the music industry through her performances, music videos and fashion.