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LADY GAGA – 2009
Dec 29, 2009

LADY GAGA – 2009

2009 var ett otroligt år fär Lady GaGa:

Albumet ”Fame” fullkomligt badade i hits. ”Just Dance” nådde platina, ”Poker Face” 2x platina & ”Eh-eh” nådde guld. Platinasäljande albumet ”The Fame” följdes sedemera upp med ”The Fame Monster” i höstas.

Bland dom 8 nya spåren finns singeln ”Bad Romance” med och den visade sig vara en hit utan dess like.

I Sverige har den redan sålt platinum och den har dominerat listorna under hösten. 1:a på tracks, 1:a på iTunes, 1:a på singellistan, 1:a på downloadlistan,1:a på realtonelistan.

Världens mest nedladdade artist under 2009 nådde förstås inte enbart framgångar i Sverige utan även resten av världen tyckte att GaGa var helt ok! Här kommer ett axplock vad Lady GaGa uppnått under 2009.

Album certifications:

7 x Platinum - Ireland

4 x Platinum – Australia, New Zealand, UK

3 x Platinum – Poland

2 x Platinum – Austria, Germany, Indonesia, Switzerland, USA

Platinum – Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden

2 x Gold – Japan

Gold – Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Norway, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand,

Album peaks:

#1 – Hong Kong, Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, UK, European Album chart

#2 – Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, Taiwan

#3 – Australia, Hungary


Single stats:

Just Dance – 2.8m digital sales, peaked at #1 in
Australia, Ireland, UK and was top 10 in 11 other markets including the Euro single chart

Pokerface – 4m digital sales, #1 airplay in 12 markets, #1 single in 15 markets and top 5 in a further 3 markets

Paparazzi – 1.2m digital sales, #1 airplay in South Africa, UK and top 5 in 10 other markets and #1 single in Germany and top 10 in a further 11 markets

Lovegame – 670K digital sales, top 10 single in 4 markets

Eh eh – 285K digital sales, top 10 airplay in 4 markets and top 20 single in 5 markets

Bad Romance – 510K digital singles, top 5 airplay in 8 markets, #1 single in 6 markets and top 10 in a further 9 markets

Various:

After 65 weeks on the album charts in Australia, "The Fame" finally peaked at No.3 in its 65 week, before being replaced on the charts by the updated version entitled "The Fame Monster".

The album has scored two 3xPlatinum selling singles, both of which hit No.1, "Just Dance" (1 week, Sept 2008) and "Poker Face" (8 weeks, Nov 2008 to Jan 2009).

"Poker Face" is equal fourth longest running single of the decade, and it sits at that position with fourth other Universal acts. Shaggy with "Angel" (MCA), Alien Ant Farms "Smooth Criminal" (DreamWorks), Def Jam act Rihanna and her track "SOS", plus Timbaland and OneRepublic's "Apologize" (Interscope). Two of the other four acts in the top spots are also UMA acts, Fergie spent nine weeks at the top with "Big Girls Don't Cry" (A&M) as too did Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie". At No.2 on this list is Sandi Thom and her track "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker" (10 weeks), and the longest running No.1 of the decade at 12 weeks is Eminem's "Lose Yourself" (Interscope).

TMF Awards (Belgium): Best New Artist International , Best Female International, Best Pop International

In Canada the debut album “The Fame” is certified 5 x Platinum with over 470,000 albums sold. Canada was the first country in the world to release “The Fame” and The Fame Monster 8 song format is Gold with over 60,000 albums sold. First single “Just Dance” has sold 278,225 songs making it 6 x Platinum and was the first song in Canada to ever reach that level of certification. Second single “Poker Face” has sold 306,534 songs making it 7 x Platinum and the first song in Canada to ever reach that level of certification.

In Chile Pokerface was #1 airplay for 2 months.

On the “charts of the decade” in Germany Pokerface is #3 meaning that it’s the 3rd best selling single in Germany over the last 10 years (#1 DJ Ötzi & Nik P. - Ein Stern and #2 Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) and the #1 best selling international song in the last 10 years in Germany.

“Just Dance” is the #1 most downloaded ring tone on Rekochoku (biggest eTailer) for any international act this year in Japan.

Telecom NZ (New Zealand) Mobile Music Award: "Poker Face" highest selling Ringtone, "Poker Face" Highest Selling Full Track Download.

Lady Gaga “The Fame” is the biggest selling album in the UK (YTD) selling over 1m units.

“Pokerface” is the biggest selling single in the UK (YTD) shifting over 850K and “Just Dance” at number 3 with sales of 751K.

The Fame is the best selling album in the Universal label in the world this year.

Lady Gaga “The Fame” was scrobbled 18.5 million times on Last.FM in the last year making it the most popular album on that service.

Gaga won “Best New Act” at the European MTV Awards in Berlin.




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