Lady GaGa has become the first person ever to accumulate 18 million followers on Twitter.

Lady GaGa has become the first person ever to accumulate 18 million followers on Twitter.

The hitmaker is now almost two million fans ahead of Justin Bieber, who is the second most-followed person on the micro-blogging site with 16.4 million.

Acknowledging the news, she tweeted: "Can't believe I have 18,000,000 TwitterMonsters, really rad, was just a few years ago I had barely any. (sic)"

There are no British celebs in the social network's Top 10 most popular rankings, with Katy Perry at No. 3, Shakira in fourth and Kim Kardashian rounding off the Top 5.

She and Barack Obama are the only two celebs on the list who are not popstars.

That's probably the only thing they will ever have in common.

The current Top 10 is:

1. Lady GaGa - 18m followers
2. Justin Bieber - 16.4m followers
3. Katy Perry - 13.9m followers
4. Shakira - 12.6m followers
5. Kim Kardashian - 12.5m followers
6. Britney Spears - 12.4m followers
7. Rihanna - 11.9m followers
8. Barack Obama - 11.9m followers
9. Taylor Swift - 10.4m followers
10. Selena Gomez - 9.6m followers

GaGa's producer has today defended her hit 'Born This Way' against Madonna's claim that it is a "re-do" of her song 'Express Yourself'.

Watch Lady Gaga - Marry The Night Official Video.. ^.^

Lady Gaga visits the White House to discuss bullying prevention

Little Monsters, rejoice! Pop superstar Lady Gaga will visit the White House Tuesday to discuss anti-bullying initiatives with member of the Obama administration.

President Obama was not home to meet the fashion icon—he was in Kansas on Tuesday afternoon to give a major economic speech,so Gaga (real name Stefani Germanotta) met with staffers from the Office of Public Engagement to discuss how to end bullying, which the administration has said affects 13 million U.S. students.

The issue isn’t new to either the Obama administration or to the pop singer. Earlier this year, the White House hosted a conference on bullying, and Gaga has often spoken publicly against bullying.

She did so again in September when 14-year-old student and Gaga fan Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide after being bullied for his sexuality. Gaga tweeted, “It is hard to feel love when cruelty takes someones life....Bullying must become illegal. It is a hate crime. I am meeting with our President. I will not stop fighting. This must end.”

No word yet on what Gaga, who’s famous for pushing the sartorial envelope, wore to the White House, but we’re guessing she left themeat dress at home