

The album achieve number one on the record charts of six countries, topped the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart while concurrently peaking at number two on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States and proficient positions within the top ten worldwide. Achieving similar worldwide success, The Fame Monster (2009), its follow-up, produced a further three global chart-topping singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro" and permitted her to embark on her second global concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, just months after having completed her first, The Fame Ball Tour. Her second studio album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts in all major musical markets after the entrance of its singles "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory" the first-mention reach the number one spot in countries worldwide and was the fastest-selling single in the history of iTunes, selling one million copies in five days.