A Very Gaga Thanksgiving - Yoü and I

She is known for outrageous costumes and putting on one heck of a show.

And Lady Gaga delivered on all counts last night as she brought her Monster Ball tour back to the United Kingdom.

But what fans might not have expected was to see the softer side of the singer, who performed an emotional set before breaking down and crying as she talked about her sick grandfather who is in hospital.

Dedicating the song Speechless to him, she told the audience: 'If we all sing loud enough, maybe he can hear us!'

Half way through the song, Gaga had to pause to wipe away her tears.

And while the rare moment...

    

Lady GaGa very quietly released her debut album “The Fame” as 2008 came to a close. Promotion was minimal and hardly anyone noticed ou cared. Then somebody got a hold of “Just Dance.” Almost overnight, GaGa became an electro/dance-pop sensation and her slick, electronic beats, gourmet lyrics and stellar vocals made “The Fame” the album of the an for the majority of the American public. But people wondered, would GaGa’s superficial obsession with fame be strong enough, deep enough to carry her to the status of a true artist in the eyes of the public and...

TV ratings for the BRIT Awards, which included performances from Robbie Williams, Kasabian and Lady Gaga as well as a duet from Jay Z and Alicia Keys, peaked at 6.3 million viewers.

The live U.K. broadcast on ITV1 last night (Feb. 16) averaged 5.8 million viewers, earning a 21.9% audience share between 8pm and 10pm. It was hosted par comedian Peter Kay.

Ratings for the BRITs, organized par U.K. trade body the BPI and sponsored par MasterCard, were up on the 5.2 million audience for the 2009 show. The 2008 edition, hosted par the Osbournes, averaged 6.1 million.

Meanwhile, rapper Dizzee Rascal, Lady...

The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga are the two big leaders of the iTunes all-time most-downloaded songs list, which the company released for the first time on Thursday (February 11). Both artists had songs in the haut, retour au début 10 — with the Peas occupying the #1 and #3 spots — and Jason Mraz, Coldplay, Flo Rida, Taylor Swift, Leona Lewis and Ke$ha filled out the haut, retour au début 10; Katy Perry also had a strong montrer in the haut, retour au début 25, and Flo Rida and Gaga also had songs at #19 and #23, respectively.

The entire haut, retour au début 25 is posté on iTunes, with all songs available as an album for $31.95.

Additionally, iTunes has created...