Lady Gaga Beats Britney For Most Twitter Followers

Britney Spears has enjoyed a nice run as the Twitter user with the most followers. But on Friday, her reign ended. All hail Lady Gaga, the new queen of the social media site.

By Friday afternoon, Gaga reached 5,670,779 followers, narrowly surpassing Britney's 5,668,825 base.

According to Famecount.com, Ashton Kutcher comes in third place with 5,542,023, The Ellen DeGeneres Showranks fourth with 5,053,073, and President Barack Obama takes the fifth position with 5,003,469.

This news comes weeks after Gaga was also deemed the biggest name on Facebook.

During the first week of July, she surpassed President Barack Obama as the living person with the most Facebook fans. Then, the "Paparazzi Singer" amassed 10 million supporters. In less than two months, her number of Facebook followers has risen to more than 16 million, Famecount.com reports.

Also last month, Gaga's "Bad Romance" and Justin Bieber's "Baby" videos competed for the most video streams on YouTube. Bieber's collaboration with Ludacris triumphed with 245,746,720 views. Gaga was a close second with a respectable 245,493,709 plays.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler did not break any records -- or bones -- this week, but he did reveal some good news. He was actually okay after falling from a Toronto stage Tuesday after bumping into bandmate Joe Perry during a catwalk performance of "Love In An Elevator." Not only did he bounce back, but two days later, Tyler announced that he would be joining the judge's panel on American Idol.

American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, who was hospitalized last week after overdosing on aspirin, released a statement letting her fans know that she was okay.

Other shockers this week included news that Wyclef Jean was not eligible to run for the president of his homeland Haiti, and Erykah Badu was fined for disrobing in Dallas last April.

Check back next week, and we'll have even more juicy tidbits for you.

THIS WEEK'S TOP 5 NEWS STORIES

1) Trending Topics - Lady Gaga surpasses Britney Spears's Twitter ranking

2) Fall Out Boy - Steven Tyler takes another fall, plus joinsAmerican Idol

3) Don't Stop Believing - Fantasia says she is okay after overdose scare

4) Out Of The Running - Wyclef Jean can not run for Haitian presidency

5) Crime Pays -- Erykah Badu fined for undressing in Dallas courtyard

Source: yahoo