Lady Gaga released "Born This Way" 7 years ago! Here's a look back of BTW's Achievements:


7 years ago today, Lady Gaga released "Born This Way." The song spent six weeks at #1 in the US and has become an anthem for the LGBTQ+ community.


BORN THIS WAY ACHIEVEMENTS:

* "Born This Way" became the quickest selling single on US iTunes, reaching number one within three hours of release. (February 11, 2011)

* "Born This Way" had the highest first day radio plays, with 1,838. (February 11, 2011)

* "Born This Way" had the highest first day radio impressions, with 25 million with a total of 2,500 plays from all formats. (February 11, 2011)

* "Born This Way" became the first track to top all 23 iTunes charts 'simultaneously'. (February 12, 2011)

* "Born This Way" became fastest single to sell a million downloads on iTunes, by accomplishing this feat in five days. (February 16, 2011 - Guinness World Records)

* "Born This Way" became the 19th song to debut at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. (February 26, 2011)

* "Born This Way" became the 1000th number one song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. (February 26, 2011)

* Lady Gaga had the biggest debut by a female artist by selling 450,000 downloads of "Born This Way". (February 26, 2011)

* "Born This Way" debuted on Billboard’s Pop Songs radio chart at number fourteen, receiving over 4,600 plays, which is the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart’s eighteen year history. (February 26, 2011)

* Born This Way attained the highest first day album sales in history, with 524,000. The previous record holder was Britney Spears with 500,000. (May 23, 2011)

* Born This Way became the first the Fastest selling US digital album selling 1.1 million copies in its first week. (2012 Guinness World Records)

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