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"Lady GaGa has become the first person to accumulate 30 million followers on Twitter. The singer reached the milestone earlier today (October 5) and is currently averaging at 30,000 new followers a day.   Justin Bieber is close behind with 28.5 million followers, while Katy Perry is in third place with 27.7m followers. Rihanna is at four with 26.1m, while Britney Spears completes the Top 5 and currently has 20.8 million followers. Although Rihanna is fourth on Twitter, she currently leads the list on both Facebook and YouTube. It means the five most-followed people on Twitter come from the world of music, while seven of the Top 10 most-followed on the site are popstars. Barack Obama, YouTube and Kim Kardashian are the only accounts in the Top 10 whose primary career is not music. Meanwhile, Lady GaGa recently told fans on her own social network LittleMonsters.com that her planned single with Kendrick Lamar has been cancelled after his team tried to compromise the song&amp;#039;s production. Watch the music video for Lady GaGa&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Poker Face&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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