Lady Gaga, Born This Way Released
Lady Gaga' second studio album Born This Way, released in May 2011, topped the charts in all major musical markets, after the arrival of its eponymous lead single "Born This Way", which achieved the number-one spot in countries worldwide and was the fastest-selling single in iTunes history, selling one million copies in five days.
Lady Gaga's second studio album and third major release Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011. Lady Gaga announced the title of the album during her acceptance speech for Video of the Year at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Described as "a marriage of electronic music with major [...] metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats" and referred to as an album "about what what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid", Lady Gaga stated, "It came so quickly. I've been working on [the album] for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."