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Lady Gaga started her career in 2005. She released now-trademark singles like “Poker Face” and “Just Dance” in 2008, catapulting her into stardom; she is now considered as one of the most powerful women in the world, right up alongside American talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. She released her second album in 2009, with songs like “Bad Romance”, “Telephone” and “Alejandro”. Her third album, “Born This Way”, was released this year and its songs are topping the UK Top 40 charts.
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Lady Gaga started her career in 2005. She released now-trademark singles like “Poker Face” and “Just Dance” in 2008, catapulting her into stardom; she is now considered as one of the most powerful women in the world, right up alongside American talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. She released her second album in 2009, with songs like “Bad Romance”, “Telephone” and “Alejandro”. Her third album, “Born This Way”, was released this year and its songs are topping the UK Top 40 charts.
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Karl Lagerfeld, fame fashion icon and head of fashion house Chanel, had some questionable comments about superstar singer Adele.
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Remember this look from the red carpet at the MTV Europe Music Awards show in Belfast Nov. 6?
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Rihanna will perform for the first time with Coldplay at the 54th Grammy Award in February. The two sing together on the group's latest album.
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Yup, she did it again! Britney is no stranger to controversy especially where it concerns outfits. This time, the singer was snapped getting into her car in a not-so-ladylike fashion, thereby pink flashing panties to the shutterbugs on Sept. 16, London.
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Taylor Swift, an American country music and pop singer and songwriter, burst into prominence with a 2006 single called “Tim McGraw”. Since then, she has released three albums, the most recent of which was “Speak Now” in 2010. Some of her more popular songs are "Teardrops on my Guitar" and "Back to December".
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Young American singer, Kesha, is a singer and rapper who started her career in 2005, when she signed to the Dr. Like record label. She had her first hit single, “Right Round”, in 2009 and released two albums the next year - “Animal” and “Cannibal”.
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Columbian singer and songwriter, Shakira, has captured millions of hearts across the world; a statement that is amplified several times over by mention of songs like “Whenever, Wherever”, “Hips Don’t Lie” and, of course, the hugely popular anthem for the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup, “Waka Waka”.
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Beyonce Knowles, more commonly referred to as Beyonce, is an American singer, fashion designer and actress, whose musical career began as lead singer for the group “Destiny’s Child”, in 1997. She released “Dangerously in Love” in 2006 and followed that with a cinematic debut, opposite Steve Martin, in “The Pink Panther”, which released in the same year.
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Britsh rapper Nicki Minaj started her career in 2007, when she released a number of mixed tapes, including “Playtime is Over” and “Sucka Free”. She signed a deal with Lil Wayne and Young Money Entertainment in 2009 and according to an MTV news report she became the first artist ever to have seven songs on Billboard’s Top 100, at the same time.
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According to a list released by tiptoptens.com, American singer and entertainer, Lady Gaga, with dazzling performances throughout the year, has been voted the most popular female singer of 2011. The Italian-American is followed by British singer Adele and another American, Katy Perry.
Also on the list are traditional divas like Rihanna, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift and Kesha, in addition to Shakira, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj.
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