Lady Gaga's new single 'Born this Way' has become the fastest selling track ever on iTunes, reaching a mllion downloads in less than five days.

The eccentric pop star, who hit the headlines by emerging from an egg during at the Grammys last weekend, is leading the iTunes single's chart in 23 countries across the globe.

Gaga has established herself as the new media queen in recent years with over 407,000 subscribers on YouTube, while the official Vevo video for Bad Romance garnering 346 million views.

Gaga also boasts a whopping 8.2 million followers on Twitter.

Twitter controversy

Ironically, a lot of the track's success has been attributed to a Twitter controversy after a fan backlash claimed the song closely resembled Madonna's 'Express Yourself'

Twitter hashtags #bornthiswayfriday battled with #expressyourself throughout the week, catapulting the iconic performers single to unprecedented digital sales figures on iTunes.

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First of all, I actually assumed it was a sample. Secondly... DIE, YOU INTEGRAL PART OF THE MEDIA CIRCUS THAT I FCUKING DETEST!

I was rather hoping it was a sample from another song with that title I remember, given Gaga's consistent courting of the gay market. If you're feeling... confident in your sexuality, try looking for the video for a song called 'Born this way' by 'Pour Homme'. It's one of the most hilariously blatant things I think I've ever seen. That's another one you don't want people looking over your shoulder if you're viewing it in the office by the way.

Can't think why. She's god aweful!

It is a rip-off of Madonna's Express Yourself. Not just in the song itself but the way it's sung. Grim stuff.

Thank god for original artists like Gaga. Madonna isn't even relevant today; all great artists do variations on what came before.

Just shows that popular does not necessarily equate to good.

I don't understand these words.

Also performance does not necessarily equate to music.