GAGA ON CHARTS

Billboard.com: We've spent the year tallying album sales figures and reviewing Hot 100 song rankings. Now, at the end of 2009's road, look back at the 20 artists who traveled further and faster up the charts than all the others. These stars were the best performers on the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 over the course of the chart year.

3) Lady GaGa
The chart-topping hit-maker and headline-grabbing fashionista from New York became the first artist ever to send her first four singles to No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. What's her secret? "A hit record writes itself," said the winner of the 2009 Billboard Rising Star award. "If you have to wait, maybe the song isn't there. Once you tap into the soul, the song begins to write itself. And I usually write the choruses first, because without a good chorus, who really gives a fuck?"

2009 Billboard Year End Charts
The most successful artists, songs and albums in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during the 2009 chart year.

Hot 100 Artists 1) Lady GaGa 2) Black Eyed Peas 3) Beyonce Hot 100 Songs 1) Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow 2) Lady GaGa – Poker Face 3) Lady GaGa – Just Dance Top Artists 1) Taylor Swift 2) Beyonce 3) Lady GaGa The Billboard 200 Artists 1) Taylor Swift 2) Miley Cyrus 3) Beyonce 8) Lady GaGa The Billboard 200 1) Taylor Swift – Fearless 2) Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce 3) Nickelback – Dark Horse 8) Lady GaGa – The Fame Hot Radio Songs 1) Taylor Swift – Love Story 2) Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me 3) Jason Mraz – I'm Yours 6) Lady GaGa – Just Dance 9) Lady GaGa – Poker Face Hot Digital Songs Artists 1) Lady GaGa 2) Black Eyed Peas 3) Beyonce Hot Digital Songs 1) Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow 2) Lady GaGa – Poker Face 3) Lady GaGa – Just Dance Top Digital Album Artists 1) Michael Jackson 2) Kings Of Leon 3) Taylor Swift 4) Lady GaGa Top Digital Albums 1) Twilight Soundtrack 2) Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night 3) Taylor Swift – Fearless 4) Lady GaGa – The Fame

Hot Pop Songs Artists 1) Lady GaGa 2) Black Eyed Peas 3) Beyonce Hot Pop Songs 1) All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell 2) Lady GaGa – Just Dance 3) Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling 4) Lady GaGa – Poker Face Hot Dance Club Play Artists 1) Beyonce 2) Lady GaGa 3) Solange Top Dance/Electronic Artists 1) Lady GaGa 2) 3OH!3 3) Owl City Top Dance/Electronic Albums 1) Lady GaGa – The Fame 2) Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack 3) 3OH!3 – Want European Hot 100 Singles 1) Lady GaGa – Poker Face 2) Katy Perry – Hot N Cold 3) David Guetta – Sexy Chick European Top 100 Albums 1) Lady GaGa – The Fame 2) Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night 3) Pink – Funhouse Canadian Hot 100 Artists 1) Lady GaGa 2) Black Eyed Peas 3) Beyonce Canadian Hot 100 Songs 1) Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling 2) Lady GaGa – Poker Face 3) Flo Rida – Right Round Top Canadian Albums 1) Nickelback – Dark Horse 2) Taylor Swift – Fearless 3) Lady GaGa – The Fame