Lady Gaga now reigns as the Queen of Twitter. The 'Alejandro' singer gained ground with over 5.7 million followers, beating Spear's 5.6 million. As of today, Gaga's Twitter follower is numbered at 5, 726, 168. She dethroned Britney with 5, 696, 275 followers,.

Lady Gaga reveled in her new tittle by logging in to the Internet to say 'Hello world, this is Lady Gaga, queen of Twitter.' In a video posted online, Gaga sported a lace headpiece adorned with a sequined Twitter logo and a 'Gaga-fied' bird.

She also doned an illuminated scepter with just enough glitter for her new found royalty.

"I wanted to thank all my beautiful little monsters for following me. Thank you for beginning my reign as Twitter queen," the pop star said. She also wished her followers to '"lways have soft cuticles while tweeting' and to 'never have a carpal tunnel."

Lady Gaga video was filmed at backstage at her Monster Ball Tour stop in Tacoma, Washingto. 'Bad Romance' star also promised to keep the Twitter nonsense to a minimum.

"I vow never to partake in celebrity online shenanigans,'"Gaga said. "And I vow to always tweet and tweet again."