Lady Gaga breaks Twitter record with 20 million followers

It seems like just yesterday Ashton Kutcher was vying with CNN to reach 10 million Twitter followers first. Now that record seems paltry compared with Lady Gaga's record-breaking number of followers (aka "little monsters"): 20 million.

According to The Guardian, Gaga writes all of her own 140 character messages -- sharing everything from tour dates to her fashion advice. She's also not a constant presence on the social networking platform. As of this writing, Gaga's most recent tweet -- about Bruce Springsteen's Jimmy Fallon performance -- was posted on March 3.

"Listening to HAIR, singing into hairbrush. I think I forgot I'm a pop singer for 5 whole minutes + then remembered I GET TO TOUR THIS SHIZ!" she tweeted on Feb. 22.

Gaga's closest competition -- Justin Bieber -- has 18 million followers.