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* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Almost ''15'' years later and these two records have yet to be broken]], and most likely never will be considering how much the industry has changed since then.

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* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Almost ''15'' Nearly fifteen years later and these two records have yet to be broken]], and most likely never will be considering how much the industry has changed since then.
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* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Ten years later and these two records have yet to be broken]], and most likely never will be considering how much the industry has changed since then.

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* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Ten Almost ''15'' years later and these two records have yet to be broken]], and most likely never will be considering how much the industry has changed since then.
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough to prompt Music/LadyGaga to jump out of her seat and flail around excitedly while Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough to prompt Music/LadyGaga to jump out of her seat and flail around excitedly while Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.
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* The fact that Lance was able to complete Star City's rigorous cosmonaut training, despite not being able to go in space and that it made him the butt of many jokes, is pretty astounding in itself since he had no prior experience. He's also claimed it was easier to train for that than his stint on ''Dancing With The Stars''.

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* The fact that Lance was able to complete Star City's rigorous cosmonaut training, despite not being able to go in space and that it made him the butt of many jokes, is pretty astounding in itself since he had no prior experience. He's also claimed it was easier to train for that than his stint on ''Dancing With The Stars''.Stars''.
** Even more impressive is the fact that he had to condense a full years worth of training into a little less than 6 months due to prior commitments to *NSYNC.
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* The fact that Lance was able to complete Star City's rigorous cosmonaut training, despite not being able to go in space and that it made him the butt of many jokes, is pretty astounding in itself since he had no prior experience.

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* The fact that Lance was able to complete Star City's rigorous cosmonaut training, despite not being able to go in space and that it made him the butt of many jokes, is pretty astounding in itself since he had no prior experience. He's also claimed it was easier to train for that than his stint on ''Dancing With The Stars''.
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* Their tribute to Music/TheBeeGees at the 2003 Grammys garnered a standing ovation from the audience.

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* Their a cappella tribute to Music/TheBeeGees at the 2003 Grammys garnered a standing ovation from the audience.audience, especially from the remaining Gibbs and Maurice's widow.
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** JC even sings the first verse of "Space Cowboy" ''upside down'' as they zip down.
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* When asked to do an impromptu version of their cover of "More Than A Feeling", they initially hemmed and hawed as they had not performed the song in a long time and claimed they were rusty. They [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb2jwA0YCY nailed it a cappella]].

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* When asked to do an impromptu version of their cover of "More Than A Feeling", they initially hemmed and hawed as they had not performed the song in a long time and claimed they were rusty. They [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb2jwA0YCY nailed it a cappella]].cappella]].
* The fact that Lance was able to complete Star City's rigorous cosmonaut training, despite not being able to go in space and that it made him the butt of many jokes, is pretty astounding in itself since he had no prior experience.
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** Their reunion led to a huge sales spike on iTunes, with several of their albums suddenly charting on the best sellers list. Their ''Greatest Hits'' album rocketed up to No. 18, while ''No Strings Attached'' reached No. 29. While they didn't chart as impressively, their self-titled ranked at No. 61 and ''Celebrity'' reached No. 100. They received similar sales spikes at Amazon, with ''Greatest Hits'' and ''No Strings Attached'' reaching No. 10 and No. 11 respectively on the "Movers & Shakers" chart.
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* Their 2001 [=PopOdyssey=] tour, which had them touring ''football stadiums'', had them flying out over their audience on zip wires for "Space Cowboy" and fighting a evil wizard for "The Game Is Over".

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* Their 2001 [=PopOdyssey=] tour, which had them touring ''football stadiums'', had them flying out over their audience on zip wires and riding mechanical bulls for "Space Cowboy" and fighting off a evil wizard for "The Game Is Over".
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* When asked to do an impromptu cover of "More Than A Feeling", they initially hemmed and hawed as they had not performed the song in a long time, before [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb2jwA0YCY nailing it a cappella]] and cracking that they were rusty and supposed to be good.

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* When asked to do an impromptu version of their cover of "More Than A Feeling", they initially hemmed and hawed as they had not performed the song in a long time, before time and claimed they were rusty. They [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb2jwA0YCY nailing nailed it a cappella]] and cracking that they were rusty and supposed to be good.cappella]].
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** Somewhat related, their first single, "I Want You Back", was also recorded in one day.

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** Somewhat related, their first single, "I Want You Back", was also recorded in one day.day.
* When asked to do an impromptu cover of "More Than A Feeling", they initially hemmed and hawed as they had not performed the song in a long time, before [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjb2jwA0YCY nailing it a cappella]] and cracking that they were rusty and supposed to be good.
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* They can play instruments, they just simply choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.
** One clip of them on MTV had Justin and Lance messing around with a piano, but it's clear from other angles that Lance is the one actually playing, while Justin was just tapping a key or two.

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* They can play instruments, they just simply choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.
** One clip of them on MTV had Justin and Lance messing around with a piano, but it's clear from other angles that Lance is the one actually playing, while Justin was just tapping away at a key or two.



* Their joint performace with Music/{{Aerosmith}} for the SuperBowl XXXV Half Time Show in 2001, especially the "Walk This Way" finale when they were joined by Music/BritneySpears, Music/MaryJBlige, and Nelly.

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* Their joint performace performance with Music/{{Aerosmith}} for the SuperBowl XXXV Half Time Show in 2001, especially the "Walk This Way" finale when they were joined by Music/BritneySpears, Music/MaryJBlige, and Nelly.
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough to prompt Music/LadyGaga to jump out of her seat and flail around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough to prompt Music/LadyGaga to jump out of her seat and flail around excitedly and while Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga jumped out of her seat and flailed around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that to prompt Music/LadyGaga jumped to jump out of her seat and flailed flail around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.
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* These rearrangements of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjuyaecWXIE Bye Bye Bye]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1I0aTsuMqk It's Gonna Be Me]]" prove that, though it was something they were known for, they didn't need an elaborate production to put on a good show.

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* These rearrangements of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjuyaecWXIE Bye Bye Bye]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1I0aTsuMqk It's Gonna Be Me]]" prove that, though it was something they were known for, they didn't need an elaborate production to put on a good show.show.
* Their cover of Music/JanetJackson's "That's The Way Love Goes", especially since they recorded the song and filmed a video for it in one day.
** Somewhat related, their first single, "I Want You Back", was also recorded in one day.

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* ''No Strings Attached'' went platinum its first ''day'', selling 1.1 million, and ended its first week of release with 2.4 million records sold.
* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Those two records have yet to be broken, over ten years later.]]

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* ''No Strings Attached'' went platinum its first ''day'', selling 1.1 million, and ended its first week of release with 2.4 million records sold.
sold, making it the fastest selling album in the US.
* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Those Ten years later and these two records have yet to be broken, over ten years later.]]broken]], and most likely never will be considering how much the industry has changed since then.



* Their memorable 2000 VMA performance, best known for the iconic TV heads during the "Bye Bye Bye" section of the medley.



* The same year they were invited to perform for Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary Concert, singing "Dancing Machine" along side Michael and the briefly reunited Jackson 5.
* If that wasn't enough, they also had the honor of inducting the King of Pop in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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* ** The same year they were invited to perform for Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary Concert, singing "Dancing Machine" along side Michael and the briefly reunited Jackson 5.
* ** If that wasn't enough, they also had the honor of inducting the King of Pop in into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.



** Even more impressive, during an appearance on Rosie O'Donnell's talk show they mentioned that there was a 2 second delay on their ear monitors, meaning throughout the entire performance they couldn't tell if they were all singing in time.



* They were the first and only all-white group to be on Creator/{{BET}}'s 106 & Park, with "Pop", "Gone", and "Girlfriend" getting regular rotations on the show.

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* They were the first and only all-white group to be on Creator/{{BET}}'s 106 & Park, with "Pop", "Gone", and "Girlfriend" getting regular rotations on the show.
* Their joint performace with Music/{{Aerosmith}} for the SuperBowl XXXV Half Time Show in 2001, especially the "Walk This Way" finale when they were joined by Music/BritneySpears, Music/MaryJBlige, and Nelly.
* They not only performed for the 2002 [[OlympicGames Olympic]] Concert Series, but were invited to sing the NationalAnthem for the closing ceremony.
* Their tribute to Music/TheBeeGees at the 2003 Grammys garnered a standing ovation from the audience.
* These rearrangements of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjuyaecWXIE Bye Bye Bye]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1I0aTsuMqk It's Gonna Be Me]]" prove that, though it was something they were known for, they didn't need an elaborate production to put on a good
show.

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* They can play instruments, just choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.

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* They can play instruments, they just simply choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.keyboards.
** One clip of them on MTV had Justin and Lance messing around with a piano, but it's clear from other angles that Lance is the one actually playing, while Justin was just tapping a key or two.
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* They can play instruments, just choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.

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* They can play instruments, just choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.keyboards.
* They were the first and only all-white group to be on Creator/{{BET}}'s 106 & Park, with "Pop", "Gone", and "Girlfriend" getting regular rotations on the show.
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* ''No Strings Attached'' went double platinum its first week with 2.4 million records sold.

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* ''No Strings Attached'' went double platinum its first ''day'', selling 1.1 million, and ended its first week of release with 2.4 million records sold.
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* They were invited to sing the national anthem at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pIaFRta8Qc 2000 World Series]], which they performed a cappella. They were booed until they started to sing, at which the crowd then fell silent and then started raucously cheering when the song was finished.

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* They were invited to sing the national anthem at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pIaFRta8Qc 2000 World Series]], which they performed a cappella. They were booed until they started to sing, at which the crowd then fell silent and then started raucously cheering when the song was finished.finished.
* They can play instruments, just choose not to. Their [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zSz5eMGAo tribute]] to the 60s and wholesale ShoutOut to ''Film/ThatThingYouDo'' had JC and Chris on vocals with Chris on guitar, Justin on bass, Joey on drums, and Lance on keyboards.
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* ''No Strings Attached'' went double platinum its first week with 2.4 million records sold. That record has yet to be broken.
* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week.

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* ''No Strings Attached'' went double platinum its first week with 2.4 million records sold. That record has yet to be broken.\n
* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fastest-selling_albums_worldwide Those two records have yet to be broken, over ten years later.]]

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** Their 2001 [=PopOdyssey=] tour, which had them touring ''football stadiums'', had them flying out over their audience on zip wires for "Space Cowboy" and fighting a evil wizard for "The Game Is Over".

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** * Their 2001 [=PopOdyssey=] tour, which had them touring ''football stadiums'', had them flying out over their audience on zip wires for "Space Cowboy" and fighting a evil wizard for "The Game Is Over".



** Their 2001 VMA performance featured a dance performance from ''Music/MichaelJackson'' himself.
* At the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ymTrULwyM 2000 World Series]], they were announced to sing the national anthem and they did it a cappella. They were booed until they started to sing, at which the crowd then fell silent and then started raucously cheering when the song was finished.

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** * Their 2001 VMA performance featured a dance performance from ''Music/MichaelJackson'' himself.
* At The same year they were invited to perform for Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary Concert, singing "Dancing Machine" along side Michael and the [[http://www.briefly reunited Jackson 5.
* If that wasn't enough, they also had the honor of inducting the King of Pop in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
* They were invited to sing the national anthem at the [[https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=p4ymTrULwyM com/watch?v=6pIaFRta8Qc 2000 World Series]], which they were announced to sing the national anthem and they did it performed a cappella. They were booed until they started to sing, at which the crowd then fell silent and then started raucously cheering when the song was finished.
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** Their 2001 [=PopOdyssey=] tour, which had them touring ''football stadiums'', had them flying out over their audience on zip wires for "Space Cowboy" and fighting a evil wizard for "The Game Is Over".
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough to cause Music/LadyGaga to freak out and flail around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift to start crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough to cause that Music/LadyGaga to freak jumped out of her seat and flail flailed around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift to start started crying TearsOfJoy.
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** Their 2001 VMA performance featured a dance performance from ''Music/MichaelJackson'' himself.

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** Their 2001 VMA performance featured a dance performance from ''Music/MichaelJackson'' himself.himself.
* At the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ymTrULwyM 2000 World Series]], they were announced to sing the national anthem and they did it a cappella. They were booed until they started to sing, at which the crowd then fell silent and then started raucously cheering when the song was finished.
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga started freaking out and flailing around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that to cause Music/LadyGaga started freaking to freak out and flailing flail around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift started to start crying TearsOfJoy.
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga started freaking out and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga started freaking out and flailing around excitedly and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.
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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga started freaking out and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga started freaking out and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.TearsOfJoy.
** Their 2001 VMA performance featured a dance performance from ''Music/MichaelJackson'' himself.
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* ''No Strings Attached'' went double platinum its first week with 2.4 million records sold. That record has yet to be broken.
* While ''Celebrity'' did not sell as well as ''No Strings Attached'', it also set a record of 1.8 million sold in its first week.
* Their 2013 reunion at the [=VMAs=]. While it was shorter than most fans would have liked, it was awesome enough that Music/LadyGaga started freaking out and Music/TaylorSwift started crying TearsOfJoy.

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