The early numbers are in, and Susan Boyle's first-week U.S. album sales are projected even higher than before!

SuBo's I Dreamed A Dream is expected to sell 550,000 copies this week - 50,000 more than what Billboard previously thought!

You go, SuBo!

And congrats to GaGa, who is expected to come in at #2 this week in first week sales by pushing an impressive 350,000 copies of The Fame Monster (200,000 copies of the EP and 150,000 copies of the deluxe version of the album)!

Glambert rounds out the top three with the expected sales of his debut album, For Your Entertainment, projected at being 225,000 by the week's close.

Impressive!

[Image via WENN.]

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This is shocking! And sad! And upsetting! And NOT RIGHT!!!!

The FBI is reporting that the number of victims of hate crimes based on sexual orientation increased by 11 percent in 2008. This is the third year in a row that the statistic has increased!

The Human Rights Campaign, the largest civil rights org working to achieve LGBT equality, responded to the statistic today - saying:

“These numbers are unacceptable. While it is so important that we have the new federal hate crimes law, it is critical to ensure that we continue working with the Department of Justice to ensure the safety of LGBT citizens. We have to prosecute each hate crime to the fullest extent of the law, but we also need to get at the roots.

"When we don't know each other as human beings, ignorance breeds misunderstanding, which breeds hate, which too often this year led to violence. We have to keep fighting the prejudices and stereotypes that underlie these acts.”

ELEVEN percent is a huge number and we completely agree that it is unacceptable!

Hopefully President Obama signing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law will turn these statistics around!

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LOLgasm!!!

Must watch.

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Check out Lady GaGa's performance of Bad Romance on Jay Leno's show Monday night (above)!

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Making her monster song Telephone with super producer Rodney Jerkins.

Check ot how the magic was made….after the jump!

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Without a doubt it was GaGa!

The Lady stole the show at the American Music Awards last night.

Check out her stunning performance of Bad Romance and Speechless (above)!

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Lady GaGa on homophobia - and what she's doing to fight it!

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One of her first performances as "Lady GaGa" - at the Cutting Room in NYC way back in 2006.

Watch her perform Wonderful and Fever, the song she wrote which now has ended up on Adam Lambert's debut album.

Exquisite!

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Genius!!!!!

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