Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster' named biggest selling album of 2010

Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster has been named the biggest selling album of 2010.

According to the United World Chart, compiled by website mediatraffic.de, the Telephone singer's record - a repackaged version of her earlier disc, The Fame, with an additional eight tracks - sold 5.8 million copies across the globe, reports Contactmusic website.

When Gaga heard the news, she tweeted, writing: "The Fame Monster was named the best-selling album of 2010! I'm so excited for the future, believe plus work hard, you will achieve your dreams (sic)."

Eminem, who's Recovery sold 5.7 million copies, came second while Canadian teen singing sensation Justin Bieber landed the third spot with 5.6 million sales of his My World albums.