A sea of people filled Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach on Saturday as pop superstar Lady Gaga played a colossal free concert in the Brazilian city, with more than a million fans expected to attend.

To promote her latest album, Mayhem, Lady Gaga drew the biggest crowd for a female artist at Brazil's Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on May 3. The previous record of 1.6 million was held by Madonna at the same venue last year.

M ore than two million people attended a free Lady Gaga (39) concert at Rio de Janeiro's beach. According to media reports, the pop star's biggest concert to date was paid for by