Lady Gaga Tipped To Be The New Madonna

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The director behind Lady Gaga's new music video has tipped the singer to go on to become as big as Madonna.

Jonas Akerlund, whose nine-minute video for 'Telephone' has been viewed over 15 milion times online, said Lady Gaga was a “true artist”.

“She's really a huge talent, and she's such a hard worker,” he told MTV.

“That makes me think of Madonna, because Madonna is always such a hard worker, more than anybody else."

Akerlund, who has a twelve year working relationship with Madonna, said he didn't normally like to compare artists he works with.

But he admitted that the two singers had a lot in common, particularly when it comes to creativity.

"[Madonna] always goes back to creativity. She has so much politics around and all these stupid rumours and gossip and all that, and some artists manage to stay above that,” he said.

“So in that sense, I'm fine with comparing [Gaga and Madonna], but then again, they're so different.”

Akerlund added: "I also have 12 years with Madonna and I have two videos with Gaga; it's the future to tell, but I think that Gaga has all the potential and all the tools and all the brain to take her creativity as far she wants to.”

The video for 'Telephone', which stars Beyonce, debuted worldwide last Thursday.

On Tuesday, Lady Gaga thanked her fans – who she dubs the Little Monsters – for supporting the video.

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