Lady Gaga broke the record for highest-attended concert by a female artist on May 3, when she drew an estimated crowd of 2.5 million to her free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Lady Gaga has achieved a monumental milestone in music history. On May 3, the 39-year-old pop icon performed a free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s famed Copacabana Beach that drew an estimated 2.5 million people – the largest crowd ever for a female artist’s solo show.

Organizers of a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro said the event drew more than 2 million to Copacabana Beach.