Lady Gaga has been named the most listened to artist of the year on Last.fm.

The singer – real name Stefani Germanotta – has amassed an impressive 18.5million listens of her album 'The Fame' on the music site throughout 2009.

The figure is six million more than her biggest rival The Killers' 'Day & Age'.

Impressively, Animal Collective's 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'It's Blitz!' both made the top ten.

The full top 10 is as follows:

1. Lady GaGa - The Fame - 18,487,185 plays
2. The Killers - Day & Age - 12,471,571
3. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You - 10,522, 633
4. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die - 8,900,264
5. Franz Ferdinand - Tonight - 8,795,186
6. Beyoncé - I Am Sasha Fierce - 8,642,704
7. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion - 7,630,636
8. Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown - 7,607,636
9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! - 6,855,404
10. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak - 6,615, 339

(by Scott Colothan)