Lady Gaga has managed to reach the top of the Forbes 2013 list of most powerful musicians.

The list is based on a number of factors including earnings and their presence on both social media and in the press.

Despite suffering from a hip injury recently that meant that her Born This Way World Tour was cut short, it still managed to gross an impressive $168 million which was one o the major contributing factors to her reaching the top of the list.

Gaga also has a huge following on social media sites Twitter and Facebook with 38 million followers and 58 million fans respectively. This makes her one of the biggest presences from the music world on social networking sites.

Unsurprisingly, Beyonce follows closely behind Gaga with Madonna at number three, Taylor swift at number four and Bon Jovi at number five.

Unfortunately for fellow Brits, the only British act to make the top ten is Coldplay tought their position was vastly helped by the celebrity friends and family they keep including Chris Martin’s wife Gwenyth Paltrow and friends Jay-Z and Byonce.