Lady Gaga, by the numbers

Pop singer Lady Gaga arrives in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the first of two shows at Staples Center. To get a sense of the concert, and Gaga’s achievements, here’s a statistical (and not so statistical) analysis of her world.

667,070,854*: Combined hits from her videography on her official YouTube/Vevo channel for “Alejandro,” “Telephone,” “Bad Romance,” “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich,” “Poker Face,” “Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say),” “Paparazzi,” “Love Game” and “Just Dance.”

18.1 million**: Number of digital singles Lady Gaga has sold.

3.64 million: The number of copies Lady Gaga’s “The Fame” has sold in the U.S. since its release in August 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

1.3 million: The number of copies “The Fame” has sold in 2010 alone, making the 2-year-old album this year’s fourth-bestselling album thus far.

$24 million: Billboard’s estimate of the gross for Lady Gaga’s 47 European and Pacific Rim tour dates.

$440: The most expensive ticket package when Lady Gaga returns to Staples Center on March 28, 2011.

$40: Cost of a Lady Gaga 2010 tour shirt.

Mission: “I want to make pop music that my heavy metal friends will listen to,” Lady Gaga told The Times in 2009.

10: Height, in inches, of the heels on the Alexander McQueen Armadillos that Gaga made famous in her “Bad Romance” video.

179: Total number of shows Gaga will have played when the tour wraps next year (it began in 2009).

19: Number of songs Gaga treats her “monsters” to during the spectacle.

13: Number of Moonmen she could potentially walk away with at this year’s Video Music Awards; she received the most nominations ever in a single year.

15: Number of costume changes during the concert.

*As of Monday, Aug. 9, at 2 p.m.

** The week ending Aug. 1