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.

The entertainer’s team was not told about the planned attack. They found out about it from media reports on Sunday.

Lady Gaga performed to a record-breaking crowd during her free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday (May 3). "Tonight, we're making history," she told the massive audience.