Gurl, you need an education if you think video phone is risky.

yet it was released to europe

Nobody really, but Gaga has probably had the riskiest ones, even though they're not that risky.

at people saying Britney & Katy though.

most people don't know this, but the song Born This Way was actually an incredibly risky single. for one thing, one of its major basis is religion (practically from the beginning you can tell it has religious influence), which let's face it hardly, if ever, charts at all if its influenced in that way so blatantly.

another thing that made BTW such a risky single was that its other major basis was its appeal to the gay community with the phrase "born this way". it was a huge let down for the religious groups, and trust me there were religion fanatics at my church who pretty much crucified the poor thing. even my parents (who normally see the inspiration of hope in songs like these) found it to be "disrespectful" to the religion it was representing and felt uncomfortable with it whenever i decided to play it in the car.

it was a lot more controversial during its chart run than people think it was...

Born This Way (Yes the song was pop but it was not "current" pop. Factor in mild controversy regarding some of its content and it gets riskier)

Judas (Remember a little thing called controversy during it's release period

You and I (seeing as though it had influences from several genres: Not very poppy)


Factor in the music videos and the singles just get riskier

the public had a reward out for Man Down's head because many believed it was promoting violence and murder. that's why it's considered risky. imo the riskiest Rihanna's done has been S&M and Birthday Cake. S&M cause it was the moment everyone was like "well... Rihanna's definitely grown up *awkward face*" and BC for 2 reasons: 1) all the sexual innuendos omg and 2) featuring her ex boyfriend with an anger management issue.

Lady Gaga does culturally risky singles, so at first glance they seem very risky, but when you look back it doesn't seem so risky because the environment has changed from when it was back then. the culture has changed because the song made the movement to change. but back then yes Poker Face was actually a bit controversial. same as Bad Romance actually, but only a little bit. Alejandro was controversial only because of its music video. Born This Way and Judas are so far her riskiest imo, but it's all because she makes biblical and religious references that extremely hard to ignore.

Since when do urban listeners listen to Reggae? Talk about reaching

Well for Gaga Judas was very risky, Beyonce's singles are risky for the charts, she's all over the show, and Katy releasing Wide Awake was risky but its a top ten for sure, it's number 12 in New Zealand already.

beyonce.

lol gaga's singles aren't risky.

judas had iffy lyrics but it was a bad romance re-hash. you and i???? how is that risky????? it has a catchy country tune.





honestly i wouldnt say any pop star rn is releasing "risky" singles. at the end of the day they're all basic pop hits...

That was a stretch. Another claim can be made that Rihanna has a consistent audience in the general public. The single was released and it build enough traction because of who she is, and previous uwarranted controversy.

Definitely Gaga. She stills slays though

gaga or beyonce imo

Gaga> Rih>>>>> the others

Beyonce she'll throw a curve ball at radio like Ring The Alarm or Run The World at the drop of a dime.

2011 was really the year of risky singles. Judas/You and I, S&M/California King Bed/Man Down, Run the World, Someone Like You (mostly everyone thought it was going to flop when it was announced), The One That Got Away. Some of them paid off, and some of them didn't. Any others?