US Taylor, WorldWide Gaga

Gaga

As of June, 2011. US ONLY.

Album Sales:
1. Taylor
2. Gaga

Digital Tracks
1. Gaga
2. Taylor

Youtube rankings
2. Gaga
7. Taylor

Airplay points
1. Gaga
2. Taylor

Billboard Hot 100
1. Gaga
2. Taylor

Social networks
1. Gaga
5. Taylor

Touring
2. Gaga
5. Taylor

Awards
1. Taylor
2. Gaga

Album reviews
1. Taylor
4. Gaga

Overall: Gaga.

Plus, Gaga's success has grown so much after June, 2011.
Plus, let's not even talk about WW success.

The Iconic one.

Album sales is more important than the others combined, besides touring.

How many albums has Taylor sold as of now?

Gaga worldwide, and no need to even mention the US.

As of now in the US, 17 million which includes the first week sales of her latest album.

There's no denying that Gaga is a bigger force WW, but it's also undeniable that Taylor is a bigger U.S. act than Gaga. Speak Now has sold almost as much as Gaga's biggest hit, The Fame.

Gaga since she's a global superstar.

Swift.

Taylor.

Gaga has had a more encompassing success that not only made her a household name but made her an instant icon.

Taylor, especially she's been mainly local for most of her career and is just now breaking out into global superstardom. Lady Gaga isn't even the top pop artist (she's third after Adele and Rihanna), so of course Taylor. Not to mention the accolades she's gotten (the Grammys speak for themselves, and she never had to use gimmicks to get where she is).

GAGA

If Lady Gaga is the third biggest pop artist (as you say), and Taylor isn't one of the other two, then how is Taylor more successful? Also, gimmicks don't negate success. That she didn't have to use gimmicks for success is great but doesn't make her more successful.

Taylor is HUGE in the US and bigger than Gaga will ever be there, but on a worldwide scale Gaga destroys her in records sales, touring numbers, social media, globality and any other possible parameter. We'll see if ARTPOP era confirms or changes this, but at the moment Gaga is the obvious answer.

There is only one global superstar in the threa title, so ...

Sorry to pop your dream bubble, but rihanna is no where near Gaga and Adele.

Taylor isn't a pop singer. She would rank only after Adele in total success.