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Poll: Does Madonna have a bigger hit than Poker Face?
View Poll Results: Madge's Poker Face?
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Yes
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NO
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Member Since: 4/9/2012
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Several, I'm not going to list 10+ songs though.
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
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Originally posted by B2R4D
Well, Madonna was big decades before the digital era. Sales aren't really comparable, as the music climate has developed so much. As for impact, 'Poker Face' does not even come close. Madonna has a whole catalogue of hits that are more remembered, despite being released 10, 20, 25 years earlier... compared to 'Poker Face', which is just over 4 years old.
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THIS
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Member Since: 11/13/2011
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Originally posted by Hotshot
All I see are opinions with no supporting facts
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Madonna's 'Hung Up' sold over 7 million copies Worldwide, just 2 million shy of Gaga's top selling song, which was released in the digital era.
Had the digital era been around when Hung Up was released, Gaga would be eating Madonna's dust.
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Did Madonna had greater impact than Lady Gaga? You must be joking me... if Madonna didn't exist, nor will Lady Gaga... so that's why she'll always come for 2nd best baby.
Check Hung Up, #1 in 41 countries at the same time... and Poker Face?
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Member Since: 5/8/2012
Posts: 6,632
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Originally posted by B2R4D
Well, Madonna was big decades before the digital era. Sales aren't really comparable, as the music climate has developed so much. As for impact, 'Poker Face' does not even come close. Madonna has a whole catalogue of hits that are more remembered, despite being released 10, 20, 25 years earlier... compared to 'Poker Face', which is just over 4 years old.
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this, pretty much!
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Originally posted by gettsleazy
Madonna's 'Hung Up' sold over 7 million copies Worldwide, just 2 million shy of Gaga's top selling song, which was released in the digital era.
Had the digital era been around when Hung Up was released, Gaga would be eating Madonna's dust.
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actually, Poker Face has sold at least 12.5 million worldwide. Some others say 14 mill, but I don't know where those receipts are coming from
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Member Since: 9/4/2008
Posts: 11,720
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Originally posted by Bríseis
And I find it ridiculous how you are still pretending to be a Madonna fan
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Please GTFO with your 2012 account, trying to tell me who I am.
I'm a institution in Madonna fandom on this forum for half a decade and you should really sit down. You probably didn't even stan for Madonna before MDNA. NEXT.
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Member Since: 2/7/2012
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Sales wise/statistically no I guess...? But it's simply not possible to compare. People are doing the most as always.
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Member Since: 4/7/2012
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by Pop
Please GTFO with your 2012 account, trying to tell me who I am.
I'm a institution in Madonna fandom on this forum for half a decade and you should really sit down. You probably didn't even stan for Madonna before MDNA. NEXT.
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Sis, if you were a real fan, you wouldn't sit up here and say no Madonna song has had the impact poker face had. Bye pls.
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
Posts: 8,763
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Originally posted by Pop
Please GTFO with your 2012 account, trying to tell me who I am.
I'm a institution in Madonna fandom on this forum for half a decade and you should really sit down. You probably didn't even stan for Madonna before MDNA. NEXT.
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Oh please, stop bull******** me, I see you baby, and Im obviously not alone. And no, Im not stanning for Madonna. Im just a fan of her 90s/early 00s stuff and I really enjoyed her concert in Prague during Confessions tour
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
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Commercially, no. As far as impact, she has several.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 3/22/2012
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Originally posted by gettsleazy
Madonna's 'Hung Up' sold over 7 million copies Worldwide, just 2 million shy of Gaga's top selling song, which was released in the digital era.
Had the digital era been around when Hung Up was released, Gaga would be eating Madonna's dust.
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Poker Face's most reliable sales are now about 14 million, but "Hung Up" was reported a few years ago as having sold 9 million so it's probably over 10 million by now.
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
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Originally posted by SupremeGoddess
The monsters trying it how old are y'all? 12?
Poker Face will never have the impact songs like Like A Prayer, Vogue, Like A Virgin, Papa Don't Preach, Hung Up etc... have. In fact, no Gaga song will ever have it.
So you can keep trying it and running away from the discussion but the truth remains that Madonna has hundreds of songs that are more iconic and remembered than Gaga.
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This, with highlight on the 1st sentence.
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
Posts: 5,155
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Originally posted by Onen
Sis, if you were a real fan, you wouldn't sit up here and say no Madonna song has had the impact poker face had. Bye pls.
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Exactly. Those fake stans are the worst
I can deal with others fanbases shading my faves, that's part of the game. But seing people pretending to be fans of some artist just to backstab that artist later is beyond low and desperate. We don't need more people like Remixed (who pretended to be a Madonna fan at least twice before suddenly shading her again )
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Member Since: 9/4/2008
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Originally posted by Onen
Sis, if you were a real fan, you wouldn't sit up here and say no Madonna song has had the impact poker face had. Bye pls.
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Madonna has dozens of huge songs which were iconic through three decades. Altogether, she has obviously amounted to much more than Lady Gaga.
However, Gaga has just started out and the success she had with Poker Face was absolutely game-changing. When she appeared on the scene, it was the same kind of game-changer like when Madonna broke on the scene back in the 80s, only on a much larger scale.
The momentum Gaga had with Poker Face cannot be compared to any single Madonna had, even if Madonna had dozens of hit singles. I think it's a sign of the times. Everything is bigger and comes with more impact in the media world these days simply because it has to. What was enough to be on the top in the 1980's is just a quarter of what was enough in the 2010's.
I stick to my words: Poker Face was a bigger hit than any other Madonna hit.
Hopefully, Lady Gaga will be able to have Madonna's longevity. That is the one big feat Gaga will have to work very hard to accomplish.
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Member Since: 9/4/2008
Posts: 11,720
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Originally posted by Onen
Sis, if you were a real fan, you wouldn't sit up here and say no Madonna song has had the impact poker face had. Bye pls.
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There is a difference between a blind Madonna stan living in the past and a real Madonna fan living in the present.
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
Posts: 5,155
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Originally posted by Retro
Poker Face's most reliable sales are now about 14 million, but "Hung Up" was reported a few years ago as having sold 9 million so it's probably over 10 million by now.
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I was not sure about Hung Up's sales, thanks for the info
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Originally posted by Pop
Madonna has dozens of huge songs which were iconic through three decades. Altogether, she has obviously amounted to much more than Lady Gaga.
However, Gaga has just started out and the success she had with Poker Face was absolutely game-changing. When she appeared on the scene, it was the same kind of game-changer like when Madonna broke on the scene back in the 80s, only on a much larger scale.
The momentum Gaga had with Poker Face cannot be compared to any single Madonna had, even if Madonna had dozens of hit singles. I think it's a sign of the times. Everything is bigger and comes with more impact in the media world these days simply because it has to. What was enough to be on the top in the 1980's is just a quarter of what was enough in the 2010's.
I stick to my words: Poker Face was a bigger hit than any other Madonna hit.
Hopefully, Lady Gaga will be able to have Madonna's longevity. That is the one big feat Gaga will have to work very hard to accomplish.
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You better spill that hot tea
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Member Since: 12/27/2011
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I'm not going to read through this entire thread and watch poor Gaga get scalped to death for such a dumb question. OF F***ING COURSE MADONNA HAS HAD A BIGGER HIT THAN POKER FACE.
What kind of question is that?
Do Vogue and Like A Prayer suddenly not exist?
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
Posts: 5,155
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pop
Madonna has dozens of huge songs which were iconic through three decades. Altogether, she has obviously amounted to much more than Lady Gaga.
However, Gaga has just started out and the success she had with Poker Face was absolutely game-changing. When she appeared on the scene, it was the same kind of game-changer like when Madonna broke on the scene back in the 80s, only on a much larger scale.
The momentum Gaga had with Poker Face cannot be compared to any single Madonna had, even if Madonna had dozens of hit singles. I think it's a sign of the times. Everything is bigger and comes with more impact in the media world these days simply because it has to. What was enough to be on the top in the 1980's is just a quarter of what was enough in the 2010's.
I stick to my words: Poker Face was a bigger hit than any other Madonna hit.
Hopefully, Lady Gaga will be able to have Madonna's longevity. That is the one big feat Gaga will have to work very hard to accomplish.
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I can't
Just change your avi into a Gaga avi and stop pretending to be a Madonna fan when you're obviously not one. NO sane Madonna fan would ever say something that ridiculous.
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