Did Rihanna influence Lady Gaga's music & image???
We all know the influential Rihanna had been dubbed the "Innovator of Pop" being the biggest female pop star since Madonna herself. She has pioneered many sounds, bringing them to the forefront of pop music, like Dubstep, EDM, Dance-Pop, and Club/Ratchet Pop. The question I ask you today is, did Rihanna influence Lady Gaga's image and music? We all know Lady Gaga did dance-pop after Rihanna's massive success with #1 Hot 100 dance-pop smashes like SOS and Disturbia, not to mention Lady Gaga has stated that ARTPOP will be EDM - a genre Rihanna also pioneered with the longest running #1 of the decade so far, We Found Love. Was it all a coincidence? Or was Lady Gaga following the trends set by Rihanna?
Image wise, Rihanna had dabbled in costume fashion in the video for her #1 Hot 100 smash "Disturbia":
Lady Gaga seemed to have a pretty normal image judging by her image in the Just Dance music video. In the Poker Face music video, we saw her take a turn towards costume fashion as well (like Rihanna pioneered in her Disturbia video).
Was Lady Gaga's music and image influenced by innovator of our generation, Rihanna? Vote wisely and discuss...
No, the only influences on Gaga are the stars of the past in glam rock, rock n roll, avant garde, 70s disco & 80s pop.
The only modern stars who I would say influenced Gaga is Gwen Stefani esp. during Fame era which most of it looked like Sweet Escape era pt 2 and a bit of Christina Aguilera and maybe Britney but thats it.