Applause
#1 Argentina
#1 Belarus
#1 Brazil
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Chile
#1 Colombia
#1 Costa Rica
#1 Czech Republic
#1 Dominican Republic
#1 Ecuador
#1 El Salvador
#1 Estonia
#1 France
#1 Greece
#1 Guatemala
#1 Honduras
#1 Hungary
#1 Israel
#1 Italy
#1 Kazakhstan
#1 Latvia
#1 Lebanon
#1 Lithuania
#1 Nicaragua
#1 Peru
#1 Poland
#1 Romania
#1 Russia
#1 Saudi Arabia
#1 Spain
#1 Sweden
#1 Trinidad and Tobago
#1 Ukraine
#1 Venezuela
#2 United States
#2 Canada
#2 Finland
#2 Indonesia
#2 Jordan
#2 Malaysia
#2 Malta
#2 Mexico
#2 Netherlands
#2 Panama
#2 Paraguay
#2 Philippines
#2 Portugal
#2 Singapore
#2 Slovakia
#2 Slovenia
#2 Taiwan
#2 Thailand
#2 Turkey
#2 Ukraine
#2 United Arab Emirates
#3 Azerbaijan
#3 Hong Kong
#3 Ireland
#3 Norway
#3 Russia
#4 United Kingdom
#4 South Africa
#4 Switzerland
#5 Belgium
#5 Denmark
#5 Egypt
#7 New Zealand
#8 Turkey
#10 Austria
#10 Indonesia
#11 Germany
#16 Bahrain
#17 Luxembourg
#29 India
#33 Australia
#50 Nigeria
#72 Namibia
Applause
#1 Argentina
#1 Belarus
#1 Brazil
#1 Bulgaria
#1 Chile
#1 Colombia
#1 Costa Rica
#1 Czech Republic
#1 Dominican Republic
#1 Ecuador
#1 El Salvador
#1 Estonia
#1 France
#1 Greece
#1 Guatemala
#1 Honduras
#1 Hungary
#1 Israel
#1 Italy
#1 Kazakhstan
#1 Latvia
#1 Lebanon
#1 Lithuania
#1 Nicaragua
#1 Peru
#1 Poland
#1 Romania
#1 Russia
#1 Saudi Arabia
#1 Spain
#1 Sweden
#1 Trinidad and Tobago
#1 Ukraine
#1 Venezuela
#2 United States
#2 Canada
#2 Finland
#2 Indonesia
#2 Jordan
#2 Malaysia
#2 Malta
#2 Mexico
#2 Netherlands
#2 Panama
#2 Paraguay
#2 Philippines
#2 Portugal
#2 Singapore
#2 Slovakia
#2 Slovenia
#2 Taiwan
#2 Thailand
#2 Turkey
#2 Ukraine
#2 United Arab Emirates
#3 Azerbaijan
#3 Hong Kong
#3 Ireland
#3 Norway
#3 Russia
#4 United Kingdom
#4 South Africa
#4 Switzerland
#5 Belgium
#5 Denmark
#5 Egypt
#7 New Zealand
#8 Turkey
#10 Austria
#10 Indonesia
#11 Germany
#16 Bahrain
#17 Luxembourg
#29 India
#33 Australia
#50 Nigeria
#72 Namibia
All jokes aside, do Gags fans not realize that everyone is trolling them? Remember when Deadney's HIAM debuted with the same amount of downloads Roar is going to debut with? And remember how in the end it was barely Platinum? Remember how it topped all iTunes countries that were available hours after its release, but ended up being outperformed by Advil's What The Hell and it barely sold 2,4 million WW? Yeah.
Katy can top 100 countries this week and Gaga can top 10 or vice versa. It doesn't matter. We'll get much clearer situation in a month when early hype wears off.
Too bad for both of them because they only have this month left before King B comes and eats them for breakfast.
Pop program directors that are spinning both songs are praising each, although a sample of PDs polled reveals a prediction for greater long-term success for "Roar."
"Both songs have been well-received by our audience, but when it comes to social media, Perry’s 'Roar' has garnered more positive response," says Chase Murphy, PD of KXXM San Antonio. "I think, because of its pop appeal and texture, 'Roar' will probably be embraced by more formats and will eventually be heralded as a bigger song than 'Applause'."
I find it really hilarious that Gaga's stans hyped up Applause, claimed it would end Katy's career, etc, and then Gaga releases one of the most generic songs of her discography and still can't dethrone a Sara Barellis rip-off. It took Katy less than 10 hours to go #1, whereas Applause has been out all day and still hasn't taken the top spot (It's actually 43% behind Katy)
If this isn't proof enough to the Monsters that they need to check their ego's and realize Katy is the top dog now, I don't know what is.