With Applause being a US-centric hit, many on here were banging the gong on Gaga's international relevance.

However, DWUW is on track to top iTunes in more than 70 countries, and it's not even a full single.

Is Gaga REALLY local now?

Keep it cute.

No, She's the 2nd most global artist after Britney

yeah

She's proven shes not local again with this song but Applause was a mess lets be real

The only reason that song is charting so high is because of Pre-orders. Let's see where it actually stabilizes and bring this thread back up later.

Applause was not local

I agree.

This.

People on atrl is just stupid and always judge an artist's success based on their latest single.

I kind of agree, but I really think “Applause“ served as a great appetizer. Something to get her new era a fresh start after that break/MTN. It has served its purpose. We'll see how it plays out from now on.

#1 in 67 out of 116 countries ITunes??? She is really a flop and very.... Local

Oh, so just to clarify, it's only because people worldwide are buying her album that's not even released yet?

So she has enough pre orders to get #1 in 70 countries, how local of her.

No lol. She just hurts her chances whenever she release something unrelatable and eccentric. If she were to release more normal singles like DWUW she'd be racking up those number 1#s.

Shes international.
Pretty local when compared to forces like Rihanna and Shakira though.
Bye.

Applause was kind of local but she's still global overall.

No, but haters will keep on trying it

Biggest kii in the thread already in the first post

Yes of course

She's local in north America.
She's local in south America
Local in Australia
Local in Asia
Local in Africa
Local in Europe