It really seems like managing yourself is the way to go. I mean, who could care about your success more than you? (poor Gaga) It's an "if you want it done right, do it yourself" tea.
And The Lord has been doing it herself her entire career.
Yeah no. Prism did not have more promo than 1989. It also had competition from Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga, and all the bigger artists seem to be absent right now.
Obviously there's the Spotify thing too but I'm not sure how much that matters these days.