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Originally posted by Ramos
See?
The EXCUSES & DENIAL is real.
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Screaming in all caps won't make you any more logical.
Madonna had clearly maximized her potential as a pop star by that point and the initial Hard Candy sales showed it. She went from 350k to 280k first week despite having a bigger hit. Internationally she was still doing fine, but Hard Candy still sold less than half of Confessions.
Then MDNA was her worst received album ever with what's universally considered her worst single ever as the lead (and it still went Top 10 in 20 countries).
Gaga or not, she was going to decline. The woman hit 50 years of age, in pop star world that means you're not going to get airplay, and the way the media talks about you and how people view you will change. In anything, the Gaga Born This Way controversy probably helped MDNA sales by providing her with press.