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Originally posted by Mariano
Chart success is only one tool to become a legend. Time is the other one.
Everything else Gaga already has it, on top of having extraordinary chart success for most of her career. Like David Bowie never had an album or a song as big as Gaga's biggest albums/songs. Yet he is a legend 
There are other legends too, that didn't really reach Gaga's highs either. And idk what y'all call longevity Gaga's last lead single went top 5. She is still here. Performing at oscars and superbowl. Like idk why y'all are chosing to pretend she is over, but it will hit you hard very soon.
btw if Gaga's first era was as big as any of her peers first era was:
(Katy - 4M) (Adele - 2-3M untill 21 happened) (Taylor Swift 7M ? ) (Rihanna 3M)
this is how her stats would look:
TF - 4M - TFM ( it boosted TF's numbers 2x so basically 4M too) then BTW - 7M - then AP - 2M.
Almost no decline  And that somehow looks better to ATRL than
TF - 6-7M, TFM boosted the sales with 7-8M more (over the course of 3 years topping charts and stuff) - BTW - 7M - ARTPOP - 2M
How and why ? |
She's only had extraordinary chart success 3 years out of her career: 2009, 2010, and 2011.
2008, she was just getting started.
2012, all she had to her name was a 29 peak with "Marry The Night" (flop)
2013, she had middling success with "Applause" compared to her past singles. "Do What U Want" also ended up underperforming, and "Dope," while a top ten promo single, made it that high due to dubious reasons.
2014, she mega-bombed hard with "G.U.Y." and failed to chart with "Anything Goes" (which, as a jazz song, wasn't going to chart anyway)
2015, she didn't release, so she was hardly even an afterthought on the charts.
And so far this year, she managed to "slay" at #95 with "Til It Happens To You."
So... to that end, how exactly is that "extraordinary chart success for most of her career"?
David Bowie is a male.
