Eeh, I don't know why Rise has a bigger debut I mean I know the GP has ears and knows that it's a bad song but I guess the bandwagon is hard with ha

Sia, slay!

Deathney stans are so delusional and annoying.
Katy won, get over it

I'm sorry, but when it comes to Gaga suddenly you can use excuses?

Producer doesn't matter. There are many pop songs that do well that aren't produced by Max Martin.

Subject of songs don't matter. Many depressing songs have done well (Kelly Clarkson's Piece By Piece is about father's abandoning their daughters and after her performance went on to top iTunes. Why didn't Gaga's dramatic performance send TIHTY to the top of iTunes? And iirc the song doesn't even specifically mention rape)

I'm a frequent ATRL user and I never heard the song until it was officially released. I can guarantee the public did not know of the song's existence during the "leak" so that excuse is not valid.

There are many albums and songs that get iTunes banners that still struggle. Are you saying every song that got banners on iTunes has topped iTunes and got a 65% lead over the previous week's HDS topper? No.

And you guys need to stop acting like THE TODAY SHOW showing her music video is some grand scale promotion. It's not. Show me a time when that show propelled a song on iTunes.

Stop the excuses. If Rise is a "Katy Perry single" then Til It Happens to You is a "Lady Gaga single" which means you shouldn't be here, but in the Gaga thread crying over the fact that she can't even bring her single to sell 100k.

It was confirmed by an insider. Yet you can continue to believe Katy randomly deciding to release her single right after Britney drops hers. A respectable artist would wait a day or two. I can't imagine what Katy would do if Adele or Taylor were releasing singles now.

The DIGITAL QUEEN won by selling 40k more than Britney I expect more from The DIGITAL QUEEN



#SaveKatyPerryCareer130k

You think iTunes will just bow to Katy's feet whenever she wants? No. The banners had to be planned ahead of time. She did not rush release to overshadow Britney. The world does not revolve are your fave.

kii dont be to hard on them

Trashy sales for trashy songs.

This post is so ironic considering who the poster is

OT: Hopefully Make Me and Rise can stabilize soon. I can see them having good longevity

Actually that's exactly what happened. Britney had a banner ready and she included it in her tweet with the iTunes link but she deleted it in favor of the single cover. Katy is a bigger singles artist therefore iTunes sided with her and let her overtake all the banners on iTunes.

No. Katy's song was an Apple Music exclusive, that's why it got priority over MMO.

well hes quite successful seeing he managed to attract dumbasses like this:

I'm not saying it wasn't. MMO still had a banner ready to go. Katy was greedy and it looks like it didn't matter either way.

Oh my God, no. It was literally the worst song released last year. Her horrid cabaret vocals didn't help it either

Seriously? You're being knowingly disingenuous trying to compete TIHTY and Rise. They're incomparable. TIHTY is not a pop song. I know you must be bitter about your faves fall from grace, and how she isn't the star she used to be, I get it. But stop making excuses, it's not a cute look. Accept that your fave does not have the selling power she once had and move on.

Embarrassing. Gaga isn't the DIGITAL QUEEN of singles. So how can you compare her with an Olympic singer, i mean the Olympics chose Katy for a reason. Also why so stressed, Katy will peak higher in sales in the weeks to come. Go check Whitney's ONE MOMENT IN TIME's horrible debut and higher sales later.

This ^ and it was a surprise release kind of thing

Girl use your brain, what are you saying?

Katy had the banners because she gave the song exclusively, and those deal are made with time not in 24 hours

where is Britney banner now? nowhere, Britney team is useless and you should be mad at them not Katy.

Right. Because as always, if Gaga doesn't pull numbers there is a reason, but Monsters can make fun of anyone else. This is why Gaga is ALWAYS dragged no matter what she does. Because her stans make her a target for every fanbase.

"Knowingly disingenuous" is exactly what monsters are being right now by acting like this is her lead single and trying to drag her for it.

The only right answer. People just don't care for pure pop artists anymore. Quality>