People should stop acting as if they're above chart discussions. Face it - this site about that, always has been, and always will be.
Charts are always gonna be a thing when talking about Lady Gaga because she was at one point supposed to be the biggest pop star on the planet - something that fans and industry people have claimed since her debut. Plus, we have nothing else to talk about because she's gone ghost and you can't keep talking about how much you like/dislike a song.
And yea, she's the only one making money here - so why are you taking all the criticism she's getting personally?
Tbh I think the reason I really don't care anymore is because she's literally reached so many accolades. There's still a lot she can achieve like album of the year, song of the year, Emmy, Oscar, and etc but she's got 3 number 1s all massive hits, over 100m records sold ww, amazing touring numbers, the good sis is really just competing with herself at this moment to get through her own hurdles. I'm not above talking about charts, I talk about them all the time, I just think the incessant obsession with worrying about them is unhealthy. Literally shouldn't be affecting people the way it is.
The fact that she release a bad comeback lead single after 3 years isn't helping her case at all, because now the song's performance is also being associated with the song's quality and she's being dragged for that too.
And Joanne needs to stop bringing the "number one in 62 countries" thing too !