Released in summer 2011, Run The World flopped with a peak of #29 and didn't even go recurrent on the charts.

Released in winter 2011, Born This Way debuted at #1, and was a big hit.

5 years later, why is it that Run The World is more remembered than Born This Way?

Spotify Streams -
Run The World - 134.7 million streams
Born This Way - 68.2 million streams

Youtube -
Run The World -335 million views
Born This Way - 191 million views


Digital Sales -
Run The World has sold over 100k this year.

Born This Way's recurrent sales have been nonexistent, and is currently absent of top 1500 on Itunes.

Discuss

Because Gaga's music is forgettable and Beyoncé's isn't.

Talent always wins?

Why the report? Can't we discuss?

Because at the end of the day charts don't matter.

better song

better video

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I don't know, Bey's chart peaks haven't been strong, but she's always had longevity. The fact she's one of the top streaming female artist and released self-titled onto Spotify a year late.

Run the World sounds more current. And it's an urban song released in 2011, the peak of dance-pop in America, of course it flopped back then but it's current now. Born This Way was an 80s inspired dance song, cute for 2011, completely dated in 2016.

Beyonce is better at capturing the GP's attention on a long-term basis.

Good analysis, but why label RTW an urban song? lol

This Beyonce will NEVER let RTW die

Also a lot of Beyonce's flops/moderate hits end up becoming memorable because she's pretty much the catch phrase queen So the catch phrases from the song end up staying a part of pop culture for quite a while.

slow and steady wins the race. Gaga's back catalog in general doesn't seem to have much longevity tho.

I think it's because of its use in that meme that compared RTW with Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody in order to show how awful current music is compared to what it once was. I still see a lot of people sharing and discussing that. xoxo Prince Lightning

This is very true, her catch phrase's stick.

So

That still doesn't explain the stats. They've been the same for over 2 years now.

Well, at the end of the day BTW sold 10M and the album 8. Doesn't matter.

RTW is a song you ending up loving in the long run. I remember disliking the song when she first released it and now I love this song so much. I''m sure this was the deal with a lot of people and not to mention the sudden rise in feminists lately.

What? No