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Discussion: Are Gaga and Britney's careers similar?
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Are Gaga and Britney's careers similar?
It seems like they are very similar. The differences are that Britney's career is Gaga's on steroids. She had higher peaks and lower bottoms. Both had ASTOUNDING debuts, influenced pop culture, and were talked about worldwide. They both were going down until they hit their lows (2007 scandal and shaved head, Gaga's hip and ARTPOP). And it looks like Gaga is coming back (just like Blackout and Circus).
Do you agree?
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In a way yes, but Brit never got the critical respect that Gaga had. When Gaga came out, critics were sucking her off. While when Britney came out, they branded her a one hit wonder, than a one album wonder, than they attacked her for breathing. While Gaga got attacked too, at least she had something going for her. You can draw parallels however, but they won't be strong ones.
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No, their carreers are very different
Besides, Gaga's albums were way more global (charted far higher than Britney's albums on year-end charts in almost every country besides the US) and Gaga's songs were also bigger
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In a way yes, but Britney didn't decline that much that fast.
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Originally posted by slobro
No, Gaga's albums were way more global (charted far higher than Britney's albums on year-end charts in almost every country besides the US) and Gaga's songs were also bigger
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The lies. Britney's first 4 albums were all in the top 10 best selling albums of the year WW.
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No, Britney Jean Spears was much bigger and more global.
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Originally posted by slobro
No, Gaga's albums were way more global (charted far higher than Britney's albums on year-end charts in almost every country besides the US) and her songs were much bigger
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That means nothing. Britney debuted when she had heavy competition. Everyone was on top of their game in that time period. Gaga came at a time when things were stale, she didn't have heavy competition, and was facing a declining market. Which makes it easier for her to shine. Its like Adele she had no competition because lets face it 2011 was a mess in music. Regardless Poker Face was huge, BOMT was also huge both the biggest hits of all time.
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Originally posted by YoYo
In a way yes, but Britney didn't decline that much that fast.
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Britney carreer = 1999-2004
How is five years not Declining that fast?
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Originally posted by slobro
Gaga's songs were also bigger
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Quote:
Originally posted by slobro
No, their carreers are very different
Besides, Gaga's albums were way more global (charted far higher than Britney's albums on year-end charts in almost every country besides the US) and Gaga's songs were also bigger
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Gaga has only like five very global songs at most though, JD, PF, BR, Telephone, BTW. Britney has BOMT, Toxic, MATM, S&S......I feel like they're not that different in that aspect
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they are similar in the sense they had huge peaks and declined, but britney's peak was bigger and her decline wasn't as quick as gaga's
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Originally posted by Britney Spears
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The Fame, The Fame Monster and Born This Way were also in the top 2 best-selling albums in 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively
But I was talking about individual countries, not the global chart. In almost every country, Gaga's albums ranked significantly higher than Britney's in their respective annual charts
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In some ways yes, their peaks were humongous and no pop girl could touch them when they were at it.
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Not even remotely, they are both queens though so I guess that's one similarity
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Originally posted by LoKoPaNdA
Gaga has only like five very global songs at most though, JD, PF, BR, Telephone, BTW. Britney has BOMT, Toxic, MATM, S&S......I feel like they're not that different in that aspect
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Now let's not forget GLOBAL smashes like Oops!...I Did It Again, (You Drive Me) Crazy, Womanizer, and Everytime!
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Britneys career has always been played safe wheras with Gaga she isn't afraid to take risks and show people her talent
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Originally posted by Mystic Boy
Britney carreer = 1999-2004
How is five years not Declining that fast?
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After your peak you can't go anywhere but down. Her first real flop was Britney Jean so she was successful from 1999-2013 with Scream N Shout, that's almost 15 years.
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