They both underperformed with their first singles from their albums
It's Like That peaked at #16 on the Hot 100
Perfect Illusion peaked at #15
but came back strong with WBT and AMR
Everyone loved We Belong Together from the day it premiered and it's easily her best ballad/midtempo song to date
Everyone and by everyone I mean the GP and fans love A Million Reasons and it's easily her best ballad to date
Also let's not forget
Mariah came back from a flop album with Charmbracelet but won the GP back with The Emancipation of Mimi
which debuted with her highest first week sales and was well received
Gaga is coming from ARTPOP which is labeled as a "flop" and Joanne is loved by the GP and fans and is getting
good reviews and is set to sell almost 200k which is the equivalent of selling 500k a few years ago
Both have a similar MC score
Everyone labeled them as flops from now on but surprised everyone
Oh and they both came back from iconic meltdowns
So what do you guys think? Will it smash just as hard? I think they're having similar careers so far.