yes. just like how rihanna is the successor of madonna. the new generation always surpasses the old. it's just the way it is, anyone who disagrees is delusional.
listen to david bowies work and ask yourself that question.
they arent even the same genre of music for gods sake.
Was about to say something similar. They're NOTHING alike, not even musically. Besides Gaga wearing a lightening bolt on her face to reference him it goes no further than that.