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Originally posted by Haus
Most people in Japan buy physical singles*
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local (domestic) artists' singles. Western acts don't generally release CD singles in Japan. Japanese DO buy western songs digitally, and this is a platform Gaga in particular has done VERY well on in the past, especially during the BTW era.
As for this latest situation, I'm not surprised. Japan is a very fickle market and they move through their own stars at a breakneck pace, let alone foreign artists. Taylor (and Carly Rae) are definitely the latest western "it girls" in Japan, though having said that each of them still only have 1 really big hit in the country, whereas GaGa has had a few successful digital hits. We'll have to see how Gag's new album performs when it's released, but RED has done exceptionally well for an English language album (Platinum with 250,000+ sales so far)