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Originally posted by EmaciatedHooker
The fact that Gaga is able to sell out a year after her album was released says something.
Oh, and I know Gaga doesn't have any Grammys for BTW, but Kats brought up Grammys and that didn't make any sense.
Katy's album sold 5.5m WW with a tour.
Gaga's album sold 6.3m WW without a tour.
But then how do you explain Gaga selling more albums and eventually outgrossing Katy's tour if TD made Katy into a star and BTW took Gaga's starpower away?
Singles aren't as important as people seem to think, and Gaga's albums selling more and tour selling better proves that. Single sales are great, but if you can't sell something that costs more than a buck, you're not getting the right people to pay attention to you
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What I meant was more that she alienated mainstream audiences and the media attention that she had been gaining lately has been mixed to negative, in regards to Madonna and the whole "Express Yourself" thing that has simply become over-mentioned.
Also, she's showing signs of moving away from pop stardom toward politics, which is not really a good thing, as most people dislike politics and wish to distance themselves from it as much as possible.
Politics simply leaves a bad taste in ones mouth, and that's exactly what Born This Way consisted of. Politics.
If Born This Way was a one-off thing, she'll still have (only a little) difficulty in regaining many of the mainstream listeners that left her behind. But the political game is simply not one to play right now in this day and age.