[KESTER]

yes

[Benjamin]

Not really, there's a reason why Billboard immediately ran to change the rules to ban anyone trying it ever again.

Same reason they added "(From a non-re-released album)" to the end of Katy and Michaels 5 #1 record. It's not fair and shouldn't be counted.

[Rusty]

Originally posted by fanboyn8

"officially" it does

"Correct."

[Can't_M!ss_This]

Originally posted by toanythingtaboo

Rihanna and the other artists who also had the 99c deal before Gaga didn't seem to give a ****?

I love her but I said integrity. Nobody should be selling their album for under a dollar on release week. And don't tell me gaga/the camp/the label couldn't have said no.

I'm not going to slight a product for trying to sell to the masses but don't serve me McDonald's and call it fillet mignon

[DanceForYou]

Yep! It's not her fault AMAZON chose to discount her album to promote their MP3 service because of the interest surrounding the album. A sale is a sale. And you know damn well there are many girls who wouldn't have came close to doing it even with such a discount. Trying to discredit it just makes you look incredibly pathetic, desperate, and illogical but Gaga seems to always attract the most desperate type of haters so it's not surprising.

[Rama]

Originally posted by dirrtydiana

Not when monsters bought 10 copies instead of 1 from amazon

Yes 1M (barely scraped the surface) albums were unfairly sold but not 1M ppl bought the album that week.

Wow, this has to be a brand new excuse.

So if every Monster bought 10 copies, the album sold 100k first week? So BJ and RH outsold it? Flop.

[dirrtydiana]

Originally posted by Tanguy

yeah, too bad gaga's camp had nothing to do with it. Amazon used the album to promote a storage thingy. Interscope / Gaga had nothing to do with that and were paid full price by Amazon.

And there are a LOT of artists that had their albums sold for .99 on various stores. Don't.

Oh u work for gagas team? U were there when amazon delivered the deal to gagas team? And u were there when they decided gagas "art" is worth nothing more than a dollar so they agreed it was ok to ***** her work around like that? Ok.

[Lithium9]

Why wouldn't especially now that they count FREE streams as sales in their album chart

[DanceForYou]

Originally posted by Can't_M!ss_This

I love her but I said integrity. Nobody should be selling their album for under a dollar on release week. And don't tell me gaga/the camp/the label couldn't have said no.

I'm not going to slight a product for trying to sell to the masses but don't serve me McDonald's and call it fillet mignon

Of course you're going to say that. You discredit and bash Gaga at every opportunity. Excuses, excuses. If it's okay for somebody else why is it not okay for Gaga? Only because you hate her. If AMAZON wanted to discount her album and was going to pay the label back full price for the units sold why in the world would they reject that deal? Get over it.

[dirrtydiana]

Originally posted by Rama

Wow, this has to be a brand new excuse.

So if every Monster bought 10 copies, the album sold 100k first week? So BJ and RH outsold it? Flop.

Wow best April fools post I've seen all day. Slay

[Dämon]

Originally posted by Can't_M!ss_This

I love her but I said integrity. Nobody should be selling their album for under a dollar on release week. And don't tell me gaga/the camp/the label couldn't have said no.

I'm not going to slight a product for trying to sell to the masses but don't serve me McDonald's and call it fillet mignon

Originally posted by dirrtydiana

Oh u work for gagas team? U were there when amazon delivered the deal to gagas team? And u were there when they decided gagas "art" is worth nothing more than a dollar so they agreed it was ok to ***** her work around like that? Ok.

Lol, k.

In a 3:00 a.m. press release titled " 'Lady Gaga for $0.99 Again - This Time We're Ready,' " Craig Pape, Director of Music for Amazon, said the following: "Clearly customers are really excited for Lady Gaga's new album - we saw extraordinary response to Monday's promotion - far above what we expected - she definitely melted some servers. So we're doing it again, and this time we're ready."

Lady Gaga's label and management have stated that they were not alerted to or involved in Amazon's promotion.

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Amazon will lose money on each 99-cent sale because it is paying Interscope/Universal Music Group the standard rate for each unit sold. The similar title is selling for $11.99 at iTunes. The retailer typically keeps 30% of the sale price, meaning it owes the label and distributor the remaining 70% -- or $8.39.

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Lady Gaga’s manager has denied any involvement with the promotion,

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Troy Carter:

Although we weren’t aware of Amazon’s deal that they were offering, I applaud them for their efforts. Anytime we can get people to purchase music legally, it’s a good thing for the business. I’m sure they’ll be better prepared the next time they do such an offering.

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But I'm sure they're lying, right? Cause you desperately want to be right .

[- JED -]

Originally posted by dirrtydiana

Oh u work for gagas team? U were there when amazon delivered the deal to gagas team? And u were there when they decided gagas "art" is worth nothing more than a dollar so they agreed it was ok to ***** her work around like that? Ok.

Cool story bro but we know Amazon paid full price for all the copies they sold

[DanceForYou]

Originally posted by dirrtydiana

Oh u work for gagas team? U were there when amazon delivered the deal to gagas team? And u were there when they decided gagas "art" is worth nothing more than a dollar so they agreed it was ok to ***** her work around like that? Ok.

You can easily search up articles from reputable sources that reported it was Amazon's idea and they paid Gaga's label in FULL for those units sold. And lol the statement I bolded is so petty and immature. Grow up. What an awful attempt at shade. You're not in the position to be judging the worth of anybody's art!

edit: oop you were already clocked!

[Alchemist]

Originally posted by Shamser

Lol at monsters pretending it was all Amazon choice.Her label let them do this.
Also i am pretty sure that it was their idea considering that album wasn't selling as good as Interscope want.
How do i know?Angela Cheng told me.

Obviously they let them do it. Why would the give a **** what Amazon does with the album AFTER paying for it full price and willingly losing money to promote their new service?

[Rama]

Originally posted by Tanguy

Lol, k.



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Troy Carter:



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But I'm sure they're lying, right? Cause you desperately want to be right .

The receipts have been brought to the table.

[Rusty]

Tanguy bringing the tea to all the annoyed haters of ATRL. The vendor decides the price the product is sold at. Gaga as a loss leader of millions of dollars was obviously an investment for Amazon. Poor your favs.

[UnusualBoy]

It does*

[Can't_M!ss_This]

Originally posted by DanceForYou

Of course you're going to say that. You discredit and bash Gaga at every opportunity. Excuses, excuses. If it's okay for somebody else why is it not okay for Gaga? Only because you hate her. If AMAZON wanted to discount her album and was going to pay the label back full price for the units sold why in the world would they reject that deal? Get over it.

If I hate gaga why do I have the complete Fame, Fame Monster, Born This Way and part of Artpop in my music library?

No, I'm not a hater. Even with my fave I'm able to point out and critique the missteps or the things I don't like or agree with. The fact is, that gaga has done many things in her career that are less than moral. This Amazon deal was something that she didn't need during the BTW era. Anybody with eyes could have foreseen the negative press and they would have stopped it, if they cared. The motivation was obviously to get as high of a debut week as possible.

Of course it's just to say that they probably wouldn't have done it knowing that there would be an asterisk after the fact. Then again if you want the numbers bad enough, I can see them not caring what happened after the first week numbers came out

[SpinThatShhh]

Yes. It would have sold 1M+ either way.

[Starstruck.]

No, even Billboard always points out that she sold 440k copies for 99 cents.