"not doing much better than Applause" isn't really that bad. that's still a steady top 10 hit with about 1 million sold in the end (adjusting 2013 sales to now since Applause sold 2.65m)
The things is, when Beyoncé lip-syncs, she lip-syncs to a pre-recorded track, which means she actually had to sing it "live" without being processed, she's just in a controlled setting, which is more than what some can say!
standards 
, your cracked crystal ball ain't predict shot accurately, miss 10% accuracy rate.
When did he become a Meghatron? 
