I understand why everyone is saying Gaga fans are going to be pressed.
She's really not accomplishing much these days.
In the last
3 months or so, she's only:
-Had the most points for a song on the world chart since they started tracking
-Been the 1st female artist to debut at #1 on the world chart
-Been the only artist to debut @ #1 on the Hot 100 with less than 3 days of sales
-Had the biggest digital sales in a week for a female artist - in 3 days
-Been the 1st artist since the 1990s to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 and stay there for 6 weeks
-Scored another Billboard radio #1
-Done all the above with the gayest song in pop history (Paul @ Yahoo's words, not mine)
-Been named Billboard Artist of the Year
-Been nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys
-Won 3 Grammys
-Had the highest-selling album of 2010
-Had the longest-running album on the world chart since they started tracking
-Won Most Charitable Star of the Year
-Won Fashion Icon of the Year
-Been predicted by Forbes to earn 100M this year
-Continues to outgross legends' tours even with now the THIRD leg of her tour
-Been named the #1 artist of the digital era
-Earned 2 back-to-back 6X platinum singles, the only artist in digital history to do it
-Already sold over 700K copies of her old albums this year
-Most first day spins on U.S. radio with
619 spins
-Record breaking 25 million AI on first day with a total of 2,500 spins on all formats
-Won the Gay Icon award.
-Already raised $1.5M for Japan - with more to come.
-Been the only artist ever to have her song go #1 in every iTunes store
-Had the fastest climb to #1
-Performed the love song (with the legendary Sir Elton John) in a surprise smash animated film that will soon gross $100M+ in the US