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Album: Lady Gaga - 'Born This Way' (#3)
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Originally posted by lolzjustinwat
I honestly believe if we lived in an era without the internet, people would be pleased with how things are going. Everyone is now competing to be the biggest critic because it's what everyone else is doing.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION THOUGH. I'm sure one of you will quote me and try to explain how I'm wrong.
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Preach!
It's pretty admirable she's 1/3 the sales of her debut album released 3 years ago(The Fame) in 4 months, and not even a year. 
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Originally posted by lolzjustinwat
I honestly believe if we lived in an era without the internet, people would be pleased with how things are going. Everyone is now competing to be the biggest critic because it's what everyone else is doing.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION THOUGH. I'm sure one of you will quote me and try to explain how I'm wrong.
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Aren't you one of the stans Preachers of the Gospel of Hair?
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Not to shade Aqua, but putting Björk adjacent to Aqua makes me feel 
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Originally posted by skYiaN.cLoUd
Bad Romance is #1 in my heart  |
It is in mine too.
I've spent so much of my life listening to that song. 
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Originally posted by Ra2
Aren't you one of the stans Preachers of the Gospel of Hair?
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I think people are stanning for hair out of process of elimination and they'd rather have it > FOHL 
like me
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Also...
The Fame sold 1,591,000 across the whole of 2010 in the US...and she's already beat that....and before someone mentions "she had the EPs sales aswell"...so what. It's still selling! It's beating Femme fatale!
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by Lord Americano
You're asking for too much  .
Only 3/10 singles from Gaga have been number 1 and songs like Bad Romance, Paparazzi, Telephone, Alejandro, and TEOG didn't get it. So...  |
Telephone was sloppy tho
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Originally posted by CanonicalEnsemble
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Not to shade Aqua, but putting Björk adjacent to Aqua makes me feel |
Bjork aint got **** on Aqua's Bubblegum innuendo avant garde coochie.
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Originally posted by Gagasm
I think people are stanning for hair out of process of elimination and they'd rather have it > FOHL
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I'm here for this single sequence:
MARRY THE NIGHT
HAIR
SCHEISSE
HEAVY METAL LOVER
/end
That's what I want.
We'll see if I get that. 
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Originally posted by Ra2
Aren't you one of the stans Preachers of the Gospel of Hair?
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Yes, sis, I am. Have you been attending the sermons as well?
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Originally posted by lolzjustinwat
Yes, sis, I am. Have you been attending the sermons as well?
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Sis, I have been baptized.
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Originally posted by Gagasm
I think people are stanning for hair out of process of elimination and they'd rather have it > FOHL
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Lies.
Hair is amazing.
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
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Originally posted by Ra2
I'm here for this single sequence:
MARRY THE NIGHT
HAIR
SCHEISSE
HEAVY METAL LOVER
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That's what I want.
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Switch Scheisse and Hair, and let's get married.
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I love Hair. I find it quite emotional. Maybe I'm a big girl!
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Originally posted by HausOfA-M
As far as I know, "Oops..." sold sightly less than "BOMT" both in the US and WW, so your point is wrong + NSA didn't outsell *NSYNC by a large amount. You also have to considerate neither BOMT nor NSYNC was re-released, so, while it's fair to compare BOMT and OIDIA sales, it's unfair to compare TF(M) sales with BTW as long as it doesn't get a re-release.
Then, even if TF(M) is technically a re-release, it was felt from both public and fans as her sophomore album, since it was released ~1,5 years after her debut and spawned three singles and a completely different world tour; TF(M) sales (2nd album) didn't fail to match TF sales. BTW is largely considered her third studio and her 2nd LP.
+ I agree when people talk about "not matching expectations" when they talk about singles sales, which are good but not comparable to the past, but album sales, which are more and more important, are awesome to me. This album hasn't still come through an holiday season and has already sold, at least, 4.5M; she has big winter promo planned (partially revealed), at least two more singles and a tour which has it all to smash and give the album another boost.
TF(M) sold ~15M with re-release and three years of sales, BTW is obviously not stopping at least until 6M sold, which would make a very good follow-up.
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Even if OIDIA sold a million or two less than BOMT (24 to 22 million), it still most certainly kept the momentum from the first album into the second. Something BTW has not been able to do after being afforded the same level of exposure (if not more) Britney had during her second era. Now, I am by no means a Britney fan, I am only using her sales as a benchmark.
Moreover, I dont know where you're getting that TFM felt to many as GaGa's sophomore when GaGa herself announced it as an extension of TF and was even bundled with TF as one album. Furthermore, TF had 4 international singles (LoveGame, Paparazzi, Just Dance, Pokerface) and TFM has 3 (BR, Ale, Telephone). In total 7 singles, similar to the proposed number of singles to BTW. So it is completely logical to compare both albums.
Even if GaGa reaches 6 million by the end of the year (possible with the release of another single seeing as how Y&I is already slowing down), what makes you think there will be any radio friendly singles left to release next year?
Ultimately we won't be able to say how much less/or more successful this album has been in comparison to TFM until a year and a half from now, but if current sales are any indication of the future success of this album then it is obvious she has lost momentum despite the gargantuan level of exposure she has been afforded.
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Originally posted by slimane12
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The Fame monster sold 1,591,000 across the whole of 2010 in the US...and she's already beat that.
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 For real? I would have said that TFM's sales were much bigger in the US, I really didn't know this.
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Originally posted by Lord Americano
For real? I would have said that TFM's sales were much biggeri the US, I really didn't know this. |
That's just the EP
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Originally posted by German Hooker
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Originally posted by lolzjustinwat
I honestly believe if we lived in an era without the internet, people would be pleased with how things are going. Everyone is now competing to be the biggest critic because it's what everyone else is doing.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION THOUGH. I'm sure one of you will quote me and try to explain how I'm wrong.
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