Sis, if you want to play it like that then Anouk is the voice of our generation. She's huge in the Netherlands and even blocked Born This Way from getting #1.
If they can easily rack up several 5-6+ platinum singles even with piracy then they definitely have some sort of impact on the GP. But I do agree that sales can be quite irrelevant.
I would like to think that the voice of our generation will mix popularity and some kind of message cuz' if not than it only comes down to the highest selling artist which is wrong in my eyes.
Considering this, I would love to think of people such as P!nk and Kelly Clarkson as those.
Pink might mix those the best even if she never is the IT girl, I think with songs like Dear Mr. President she kinda won me for this. Kelly is def' the voice in terms of singing but on top of that with album such as MD she def' put down alot of songs that everyone could relate to. She only falls in popularity compared to P!nk but than again she got a bit more star power than P!nk.
Don't get me wrong, I love Katy and up to BTW I was a GaGa stan, I think Katy songs are a bit too commercial and Gaga was too up until BTW where she went a little over the edge overall for my taste (I still rock to Marry The Night though ).
I would throw in Adele but people only started to know her with 21 mostly so one album won't cut it for me right now and I'm probably leaving a bit more singers out but at least you can get my take as for Katy & GaGa.
Katy just because I feel like her Fame right now is far to dependent on her Radio sucess, if she gets a flop I feel like she'd be easily disposable.
Gaga is too polarizing, most of the GP don't really like her that much, and I feel that although this isn't completely true her message is only related to LBGT, which is not the majority of this generation.
Lady Gaga isn't that great of a singer and she uses too much autotune, imo.
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I actually agree with this. It's Katy.
omff sistrens you are all so right!!!!1 That gaga gurl cannot even hit the lowest musical note. Proof are ha live performances of Speechless and You and I. All off-key and grating to the ears, like hearing nails scratch the blackboard, unlike Katy! Have you heard ha perform Firework? When she says "baby you're a..." and turns the mic towards the crowd and says "sing it" instead of belting the high "firework" line oh my gawd vocal perfection. Unarguably greata than Whitney "the voice" Houston haself. Last Friday Night, Waking up in vegas and Ur so gay are the best vocal records of all time, very revolutionary, more deserving of Grammy awards than Adele, and so full of meaning and inspirational that I cry all the time when i hear them
omff sistrens you are all so right!!!!1 That gaga gurl cannot even hit the lowest musical note. Proof are ha live performances of Speechless and You and I. All off-key and grating to the ears, like hearing nails scratch the blackboard, unlike Katy! Have you heard ha perform Firework? When she says "baby you're a..." and turns the mic towards the crowd and says "sing it" instead of belting the high "firework" line oh my gawd vocal perfection. Unarguably greata than Whitney "the voice" Houston haself. Last Friday Night, Waking up in vegas and Ur so gay are the best vocal records of all time, very revolutionary, more deserving of Grammy awards than Adele, and so full of meaning and inspirational that I cry all the time when i hear them
omff sistrens you are all so right!!!!1 That gaga gurl cannot even hit the lowest musical note. Proof are ha live performances of Speechless and You and I. All off-key and grating to the ears, like hearing nails scratch the blackboard, unlike Katy! Have you heard ha perform Firework? When she says "baby you're a..." and turns the mic towards the crowd and says "sing it" instead of belting the high "firework" line oh my gawd vocal perfection. Unarguably greata than Whitney "the voice" Houston haself. Last Friday Night, Waking up in vegas and Ur so gay are the best vocal records of all time, very revolutionary, more deserving of Grammy awards than Adele, and so full of meaning and inspirational that I cry all the time when i hear them
DEFINITELY Katy! She's an evolving artist who reinvents her style and is going to be more 'dark' in her next LP. She reminds me of Xtina but with the eras mixed up. So it's Katy. I have gone off Gaga after TFM as she kept giving out the same message but contradicts it. Katy has much more depth and raw talent while Gaga is thought to be the more interesting one out of the two but is just bland with a more controlled voice.
DEFINITELY Katy! She's an evolving artist who reinvents her style and is going to be more 'dark' in her next LP. She reminds me of Xtina but with the eras mixed up. So it's Katy. I have gone off Gaga after TFM as she kept giving out the same message but contradicts it. Katy has much more depth and raw talent while Gaga is thought to be the more interesting one out of the two but is just bland with a more controlled voice.
omff sistrens you are all so right!!!!1 That gaga gurl cannot even hit the lowest musical note. Proof are ha live performances of Speechless and You and I. All off-key and grating to the ears, like hearing nails scratch the blackboard, unlike Katy! Have you heard ha perform Firework? When she says "baby you're a..." and turns the mic towards the crowd and says "sing it" instead of belting the high "firework" line oh my gawd vocal perfection. Unarguably greata than Whitney "the voice" Houston haself. Last Friday Night, Waking up in vegas and Ur so gay are the best vocal records of all time, very revolutionary, more deserving of Grammy awards than Adele, and so full of meaning and inspirational that I cry all the time when i hear them
And another thing I notice is that Katy likes to explore her voice. Katy always tries to use her head voice in songs while I have never heard Gaga sing in her upper register or even try to. That's not due to her range because almost anyone can do head voice or imitate it.
omff sistrens you are all so right!!!!1 That gaga gurl cannot even hit the lowest musical note. Proof are ha live performances of Speechless and You and I. All off-key and grating to the ears, like hearing nails scratch the blackboard, unlike Katy! Have you heard ha perform Firework? When she says "baby you're a..." and turns the mic towards the crowd and says "sing it" instead of belting the high "firework" line oh my gawd vocal perfection. Unarguably greata than Whitney "the voice" Houston haself. Last Friday Night, Waking up in vegas and Ur so gay are the best vocal records of all time, very revolutionary, more deserving of Grammy awards than Adele, and so full of meaning and inspirational that I cry all the time when i hear them
omff sistrens you are all so right!!!!1 That gaga gurl cannot even hit the lowest musical note. Proof are ha live performances of Speechless and You and I. All off-key and grating to the ears, like hearing nails scratch the blackboard, unlike Katy! Have you heard ha perform Firework? When she says "baby you're a..." and turns the mic towards the crowd and says "sing it" instead of belting the high "firework" line oh my gawd vocal perfection. Unarguably greata than Whitney "the voice" Houston haself. Last Friday Night, Waking up in vegas and Ur so gay are the best vocal records of all time, very revolutionary, more deserving of Grammy awards than Adele, and so full of meaning and inspirational that I cry all the time when i hear them
#1 in 18 countries
Top 5 in 5 more countries
14,000,000 downloads worldwide #2 song of the digital era worldwide
"Bad Romance"
#1 in 18 countries
Top 5 in 10 more countries
12,000,000 downloads worldwide
"Born This Way"
#1 in 23 countries
Top 5 in 8 more countries
8,600,000 downloads worldwide First #1 with "gay", "lesbian", "bi", and "transgender"
The Fame (Monster)
16,500,000 copies sold
7 top six US hits
Born This Way
8,000,000 copies sold (Gaga herself >>> Mediatraffic)
4 top 10 US hits
The Monster Ball Tour
$227.4 million gross
#15 tour of all time
The Born This Way Ball Tour
$70+ million after 33 dates
100% box office sell-out rate
Philanthropy & Activism:
$500k donated to Haiti
$1.5 million raised for Japan
$202 million raised from Gaga-endorsed Viva Glam to fight HIV/AIDS
$1.2 million from personal funds to start Born This Way Foundation
Performed and San Francisco Pride
Spoke at 2009 National Equality March
Spoke at For the 14k Rally
Called Senators about DADT and urged fans to do the same; many senators voicemail boxes were filled
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