Rolling in the Deep was easily bigger than Poker Face. And Lady Gaga needed to pretend to be a hermaphrodite, dress up as Kermit the Frog, and have her record label remove Flo Rida/Ke$ha's Right Round from iTunes to get to #1. All Adele had to do is sit down. Even in her music video she just sat down the whole time. So effortless. Just incredible!!!
Rolling in the Deep was easily bigger than Poker Face. And Lady Gaga needed to pretend to be a hermaphrodite, dress up as Kermit the Frog, and have her record label remove Flo Rida/Ke$ha's Right Round from iTunes to get to #1. All Adele had to do is sit down. Even in her music video she just sat down the whole time. So effortless. Just incredible!!!
Jesus.
Rolling in the Deep was a big song but it did not create a phenomenon as Poker Face did, which Bad Romance continued and developed. Adele may have sold more but through hard work, GaGa has left us with a legacy.
25M back then is nothing compared to 23M (and still selling) now. ADELE's 21 is bigger than any Madonna album. Raw talent really does sell, like you said
I know Adele's recent success may be a big deal to you, but these albums have all sold more (except for maybe True Blue) and contain very memorable and classic hits that are remembered and celebrated today. They were obviously bigger not only in terms of sales and impact, but also culturally. Every vocal diva covers Hero/Without You on vocal singing shows to try to hold their own on a Mariah classic. People remember the sounds of Papa Don't Preach and La Isla Bonita when the Queen of Pop is referenced. Britney's debut was enormous and contained huge hits from ... Baby One More Time and (You Drive Me) Crazy. I Want It That Way is arguably the signature song of the biggest boy band in history.
If you're willing to deny this then you're delusional.
I stated they promote like there's no tomorrow, and of course GaGa promotes much more than they (for the reasons I already explained in my other post), my point is that your faves are not any different than mine, I'm not trying to say that GaGa promotes any less, people care and want her to perform at their shows so she has to serve!
Wouldn't it be you who's changing the topic since you brought up Rihanna? I'm fine with my fav not having huge hype for her next project, cause all that anticipation will never meet people's expectations. But to say Rihanna has no hype is just.
No because you are just perched in this thread clinging to Adele in order to shade Gaga when your fave will never surpass either in the long run
No. This is flaimebait. SO ironic however that beyonce is now more searched than britney on google ever since 2009.
We talk about Britney in real conversations though, about how beatiful she is, about how we wish at class Britney started singing hit me baby one more time, or about how we wish to dance with a snake at the club. Nobody ever mentions Beyoncé in my social circle. Gaga used to be the topic of discussion back in the Poker Face days.
I know Adele's recent success may be a big deal to you, but these albums have all sold more (except for maybe True Blue) and contain very memorable and classic hits that are remembered and celebrated today. They were obviously bigger not only in terms of sales and impact, but also culturally. Every vocal diva covers Hero/Without You on vocal singing shows to try to hold their own on a Mariah classic. People remember the sounds of Papa Don't Preach and La Isla Bonita when the Queen of Pop is referenced. Britney's debut was enormous and contained huge hits from ... Baby One More Time and (You Drive Me) Crazy. I Want It That Way is arguably the signature song of the biggest boy band in history.
If you're willing to deny this then you're delusional.
True Blue sold 25 million so it's still a bigger seller than 21
Still Adele is now officially the latest superstar to enter pop royalty since Britney
Rolling in the Deep was a big song but it did not create a phenomenon as Poker Face did, which Bad Romance continued and developed. Adele may have sold more but through hard work, GaGa has left us with a legacy.
Back in 2009, Just Dance and Poker Face were overshadowed by Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling tbh.
Everybody was going on about that "strange lady", but her songs weren't strange in the slightest. It was Boom Boom Pow that was the weird song that fascinated everybody.
Yes, Adele and Gaga are very talented, that's why their tours keeps getting awesome reviews in the US and WW, they don't even need to use vocoder to hide their vocal imperfections, the critics and GP love their tour.