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Discussion: Is the BTW era losing momentum?
Member Since: 6/15/2011
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Originally posted by nky0411
IF it is commercial, it would be revolving around "sex" and "dance" and "clubbing".
only one song in the album is about "love and sex", but it is not commercial at all.
Some of the songs have commercial sounds, but the content is not.
Commercial albums won't include songs like "I'm my Hair", " Government Hooker", "Jesus is the new Black" or "Scheisse be mine !" ..
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LOLWUT?
So now "commercial" stands for clubbing and I-want-to-have-sex kind of music?
"Hair" IS commercial, so is "Government Hooker", a radio edit and that's it. Same for Scheisse.
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Some of the songs have commercial sounds, but the content is not.
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I can't.
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Member Since: 4/20/2011
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Originally posted by Loghen
so is "Government Hooker"
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by Lux.
Teenage Dream is extremely commercial and radio-friendly.
I agree with ToY and to some extent TOTGA.
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BTW has both commercial and non-commercial songs. I would say that BTW (the song), TEOG, MTN, Hair and maybe Scheisse are the only 'commercial' songs on the record. The rest are definitely not.
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I was talk more about commercial friendly. It is to an extent. And that extent isn't as much as most of her other singles. Esp. considering California Gurls was right before it.
Oh and Hun.... Scheisse is the LEAST radio friendly song on the album! At least here in the US...
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Member Since: 8/20/2011
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Commercial? Uhh maybe two or three songs but the other tracks? If you think the ALBUM is commercial, listen to the cd please.
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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Im a gaga fan, but honestly it lost momentem when Judas was realesed.
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Member Since: 6/8/2008
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Gaga just hasn't been bringing it this era and I think it goes back to what Nicole was saying in a previous thread, Gaga is not working with the best people to create her vision. Simple as that, point blank.
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Member Since: 6/12/2008
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Judas is so great, I just don't get why it flopped, I thought it would be even more successfull than Born This Way :X
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
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Originally posted by nky0411
We have no exact figure for TF album alone. If you could get it, and split the sales among TF and TFM, then you can voice out. Before that, keep your mouth over this issue.
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WTF are you talking about? TF(M) album has sold around 14 million copies in all of it's forms combined globally. Most countries hold no distinction for the EP in general and TFM's sales were automatically tacked onto TF regardless because the two never charted separately in international countries. That is the information I was using. Gaga's fans like confusing the issue on if TFM so that they can find a way to make her look better. If they want to talk about her longevity they'll say she is on her third album, if they want to talk about her sales record then they will say TFM was the best selling album since 2004/2005 because her album sold 14 million + copies, so on and so forth.
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Member Since: 5/1/2011
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Originally posted by Stepfon
Gaga just hasn't been bringing it this era and I think it goes back to what Nicole was saying in a previous thread, Gaga is not working with the best people to create her vision. Simple as that, point blank.
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That's a sure fact
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Member Since: 9/15/2006
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The album is full of overproduced tracks. It's losing momentum because the songs being released aren't really in very good quality. Her music in TF and TFM are better.
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Member Since: 4/26/2007
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Originally posted by i spit on haters
Isn't it the the 2nd best selling album of the year after Adele's '21' ? anyway, BTW isn't as commercial as her past two albums so I'm sure that plays a factor, either way it's a great album.
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Yes, but she sold it for a dollar, so...
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Member Since: 12/11/2008
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Well, yes, unfortunately. But, if she releases Scheibe, Marry The Night and Hair she will revive this era. Probably, with this 3 songs it will have best results than this:
BTW: 9 Weeks Top 10 Hot 100.
Judas: 1 Week.
TEOG: 11 Weeks. (Who else, Beyhive and Britney Fans )
Y&I: 3 Weeks
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Member Since: 9/24/2011
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it's already lost momentum since 2nd week sales drop almost 90% and judas flop hard even with high budget video,promo and hype......
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Member Since: 8/19/2011
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Originally posted by boyamama
it's already lost momentum since 2nd week sales drop almost 90% and judas flop hard even with high budget video,promo and hype......
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typical response.
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Member Since: 3/27/2009
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Originally posted by mylicious
Judas is so great, I just don't get why it flopped, I thought it would be even more successfull than Born This Way :X
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A common misconception is that "Judas" flopped when in fact, it didn't. It did, however, underperform considering the similarity of its sound to BR, and how well BR performed. That said, it was still a top 10 hit.
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Member Since: 4/12/2007
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Originally posted by Mr. Loco
Yes, but she sold it for a dollar, so...
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That Amazon sale probably only counts for about 200-300k of BTW's sales in the grand scheme of things.
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Originally posted by Hooligan
A common misconception is that "Judas" flopped when in fact, it didn't...That said, it was still a top 10 hit.
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As far as the U.S. is concerned, it flopped. Didn't even reach Platinum status. The sooner you accept that, the sooner we can get back on topic.
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Member Since: 3/27/2009
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
As far as the U.S. is concerned, it flopped. Didn't even reach Platinum status. The sooner you accept that, the sooner we can get back on topic.
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And like I said, "it's a common misconception"...
Moving along.
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Member Since: 4/24/2011
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Originally posted by bobbymfw
That Amazon sale probably only counts for about 200-300k of BTW's sales in the grand scheme of things.
As far as the U.S. is concerned, it flopped. Didn't even reach Platinum status. The sooner you accept that, the sooner we can get back on topic.
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didn't cross 1m = flops ?
That's too much.
anyway, Judas will cross 1m eventually.
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Member Since: 4/12/2007
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Originally posted by nky0411
didn't cross 1m = flops ?
That's too much.
anyway, Judas will cross 1m eventually.
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Yeah. The 2nd single from the most anticipated album of the year from the most high-profile music star in the world tanked. 1 million digital singles is not significant for an artist of her stature, especially given her track record.
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