Lets be utterly realistic here. NOBODY in the GP albeit the gays loved and used Born This Way, and thats a damn fact. Gaga has enough stans to open up her week with more than 1+ Million sales. Her stans carry her career, not the general public.
Rihanna is utterly in the hands of the General Public since her stanbase pales in size to the Monsters. The GP adores her music, hence it having more chart runs and longevity than Gaga's music. Gaga only sold albums because of her stanbase.
Exactly, how can something that was offensive to vegetarians and animal lovers be considered 'iconic' maybe the word for the meat dress is 'infamous' but not iconic...