4 is not a flop. Nobody claims it to be (anymore), I think. It spawned no global hit and sold less than IASF, but the album was solely r&b, so it's totally understandable.
ARTPOP is also an underperformance. But it's Gaga's attitude (Twitter rants) and the awkward rollout of the era (confusion about the 2nd single, no DWUW video, silence before the 3rd single, G.U.Y. being the biggest flop of her career) that make it look more embarrassing and more floppy than it actually was.
ANTI is just starting out. It had a really messy release, so it can't be fairly compared to the other 2. It's already spawned a global #1 hit and it's stable in the charts, so wait a few months to see where it stands.
Only a dumbass would still refer to 4 as a flop. And if they do that means that they have INSANE standards for Bey, which says a lot about them. And ARTPOP was an underperformance too
AP was deemed a flop because it debuted with 1/4 of what BTW did in the US/BTW sold more first week than AP managed to sell overall.
4 was an underperformance.
ANTI still has time to sell, but it definitely isn't doing well at the moment. However, it isn't free-falling off of the charts. We'll see how much it sells in total.
Compare the eras where they were coming from... Both (BTW & IASF) were pretty successful in albums, singles and all that stuff which is why it felt they were losing a lot.
While the Riri's success has always been consistent (not outsanding) but that's why it feels like she hasn't lost that much.
But once you translate it to numbers is when you realise another thing.
Not Gaga being a megastar.
That GG win really got to your heads dddd.
SAM SMITH
Is this supposed to be a drag? Gaga was nominated for an OSCAR. if your fave is getting noms for anything it's "biggest social media presence" or "best model"
Is this supposed to be a drag? Gaga was nominated for an OSCAR. if your fave is getting noms for anything it's "biggest social media presence" or "best model"
Because ANTI has a throwaway hit single to hits name. Other than that the entire era has been a gigantic flop from the 3 failed singles, to the horrible album #'s (it's only sold like 600k worldwide if even that) to the underperforming tour.
I mean at least 4 was able to move 3 million units worldwide and have a hit tour to its name.