To answer the question yes, but only in the last month or so thanks to Anaconda + Bang Bang feature + helping to open the VMAs. Before that the last time she had a hit was in 2012.
Gaga is away on tour and ARTPOP is long dead on the charts, and the only thing she has coming up is a duets jazz album which has limited sales potential and has no space to create the same pop culture moment that Nicki has done with Anaconda; I would be worried if she
wasn't bigger at the moment. The tables will turn again when Gaga next releases solo material; they are both in their own lanes and can share success.
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Originally posted by Fantasea.
Except for the fact that she currently is, and her last album outsold ARTPOP easily. Gaga's career is declining quickly while Nicki is going steady.
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Roman Reloaded and ARTPOP sold pretty much evenly (900k VS 700k in the US, 1.7m VS 1.8m WW) with the later being at the top of her game with her pop culture pull and the former being on a downswing, so, how did you arrive at the idea that Nicki outsold Gaga easily or comfortably?
I would really wait until you see how The Pink Print performs in the current sales climate before you make these kind of comments.