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Originally posted by m-m-m-monster
It sold over 1 million copies first week.
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So? It's Lady GaGa's follow-up album to one of the biggest debut album(s) in years. Then the Amazon discount. I think the massive drop the next week furthers my opinion. The first week was always going to be massive whether the pre-hype was amazing or not.
Anyway, I say the Grammys because it's like okay she released the song. Then she did interviews all week, then she went back on her tour and for me personally it felt like a new era didn't even really start. The song did it's thing for about a month, peaked on radio, etc. And though I love "Judas", when it came it's hype was short lived. Then the actual album week/countdown singles seemed kind of hectic and weird. Essentially the era felt disconnected that entire first few months, and has further been rushed/disappointing.
I blame the tour tbh. If the single came and she had done the album the next month, or in April, with promotions and such leading into it - would've been better. But she had to do what she had to do, I guess.