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Chart Listings: Adele, Lady Gaga, Rihanna Top UK 2011 Airplay
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But wait - I thought Katy was bigger than Gaga
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Gaga the 2nd biggest pop star in UK behind ADELE
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Originally posted by Remixed
Gaga the 2nd biggest pop star in UK behind ADELE
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Ummm... You say that 'cause of Airplay?
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The same ladies that slayed the US charts as well.
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
Ummm... You say that 'cause of Airplay?
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it's in the monster handbook, they are required to praise.
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Congrats to Gaga and Adele
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
Ummm... You say that 'cause of Airplay?
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+ tour power, 2 sold out stadiums dates and one Arena in record time and of course substancial albums sales! Congrats to my fave the other girls and of course The Queen of British Music, Adele!
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Originally posted by Bdawg
it's in the monster handbook, they are required to praise.
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You stan for Britney you don't have the moral to talk about excessive and unneeded praise!
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Originally posted by BORNTOSLAY
You stan for Britney you don't have the moral to talk about excessive and unneeded praise!
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boo its okay, remixed is a bestie
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Originally posted by Bdawg
boo its okay, remixed is a bestie
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Ok just sayin' I'm here to defend my fave no matter what, nothing against Britney tho!
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
Ummm... You say that 'cause of Airplay?
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While that is obviously an inappropriate basis,several other stats are in Gaga's favour too.Rihanna slayed UK with Loud,but Talk That Talk might atmost just match Born This Way's sales.And I won't even mention Gaga's The Fame + Monster sales.Gaga has also sold out a huge ass stadium twice in a matter of few minutes.While I do know Rihanna sold out multiple nights at 02,that's still an arena with 1/5 of former's capacity.I do think that Rihanna is *currently* more relevant music-sales wise,but just saying that it IS arguable.
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Originally posted by BORNTOSLAY
+ tour power, 2 sold out stadiums dates and one Arena in record time and of course substancial albums sales! Congrats to my fave the other girls and of course The Queen of British Music, Adele!
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Tour power? Please! Rihanna sold out 10 dates at O2 Arena, broke record. And that's only for London. It's obvious her tour power there is bigger.
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Originally posted by Evangeline
While that is obviously an inappropriate basis,several other stats are in Gaga's favour too.Rihanna slayed UK with Loud,but Talk That Talk might atmost just match Born This Way's sales.And I won't even mention Gaga's The Fame + Monster sales.Gaga has also sold out a huge ass stadium twice in a matter of few minutes.While I do know Rihanna sold out multiple nights at 02,that's still an arena with 1/5 of former's capacity.I do think that Rihanna is *currently* more relevant music-sales wise,but just saying that it IS arguable.
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Oh, really? TTT sold almost the same in 2/3 months what took BTW in one year. It made list one of the best selling albums in 2011 despite being released in November!
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
Tour power? Please! Rihanna sold out 10 dates at O2 Arena, broke record. And that's only for London. It's obvious her tour power there is bigger.
Oh, really? TTT sold almost the same in 2/3 months what took BTW in one year. It made list one of the best selling albums in 2011 despite being released in November!
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Sis it's not like Talk That Talk is having any longevity so that argument is full of flaws.Born This Way and Talk That Talk were both front-loaded and their initial sales form a substantial part of their total sales.Talk That Talk is down to selling 25-30k WW.If I make arguements like you,I would say that BTW sold in first 2 weeks 2.3 million excluding the Amazon Copies,almost as much as what TTT has after all of these months,but I know that the situation doesn't make it appropriate.
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Sis it's not like Talk That Talk is having any longevity so that argument is full of flaws.Born This Way and Talk That Talk were both front-loaded and their initial sales form a substantial part of their total sales.Talk That Talk is down to selling 25-30k WW.If I make arguements like you,I would say that BTW sold in first 2 weeks 2.3 million excluding the Amazon Copies,almost as much as what TTT has after all of these months,but I know that the situation doesn't make it appropriate.
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This is thread for the UK.
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
Tour power? Please! Rihanna sold out 10 dates at O2 Arena, broke record. And that's only for London. It's obvious her tour power there is bigger.
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LOL stop, there was so much demand for Gaga that it was reported that she could sell out Twickenham STADIUM 20 times over ( http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ne...et-demand.html). Unfortunately, she doesn't have that much free time in between shows. But who knows, maybe she'll come back to the UK and sell out a few more after she adds her new songs to her setlist.
Rihanna had to perform 10 times to get as many people as Gaga is going to with just 2 shows.
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Originally posted by iHeartRihanna
This is thread for the UK.
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I know but my point is that since the WW sales are that low and UK sales are a part of the,I don't think it's selling any more than 8k-10k per week in UK.
Oh and that first 2 weeks WW sales example was just to show how your argument wasn't valid.Oh well
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Originally posted by Bdawg
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Originally posted by YSL
LOL stop, there was so much demand for Gaga that it was reported that she could sell out Twickenham STADIUM 20 times over ( http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/ne...et-demand.html). Unfortunately, she doesn't have that much free time in between shows. But who knows, maybe she'll come back to the UK and sell out a few more after she adds her new songs to her setlist.
Rihanna had to perform 10 times to get as many people as Gaga is going to with just 2 shows.
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I don't have the need to reply, you said it all!
But I mean we shouldn't fight Rihanna is a big star in the UK so is GaGa, Rihanna has more sales but she released much more singles and has been around longer that GaGa so of course she will be more successful in the long run, they both can slay and have success there I don't think we should make a big deal out of this!
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Interesting that this thread has turned into a Gaga vs. Rihanna stan battle.
All you're fighting for is the No 2 spot in any case. The Queen remains unbothered.
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