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Poll: Most Memorable Hits: Gaga vs Rihanna
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Gaga
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58.27% |
Rihanna
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
Rihanna by far. Umbrella alone is more memorable than any Gaga song.
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Not when Poker Face, Just Dance and Bad Romance sold 2x more than it
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Member Since: 5/5/2012
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gui Blackout
Rihanna by far. Umbrella alone is more memorable than any Gaga song.
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Member Since: 6/10/2011
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Originally posted by ianBK4
Not when Poker Face, Just Dance and Bad Romance sold 2x more than it
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Scalp a bit.
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Member Since: 1/1/2013
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Gaga. I mean Just Dance, Poker Face, Paparazzi, Bad Romance, Edge of Glory, Born this Way. Rihanna only has Umbrella.
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Member Since: 4/1/2010
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Originally posted by ianBK4
Not when Poker Face, Just Dance and Bad Romance sold 2x more than it
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If you're gonna bring in sales, then it's Rihanna. She's the biggest digital selling artist, therefore, by the logic you're using she has the most memorable collection of hits. Not to mention, you're comparing songs from years where the digital sales state were completely different. "Umbrella" at it's time broke all kinds of digital records.
Anyway, look at recurrent airplay and you can tell what's still fresh in the public's conscious.
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
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Originally posted by thewaitinggame
If you're gonna bring in sales, then it's Rihanna. She's the biggest digital selling artist, therefore, by the logic you're using she has the most memorable collection of hits. Not to mention, you're comparing songs from years where the digital sales state were completely different. "Umbrella" at it's time broke all kinds of digital records.
Anyway, look at recurrent airplay and you can tell what's still fresh in the public's conscious.
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No, if he's going to bring in sales, he'll bring in sales for individual songs - not a nearly 50 single discography compared to a 12 single discography.
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Member Since: 3/12/2011
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Hahhaa, I read this thread and all I see is GaGa. Haven't seen such a one way answers since a long time.
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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Originally posted by ianBK4
Not when Poker Face, Just Dance and Bad Romance sold 2x more than it
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sold more =/= most memorable
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Originally posted by thewaitinggame
If you're gonna bring in sales, then it's Rihanna. She's the biggest digital selling artist, therefore, by the logic you're using she has the most memorable collection of hits. Not to mention, you're comparing songs from years where the digital sales state were completely different. "Umbrella" at it's time broke all kinds of digital records.
Anyway, look at recurrent airplay and you can tell what's still fresh in the public's conscious.
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Not you comparing Rihanna's sales to Gaga's sales when Rih has quadruple the singles.
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Member Since: 12/27/2011
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Originally posted by thewaitinggame
If you're gonna bring in sales, then it's Rihanna. She's the biggest digital selling artist, therefore, by the logic you're using she has the most memorable collection of hits. Not to mention, you're comparing songs from years where the digital sales state were completely different. "Umbrella" at it's time broke all kinds of digital records.
Anyway, look at recurrent airplay and you can tell what's still fresh in the public's conscious.
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You're talking about total sales, though. When you look at both artists and look at their songs individually, you'll notice that Gaga's have sold a lot more.
Also, Rihanna would never be the biggest-selling digital artist had she not released so many singles. Plus, she only edges out Gaga by 5 million total digital records. That's not a huge difference at all. It's a lot more impressive that Gaga trails behind Rihanna (an artist with seven albums and god knows how many singles) with only two studio albums, one EP, and twelve singles.
Does Rihanna even have a song that has sold over 10 million other than Love the Way You Lie (a song that's not even fully her's)? Gaga has Just Dance, Poker Face, and Bad Romance, with Born This Way and Telephone nearing at 9 million each.
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Member Since: 6/10/2011
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
sold more =/= most memorable
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But a fellow Navy member just implied that since Rih has sold more, that means she's more memorable. If y'all need to have a stanbase discussion to gather your thoughts, we can give y'all a minute. The way you all contradict yourselves from post-to-post is a BIT scary.
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Member Since: 5/12/2012
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Originally posted by thewaitinggame
If you're gonna bring in sales, then it's Rihanna. She's the biggest digital selling artist, therefore, by the logic you're using she has the most memorable collection of hits. Not to mention, you're comparing songs from years where the digital sales state were completely different. "Umbrella" at it's time broke all kinds of digital records.
Anyway, look at recurrent airplay and you can tell what's still fresh in the public's conscious.
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I'd hope that she would be, she releases a new album every year. But Gaga's singles are a lot more memorable (and better) than Rihanna's.
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Member Since: 12/27/2011
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Originally posted by MM3
But a fellow Navy member just implied that since Rih has sold more, that means she's more memorable. If y'all need to have a stanbase discussion to gather your thoughts, we can give y'all a minute. The way you all contradict yourselves from post-to-post is a BIT scary.
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Member Since: 2/27/2012
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Originally posted by Deemy
Gaga only has 2.
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2 is being generous. anyway, umbrella alone is better anything gagas ever done. Honestly nothing comes close.
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Member Since: 3/18/2008
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Quote:
Originally posted by MM3
But a fellow Navy member just implied that since Rih has sold more, that means she's more memorable. If y'all need to have a stanbase discussion to gather your thoughts, we can give y'all a minute. The way you all contradict yourselves from post-to-post is a BIT scary.
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But I never said that, why are you quoting my post and discussing someone else's?
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Member Since: 5/5/2012
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Quote:
Originally posted by thewaitinggame
If you're gonna bring in sales, then it's Rihanna. She's the biggest digital selling artist, therefore, by the logic you're using she has the most memorable collection of hits. Not to mention, you're comparing songs from years where the digital sales state were completely different. "Umbrella" at it's time broke all kinds of digital records.
Anyway, look at recurrent airplay and you can tell what's still fresh in the public's conscious.
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Rihanna only is the biggest digital selling artist because she has 7 albums out plus several collaborations, while Gaga has only 2 and 1 EP.
US sales:
Poker Face - 6,954,518
Just Dance - 6,785,081
Bad Romance - 5,375,282
We Found Love - 5,012,905
Disturbia - 4,592,816
Umbrella - 4,235,529
WW sales (IFPI entries):
Just Dance (7.7 million) 2009
Poker Face (9.8 million) 2009
Telephone (7.4 Million) 2010
Bad Romance (9.7 million) 2010
Born This Way (8.2 Million) 2011
Umbrella (6.6 million) 2007
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Member Since: 6/10/2011
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Originally posted by nezLaos
jeUOTE=Deemy;15237744]
Gaga only has 2.
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2 is being generous. anyway, umbrella alone is better anything gagas ever done. Honestly nothing comes close.[/QUOTE]
Umbrella this, umbrella that. Y'all are starting to get as bad as the Army always mentioning BOMT. Perhaps come with fresher receipts next time?
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Member Since: 4/1/2010
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Quote:
Originally posted by MM3
But a fellow Navy member just implied that since Rih has sold more, that means she's more memorable. If y'all need to have a stanbase discussion to gather your thoughts, we can give y'all a minute. The way you all contradict yourselves from post-to-post is a BIT scary.
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Are you an idiot?
The Gaga fan was the one originally bringing up sales as justification for the superior memorability. A Rihanna fan simply responded that IF we were to speak sales, as the Gaga fan suggested, Rihanna obviously wins that battle so that's a moot point to make.
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