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Originally posted by One Nation
Gaga's groundbreaking influence knows no bounds. She sets trends and the GP naturally gravitates toward it. I disagree.
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I appreciate your kind words about Gaga, first (if you're being serious and I'm interpreting your post correctly). They're hard to find on ATRL, so thank you. Gaga is one of my faves, and she does have groundbreaking influence, but it's no longer (if it ever was) at a point where it can sell jazz (a foreign genre of music to all outside of the US) to the masses. I agree that her name and Tony's will definitely move more albums than if the same album were done by two ordinary jazz singers, but I don't think it's right to expect it to sell like a pop album.