You can't compared gaga as a female artist to a group artist. That's abit unfair.
of course the female pop star would have a lot of iconic moment as a celebrity..
in chart music BEP have:
- IGF #1 for 14 weeks (8 M)
- BBP #1 for 12 weeks (nearly 7 M)
- Immabe #1 for 2 weeks
- Dirty bit #4
- JCGE #3
Gaga have:
- PF #1 for a week (7 M)
- JD #1 for 3 weeks (nearly 7 M)
- paparazzi #6
- love game #5
- BR #2
- telephone #3
- alejandro #5
- BTW #1 for 6 weeks
- judas #10
- TEOG #3
- Y & I #6
both seems equals since they have 3 #1 hits & 2 monster song in 2009
But Gaga have more top 10 hits, slightly Gaga wins.
The ones who ruled for 6 months straight and have the best selling digital song of all time. Also the ones who set a trend that lasted for a solid four years and gave rise to DJs having smashes a la David Guetta and Calvin Harris.
How well did The Beginning even sell? That era is completely forgotten.
I think someone said like 3 million earlier in the thread which is terrible for a 2010 record.
People wanna mock Gaga saying she "declined" horribly but the fact that ARTPOP sold just as much in the US as The Beginning in a worse sales climate speaks volumes as to how much more impact Gaga has had than the Black Eyed Peas.
I think someone said like 3 million earlier in the thread which is terrible for a 2010 record.
People wanna mock Gaga saying she "declined" horribly but the fact that ARTPOP sold just as much in the US as The Beginning in a worse sales climate speaks volumes as to how much more impact Gaga has had than the Black Eyed Peas.
If the BEBs were so much bigger than Gaga, then why didn't The Time and The Beginning slay based on hype?
The hype going into the BTW era was so huge because Gaga was the biggest name on the planet prior to.
I would say impact goes to Gaga, billboard records to BEP during that time. I mean 26 weeks at number 1 is just UNHEARD of. Gaga literally never and most likely won't.
They were on par in 2009 success wise, popularity + media/people attention wise Gaga was far ahead.
In 2010 Gaga completely dominated and BEP were not even on the big picture anymore.
In 2011 Lady Gaga ruled first half along with Adele.