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Discussion: Has katy overtaken Gaga's popularity?
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I love katy but u must be dumb to even think Katy has reached gaga's impact yet.... i mean katy only slays in US. where is dark horse charting in European countries??
also artpop era hasn't been successful but one flop era =/= career demise. k bye
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Originally posted by avi
I love katy but u must be dumb to even think Katy has reached gaga's impact yet.... i mean katy only slays in US. where is dark horse charting in European countries??
also artpop era hasn't been successful but one flop era =/= career demise. k bye
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impact =/= current popularity.. i thought that was all we were discussing
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I would hope that Katy would be more popular than Gaga when her singles and album are slaying left and right.
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Originally posted by avi
I love katy but u must be dumb to even think Katy has reached gaga's impact yet.... i mean katy only slays in US. where is dark horse charting in European countries??
also artpop era hasn't been successful but one flop era =/= career demise. k bye
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Originally posted by SpinThatShhh
Musically. Yes, Katy has always been more popular. Katy's music is designed for charts (this isn't shade, look at Dr. Luke's interviews).
Overall, no. Gaga is more talked about, better tour sales ect. Katy's only tabloid thing was the Brand thing and that lasted 5 mins in mainstream America.
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This was reported? Why?
Katy Perry's music is designed for charts. She's selling music, she's great at it - PRISM is selling amazingly for her, DH is slaying, Roar was too. It's clear she's a money making machine and that is a GREAT thing. She, obviously, does not see it as a bad thing, neither should anyone. She's easily one of the most popular artists in the US right now and very popular outside of it.
Katy Perry enjoys her music, her success and she's making all the right decisions for her to be popular and on top of the charts.
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Originally posted by HolyKatyPerry
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Was it even released WW?
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Originally posted by Eric.
She's been for quite some time now. Probably since 2010 when Gaga was swallowing rosaries while Katy was naked on a cotton candy cloud. The gap only grew bigger and bigger each year.
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Lol Alejandro video started the downfall.
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"Katy has about 80,000,000 more records to sell, 100+ more awards to win, including five Grammys, and $360,000,000 more to gross on tour.
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And let's cut w the cultural impact and iconess. That is so subjective. But the charts are objective. Let's just not.
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Originally posted by Swag
I'm sorry but Madonna was a pop culture phenomenon, Britney was a pop culture phenomenon, Gaga was a popular popstar for about 3 years.
Katy has proven to be consistent and that's what's needed in the industry to have longevity and leave a mark in pop history.
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I'm sorry but you're a pressed **** that's always trying to downplay Gaga's success so your point is invalid.
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Yes Katy has defeated Gaga in every aspect and the things she hasn't defeated her in yet she will soon
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Originally posted by Teen Idle
Pretty much. Also her and her songwriting team aren't good at writing timeless songs.
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yeah cause katys not known for her hits...
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Quote:
Originally posted by avi
I love katy but u must be dumb to even think Katy has reached gaga's impact yet.... i mean katy only slays in US. where is dark horse charting in European countries??
also artpop era hasn't been successful but one flop era =/= career demise. k bye
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P.S.:
1. Don't come with the "no music video" excuse cause they both haven't yet;
2. They also haven't promoted in most of those countries;
3. Gaga hasn't faded only with Artpop, she failed to get a huge hit with BTW too, while Katy had several hits with TD there.
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No, she hasn't. People like Katy's music, that's why she does well on the charts. No one talks about Katy at all though really, and she hasn't really had much of an impact on popular culture. She's a famous popstar, but not an influential figure or big-time celebrity. Although her sales are the only non-subjective argument to say that she has actually surpassed Gaga, she STILL hasn't matched Gaga in overall record sales, and isn't even close.
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Originally posted by Swag
I'm sorry but Madonna was a pop culture phenomenon, Britney was a pop culture phenomenon, Gaga was a popular popstar for about 3 years.
Katy has proven to be consistent and that's what's needed in the industry to have longevity and leave a mark in pop history.
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oh lord. You're only saying that because you're an extreme anti-Gaga. Take off your stanning goggles for 10 seconds or don't post at all if you can't see past them.
Once Gaga has her outerspace performance, starts working with professionals again, and starts a new era this entire forum is gonna be singing an entirely different tune
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Originally posted by Bad Kid.
"Katy has about 80,000,000 more records to sell, 100+ more awards to win, including five Grammys, and $360,000,000 more to gross on tour.
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That's, actually, all that needed to be said, though.
Katy is cute and all, but she's still long way to go.
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Yeah her songs really sell more these days but the GP seems to treat Katy songs as some sort of disposable products, they buy every new one because they sound cute for the first dozen times but they fail to make any kind of impact to be honest.
Gaga on the other hand used to(!) make an impact with almost every appearance of hers, and even her songs were taken to another level by her videos and live performances and thus they had much more cultural (is that the right word?) longevity. Her single releases used to feel like mini-eras and that really helped her.
Katy is nowhere near Gaga at the moment, in numbers she might be, but as we all know brand value >>>
(and artistic value ofc >>>>>>> )
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bad Kid.
"Katy has about 80,000,000 more records to sell, 100+ more awards to win, including five Grammys, and $360,000,000 more to gross on tour.
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Are you trying to say Gaga has sold 200m records?
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Yes. Right now Katy has a lot more appeal than Gaga. Gaga just isn't "cool" anymore, actually she has become the opposite. Gaga could make a comeback though, everything is possible.
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