LMAO. I would be willing to put MONEY on Capitol/Katy not being aware of this when they decided to re-release it. There is absolutely NO reason to re-release Teenage Dream, a grammy nominated album that spawned 5 #1's. NONE. This was purely an attempt to break Michael's record and you will never convince me otherwise after the embarrassingly desparate attempt with TOTGA to reach #1. The discounting, the remix, the acoustic, etc etc etc. Just plain sad. The only thing that will make me happier than this right now is if Capitol decides to rename or pull the re-release altogether and make it completely obviously that this was their intention all along.
And for the record, I like Katy a lot as a person and enjoy her music. I just am disgusted with the desparate attempts for #1's. This is not how the music industry should be.
I'm here for a NEW Katy album altogether and wish her all the success in the world with it.