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Poll: Does Madonna have a bigger hit than Poker Face?
View Poll Results: Madge's Poker Face?
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Yes
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NO
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Originally posted by Onen
You aren't making any sense, the fact that several of madonnas hits are still remembered and cherished today just say loud and clear that they are bigger than poker face. You didn't live back then so obviously you can't really judge how "huge" they were. Most likely they were bigger than poker face. Seriously. Especially like a prayer and vogue. You are being incredibly biased here.
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I am an 80's kid so, you're wrong. Anyway, who's to say Poker Face wont get played on the radio in 20 years?
Britney's songs like Baby One More Time are still played and it's been almost 20 years.
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Sale wise, no. The majority of Madonna's hits were pre-DL, which the digital era came with more single sales compared to buying them in stores/elsewhere.
I honestly don't think she does. The only song I can think of is Vogue.
If this helps, mediatraffic agrees
http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm
#63
Like A Prayer - Madonna
Sire - 1989 - 9.520.000 points
#54
Poker Face - Lady GaGa
Interscope - 2008 - 9.840.000 points
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Originally posted by Rivington Reject
Look, I'm all here for saying Poker Face was a much more successful song (since airplay and sales receipts are being brought up) than some of Madonna's hits but impact is a completely different thing.
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I wish all monsters were like you.
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Originally posted by SupremeGoddess
And then they get mad when people call them delusional and the worst stanbase.
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Exactly. I still feel sorry for the few sane Gaga stans on here who are paying for all the others. But it's mostly the worst Gaga stans who are complaining about "how bad they're threated", they have NO room to talk.
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Originally posted by Pop
I am an 80's kid so, you're wrong. Anyway, who's to say Poker Face wont get played on the radio in 20 years?
Britney's songs like Baby One More Time are still played and it's been almost 20 years.
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Then you know that Like A Prayer has made more impact than Poker Face is more remembered.
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Yes, she does. I feel like there is a significant percentage of Lady Gaga fans who have developed such a distaste for Madonna that they seem to consistently fail to connect with the idea that Madonna is better and is more successful than her, and that is undeniable on every possible level. So this thread, in essense, is the product of a deluded OP who can't stop to think for a second that a 5-year old song, although enormous and arguably iconic in its own right, isn't as big as some of the most legendary songs in pop music history by an artist who has stood the test of time and remained relevant for three whole decades.
We do, however, need to keep in mind that Poker Face was influential in its own right and we should not be so quick to rule it out of any conversation of becoming truly influential in its own right, and leaving a legacy on par with some of Madonna's biggest hits. Together with Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling (among other songs), it helped to spearhead the electronic dance music era that has been running for about half a decade now, was one of the biggest selling digital singles of all time (sources place the value between 12.5 million and 14 million, and it really doesn't matter which it is -- that's a huge number) and most successful singles in recent memory, and gave rise to one of the biggest global superstars in living memory.
So, on the whole, I feel like both artists are being underestimated by opposing sides but the real answer to the question being asked is yes.
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This thread isn't asking about impact, only about success. And Poker Face was simply more successful than any Madonna song. The chart receipts don't lie. Gaga wins.
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Originally posted by Tainted Blood
Exactly. I still feel sorry for the few sane Gaga stans on here who are paying for all the others. But it's mostly the worst Gaga stans who are complaining about "how bad they're threated", they have NO room to talk.
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! There are so many great Gaga stans here that are actually sane and they what they talk about, too bad they have to be in the same category as the delusional crazy ones.
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Of course singles sell more now in the digital age. They are about what? 1 or 2 dollars to buy. Back then, Madonna sold albums not just singles. She has songs with staying power (holiday, express yourself, material girl, like a virgin,like a prayer, vogue, ray of light) that are iconic. Pokerface isn't iconic and is not a song that the gp will remember 20 years from now.
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Originally posted by SupremeGoddess
And then they get mad when people call them delusional and the worst stanbase.
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That's because not all of us are being delusional... generalizing is bad.
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Originally posted by SupremeGoddess
Then you know that Like A Prayer has made more impact than Poker Face is more remembered.
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Your sentence doesn't make much sense.
Anyway, I remember Like A Prayer very well and while it was a huge hit that got the media talking, it wasn't nearly as game-changing as the rise of Lady Gaga with Poker Face.
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Originally posted by slobro
This thread isn't asking about impact, only about success. And Poker Face was simply more successful than any Madonna song. The chart receipts don't lie. Gaga wins.
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It's not a fair comparison when PF is so far ahead in sales Madonna's biggest hits were in the 80's.90's, which were before the digital era, which the digital era came with more single sales, but decreased album sales too.
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Originally posted by Pop
Your sentence doesn't make much sense.
Anyway, I remember Like A Prayer very well and while it was a huge hit that got the media talking, it wasn't nearly as game-changing as the rise of Lady Gaga with Poker Face.
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Originally posted by slobro
This thread isn't asking about impact, only about success. And Poker Face was simply more successful than any Madonna song. The chart receipts don't lie. Gaga wins.
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Exactly. And if we look at what the GP is STILL buying and is STILL interested in...
Poker Face
#50 Egypt
#111 Greece
#162 Luxembourg
#177 Portugal
#193 Costa Rica
#203 Kazakhstan
#228 Paraguay
#240 United Arab Emirates
#244 Russia
#245 Sweden
#253 Saudi Arabia
#305 Argentina
#339 Bolivia
#368 Poland
#380 Canada
#384 Taiwan
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Frozen
#97 Zimbabwe
#223 Russia
#255 Nigeria
#289 Qatar
Into the Groove
#28 Uganda
Holiday
#29 Uganda
La Isla Bonita
#60 Oman
#226 Sri Lanka
#291 Qatar
#392 Belarus
Like a Prayer
#18 Qatar
#117 Lebanon
#284 United Arab Emirates
Hung Up
#166 France
#281 Portugal
#294 Qatar
Music
#86 Belarus
Don't Tell Me
#97 Qatar
Rain
#112 Qatar
Secret
#164 Qatar
She's Not Me
#177 Estonia
Papa Don't Preach
#290 Qatar
Open Your Heart
#292 Qatar
Ray of Light
#293 Qatar
Vogue
#347 Kazakhstan
Gaga wins, clearly!
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Originally posted by slobro
This thread isn't asking about impact, only about success. And Poker Face was simply more successful than any Madonna song. The chart receipts don't lie. Gaga wins.
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Actually, The OP stated on the first page that he also talked about impact. So try again.
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Quote:
Originally posted by slobro
This thread isn't asking about impact, only about success. And Poker Face was simply more successful than any Madonna song. The chart receipts don't lie. Gaga wins.
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Does Madonna have a bigger hit than Poker Face?
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It doesn't ask for sales.
It asks if Madonna has a bigger hit.
LAP has sales, impact, longevity
PF, so far, has sales.
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And then the monsters result to trolling when they've been proven wrong ..
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Originally posted by Johnny
Yes, she does. I feel like there is a significant percentage of Lady Gaga fans who have developed such a distaste for Madonna that they seem to consistently fail to connect with the idea that Madonna is better and is more successful than her, and that is undeniable on every possible level. So this thread, in essense, is the product of a deluded OP who can't stop to think for a second that a 5-year old song, although enormous and arguably iconic in its own right, isn't as big as some of the most legendary songs in pop music history by an artist who has stood the test of time and remained relevant for three whole decades.
We do, however, need to keep in mind that Poker Face was influential in its own right and we should not be so quick to rule it out of any conversation of becoming truly influential in its own right, and leaving a legacy on par with some of Madonna's biggest hits. Together with Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling (among other songs), it helped to spearhead the electronic dance music era that has been running for about half a decade now, was one of the biggest selling digital singles of all time (sources place the value between 12.5 million and 14 million, and it really doesn't matter which it is -- that's a huge number) and most successful singles in recent memory, and gave rise to one of the biggest global superstars in living memory.
So, on the whole, I feel like both artists are being underestimated by opposing sides but the real answer to the question being asked is yes.
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Originally posted by Retro
That's because not all of us are being delusional... generalizing is bad.
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Two perfect answers.
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Originally posted by slobro
This thread isn't asking about impact, only about success. And Poker Face was simply more successful than any Madonna song. The chart receipts don't lie. Gaga wins.
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Don't pull false assumptions out of the air. Use your eyes and actually read the question before you start lecturing people about the question. The thread asks for the biggest hit which constitutes legacy as well. Thriller does not have the chart stats nor the sales that Poker Face does, but we know very well which one is the bigger hit.
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Originally posted by Remixed
Exactly. And if we look at what the GP is STILL buying and is STILL interested in...
Poker Face
#50 Egypt
#111 Greece
#162 Luxembourg
#177 Portugal
#193 Costa Rica
#203 Kazakhstan
#228 Paraguay
#240 United Arab Emirates
#244 Russia
#245 Sweden
#253 Saudi Arabia
#305 Argentina
#339 Bolivia
#368 Poland
#380 Canada
#384 Taiwan
VS.
Frozen
#97 Zimbabwe
#223 Russia
#255 Nigeria
#289 Qatar
Into the Groove
#28 Uganda
Holiday
#29 Uganda
La Isla Bonita
#60 Oman
#226 Sri Lanka
#291 Qatar
#392 Belarus
Hung Up
#166 France
#281 Portugal
#294 Qatar
Music
#86 Belarus
Don't Tell Me
#97 Qatar
Rain
#112 Qatar
Secret
#164 Qatar
She's Not Me
#177 Estonia
Papa Don't Preach
#290 Qatar
Open Your Heart
#292 Qatar
Ray of Light
#293 Qatar
Vogue
#347 Kazakhstan
Gaga wins, clearly!
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The fact that people are still buying Madonna's songs so many years after their release is amazing actually. Poker Face is more recent, let's see if it will still sell after 10-15 years.
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adssdfsd LAP had much more impact and success than Poker Face
This was way before the digital era so of course it would've sold less
The song and video broke barriers
And the fact that it's remembered nearly 25 years after says a lot about it's impact
Would Poker Face be able to do the same?
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