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Discussion: 2011: Gaga's year or Britney's year?
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GaGa has not let us down thus far and she is hyping this album incredibly. GaGa is reaching her peak, whereas Britney has been around for more than a decade. It's either one's game, but I wouldn't be surprised if GaGa came out the victor.
Essentially, if Britney actually works this era, she will win. But I couldn't see her trying too hard.
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Madonna is also coming near the end of 2011. Hard Candy is easy to over-look, but I'm sure she'll be doing some major the new decade.
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She's taking time, and i think that's the best for her. She needs to find her new sound, new people to work with and the way to put it outhere... believe it or not, she doesn't have a record deal yet.
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VAN SANT: Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.
MADONNA: Yeah. It's weird-that's exactly what's going on. I don't have a record deal right now with anybody. I don't know how I'm going to get my music out the next time I make a record.
VAN SANT: You have to rethink how to do it.
MADONNA: I'm going to have to reinvent the wheel. I haven't really been focused as much as I should be on the music part of my career because this movie has just consumed every inch of me. Between that and my four children, I don't have the time or the energy for anything else. For example, I do appreciate that lots of people worked long and hard putting together things like the DVD of the Sticky & Sweet tour that we just released, and I have seen the finished product, but I have got no idea how people are going to find out about it or how it's going to be sold.
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Not really. She needs to finish the movie (the shoot finished last week), now post-production, then promotion, etc etc... it could take MONTHS.
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Britney is not as popular as she used to be, I'm surprised that so many people think she is going to outsell GaGa. I'm not saying that she won't, but if they handle this era like the last then I don't think it's going to have much longevity after its opening sales. They'll be high because of her fans, but she needs to broaden her appeal once more. Promotion is key.
I think GaGa is almost guaranteed success unless she changes her sound entirely, which is not likely. Thus far she has managed to find a balance of being commercial enough to appeal to the general public, whilst still embracing her perhaps eccentric creativity. I think she'll maintain that. Globally GaGa will dominate IMO, Britney does not have the global presence she once had due to a lack of promotion. She had mediocre success with her last effort. She may only be 28, but in this industry you're only as big as your last hit. It's been a long time since Britney had a "smash hit".
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Britney is not as popular as she used to be, I'm surprised that so many people think she is going to outsell GaGa. I'm not saying that she won't, but if they handle this era like the last then I don't think it's going to have much longevity after its opening sales. They'll be high because of her fans, but she needs to broaden her appeal once more. Promotion is key.
I think GaGa is almost guaranteed success unless she changes her sound entirely, which is not likely. Thus far she has managed to find a balance of being commercial enough to appeal to the general public, whilst still embracing her perhaps eccentric creativity. I think she'll maintain that. Globally GaGa will dominate IMO, Britney does not have the global presence she once had due to a lack of promotion. She had mediocre success with her last effort. She may only be 28, but in this industry you're only as big as your last hit. It's been a long time since Britney had a "smash hit".
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But it's obvious to me that Britney is ready to get back in the game hardcore. There's tons of new girls out, not just Gaga but Katy, Ke$ha, Rihanna...all on top of her usual competition (Beyonce and Xtina).
It's clear from the way her management used Twitter to get her on Glee, and her agreeing to appear in it or maybe even instigating the Twitter request, that she's not going to rest on her laurels this time. Her / her team's behavior on Twitter is also evidence of this.
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It will be interesting to see Britney and GaGa both promoting/realising everything at the same time.
One thing i'm sure... ATRL server will crash every 2 minutes. :-/
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They will both do really well, but I think GaGa could top her......I can't wait to hear both's music though
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Originally posted by Celestial
Britney is not as popular as she used to be, I'm surprised that so many people think she is going to outsell GaGa. I'm not saying that she won't, but if they handle this era like the last then I don't think it's going to have much longevity after its opening sales. They'll be high because of her fans, but she needs to broaden her appeal once more. Promotion is key.
I think GaGa is almost guaranteed success unless she changes her sound entirely, which is not likely. Thus far she has managed to find a balance of being commercial enough to appeal to the general public, whilst still embracing her perhaps eccentric creativity. I think she'll maintain that. Globally GaGa will dominate IMO, Britney does not have the global presence she once had due to a lack of promotion. She had mediocre success with her last effort. She may only be 28, but in this industry you're only as big as your last hit. It's been a long time since Britney had a "smash hit".
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There's no way Britney can make a smash hit while she's on a break. It's been like a year or so.
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Britney needs to deliver me another Toxic or Crazy.
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But it's obvious to me that Britney is ready to get back in the game hardcore. There's tons of new girls out, not just Gaga but Katy, Ke$ha, Rihanna...all on top of her usual competition (Beyonce and Xtina).
It's clear from the way her management used Twitter to get her on Glee, and her agreeing to appear in it or maybe even instigating the Twitter request, that she's not going to rest on her laurels this time. Her / her team's behavior on Twitter is also evidence of this.
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I really think Britney is coming hard this era...I mean, she's holding a writing camp with freaking Jewel and William Orbit...she has Snoop Dogg making Youtube videos to get her attention. ...I think Britney is going to smash on a depth never seen before (or at least I PRAY to GOD so).
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I wonder what the new girls of 2011 will do.
hmmmm...
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
But it's obvious to me that Britney is ready to get back in the game hardcore. There's tons of new girls out, not just Gaga but Katy, Ke$ha, Rihanna...all on top of her usual competition (Beyonce and Xtina).
It's clear from the way her management used Twitter to get her on Glee, and her agreeing to appear in it or maybe even instigating the Twitter request, that she's not going to rest on her laurels this time. Her / her team's behavior on Twitter is also evidence of this.
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Even if Britney ups her game it doesn't mean she's going to be able to knock her competitors aside. She hasn't been a leading force in the industry for a long time. Circus did well but it wasn't amazing, I think part of its success was down to the fact that it was her "comeback" album. If she released a record to that standard I'd imagine that the first single and the album will do well upon release but they won't have longevity.
Another factor with Britney is her image. It's a vital component to her success, she doesn't look half as good as she used to and that is going to effect her.
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I think that Britney is probably not going to lay her ass down like with her last 2 efforts (Circus/Blackout), perhaps she won't be the biggest pop singer in the world (like she once was 2000-2004) but we have a lot of indications that this era is being pushed to be AT LEAST more successful than her last 2, so many things going on even before a supposed album release: 1 wide-spread magazine cover in the US, 1 important fashion editorial magazine in the UK, Release of new fragrance (Radiance), Appearance on Glee/her tribute episode, Her hair looking good/decently lately, and a possible Spring/Summer release (which requires promotion). Her team/her are also using Twitter ways they weren't using before: She's been Tweeting a lot lately (that kind of contact she hasn't been having with fans for years), and even had an online "interview" with fans and they are also hyping up the upcoming album via the social platform, a way it's getting some kind of media attention. I'm not sure if they will let Britney have some creativity input on this album like In The Zone(writing/composing) and Blackout (production), but how things look like depending on her team she will have her most successful era ever (or at least since 2004)...
As of Gaga, She's currently the biggest pop singer in the world (despite other singers like Katy Perry and Kesha having some kind of major success right now), I think anything she releases (as long as her hype is still being pushed) will be eaten up even if the effort on the promotional side on it isn't that great, unless as Celestial already said she makes a drastic change to her sound and don't make a video to push it up (like "Bad Romance" that was underperforming until the video put the song on fire).
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Originally posted by Haus_of_Nicole
But it's obvious to me that Britney is ready to get back in the game hardcore. There's tons of new girls out, not just Gaga but Katy, Ke$ha, Rihanna...all on top of her usual competition (Beyonce and Xtina).
It's clear from the way her management used Twitter to get her on Glee, and her agreeing to appear in it or maybe even instigating the Twitter request, that she's not going to rest on her laurels this time. Her / her team's behavior on Twitter is also evidence of this.
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It was very obvious from the very beginning that Circus was meant to just brighten Britney's image after the dark phase in her life.
Circus was more like to me, an album to replace Blackout in the market. Even if i adore Blackout, but there's a reason why britney's team didn't put Gimme More on the setlist. Almost any fan wanted her to perform it in her tour but she didn't oblige. Blackout is the reminder for her. And Gimme more was the scar. I'm pretty sure if all those **** did not happen to her life, there won't be rushing circus, and blackout would have been getting the attention not britney's life.
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Originally posted by Vini
I think that Britney is probably not going to lay her ass down like with her last 2 efforts (Circus/Blackout), perhaps she won't be the biggest pop singer in the world (like she once was 2000-2004) but we have a lot of indications that this era is being pushed to be AT LEAST more successful than her last 2, so many things going on even before a supposed album release: 1 wide-spread magazine cover in the US, 1 important fashion editorial magazine in the UK, Release of new fragrance (Radiance), Appearance on Glee/her tribute episode, Her hair looking good/decently lately, and a possible Spring/Summer release (which requires promotion). Her team/her are also using Twitter ways they weren't using before: She's been Tweeting a lot lately (that kind of contact she hasn't been having with fans for years), and even had an online "interview" with fans and they are also hyping up the upcoming album via the social platform, a way it's getting some kind of media attention. I'm not sure if they will let Britney have some creativity input on this album like In The Zone(writing/composing) and Blackout (production), but how things look like depending on her team she will have her most successful era ever (or at least since 2004)...
As of Gaga, She's currently the biggest pop singer in the world (despite other singers like Katy Perry and Kesha having some kind of major success right now), I think anything she releases (as long as her hype is still being pushed) will be eaten up even if the effort on the promotional side on it isn't that great, unless as Celestial already said she makes a drastic change to her sound and don't make a video to push it up (like "Bad Romance" that was underperforming until the video put the song on fire).
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This.
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Member Since: 11/10/2009
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I think the fact that Britney is keeping it so hush hush could be her advantage... I mean, this album could be a surprise smash, whereas with GaGa it will either be a massive hit or a massive miss.
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Originally posted by BTrisc0392
I think the fact that Britney is keeping it so hush hush could be her advantage... I mean, this album could be a surprise smash, whereas with GaGa it will either be a massive hit or a massive miss.
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This could happen. I feel too many people are overhyping GaGa's record to the point where people will be disappointed no matter how good the tracks are.
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This could happen. I feel too many people are overhyping GaGa's record to the point where people will be disappointed no matter how good the tracks are.
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I agree with this.
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OMG! amazing "battle"
but i think GAGA wins
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This could get interesting..which only means it will be more exciting for us to see them get competitive
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Originally posted by BTrisc0392
I think the fact that Britney is keeping it so hush hush could be her advantage... I mean, this album could be a surprise smash, whereas with GaGa it will either be a massive hit or a massive miss.
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it takes time for a successful artist to flop. I mean look at xtina. It took her 4 albums to do it. Lots of management errors.
And both britney and gaga's success depends on this key factor, TIMING.
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