I don't understand why people are saying this is a weird comparison. GaGa and Adele are the newest big named arrivees to the industry. GaGa has been active since 2005 and Adele has been active since 2006. So within that amount of time Adele surpassed GaGa's entire discography sales with just her sophomore release. Kudos to Adele for a beast of an album and kudos to both ladies for even selling that much in this digital age.
Yes. Adele is obviously never going to repeat her success in 2011. It's almost impossible. Lady Gaga is in a similar situation with her success in 2009, and Usher with his success in 2004, and so on.
I don't understand why people are saying this is a weird comparison. GaGa and Adele are the newest big named arrivees to the industry. GaGa has been active since 2005 and Adele has been active since 2006. So within that amount of time Adele surpassed GaGa's entire discography sales with just her sophomore release. Kudos to Adele for a beast of an album and kudos to both ladies for even selling that much in this digital age.
However, on topic, this is very impressive. I'm glad an artist like ADELE doesn't over promote herself like Gaga and let's the music speak for itself without any big stunts. A true musician I respect.
Didn't Katy's label discount her re-release to one dollar on the week the movie was released, though?
Didn't Gaga discount her album opening week, while Katy discounted hers when it was 2 years old, though? Anyways, Adele didn't need a discount to outsell Gaga. Very impressive!
However, on topic, this is very impressive. I'm glad an artist like ADELE doesn't over promote herself like Gaga and let's the music speak for itself without any big stunts. A true musician I respect.