[SupahBass05]

Originally posted by Misanthrope

In the end the copies bought on amazon didn't count towards gagas year end sales and were excluded from born this ways first week sales however sources such as wiki often still mention the fact that it sold over a million the first day. they just tack on that 400,000 were purchased for a buck meaning she still sold like 700,000 full prices. thats still #1 lol so its not like gaga got away with murder or whatever youre trying to imply because the copies bought on amazon basically dont count

What? So the Billboard total

2,298,000, "Born This Way" (2011)

doesn't include the Amazon deal? And who was implying murder?

[KatyMyLady]

I don't have a problem with either tbh. Digital music is pretty much worthless in this age so whatever you got do to get someone to download it in a way that counts is just smart imo

[Misanthrope]

Originally posted by DrownedWorld

Gaga stans in here doing the most

Neither are "shameful" or "disgusting", y'all are overreacting.

WE'RE doing the most though? The way people are blasting gaga in here when in actuality she was #1 with or without that deal is so annoying lol its this misinformed judgement that never goes away

and once again katy is painted as completely in her rights and blah blah blah. gaga is villainized once again.

[vuelve88]

Originally posted by alcohologic

This isn't about charts. NEITHER of the deals are about charts. MONEY is what is important in this world.

Amazon paid full price, sold at a cut COST and used Gaga's album to promote THEIR website and new product.

Pepsi is paying for a download of Roar and are promoting THEIR brand, but they aren't generating any immediate profit.

Who's really losing here

Lady Gaga

[Sadie Saxton]

Originally posted by Benjamin

Any particular reason why we're pretending that a #1 on iTunes is at all meaningful tonight? All it does is show which song is the most popular on iTunes at that particular moment, if the song's free no one is benefiting from it.

Right? Why is this so hard to understand?

[Erotic]

But WHY are the Mariah stans TRYING IT? Stay on topic:

Poll: Roar's Pepsi vs BTW's Amazon, most shameful tactic ?

[Arturdork]

Gaga, that shameless bitch

[Misanthrope]

Originally posted by SupahBass05

What? So the Billboard total



doesn't include the Amazon deal? And who was implying murder?

No one was implying murder its a figure of speech? Hello.

and 2 million? Where are you getting those numbers? lol thats misinformation right there. she sold just over a million with the amazon copies included and nearly 700,000 without them.

[alfonso12]

Originally posted by Praise Mariallah

A remix is not a shameful tactic..

So, adding some random people to your song making small changes in order to make people buy the song again so you can hit #1 is not a shameful tactic? gurl bye.

[J a y]

Originally posted by Freezin

Jut for clarification, you do not have to buy a Pepsi to get the song. You just have to visit the link and the song is free.

It also clearly states that the code has no cash value so I don't know how Pepsi are making money from this.

The only person gaining anything is Katy on iTunes

[SupahBass05]

Originally posted by Misanthrope

No one was implying murder its a figure of speech? Hello.

and 2 million? Where are you getting those numbers? lol thats misinformation right there. she sold just over a million with the amazon copies included and nearly 700,000 without them.

Proof

Updated US sales of BTW. The only one spreading misinformation is you. Billboard counts those sales.

[Misanthrope]

Originally posted by alcohologic

It also clearly states that the code has no cash value so I don't know how Pepsi are making money from this.

The only person gaining anything is Katy on iTunes

So it helps her on itunes? Than that is cheating in a way then even if it doesnt count for billboard. Shes keeping herself at #1 on itunes by giving out free downloads. If Gaga did that even if she were number one you'd all be talking ****.

[LCTV]

People hardly take the time and effort to REDEEM anything.
What Gaga's team did was straight forward and too the point.
Easily more shameful than Katy.

[Green]

I wonder if the little monsters also think that the free copies of Born this way given away with phones are also a shameful tactic.

[Vespertine]

Originally posted by DrownedWorld

Gaga stans in here doing the most

Neither are "shameful" or "disgusting", y'all are overreacting.

Seriously.

At the end of the day, both Katy and Gaga were going to be #1 anyways (with big leads, too). It might be a different story if say, there were discounts on Warrior first week, or free downloads of Run The World.

Also, if you want to really call someone "shameful," you would have to direct it at Amazon and Pepsi. They're promoting their own services using Gaga and Katy's music; it doesn't do too much for either of the girls in the long run.

[Misanthrope]

Originally posted by SupahBass05

Proof

Updated US sales of BTW. The only one spreading misinformation is you. Billboard counts those sales.

Thats an obvious misprint. It did not sell 2million first week even with the amazon deal, unless that number is what it sold worldwide?