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Poll: More Global: Lady Gaga or Rihanna?
View Poll Results: More Global: Lady Gaga or Rihanna?
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Lady Gaga
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170 |
48.02% |
Rihanna
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169 |
47.74% |
I'm Ugly
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15 |
4.24% |
Member Since: 8/6/2012
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Originally posted by Rusty
Wait, now you compare UA to C2C, a 2014 Jazz-standards record with Tony Bennett, but we can't compare ARTPOP with Anti whenever it comes out. K.
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I did not mean to compare UA to C2C, but I used it to mention how much more successful UA was than AP, by saying one outsold the other two combined.
So no, you cannot compare Anti to AP because:
1- It's a 4th album vs. an 8th album
2- The gap between Anti and AP will be 2 years+, the gap between UA and AP was less than a year.
3- Unlike AP/Anti, UA and AP were both released before streaming took over and sales climate hit rock bottom.
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What's this little nugget of wisdom based on? Is it on the fact that ARTPOP is the one Lady Gaga solo studio release not to outperform every Rihanna album bar one? I mean, Gaga has almost matched Rih's lifetime album sales with half the releases. Let's not do too much, sis.
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The same "wisdom" your prediction for Anti's failure is based on, when she already has an era where she underperformed (Rated R), and a year later she came with her strongest era and album so far.
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I commented once. Gaga is releasing in 2016. Rihanna is releasing God knows when, she's afraid to deliver it after underperforming singles... Gaga has been written off as this finished act by the same users who post about her incessantly because their fav is so basic content-wise they have nothing to stan for. Please, stop buying into the delusion, be happy at least Rih is giving y'all a tour if not an album.
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By that I meant Gaga's fanbase, not you in particular.
She already has explained the delay: it's not finished. It's up to you to believe her or choose to be a pressed hater.
But can you explain why she wasn't "afraid" to release Rated R after a lead single that peaked 5 positions lower than 45S?
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Originally posted by Matangi
Then the countless "Lets wait for the ANTI sales first!!!!111" replies are basically irrelevant. Y'all need to be logical first.
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Sis I am my own human being, nowhere in my post i said "we have to wait for ANTi" and I actually agree that Gaga and Rihanna are kind of on par, the only thing that puts Gaga on top is that at her peak she was far more global and big than Rih has ever been ....
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The results
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
Rihanna by far. Gaga has only like four global smashes while Rihanna has like a dozen.
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The lies
Gaga has 5 IFPI entries and Rihanna has 1 or 2
Gaga's top 5 biggest hits are bigger and more global than Rihanna's top 5 biggest hits.
Gaga has 12 RADIO singles and Rihanna has over 25 radio singles, so yeah if she didn't have more hits it would be embarrassing.
Telephone sold more in a single year than any Rihanna single has ever sold in a single year. Receipt ? IFPI. You're welcome.
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Wow I didn't expect Gaga to get so many votes slay
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Originally posted by electrastan
Rih used to be really global back when DSTM etc but I think GaGa has become more global, especially now with AHS.
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An American TV show (on the decline) making Gaga more global.
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Gaga. A lot of major markets, such as Japan, don't really use Rihanna. Like, at all.
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Rihanna and its not even close
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Originally posted by Jolie's Lips
Gaga. A lot of major markets, such as Japan, don't really use Rihanna. Like, at all.
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Henny, no one uses gaga anymore she is not global, she is barely local at this point
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Originally posted by Mariano
The lies
Gaga has 5 IFPI entries and Rihanna has 1 or 2
Gaga's top 5 biggest hits are bigger and more global than Rihanna's top 5 biggest hits.
Gaga has 12 RADIO singles and Rihanna has over 25 radio singles, so yeah if she didn't have more hits it would be embarrassing.
Telephone sold more in a single year than any Rihanna single has ever sold in a single year. Receipt ? IFPI. You're welcome.
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What does IFPI have to do with anything?
Rihanna is a bigger streaming, VEVO and digital seller act. What are Gaga's streaming points?
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Can we get the ANTi HDD thread already so all these myths about Rih being "powerful and global" can finally end?
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
What does IFPI have to do with anything?
Rihanna is a bigger streaming, VEVO and digital seller act. What are Gaga's streaming points?
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oh, u lost I won.
IFPI is the only reputable global source.
Streaming does not mean you are global it means Rihanna is more popular and relevant than Gaga currently, that doesn't mean she is more global
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Originally posted by PhreshDiamond
Henny, no one uses gaga anymore she is not global, she is barely local at this point
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Originally posted by PhreshDiamond
Henny, no one uses gaga anymore she is not global, she is barely local at this point
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Henny, these ain't the Loud days anymore so drop the cute lil shade. Even your own fave knows she's doomed hence no alberm yet.
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Rihanna is bigger here, so her, I guess. 45S went #1 whereas Applause peaked at #11.
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Originally posted by Mariano
oh, u lost I won.
IFPI is the only reputable global source.
Streaming does not mean you are global it means Rihanna is more popular and relevant than Gaga currently, that doesn't mean she is more global
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Rihanna's old songs that didn't chart on the IFPI yeard-end list get more streams and views on streaming services, YouTube, etc. Why is that? Rihanna also gets more airplay and her songs are not polarizing, she gets airplay from different formats.
YouTube is a good way to measure how global an artist is since not everybody can get songs on sites like iTunes, they prefer to play the video on YouTube or free streaming services.
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
Rihanna's old songs that didn't chart on the IFPI yeard-end list get more streams and views on streaming services, YouTube, etc. Why is that? Rihanna also gets more airplay and her songs are not polarizing, she gets airplay from different formats.
YouTube is a good way to measure how global an artist is since not everybody can get songs on sites like iTunes, they prefer to play the video on YouTube or free streaming services.
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No. Youtube measures popularity. Also Rihanna's old songs get more streams, because her channel is more popular. Gaga has uploaded 2 pop music videos on hers since January 2012. That's almost 4 years. Gaga's channel is DEAD. And it will get a huge boost once she starts releasing singles and videos again.
Youtube measures popularity. Rihanna's music is more popular since she has had 3 smashes since 2012, whereas Gaga had none.
That doesn't make Rihanna more global, it makes her more popular musically. Gaga is more known WW and there are more markets that DO NOT use Rihanna than there are that do not use Gaga.
Gaga is simply more known Worldwide. Lady Gaga is a bigger name. At her peak, she reached every single market and smashed there, something Rihanna has never done /end.
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Originally posted by Mariano
No. Youtube measures popularity. Also Rihanna's old songs get more streams, because her channel is more popular. Gaga has uploaded 2 pop music videos on hers since January 2012. That's almost 4 years. Gaga's channel is DEAD. And it will get a huge boost once she starts releasing singles and videos again.
Youtube measures popularity. Rihanna's music is more popular since she has had 3 smashes since 2012, whereas Gaga had none.
That doesn't make Rihanna more global, it makes her more popular musically. Gaga is more known WW and there are more markets that DO NOT use Rihanna than there are that do not use Gaga.
Gaga is simply more known Worldwide. Lady Gaga is a bigger name. At her peak, she reached every single market and smashed there, something Rihanna has never done /end.
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If she's popular on a global site like YouTube, it means she's global. Wouldn't that be logic? Rihanna is a pretty well known act globally, just like Gaga is. I am not in here pulling a "Rihanna is global and Gaga is local". Both are well known globally, but one more than the other.
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
If she's popular on a global site like YouTube, it means she's global. Wouldn't that be logic? Rihanna is a pretty well known act globally, just like Gaga is. I am not in here pulling a "Rihanna is global and Gaga is local". Both are well known globally, but one more than the other.
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Ariana, Meghan, Katy and a shitload of other artists are also more global than Gaga, because they are more popular on youtube ?
Stop you are not using logic, you're just reaching for the sky.
Almost everyone has more views on youtube, because, again, Gaga has released 2 music videos since 2012 January and one of those was a huge flop.
Gaga's channel is dead. Popular channels get more views. Even one smash single can boost all of your other videos with millions and millions of views.
Just wait and see.
Lady Gaga is more known on a WW scale and she is or has been used everywhere, Rihanna has NOT, there are still markets, even major ones, that do not use Rih.
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