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Poll: Bigger touring act: Lady Gaga VS Britney Spears
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Lady Gaga.
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67.94% |
Britney Spears.
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69 |
21.90% |
They aren't comparable, music industry has changed too much.
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10.16% |
Member Since: 8/30/2011
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Originally posted by Duca
You still don't get it? It's not all about the gross.
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I get that one played bigger venues and often sold them out, the other played smaller venues and often didn't sell them out.
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Member Since: 10/10/2011
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Originally posted by YoYo
"Cher" and "Selling out tours" in the same sentence....
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She has the 11th highest grossing tour of all time.
It had over 300 shows but it's still an impressive feat nonetheless
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Member Since: 10/7/2011
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Originally posted by HausOfA-M
Invalid argument. Katy Perry and Rihanna are at their peak
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Katy may not be and Rihanna has already peaked so stop and don't even bring them into this mess.
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Member Since: 3/19/2012
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Originally posted by Andre
But she's not @ her peak anymore, we can't compare both. This is such a Vin thread.
Katie, close this mess.
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I see your point but at the same time, Madonna wasn't exactly at her peak either with the Sticky & Sweet tour but she still managed to have the most successful tour EVER by a solo artist with more than 408 millions$. So the "peak" is hardly an argument.
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Member Since: 12/16/2008
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Originally posted by HausOfA-M
Invalid argument. Katy Perry and Rihanna are at their peak, but they don't groos as much as Madonna, who isn't at her peak anymore, but sells tickets like hot cakes. Same goes for U2, Springsteen and other legends/big performers... Since Britney is often called a 'legend', she should be able to at least remotely compete, shouldn't she?
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The part of comparing Katy & Rihanna to Madonna and some other legends
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Originally posted by HausOfA-M
I get that one played bigger venues and often sold them out, the other played smaller venues and often didn't sell them out.
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You don't get that one is a popstar who peaked a decade ago and the other one peaked at the tours you are comparing. Money doesn't have the same value it used to, and touring was never as big as it is now.
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Originally posted by Kats
You don't get that one is a popstar who peaked a decade ago and the other one peaked at the tours you are comparing. Money doesn't have the same value it used to, and touring was never as big as it is now.
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Peak in tours isn't related to chart-peak. Almost never. Otherwise the BTWB would be way smaller than The Monster Ball, just to make an example.
If I compare Gaga, who is at her peak, to Madonna, who peaked 25 years ago, the latter wins. Just to say this isn't a totally unfair comparison. However, there is the third option if you think it is incomparable.
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Originally posted by HausOfA-M
IKaty Perry and Rihanna are at their peak, but they don't groos as much as Madonna, who isn't at her peak anymore, but sells tickets like hot cakes.
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Just because Katy and Rihanna don't have the pull that gaga does and the 3 of them are at their peaks, doesn't mean that being at your peak isn't a clear advantage. there are other factors that come in play.
That's like me saying "there has been no decline in album sales over the years because Adele is selling 20 million with her album"
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Originally posted by Tainted Blood
I see your point but at the same time, Madonna wasn't exactly at her peak either with the Sticky & Sweet tour but she still managed to have the most successful tour EVER by a solo artist with more than 408 millions$. So the "peak" is hardly an argument.
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But Madonna is a nostalgic act, she brings memories from the 80s, people wanna see her because of that. Britney is still recent compared to Madonna.
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Originally posted by YoYo
That's like me saying "there has been no decline in album sales over the years because Adele is selling 20 million with her album"
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The fact is that touring industry hasn't declined for "old" artist, has massively increased. Madonna had her highest-grossing tours corresponding with her lowest-selling albums; same goes for many respected performers. Britney herself had her highest-grossing tours in the recent years and not at her peak. And, at the same time, many (like most) new artist struggle to get a loyal fanbase and impressive tour grosses with their first few tours.
This is the general scenario, who peaked and who don't has very relative importance. So, it's comparable for me.
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They're incomparable.
TFM and FF Tours can't be compared, because Gaga was at her peak and Britney was in her seventh album era.
And TFM can't be compared to Britney early tours, because tours weren't important as they are now. Back then, tours were seen as optional and unimportant compared to album sales. Now, entire careers depend on the gross of their tours.
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Originally posted by Andre
But Madonna is a nostalgic act, she brings memories from the 80s, people wanna see her because of that. Britney is still recent compared to Madonna.
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Britney can also be seen as a nostalgia act, she's seen that way by a LOT of people, believe me. Tell me if Britney can inspire enough nostalgia after 30 years of career to have such a high grossing tour
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Gaga puts on an incredible show.
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Gaga puts on a better show, therefore deserves higher grosses
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Member Since: 2/2/2012
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Originally posted by YoYo
"Cher" and "Selling out tours" in the same sentence....
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oh shut the fck up will ya!
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Cher's recently completed farewell tour has easily become the top-grossing trek ever for a female artist, and one of the more successful outings of all time. The tour wrapped at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on April 29-30, with two sell-out nights grossing $2.8 million....
....No other female artist has ever come close to what she did," says Brad Wavra, the touring VP at Clear Channel Entertainment who promoted every North American show on the tour. "Not Madonna, not Bette Midler, not Janet, not Whitney, not Tina, because she outworked them all." With European and Australian shows included, Cher played a total of 325 dates, grossing well over $250 million.
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Cher's solo tours have grossed over $700 million, if adjusted it would be near $1 billion, and she's not done yet!
So as I said, shut yo ***** ass mouth!
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Anybody who voted Gaga is clearly delusional
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Originally posted by xproudofbritney
When Britney in 2001 grossed 50 million dollars with only a U.S. tour, Gaga was still in middle school.
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Um and what? That only means she is older and Gaga is younger. Where is Gaga now and where is britney now (in this respect). Girl bye too.
oh and obviously in every way... yesterday, today and tommorow... GAGA.
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