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Originally posted by RoarRiteNow1
Applause was released at the same time as Roar, the media rivalry and comparisons helped it
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No it didn't. Applause would've performed far better without Katy stealing Gaga's thunder.
Gaga is not the type of pop girl that needs a rivalry to sell better.
Katy was the one who benefited more by selling more than Lady Gaga.
Anyway, Applause is bigger than 45S.
Both are great songs, but people saying Applause got a lot of promotion
It doesn't matter, Gaga was getting ACTUAL backlash throughout the whole Applause/ARTPOP eras and radio almost dropped it at 50M Ai
There are actual receipts. The song refused to left top 10 on Itunes for weeks and radio was forced to continue playing it.
Rihanna has never gotten such backlash so it;s not comparable.