Right...and not getting nominated for a Grammy means not being critically acclaimed. Only Girl won because there wasn't much competition. And being the great dance song that it is, it won easily. BTW could've won at least one Grammy if it wasn't for the great Adele
LOUD tbh. You really can't take touring into factory tbh. That's like saying the MDNA era is more successful simply because of it's tour despite that fact that it's flopping everywhere. LOUD is defenitly more success, the red hair, 3 #1 singles, sold more effortlessly (despite not having promo since April 2011.) not to mention the countless phrases you see people more commonly use now like "I'd drink to that" or "Cheers to the freaking weekend". Nothing about the BTW era is memorable besides the title track or arguably EOG.
I've never heard anyone say that other than Rihanna. I have heard countless people say "I was born this way" though
Oh and I don't hang out with many Gaga stans. Maybe 4 or 5.
Teenage Dream was nominated for 8 Grammy Awards. Does it make it critically acclaimed? Grammys are valid receipts if you have something else to back it up (overwhelming positive response, good Metacritic score, year-end lists recognition), otherwise winning a Dance award isn't something to brag about.
And "Loud" back it up .... It received good reviews .. 67/100 is not bad
I don't know why everyone acts like if "Loud" was panned by critics or something...
And "Loud" back it up .... It received good reviews .. 67/100 is not bad
I don't know why everyone acts like if "Loud" was panned by critics or something...
Because we all know how much effort Riri really put in in the making of the album Thats why she will never be taken seriously when it comes to critical acclaim.
Honestly, negative or positive, people around me all know what is Born This Way but they only know the hits on LOUD, like S&M and Whats My Name. A few don't even know Rihanna got an album named LOUD. I am being very serious. Im talking about those general music listeners, they don't care much and only listen to the hits. But all of them know Born This Way era, either they love or hate it. The cultural IMPACT of BTW is HUGE !
i dont really beilve this cuz i mean everyone knew loud by the hair and cover but maybe they knew the name of gags album cuz she was everywhere promoting it and it was sold in every store in the u.s....but cultural impact it had NONE, no iconic moments,videos, or performances.....neither of them really did but at least rihanna had red hair and high video views for songs that were not even top 20 hits.....yet gaga had 5 top twenty hitsand not nearly as many views.....gurl boo
Because we all know how much effort Riri really put in in the making of the album Thats why she will never be taken seriously when it comes to critical acclaim.
Yeah I know and I'm the first one to say Rihanna is just a label product...
but I think in this thread we are not talking about the writing / musician skills of these girls..... we are talking about which era was the most sucessful one...
Because we all know how much effort Riri really put in in the making of the album Thats why she will never be taken seriously when it comes to critical acclaim.
rated r had better reviews than the fame monster at time of release and good girl gone bad had better reviews than the fame soooo nope
LOUD tbh. You really can't take touring into factory tbh. That's like saying the MDNA era is more successful simply because of it's tour despite that fact that it's flopping everywhere. LOUD is defenitly more success, the red hair, 3 #1 singles, sold more effortlessly (despite not having promo since April 2011.) not to mention the countless phrases you see people more commonly use now like "I'd drink to that" or "Cheers to the freaking weekend". Nothing about the BTW era is memorable besides the title track or arguably EOG.
OMG ! Did you realise that both 'i'd drink to that' and 'Chrs to the freking weekend' are in the same song and yet u said its more memorable "I WAS BORN THIS WAY" was/is/and will be EVERYWHERE. Its that Iconic!
i dont really beilve this cuz i mean everyone knew loud by the hair and cover but maybe they knew the name of gags album cuz she was everywhere promoting it and it was sold in every store in the u.s....but cultural impact it had NONE, no iconic moments,videos, or performances.....neither of them really did but at least rihanna had red hair and high video views for songs that were not even top 20 hits.....yet gaga had 5 top twenty hitsand not nearly as many views.....gurl boo
She had 4 top 20 hits (not 5), but the rest is true.
Loud was more impressive cause NO ONE expected it to do as well as it did, especially coming off the back of Rated R, which underperformed.
Born This Way was one of the most over-hyped releases in modern day music, everyone expected it to be big, and yet she got outperformed in many areas by Rihanna, who didn't have the same hype coming into her album campaign.