Why are you comparing an album from 2 years ago to an album released right now? Both Gaga and Nicki released albums in 2014 and as far as I remember Gaga's album outsold Nicki's despite Nicki performing at the VMAs (twice), BBMAs, AMAs, BETs, and god knows what else
How big is Howard Sterns audience? Would it be enough to see an increase? (Considering his audience are not the ones to rush out and buy a Lady Gaga album on release week based on her name alone)
Her Carpool video comes out tomorrow! and she is allegedly going to Japan for some promo ( read that like yesterday in this thread...not sure if it is true though!)