(Million) Reasons for Chart Success?

[Squeeshy Keety 9,908]

Why do you think the response to MR is so strong (US at least)?

[Weasel 12,525]

It shows off her vocal abilities and artistic growth, unlike PI which is just a scream fest 

The GP has spoken and for once I agree with their taste. 

[Creyk 16,836]

she showed off her vocals just right in that carpool video

She sang well but finally didn't scream for once

It was good

[Mister Gaga 21,891]

Carpool Karaoke hype made all her music rise in the charts, and MR was featured, which caused intrigue because they hadn't heard it before. Expect it to be forgotten in a week.

this option, but it won't be forgotten in a week. It's here to stay.

[Squeeshy Keety 9,908]

2 minutes ago, Mister Gaga said:

Carpool Karaoke hype made all her music rise in the charts, and MR was featured, which caused intrigue because they hadn't heard it before. Expect it to be forgotten in a week.

this option, but it won't be forgotten in a week. It's here to stay.

 

 

I edited it to separate the two parts of that option.

[Leaf 2,428]

I listen to Million Reasons a lot, and I'd support any single. The other ballads on the album are equally as good.

Thirty pieces of silver

[kupo 201]

For starters, it's a genuinely great song. Probably the single most derivative on the album--I mean, there's not really anything about it that feels even remotely new--but it's a nearly flawless iteration of what it's trying to be.

The production is glossy but not overbearing, it shows off her vocals and the texture of her voice (which is Gaga's greatest asset), its an earworm, and the lyrics are perfectly relatable for a great many people.

It definitely is the song on the album that sounds the most at-home among trends that are already established as popular.

[sciencemonster 31]

I think it's a genuinely great song, and her notes about it being relatable to the modern American woman, frustrated by the men in her life, rings completely true.