Jonttutan 0 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 "Lady Gaga has fired her manager, Troy Carter, just days before the release of her new album, according to three people with direct knowledge of the news who were not authorized to speak about it.Mr. Carter had managed Lady Gaga  whose real name is Stefani Germanotta  since 2007, before the release of her first album, and he is regarded in the music industry as an important force in her rise to megastar status.The reasons for their split were not immediately clear. Showbiz411, a celebrity blog that, along with the music industry gossip site Hits Daily Double, was the first to report the news, attributed it to “creative differences.†But for months the music business has been rife with talk about an estrangement between the two, as well as speculation about how it might affect the commercial performance of her album, “ARTPOP,†to be released next week by Interscope Records.Representatives of Mr. Carter and Lady Gaga declined to comment, and a spokesman for Interscope did not respond to an email on Tuesday morning.The dismissal of a manager by a top pop act is an occasional occurrence in the music industry; such representatives often serve at will or through loose handshake contracts. But it is rare for such a break to happen on the eve of a major release.Previous Lady Gaga albums have been phenomenons. The last, “Born This Way,†in 2011, had an enormous and flawlessly executed marketing campaign, and sold more than 2 million copies in the United States. Lady Gaga, who is in constant dialogue with her 40 million Twitter followers, has also become emblematic of pop’s reach on social media.But the performance of early singles for “Artopop,†her third studio album, have been disappointing. “Applause,†released in August, peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s chart, and has been outshined by Lorde and Katy Perry “Do What You Want,†released two weeks ago, opened with 156,000 sales, the third-most downloaded track that week. Her tearful appearance at the YouTube Music Awards on Sunday was mocked in the news media as “bizarre†and “deeply strange and out-of-tune.â€Mr. Carter, who also manages John Legend and the violinist Lindsey Stirling  a breakout star on YouTube  has also made a name for himself in Silicon Valley as an investor in technology start-ups, including the taxi-hailing app Uber and the music site Songza. According to the technology news site PandoDaily, Mr. Carter is also raising $75 million to $100 million for an investment fund."The New York TimesE: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/business/media/lady-gaga-said-to-fire-her-manager.html?smid=tw-nytimes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 850 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 i'm afraid it's true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Fashion 1,127 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 This is so dumb. She would never ever fire such a person as Troy! Troy is such a huge reason for Gaga being on top right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING5KAT 223 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I'll be her manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariano 958 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 this is AP but anyway I really don't want this to be true .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann 354 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 can u stop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faux 2,190 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I don't think so? I mean she even thanked Troy in the ARTPOP booklet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asongforxx 0 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 But the performance of early singles for “Artopop,†her third studio album, have been disappointing. “Applause,†released in August, peaked at No. 4 on Billboard’s chart, and has been outshined by Lorde and Katy Perry “Do What You Want,†released two weeks ago, opened with 156,000 sales, the third-most downloaded track that week. Her tearful appearance at the YouTube Music Awards on Sunday was mocked in the news media as “bizarre†and “deeply strange and out-of-tune.†Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH07 0 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Bad decision. She should of waited to fire him till after ARTPOP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaLady 0 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 and Taylor dumped Gaga, too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariann 301 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 This would be the worst time for such a move. I hope it's not true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALX 170 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Now y'all aren't believing the NYT? delusional. it's true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slojo 51 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 So just rumour then nothing confirmed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixxx 33 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 given that this is ALL OVER the news, I think that it should stay in this section. Just because we don't want it to be true doesn't mean that it's not news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausofandrew 105 Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Never liked him anyways. He looks like a try-hard sellout imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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