gagaisitalian 3,573 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Not that I wanted a hit thread or anything, but it's shocking to me that threads that include hate towards Gaga or that blatantly bash other artists get many more replies than a thread like this that praises her. It's sad what much of this community has come to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Lam 597 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 My favorite part ! Calling out all of the false informations : But, maybe most inexplicable  as far as I was concerned  was the almost gleeful piling-on that came with the release of ARTPOP. Reviews of the album took more issue with Gaga herself than with what was on the record; those who enjoy pitting women against one another looked at Gaga’s sales versus the other major distaff fall releases, from Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus, and concluded Gaga the “loser.†The myth of an “Artflop†was born, and vicious attack stories came fast and furious, the most insidious being an outrageous claim that the album had cost Interscope Records $25 million  a claim later proven not only to be patently untrue, but the work of a shadowy Internet troll working under the alias “Angela Cheng.†Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyaKara 2,281 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 This was so amazing :cry: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfitted 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Apparently he likes Gypsy so much. I like it. Spread this news! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,313 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Speaks so much truth about the nonsense claims made about Gaga recently, like... Gaga's singles don't sell anymore and no one cares about them! Applause may not have been her biggest hit, but it went to #1 in 5 countries and top ten in a further 23 countries. It sold over 100,000 copies in countries like Canada, Japan, South Korea respectively and nearly 300,000 in the UK, three of these countries being major music markets. It went to #4 in the US, sold over 2.5 million, stayed in the top ten for around ten consecutive weeks, was a huge radio hit and is her overall 10th biggest song in the country. The official video for the single had 24 views of nearly 11 million worldwide and the video is nearing 170 million hits in less than a year and is set to be the first Gaga video to hit the 1 million likes meter on YouTube. It is her 7th most watched music video (and soon to be her 6th) and has between the views of much more successful songs like BTW and TEOG. Do What U Want, despite very limited promotion and no music video, went top 10 in 14 countries and #1 in a further 3 countries. The audio has ove 35 million views. G.U.Y, despite no promotion and no support from radio and having a music video lasting 11 minutes, has notched up nearly 43 million views in little over a month. Gaga's albums don't sell anymore and she can't sell without an amazon deal! ARTPOP had nowhere near the level of promotion that her previous albums had and the lead single wasn't even performed in major music markets and was limited almost completely to the US. After the lead single, Gaga all but became a recluse. Plus, this is her fourth release. Most artists tends to flag around this point. But selling around 2 million worldwide in six months is amazing for an album that didn't have hit singles and promotion like her previous eras. It debuted at #1 in 7 countries, three of which were huge music markets. And went top ten in every country except Hungary. She would have had even more #1's if Eminem's album and Celine Dion's album hadn't been released a week earlier in places in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland, where she would have gotten #1 otherwise. The average Rihanna album sells around 3 million and she isn't considered a flop. Bangerz also didn't sell as well and Miley was considered one of the biggest stars of 2013. No one's interested in Gaga's tours anymore! The Artrave may not be Gaga's biggest tour, but it's doing brilliant for supporting an album that sold what it did. Almost all her NA shows are close to sold out. She's only doing stadiums in Asia. And Europe continue to support her, with tickets selling even in places like Greece, which is still recovering from a financial crisis. Her first 5 UK gigs sold out in seconds, prompting a further 6 shows to be added and she's even doing 2 gigs in Scotland, which she never did before in her more successful days. Taylor Swift's album went platinum in the UK with 4 top ten singles and she only did 5 shows in London and Gaga's travelling the length and breadth of the UK with ten shows. It's estimated that she'll make over a million per date, and more in certain regions. Considering how expensive these tickets are, that's quite a feat to sell so many. Miley's tour doesn't have this level of demand and she was considered the It Girl of 2013 with no massive hit singles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee 2,528 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I wanna make love to whoever wrote this article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danieljsolis 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 (at first i actually thought this article was about gaga bouncing asia around making it rain ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivingtonrebels 245 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 John Norris has always loved and appreciated Gaga. He is a very thoughtful and intelligent writer and interviewer, I've loved him since the interview she did during the Testino shoot with him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muh 144 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 OMG THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL :emo: Praise Gypsy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muh 144 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Lady Gaga  long may she rave. I couldn't stop crying at this point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagavsartpop 0 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 That was so refreshing to read after the 10 months of undeserved bad press she's been getting What video is this from Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills 446 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Speaks so much truth about the nonsense claims made about Gaga recently, like... Gaga's singles don't sell anymore and no one cares about them! Applause may not have been her biggest hit, but it went to #1 in 5 countries and top ten in a further 23 countries. It sold over 100,000 copies in countries like Canada, Japan, South Korea respectively and nearly 300,000 in the UK, three of these countries being major music markets. It went to #4 in the US, sold over 2.5 million, stayed in the top ten for around ten consecutive weeks, was a huge radio hit and is her overall 10th biggest song in the country. The official video for the single had 24 views of nearly 11 million worldwide and the video is nearing 170 million hits in less than a year and is set to be the first Gaga video to hit the 1 million likes meter on YouTube. It is her 7th most watched music video (and soon to be her 6th) and has between the views of much more successful songs like BTW and TEOG. Do What U Want, despite very limited promotion and no music video, went top 10 in 14 countries and #1 in a further 3 countries. The audio has ove 35 million views. G.U.Y, despite no promotion and no support from radio and having a music video lasting 11 minutes, has notched up nearly 43 million views in little over a month. Gaga's albums don't sell anymore and she can't sell without an amazon deal! ARTPOP had nowhere near the level of promotion that her previous albums had and the lead single wasn't even performed in major music markets and was limited almost completely to the US. After the lead single, Gaga all but became a recluse. Plus, this is her fourth release. Most artists tends to flag around this point. But selling around 2 million worldwide in six months is amazing for an album that didn't have hit singles and promotion like her previous eras. It debuted at #1 in 7 countries, three of which were huge music markets. And went top ten in every country except Hungary. She would have had even more #1's if Eminem's album and Celine Dion's album hadn't been released a week earlier in places in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland, where she would have gotten #1 otherwise. The average Rihanna album sells around 3 million and she isn't considered a flop. Bangerz also didn't sell as well and Miley was considered one of the biggest stars of 2013. No one's interested in Gaga's tours anymore! The Artrave may not be Gaga's biggest tour, but it's doing brilliant for supporting an album that sold what it did. Almost all her NA shows are close to sold out. She's only doing stadiums in Asia. And Europe continue to support her, with tickets selling even in places like Greece, which is still recovering from a financial crisis. Her first 5 UK gigs sold out in seconds, prompting a further 6 shows to be added and she's even doing 2 gigs in Scotland, which she never did before in her more successful days. Taylor Swift's album went platinum in the UK with 4 top ten singles and she only did 5 shows in London and Gaga's travelling the length and breadth of the UK with ten shows. It's estimated that she'll make over a million per date, and more in certain regions. Considering how expensive these tickets are, that's quite a feat to sell so many. Miley's tour doesn't have this level of demand and she was considered the It Girl of 2013 with no massive hit singles. Exactly. Fourth major releases are usually the worst chart-performing among the major pop stars who debuted big. Interest could only go down if it reached an all-time high during its first years. That should be expected. And as you've said, the numbers this album and its first two singles pulled are decent enough as compared to today's standard. For an album to pull more than 2 million worldwide and 700k in the US with only one hit single is already within the accepted bounds to not be regarded as a complete commercial failure. A "flop" is the one which couldn't even pull half of that figure despite the presence of heavy promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allison M 357 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Finally there is a nice article for Gaga. She deserves some praise from Media and GP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheiBist 3 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 YAAASS!! I'll take John Norris's word over some flop writer from RS any day! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiher 2 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 The whole world needs to read this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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