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​Don't pull that BS on me, If you haven't a got better argument than "Because Cascada said so" to back up your statement then don't argue at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music

*Madonna's 1998 album Ray of Light, considered EDM by contemporary critics, is credited with bringing the genre into the mainstream.*

Kylie Minogue and Björk deserve an honorable mention as well.

Being a contributor to a genre's revival after a few years of it being non commercially dominant is not the same as bringing it to the mainstream. That's like saying Madonna's Vogue essentially brought house music to the mainstream, which is false.

 

Well, I meant the revival of dance electronic music. And like I already told you before, I know there were several mainstream electronic hits before Gaga, but the true big wave did not start until around 2009 with Gaga ( at least in the U.S.). Also, djs and artists crediting Gaga is a valid argument since they know exactly what is going on in the music scene.

DJ Tommy Sunshine from MTV:

Anybody that is in South Beach right now that discredits Lady Gaga for what she has done for electronic music is out of their mind,” Sunshine said. “I mean [Gaga producer] Red One and Space Cowboy and her, in collaboration, have done so much for making dance music mainstream. I’m sorry, but there wouldn’t be a David Guetta top 10 hit … there wouldn’t be this Black Eyed Peas record, if it wasn’t for The Fame. The influence of that record is epic, and we are hearing talking about all of this because of that.”

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Bradley

None of them are as good as Do What U Want honestly. They still sound like basic pop tracks to me.

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Jjang

Well, I meant the revival of dance electronic music. And like I already told you before, I know there were several mainstream electronic hits before Gaga, but the true big wave did not start until around 2009 with Gaga ( at least in the U.S.). Also, djs and artists crediting Gaga is a valid argument since they know exactly what is going on in the music scene.

DJ Tommy Sunshine from MTV:

Anybody that is in South Beach right now that discredits Lady Gaga for what she has done for electronic music is out of their mind,” Sunshine said. “I mean [Gaga producer] Red One and Space Cowboy and her, in collaboration, have done so much for making dance music mainstream. I’m sorry, but there wouldn’t be a David Guetta top 10 hit … there wouldn’t be this Black Eyed Peas record, if it wasn’t for The Fame. The influence of that record is epic, and we are hearing talking about all of this because of that.”

​Its not a significant wave if it only lasted a year or so, ever since then the dance music soundscape had been suffering from a commercial death. The electronic dance music craze is a recurring phenomena that we've all witnessed throughout the years, before and after Gaga. Genuinely believing that Gaga is its' essential factor is straight up delusional. Do you even listen to anything beside high profile top 40 releases?

A lasting impact doesn't have a time span, its so funny how you address today's music era as if its still the same since 2009.

I don't care about that over exaggerated quote, I could quote a bunch of music critics / DJ's / artists as well to debunk that point.

 

 

 

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Jjang

I believe what you're hinting is that if the electronic dance music trend ever gets revived (which it will), we should originally be thankful to Gaga for it. Which is total BS. :smh:

 

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If we are REALLY talking about who started this trend then I am going to have to go with Drizzy. Even though there's no guitar bass in it, it's still influenced form 80s R&B.

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DrewStevens

Gaga didn't make electronic music mainstream. 

LMH & Style are driven by guitar synthesizers, DWUW is not.

​Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas did made electronic dance music mainstream in 2009-2010 because after their success other artists started to release electronic dance songs. Lots of artist have released electronic dance music before (for example Madonna with Ray Of Light and Britney with Blackout) but it didn't became a trend until Gaga and the BEP released their EDM inspired pop albums. 

Also LMH is not driven by a guitar synthesizer, Style is but LMH is the only song from the mentioned which has the same 8 bars synthesizer like DWUW.

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ON TOPIC: Hold On We're Going Home was first. I believe it was the first one and I don't think it follows the success of any other song. Get Lucky was disco-funk and Blurred Lines was R&B-Funk. None of them have this sound. This sound is Synth Pop mixed with R&B.

Hold On We're Going Home -> Do What U Want -> Love Me Harder -> Jealous -> Style 

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Sorry but to say that Gaga didn't bring on the rise of Electronic music prominence after Just Dance is just insane. Legit most of the music out before JD was R&B/Hip-Hop/ (and that occasional bop pop song)

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Quark

​Its not a significant wave if it only lasted a year or so, ever since then the dance music soundscape had been suffering from a commercial death. The electronic dance music craze is a recurring phenomena that we've all witnessed throughout the years, before and after Gaga. Genuinely believing that Gaga is its' essential factor is straight up delusional. Do you even listen to anything beside high profile top 40 releases?

A lasting impact doesn't have a time span, its so funny how you address today's music era as if its still the same since 2009.

I don't care about that over exaggerated quote, I could quote a bunch of music critics / DJ's / artists as well to debunk that point.

 

 

 

Do you even know what EDM is? Gaga started with electronic dance pop, which is a branch of EDM. Therefore, is was only natural that mainstream EDM was going to continue exploring some of its other genres like dubstep and house. So technicality Gaga's impact was not a one year thing. In fact, dance music won't "come back" because it is still here in the form of electronic trap music (which is also a branch of EDM). Now these EDM genres were obviously not a direct influence of Gaga, but they were certainly a natural evolution of the acceptance of dance electronic music that Gaga DID bring to true mainstream acceptance, at least in the U.S. Also I find it funny how you don't care about the credit that other artists/musicians give to Gaga. 

 

 

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​Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas did made electronic dance music mainstream in 2009-2010 because after their success other artists started to release electronic dance songs. Lots of artist have released electronic dance music before (for example Madonna with Ray Of Light and Britney with Blackout) but it didn't became a trend until Gaga and the BEP released their EDM inspired pop albums. 

Also LMH is not driven by a guitar synthesizer, Style is but LMH is the only song from the mentioned which has the same 8 bars synthesizer like DWUW.

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ON TOPIC: Hold On We're Going Home was first. I believe it was the first one and I don't think it follows the success of any other song. Get Lucky was disco-funk and Blurred Lines was R&B-Funk. None of them have this sound. This sound is Synth Pop mixed with R&B.

Hold On We're Going Home -> Do What U Want -> Love Me Harder -> Jealous -> Style 

I am only refering to the 80ish synth/baseline that DWUW has, and not a pop/R&B hybrid. For example, style is not R&B at all but it does have that DWUW synth I am talking about. Drake's song doesn't have this type of synth that many songs have now, but that DWUW did have.

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Does anyone even ****ing know about DWUW? Who's gonna listen to a Lady Gaga album to look for the next new sound? There is nothing new, interesting or creative about that DWUW synth bassline you've been plugging and many artists (or should I say producers) can have the same idea to take an 80's sounding synth and put it on the radio becuase that has been done for the last decades.

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If DWYW would become the first single, with a great video and without R.Kelly. Then ARTPOP era would have been very different. And DWYW would become a very successful song, i'm sure it woud be now one of her biggest songs.

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Jjang

Do you even know what EDM is? Gaga started with electronic dance pop, which is a branch of EDM. Therefore, is was only natural that mainstream EDM was going to continue exploring some of its other genres like dubstep and house. So technical Gaga's impact was not a one year thing. In fact, dance music won't "come back" because it is still here in the form of electronic trap music (which is also a branch of EDM). Now these EDM genres werewere obviously not a direct influence of Gaga, but they were certainly a natural evolution of the acceptance of dance electronic music that Gaga DID bring to true mainstream acceptance, at least in the U.S. Also I find it funny how you don't care about the credit that other artists/musiciansmusicians give to Gaga. 

House / Disco music was dominant already in the 90's, its not a stretch of modern EDM.

Its known on a music industry standard that Ray of Light brought EDM to its true mainstream acceptance to begin with, it was not embraced before that album was released. And yes, I will continue addressing this point until you acknowledge it. Its more logical to assume that whatever branched afterwards is a result of Madonna's original approach then, not Gaga's. Yet still ; EDM in all of its forms has been experiencing a social / commercial death.

Here's a few hits that fit under this category (before Gaga) :

Music - Madonna

American Pie - Madonna

Hung Up - Madonna 

Womanizer - Britney Spears

Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue

Finally - Kings of Tomorrow feat. Julie McKnight

Toxic - Britney Spears 

Ray of Light - Madonna

Frozen - Madonna

Nothing Really Matters - Madonna

When I Grow Up - ***cat Dolls

Paper Planes - MIA

Closer - Ne yo

I'm a Slave 4 U - Britney Spears

Gimme Gimme - Britney Spears

Fergalicious - Fergie 

With Love - Hilary Duff

Knock You Down - Keri Hilson

Piece Of Me - Britney Spears

Love Don't Cost A Thing - Jennifer Lopez

American Life - Madonna 

The Way I Are - Timbaland

Give It To Me - Timbaland

Stronger - Kanye West

Get the Party Started - P!nk

Summer Love - Justin Timberlake

Hollywood - Madonna

Disturbia - Rihanna

Beautiful Stranger - Madonna 

Everytime We Touch - Cascada

S.O.S - Rihanna

Yeah! - Usher

Buttons - ***cat Dolls

Get Right - Jennifer Lopez

Maneater - Nelly Furtado

Do it - Nelly Furtado

Me Against The Music - Britney Spears feat. Madonna

House of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture

Don't Phunk with My Heart - Black Eyed Pease

Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) - Bob Sinclar & Cutee B

Don't Cha - ***cat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes

Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani

Wind It Up - Gwen Stefani

Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani

4 Minutes - Madonna 

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I'm sick of naming songs, I'll name albums now :

Ray of Light - Madonna

Music - Madonna

American Life - Madonna

Confessions on A Dancefloor - Madonna

808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West

In The Zone - Britney Spears

Blackout - Britney Spears

Circus - Britney Spears

Impossible Princess - Kylie Minogue

Light Years - Kylie Minogue 

Fever - Kylie Minogue 

X - Kylie Minogue 

Loose - Nelly Furtado

Dignity - Hilary Duff 

Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera

Homogenic - BJÖRK

Discovery - Daft Punk

FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake

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Conclusion : The supposed EDM / pop dance music evolution you're talking about started years before Gaga even became Gaga. The one who essentially made it musically accepted on a mainstream level was Madonna with Ray of Light - as she's credited everywhere for it. Just because Gaga rose to fame at a time when EDM was being furtherly more embraced doesn't mean she's the one to credit.

'I was just one of a few artists at a certain sort of time in radio where more dance music was being played on top 40,' she tells MTV News. - Gaga herself in 2011. Are you going to say Gaga is incorrect as well? EDM was constantly being built up and broken down throughout the decades. But the ones who brought it to the mainstream were already noted and credited.

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Serendipity

If DWYW would become the first single, with a great video and without R.Kelly. Then ARTPOP era would have been very different. And DWYW would become a very successful song, i'm sure it woud be now one of her biggest songs.

​True

Should've been the lead from the very start

I'm 100% sure it could've debuted at #1 and beaten Roar

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KaanBTW

I've been thinking about this for a while. idk if DWYW started it, but it definitely was one of the starting ones.

Jealous, Nick Jonas

Style, Taylor Swift

Love Me Harder, Ariana Grande

​+ This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like A Motherf*cker.

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