Quark 7,098 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 o<(0_0)>o Starting with 21 and continuing with 25, Adele has brought huge album sales to the music industry. But why is she so successful? Well, I think it all comes down to her vocal talent, relate-able lyrics, and that fact that she focuses on ballads. So we all know Adele has great vocal talent, she always sings about very relate-able human emotions (love, nostalgia, breakups, ect), and she focuses on ballads (which is the genre that almost any type of person could enjoy, as opposed to how all the other genres are usually associated with different groups of people). So could Gaga follow this formula and nail those three categories I mentioned? I say yes. First, I have to say that almost any artist can create a ballad and relate-able lyrics; they just need the right producers. The difficult part is having the vocal talent that Adele has and the emotion she puts in songs. This is that part that very few artist in the mainstream can do right now. However Gaga is one of those artists that can. In fact, Gaga not only has a great voice too, but she is actually far more versatile than Adele when it comes to vocals. Now I am not saying that she should copy Adele or follow her footsteps, and I also don't necessarily want her to, I just realized that Gaga is capable to appealing to a lot of people and be as successful as Adele if she follows a similar formula. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed 7,716 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Sorry I just don't see it happening. I'd love it but I just don't think it would be a possibility Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 i dont see it adele is huge cause she doesnt show skin, that fact plays a lot of part in her success and i dont want gaga to be like adele, that would be v boring ( no shade) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 105,652 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 No. Gaga already peaked commercially and influentially in 2009-2011 Accept it and move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,379 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Erm.. no. If Gaga had started out singing emotional love songs she would never have become famous. Some artists like Adele can do minimal stuff simply because their entire physical presence is marketable, from the voice to the body to the clothing,... Adele's success doesn't lie in the fact that she's a great singer or that she sings emotional ballads, it lies in the fact that every single aspect of her can be sold to a public that will respond positively with minimal effort. Gaga doesn't have that. And so what, I doubt Gaga would be happy singing ****ing ballads. I get what you mean and you're not saying Gaga should follow in Adele's footsteps but these "I'm not saying Gaga should do it, but she COULD be as iconic as Adele right now in theory so really, even though she's not even in the public eye rn, technically she's still amazing and groundbreaking and genius" tricks are really embarrassing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 No thank you. I prefer Gaga to be Gaga and Adele to be Adele. No one else is going to sell like Adele. Just accept that fact and enjoy whatever music you enjoy without wishing for unrealistic things to happen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark 7,098 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Just now, Morphine Prince said: No. Gaga already peaked commercially and influentially in 2009-2011 Accept it and move on. I am not talking about her actually being that successful again, I am just saying that if she were to follow a similar formula to Adele, and with her vocal talent, she could potentially be as successful. Plus, Gaga is too unconventional and polarizing to be as safe like Adele anyways. So is likely not to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 105,652 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 1 minute ago, Didymus said: Adele's success doesn't lie in the fact that she's a great singer or that she sings emotional ballads, it lies in the fact that every single aspect of her can be sold to a public that will respond positively with minimal effort. I would say her success lies in all of those things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,115 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Gaga is already paving her own legacy, though. I'm appreciative that she makes no discernible effort to be relatable. Instead, she is more focused on speaking from a very specific perspective. Many of Adele's songs, though of usually excellent quality, could have been written by anyone. When you hear a Gaga song, you know exactly who wrote it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark 7,098 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 1 minute ago, Whispering said: No thank you. I prefer Gaga to be Gaga and Adele to be Adele. No one else is going to sell like Adele. Just accept that fact and enjoy whatever music you enjoy without wishing for unrealistic things to happen! Never said Gaga should be like Adele. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViviLittleM 3 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 4 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: No. Gaga already peaked commercially and influentially in 2009-2011 Accept it and move on. ok so... can't she be successful again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,379 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Just now, Morphine Prince said: I would say her success lies in all of those things. Well, with "every single aspect of her" I do include her voice and songwriting. But people who think that that's enough to break through just don't get how Adele's entire (non-)persona helped massively in even encouraging people to talk about her. She was the anti-pop star, the antithesis of pop acts around that time and that was her golden ticket to fame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark 7,098 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 4 minutes ago, Didymus said: Erm.. no. If Gaga had started out singing emotional love songs she would never have become famous. Some artists like Adele can do minimal stuff simply because their entire physical presence is marketable, from the voice to the body to the clothing,... Adele's success doesn't lie in the fact that she's a great singer or that she sings emotional ballads, it lies in the fact that every single aspect of her can be sold to a public that will respond positively with minimal effort. Gaga doesn't have that. And so what, I doubt Gaga would be happy singing ****ing ballads. I get what you mean and you're not saying Gaga should follow in Adele's footsteps but these "I'm not saying Gaga should do it, but she COULD be as iconic as Adele right now in theory so really, even though she's not even in the public eye rn, technically she's still amazing and groundbreaking and genius" tricks are really embarrassing. You basically twisted my whole sentence lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 1 minute ago, Enigma said: Never said Gaga should be like Adele. "So could Gaga follow this formula and nail those three categories I mentioned? I say yes." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark 7,098 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Just now, Whispering said: "So could Gaga follow this formula and nail those three categories I mentioned? I say yes." From my OP, "Now I am not saying that she should copy Adele or follow her footsteps, and I also don't necessarily want her to, I just realized that Gaga is capable to appealing to a lot of people and be as successful as Adele if she follows a similar formula." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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