She is one of the only artists who has been able to score high sales figures despite being in the era of ‘song leaks’ and illegal downloading.
Now, Lady GaGa has given her thoughts on what she feels is the real reason some artists struggle to shift commendable units.
Check out what she had to say below…
On artists who blame piracy for low sales figures, she says:
“I believe it is whole heartedly the obligation of the artist to create a wonderful album that speaks to that generation through the digital era and through the challenges that we’ve been put up against.”
Going onto reveal:
“People that blame things on piracy and blame things on music being stolen- this is just an excuse. It’s an excuse for artists not creating through all of that.”
Whilst many a fan of ‘insert name commercially unsuccesful artist here’ may be rattled by these comments, Ms. Germanotta does have a valid point.
For she herself is an artist who has faced continous ‘leaks’ and ‘illegal downloading’ yet is still one of the highest selling artists in the world despite debuting just three years ago.
Even embarking on two record breaking tours in the space of two years whilst some of her contemporaries continue to serve as opening acts even after countless albums and support from well meaning fans.
She is just one artist in a long list of performers which include Beyonce, Drake, Adele, Kanye West ,Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears and Chris Brown who have managed to chart with impressive figures even when faced with the tiresome issue of music piracy.
Whilst some fan bases also choose to blame lack of label support for the shortcomings of their favourite artists, it is worth remembering that there is ultimately nothing a label can do if these fans know an artist has an LP out but choose not to buy it.
Perhaps GaGa’s comments will inspire the marketing managers of struggling artists to find new and inventive ways to persuade music lovers to invest in their artists.
For it is becoming increasingly obvious that it is the artists who embrace their fans the most, are the ones that have the most to smile about when the sales figures roll in.
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The fans!!! A lot of artists are soooo underrated and have GREAT music!!
I don’t think it’s a excuse. It’s a reason and a fact. Why do you think albums don’t sell like they used to?
She can say what she wants , But SHE SELLS because her Label pay a lot of money in expensive videos , outfits ,producers and Promotion , not so many artists are so lucky…
What she is true but honestly consumers play a major role. Its never been the music industry in my opinion.
Lady GaGa never suffered from leaks.She leaked her record herself 5 days before the release.
What is she talking about??
And is she saying that sales wouldn’t be affected by leaks if the music spoke to the public???What??People will just rip it off of youtube and let it “speak to them” through their m**.Only music fans like myself bother to purchase albums.
The GaGa situation is a funny one as i don’t really get the fuss. The fame was a good album that was slightly different from what was going on but BTW is a generic dance mess and is nowhere near one of the best albums i have heard.
I think most artist make albums that are either going to be commercially successful or an album thats for them. Some of my favorite albums are not big sellers
Music is in a funny place right now, i’m sure there are dark forces at work
Which Gaga is she? The Wheelchair Gaga in all black or this Gaga? I love her and how bold she is.
Gaga go sit down and stop trying to be shady.
Honestly label support plays a very big part as they are the ppl who gives you your budget and to promote you! Any1 can sell if you have major label support eg. Lady gaga. Rihanna. Beyonce etc PROMOTION is the KEY and big budgets! Gaga should stfu I love her but like really girl if you weren’t doing so well you would have blame the leaks to take a seat cus you playing on all the kids who feel left out or feel lost feelings so you can sell albums making a albumn that speaks to the generation honey take a seat
Enjoy the moment GaGa because no-one will be listening to you in a decade from now and you’ll be a musical memory. Adults are already bored of the costumes
Albums don’t sell because the public doesn’t give a damn and is tired of gimmicks.Even if material didn’t leak, the market would still be dead, so it’s not about creativity as she said.Artist cannot salvage this mess by creativity.It’s about the labels and the radio.She just talked about creativity to show off
If that’s the case she should not settle to sell her album at .99 cents. She should also leave the stunts and gimmicks alone and then she should comment on sales
see you in the future gaga! no wonder australia egg you down.
btw I though rihanna would be on that list. Her fans just want ot force her ass on everything when truely she is just a lessor, trying to fit in. She has yet to impress the music industry. This is for the delusional fans.
Leaks does effect your album cus ppl feel like they have the songs why go buy it. Take a seat gaga just remember what goes around comes back around
Let’s see where she’ll b in a couple of yrs. For the moment, she can gloat and boast. TGJ, Riri and Alicia also sell well. U may not like Riri, but at least give her her props.
When gaga doesn’t sale how she is in the future, I will remember this.
And to answer ur poll review, I think that all 3 factors can b responsible when an album tanks. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy at Gaga’s success, I just don’t think she’s been around look enough to make that kind of comment.
*been around long enough
Hope you keep it up gaga, cause when I last checked Britney is forgotten. She is not even on the social list. Her sales has dropped drastically. 3 years in this crazy music business is not enough to boast. Britney had a great start too. People always jump on what’s new. Survive for more than a decade and you have my praises.
Another thing, can gaga ever take a break from music when her income is strictly touring. Better start investing cause people are already getting saturated with all these gimmicks. I don’t think people can take it for too long lol.
The record company’s because the final say on your track listing, singles and promotion are the company’s decision, also media outlets are to blame as well because they always play and hype the major artists who then spend less on promotion while the other artists struggle
Sleazy, nope!It’s just that people don’t care, because if they did, then they would purchase the album regardless.Even if the record didn’t leak before the release date, it would be posted on youtube the day after the release and people would still steal it.It’s all about people thinking it’s acceptable to steal music
Please take note: A lot of people downloaded gaga’s album but since it went on sale for .99 cents some people bought it just to boost her sales. If wasn’t for the deal she would not have made a million in sales. Just remember to stay humble gaga and your statement is not called for, you should just wish the best for your rivals and not shade them. like ciara who is talented and trying and kelly who deserves to be more than those who go mainstream with no talent.
stay humble gaga.
At the end of the day, people don’t purchase albums because singers have stopped being artists and have become celebrities.Therefore, the public thinks that 10$ would be just a pointless addition to the singer’s already huge fortune.
Are you stealing music if it’s leaked by someone else? Isn’t the only thief the person who leaked the original version?
If there was £20 on the street would you walk past it because you never dropped it?
Just asking
You see goes to show you that you can have 100 million fans and most of them are downloading for free. I don’t care how your label is promoting you the want to be fans will still download for free. Some will just buy singles.
GaGa sold millions of copies and now she not doing so well she claims. But Rihanna maybe selling now but that will happen to her also.
Whatever GaGa. Which is why you sold your album for .99 right? This dance mess will soon die down, and when it does, she can hang up or sell all that weird mess on ebay.
Jennifer Hudson???? This site forreal has gone down the drain. I don’t remember the site being this untruthful and biased. Wtf is going on…
ha this b****.
So we are talking about big sellers like Gaga and you put on the same sentence Jennifer Hudson´t sales as an example???? FAIL
Anyway, of course the leaks are what definitely made the sales drop, it´s been like that for years now, except for 2011, first year since I don´t know when in which sales have increased (only 1%). But they are still really low. Only 2 or 3 albums per year become big sellers now. And of course those are albums in which the artists put their soul, like Gaga said. This year´s example: Adele and Gaga
Label support is so important too. Specially when you´ve been in the game for longer and are a veteran and it´s more difficult to stay relevant. I mean, the cash labels waste on Rihanna, Britney and some others should go to promote true artists and legends who keep making great music
It’s a combination of all three: the artist, label and fans, that contribute to the success of an album. The artist has to create great material and make sure everyone is doing their job, the label is responsible for promotion, radio play and making sure people know the album is out, also single choices which is also important, and the fans should be buying the album and not downloading, and also an artist may not get album sales because people do not think they are good enough when they are not #1 and do not even listen because they’re like “Frank Ocean, who’s he? Not going to listen to him then”, when these artists are actually more talented than say Katy Perry or Kesha.
Therefore, it could be anyone who is to blame for poor album sales. The label is to blame if the album is not being promoted enough, the fans if they are illegally downloading instead of buying and the artist if the album is poor quality, or it could be a combination of all three.
Chris Brown a big album seller? Fame has sold less than 800,000 copies worldwide!
BUT GAGA had MASSIVE PROMO! which boosted her sales, her album is not that great, Ciara’s fantasy ride was a badass album but the label didnt support it. its the LABEL cuz talented artists put out great music, but it flops because the label does not push it and they do not fund their promo
Nicki Minaj’s album sales werent legit, her label bought them out…f*** her..shes a talentless gimmick destroying female rap.Drake needs to sit his conceited ass down and humble himself.
everyone else adele e.t.c get my props
Is she saying you need to:
-Do generic and popular musing in order to sell
Lady Gaga is selling not despite being out for 3 years.It’s because she being out for 3 years than she keeps sellin.
Gaga and rihanna sold respectively ‘THE FAME-FAME MONSTER & LOUD-GGGB’ because they never took a a break.
TAKE A BREAK RIHANNA OR GAGA THEN COMEBACK DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEN WHAT IS POPULAR THEN WE CAN TALK.
KAT DELUNA ALBUM IS #1 ON ITUNES JAPAN CHART
GO GET THEM !!
RED0 & JLOW 🙁
why album do not sell :
1- the content : if i’m going to buy an album , it has to be something i will be able to listen to anytime and at any mood and i can relate to some of the lyrics at least !! not fast food music produced by RED ONE productions “yes i mean J-lo’s LOVE? and others artists who has the same recycled beats since gaga’s poker face ” i will download it illegally and that’s it ! those albums do not stand out for replays !!! why i will buy an album like that ?! that’s why it tanks
2- innovation : we are in 2011 right ?! so do not give me tracks from 2005 and with no musical growth and u tellin’ me to buy it ! i won’t ! “ciara – basic instinct” ! it is still a good album ! but it’s not worth buying ! i will end up downloading it illegally too !
3- the artist and his/her fanbase : the bigger your fanbase , the more sales u will get ! u see gaga , beyonce , rihanna , katy perry , bruno mars , ADELE !
4- the LABEL SUPPORT .COM !!!!!!!!! ASK CIARA AND KELLY ROWLAND !
5- RADIO PLAYS AND PROMO !
STFU!
Even Gaga struggling to sell over than 4M for every singles from an album…
Each of Teenage Dreams, California Gurls, Firework and E.T sold over than 4M. That is the definition of digital sales success.
Rihanna having 10 #1 songs on charts.. that’s the definition of amazing digital sales.
She sold that much because of $0.99 cents deal.
Stop talking s***. You are depending on gimmicks to sell songs. GTFO! 😀
Why she’s not giving any reason why only Born This Way topped Hot 100? Judas struggled on charts.. and TEOG loses steam so fast.
Btw, thanks for mentioning Britney’s name.. she’s the Queen of Pop!
TO GAGA: Your album sells because of $0.99 cents deal. Can you explain why your album sales was dropped like a brick in its 2nd week? 🙂
This is exactly what I don’t like about this arrogant snob! It is mainly the label’s fault for not supporting their artist when a project isn’t received well. She makes it seem as if every artist that flops doesn’t have creative music. Lady Gaga gets the luxury of having one backing her with promotional campaigns that have started since New years’ eve, for an album with a May release date. Of course she would benefit more than the average artist in today’s low music climate . Promotion is Key and most people that continually hear that an album is brillant, start believing it. It’s all about marketing! It’s funny how an artist with the least amount of opposition and obstacles to contend with feel compelled to speak out on the topic. Amazon pitched in and picked up the slack(in taking a financial loss) just to sell Gaga’s BTW album for .99, yet still award her to gain royalties for those purcases at a rate of it selling at full price. This is a much different situation than an artist, say like – Ciara, who doesn’t have a label shipping enough cd’s in stores where she would have her highest consumer interest. Your management & label support is crucial and it’s make or break in these times we live in. I don’t think that an artist whose shoved down our throats from Glee to Idol, that have a label shipping her cd’s in stores like ‘Staples’ and even women clothing stores like ‘Dots’ is in any position to speak from this perspective.
http://www.thepagewithroyalkev.b*******.com
Mary J. Blige never has that problem. She’s the Queen and everytime she releases an album people are gonna buy it no matter what because of her name !!!!
Ummm sorry but Lady Gaga would not be relevant if she wasn’t a freak, don’t get me wrong she can sing but she’s no JENNIFER HUDSON, JILL SCOTT, MARIAH CAREY, K MICHELLE, ETC. We all know that artist with power house voices (especially the Black artist) do not get any recognition or financial support from record companies.
Record companies would rather support artist who are talentless like: Brittany Spears, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, PitBull, JLO to the Hell No!
IDK but from what I see.. artists like Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Rihanna, Gaga, Chris Brown and Britney doing so well this era.
But I’ve to agree with @perrylicious, Gaga’s new album dropped so huge in its second week until now. Born This Way sales is not as strong as The Fame Monster era.
Chris Brown and Britney doing so great, they had limited promo but still manage to sell with impressive figures.
So far ( As i know):
1. BTW (2.8M)
2. 21 (7.2M)
3. Loud (5.3M)
4. Teenage Dream (4.5M)
5. Femme Fatale (1.4M)
6. FAME (1M)
7. Nicki Minaj (3.5M)
8. 4 (600k)
Last year Ke$ha reigning Billboard Singles 🙂
perrilicious is a fan of katy perry and britney and she bashes every artist she can find. lard hammercy.
1. Britney should stay in rehab she can call it quit now. How can she be queen? I dislike gaga but gaga any day over britney. Britney is a no factor. don’t be surprise is she retires cause she shows no interest. The drug is still in her ass.
2. Katy perry , the colorful artist that cannot sing live and struggles to move on stage
I hope she can remain another 5 years.
There are so many artist who sold millions of singles in the past and where are they now. Probably you cannot even remember them. Singles don’t make an artist. feed your brain.
Perrilicious you need help.
There’s tons of factors. Let’s face it, I don’t care if you have 15 #1s or sold a million 99 cent cds. The record industry is in dire straits. Sales are up slightly but things need to change. There needs to be an overhaul in the record industry. The record companies, media and stans (sorry) browbeat the same artists down our throats every day. Producers browbeat the same beats and autotune. It all became about a quick buck and accepting mediocrity for it. Gaga is lucky because she has excellent promoters, record company backs her up, and a strong fanbase. That’s why her sales are so strong. There’s so many artists that are not getting that type of back up unfairly. The music execs are so blinded by greed and trends. This isn’t anything new. It’s just got worse the past few yrs. The business is so fickle half these artists people go to war over will be obsolete in 10 yrs unless they show they got staying power.
@ROYALKEV
Gaga dont understand because she never had any problems to sell an album.I cant stand her neither.Her and Rihanna had a good promotion team since day one.
They dont understand how others struggle to sell.
Kat deluna album 9 lives was as good as the fame but flopped by lack of support (labelsfans,promotion..)
-Beyonce ‘s ‘4’ era is another example of what lack of promotion can do to an artist as big as her.
-Adele is the example of an unkown artistwith good promotion that pay off
>>>>>>PROMOTION IS THE KEY,ASK BEYONCE STANS<<<<<<
kesha forever sorry but your figures need changing. they are slightly off. and what is the comparison when albums come out different times?
You should make comparison at the same time of release. How can you compare an album that is out for six months with an album out 2 months and some weeks. Thinking that femme fatale is sellign better that btw? femme fetale has been out so long and has not even hit the 1.5 mark. This is an insignificant post. just stfu uneducated b****. get on with your school.
you sure damn as hell. go redo statistics in school.
SMH. so arrogant, funny she wants to talk about quality of music when she’s on the last legs of her ‘Re-packaged 80’s – What Else Can I Steal from Madonna Music Tour’. I loved her first two albums but this last one? Utter crap that ain’t fooling anyone but her beloved baby monsters (seriously who finds it cute to be insulted by their music idol?). What Gaga forgot to mention is sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you breed a cult mentality where your fans think it’s you and them against the entire world (forgetting you’re a major music star and millionaire who doesn’t actually deal with a 10th if the crap they do) and they rush out to buy your music to re-new their adulation of their ‘Mother Monster’ (again y’all don’t see anything kinda sick about that?) and be part of the club.
The costumes, the .99 cent deal, the massive promo, the stunts…when Gaga is selling albums by ONLY singing and keeping the gimmicks to a minimum I’ll respect her again, till then she’s lying to herself.
@KESHA FOREVER
DEAD at you coming with your own made numbers 🙂 ahahah
We’re suppose to trust you and your whack numbers
@RoyalKev
I meant to say gaga and rihanna never took a break.And they got excellent promotion since their first albums.
Katy perry had a hard time for example
Its funny because you bash Britney Spear consistently and then add her on this list. Meanwhile, LOUD has consistently been selling but you overlook that to continue adding your on your one-sided journalism approach.
I’m not a stan, but I believe that an album that sells 4.5 million worldwide since November is a success and should not be overlooked when you mention Britney Spears who hasn’t even shifted a million in the US.
Just a thought…
Mr young how can you put rihanna on a best seller list. I agree j hudson shld not be there but rihanna’s loud is one out of 5 albums . ofcourse britney will be on the list even if her sales is poor this time around. When rihanna last more than a decade and can pull off selling millions then you can mention her name. no factor
@ Kat Deluna Fan, I do think it would be interesting to see Gaga take breaks in between her music and start from scratch when she has a “new era”. You can’t tell them apart because there’s not any musical growth with any of them and these era’s are walking, one right into the other. So many of the greats (Whitney, MJ, Janet, Prince) didn’t drown their fans with new music every 10months. The only 1 that did and still manage to have an impressive discography was Mariah. There aren’t too many artist of her caliber around today! Gaga has been trying to be shady to so many artist since her arrival, 3 short years ago. She need to stop worrying about lip syncing artist, artist that can’t sell, etc and focus on her own artistry. If she doesn’t have longevity what would have been the point of it all. So far, she falling short on her claims of making the album of the decade and being the best voice in pop music. Adele seems to be owning this decade and she’s not half as arrogant as Gaga!
http://www.thepagewithroyalkev.b*******.com
IT’S ALL THREE.
You need a good record, you need fan support and proper promotion is crucial.
However, having said that, this b**** is nuts for saying it’s ALL on the artist. In 2 years her s***** music won’t sell near as well as it does now.
Plus, I think we all know ten years ago Adele would probably be 17 times platinum by now.
I hate arrogance and being cocky from an artist…… only time will tell….I give her until her fourth album and then people will be like gag….. who…..then will ask her why artists are unsuccessful.
Being promoted in the biggest way possible is critical to the artist but of course you can’t force consumers to buy what they don’t want. But if you have a strong fan base and a weak album (like beyonce) promoting usually isn’t that vital.
I agree with Lady Gaga. Put out an album where your singing about something people want to hear and they will buy it. A lot of artists are singing about nothing these days. It’s all about who produced them, and what the music or the beat is like. A lot of artists are still selling despite music piracy. If they really like the album, they’re going to buy it. But when you have 3 songs out of 14 on an album that’s good, then don’t get mad when consumers don’t buy. To me that’s a waste.
I agree with Lady Gaga. Too many artists are singing about nothing or stupid stuff. Put out an album where you’re singing about something people want to hear and they will buy it, although I must say she’s not really speaking to me in her music either.
LMAO
Do yall here that Beyawnce fans who are blaming her latest 4closure FLOP on the album leaking.
LMAO
KIMBERLY
July 16, 2011 at 1:41 pm
2. Katy perry , the colorful artist that cannot sing live and struggles to move on stage
I hope she can remain another 5 years.
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* DEAD * !!!!! THE COLORFUL ARTIST !!!!! #SHADE !
WAIT…..WHAT? Is this chick serious? Gaga pleaseeeeeeee! Girl you need to STOP IT DOT COM! Your success is based on four things:
1) MEIDA POSITION AS ONE OF THEIR FAVORITES!
2) COPYING A BELOVED ICON!
3) STRANGE EXOTIC BEHAVIOR WHICH ALWAYS SELLS!
4) AN EXCELLENT MARKETING TEAM (i.e. 2 for 1 scheme at Best Buy coupled with a 2 day 99 cent Amazon.com scam)!
Lets stop pretending as though BTW is a quality piece of work. There is nothing on this CD to write home about! You put forth a better effort on your last projects! GAGA PLEASE SIT ALL THE WAY DOWN! __/
HOLD THE F*** UP
How are you guy’s going to talk about artist who are selling albums
and You mention Chris brown CHRIS BROWN like are yall serious looool F.A.M.E is not even Platinum yet it has NOT even sold 1million ww yet and you over look Rihanna Listen rihanna has ONE album that outsells his WHOLE CARRER So Imma need you to add her to that list.
Loud has sold nearly 5Million Copies WW So far. Hate her or LOVE her Rihanna is SELLING she has outsold nearly HALF the people mentioned on that list.Give credit where it is due.
And it’s ALL about PROMOTION Lady gaga PROMOTED Born this way Like there is NO Tomorrow If you have a great record label that would push and help you then you are fine.. And also you need a great fan base that would support you!”
I believe all 3 have factors as to why music isnt selling like it use too five -seven years ago ppl was doing alot of downloading but you still had artist that could sell 3-6times platinum..so i think the downloading does affect it because its more wide spread but its also alot of crap out there period in the industry i think alot of ppl can agree its real dry right now but the few other artists that are putting out good music dont have good promotion i.e miguel, jeremih, for example and radio only plays certain songs now its always the same stuff so you gravitate towards what they bumbard u wth
Its the fans fault… if u really like Ciara… make sure u buy her album. This is why Chris B is still relevant because he plays to his fanbase and they forgive him his immaturity and violence… Lady gaga has the gays in her left pocket and thats a lot
@ MOBWIFE
I HOPE SHE WINS POP ALBUM OF THE YEAR., SINCE IT IS QUALITY. I DON’T STAN FOR NEW ARTIST. EX GAGA. i BELEIVE THAT AN ARTIST HAVE TO WIN ME OVER AND SORRY BUT THE NEW ARTIST HAS NOT DONE THAT.
SOME CANNOT SING, LIP SYNC, AUTO TUNE
CANNOT ENTERTAIN, NEED HELP BY HUGE PRODUCTIONS
WHERE IS THE RAW TALENT I USED TO ENJOY IN THE 90’S. IS THAT WHAT THE NEW GENERATION CALL TALENT. I REALLY WANT ARTIST NOW TO ENTERTAIN WITH JUST A MIC AND A LIVE BAND. NO GIMMICKS, NO STUNTS, NO DANCERS. LAWD. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF TALENT YOU WOULD NOT SUPPORT HALF OF THESE ARTIST, HENCE THE REASON THE FAN BASES ARE CLUELESS. THEY JUST BUY AND DANCE TO THE SAME BEAT YEAR AFTER YEAR.
THERE IS ONLY ONE ARTIST THAT BRING LIVE STRONG VOCALS TOGETHER WITH DANCE MOVES AND ENERGY ON STAGE AND SEEM NATURAL. NO ONE CAN MASTER THIS S*** YET.
@Kimberly
STFU!
You brainless w**** need to sit down.
Bey have 4 solo albums but her overall sales for ‘all-four-albums’ not even 25M.
I guess you need help with your delusionals.
How can someone claiming Britney needs to retire when prime-media like Rolling Stone, E!, MTV and Digital Spy praising her latest tours?
LOL
Seriously?..
You can call whatever you want,..but Katy Perry rules song charts in 2011. Even Gaga and Adele struggling for having hit songs. GTFO! 😀
@ Rihanna, I may not know much but how many albums has rihanna sold worldwide from her first project I hope is like 100 million. She has five albums and I am happy that atleast one is selling. It is too early to throw shade at other artist when rihanna cannot be placed on a best seller list with one album.
When I last checked Beyonce sold over 80 million with three albums. and maybe end 2011 would be close to 85 or 90. Together over 130 million with dc3. check your stats.
Your shade is so lame!! lol. give it up already.
3 albums – 16 grammy’s / over 300 awards / over 400 mag covers / 80 million sold.
not mentioning business and movies. you chat about the same ole s*** everytime, I somehow don’t blame you cause what else to talk about. I was looking for her bio and couldn’t find one, 60 minuted and no rihanna. there is nothing great to talk about rihanna no wonder interviewers dig for questions.
Take a seat young girl, rihanna cannot be on a best sellers list, she is yet to impress. boooooooooooooooo.
Was “Poptart” Rihanna’s CD leaked? R&B sensation Chris Brown’s F.A.M.E. CD was not only leaked but had certain online news publication providing links for ppl to actual pirate the product! You simply cannot compare the two CDs, one which is worth listening to while the other (LOUSY) is barely tolerable! Are you kidding me? In 8 months Rihanna’s CD should be platinum she is considered by the media to be a superstar! She had a huge national & international champaign for her CD so what do you expect? You simply cannot compare the 2 so stop trying.
If Britney wants to retire..is it a big deal for you haters?
She sold 100M albums,..over than 200M records worldwide.
Are you pressed??
You call her zombie, r*****, dumb-ass..but guess what? She still doing better .. 😀
Femme Fatale #1
HIAM #1
TTWE #3
S&M Remix #1
IWG Top 20 (so far)
You mad???? 😛
You can be the most talented person in the world but if you do not have the media, label and most of all radio support it won’t happen. Success of Lady Gaga does not mean that she is the most talented of all with the most amazing but that she is lucky that she is receiving the support that she needs.
@The Perrylicious
WELL DAMN….LOL!!!
I AGREE WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAID @ July 16, 2011 at 1:25 pm ! 🙂
*** You need to stop with the Beyonce bashing however!!
@perrilicious b**** don’t get me started with your hate delusional ass. Beyonce has more than 25 million ww b**** check your papers. one of the best sellers idiot.
Britney need to sit, no wonder gaga take all her fans. The most she can do for you is sing live after spending money to see her in concert and buying her music. That’s all she have to do open her stink mouth and sing. I have been checking her last tour reviews and they are lousy. The b**** is lousy , take away the huge production and you have nothing. What title does she hold after a decade. b**** you will deal, Britney is s*** not even queen of pop she have. Her fans are desperate for that title.
artist of the decade franc and US
radio artist of the decade
artist of the millennium
Where was Britney B****…… shaving her v*****: you will deal that she is not great anymore.B**** didn’t even pull a 300 k 1st week and pls check billboard200, where is she at. All the Beyoonce bashing is good. Who is after you if you are not great. No one checks you out if you not in their way. #DEAL B****
B**** I will not even go on with katy perry. Cause she will not be with us for long. sorry but this is a waste of time. Only children that are still attracted to bright colors pay attention to katy perry. she is a no threat.
I agree with her at some points she made but didn’t she get mad when Judas leaked and. Then she put it out right away?! And then she made a big fuss over leaking and piracy on her twitter? she has been really arrogant as of late ” I think I have the best voice of this generation and blah blah” if she continues to act this way it will lead to her downfall… Still like her though :/ …. An Album leak is a credible reason for an album not selling at it’s full potential! BTW leaked 5 days early and most of the links were pulled down immediately … Idk I feel if she didn’t sell so much then that would be her “excuse” as well
@Kimmy,
THERE IS ONLY ONE ARTIST THAT BRING LIVE STRONG VOCALS TOGETHER WITH DANCE MOVES AND ENERGY ON STAGE AND SEEM NATURAL. NO ONE CAN MASTER THIS S*** YET.
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You must be referring to Michael Jackson!
As for Gaga winning an award blah, blah, blah of course she will after all she is a media darling! Don’t they all win irrespective of talent e.g. JUSTIN ‘damn’ BIEBER! ….Now do I think she has talent, sure she does! I don’t hate Gaga, I just don’t agree with all the media attention and marketing gimmicks to get over then turning around talking sh*t about others who don’t use the same ploys!!
PERRILICIOUS IS PRESSED. THE B**** BRITNEY JUST USING HER FANS. OH OH. YOU DIDN’T MENTION HER POSITION ON BILLBOARD 200. SHOULD I HELP YOU. YOU CALL BEYONCE A FLOP ALL THE TIME BUT WHERE IS BRITNEY. BIGGEST FLOP ALBUM FOR A BEST SELLER. DO YOU THINK SHE CAN RULE THIS COMING DECADE. SHE SHOULD CALL IT QUIT. SHE IS A WASTE. HER SINGLES CAN REACH +20 ABOVE #1 FOR ALL I CARE THAT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN HER CAREER. SHE IS IRRELEVANT AND DEAL. SHE BETTER HURRY FINISH HER TOUR BEFORE GAGA START. LOL.
GIRL HOW OLD ARE YOU BECAUSE I REALLY WILL NOT WATE MY TIME ON A BRITNEY FAN. THERE IS NO ARGUMENT. AFTER SO LONG IN MUSIC AND SHE HOLD NO TITLE.
Is is it me or the timing is quite off and she is shading Beyonce in some ways. With the leak and not selling as she usually sold.
I think radio has a lot to do with it. When you release a great song, but radio refuses to play it, it won’t sell. People have to hear a new song several times to get the chance to fall in love with it.
@ALL
THIS RIGHT HERE 🙂 :
FROM: MissImpartial
July 16, 2011 at 3:27 pm
You can be the most talented person in the world but if you do not have the media, label and most of all radio support it won’t happen. Success of Lady Gaga does not mean that she is the most talented of all with the most amazing but that she is lucky that she is receiving the support that she needs.
“For it is becoming increasingly obvious that it is the artists who embrace their fans the most, are the ones that have the most to smile about when the sales figures roll in.”
I am rolling my eyes so much at this comment. I don’t need my favorite artist to embrace me as a fan or even promote or do anything EXCEPT make great new music.
Who gives a sh*t about sales, anyway? Millions of artists worldwide make great music everyday and you don’t hear about it in the news or see them up in the charts.
Why? Because they’re all about the music and nothing else. No circuses, no fame monsters, no gimmicks, no attention-seeking, no desperation for sales, etc.
I don’t give a flying f*ck about Lady Caca and her big sales. People are just crazy monsters with horrible taste, literally. That’s why they go and buy Lady Caca’s HORRIBLE, repetitive, redundant, wack@**, lame music.
EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN JUDAS LEAKED? AND SHE PUT IT OUT RIGHT AWAY? AND THEN SHE TWEETED ABOUT HOW SHE HATES LEAKERS AND PIRACY?SHE DID THE SAME THING WHEN THE UNFINISHED JUDAS VIDEO LEAKED! THAT STATEMENT SHE MADE WAS VERY HYPOCRITICAL AND ARROGANT AS MUCH AS I LIKE HER , HER FAME IS FLYING TO HER HEAD AND HER DOWNFALL IS PROBABLY CLOSER THAN WE THINK…. Arrogant people these days…Smh…she’s always throwing shade… She shaded Britney(lip synching ) and auto tuned artists (ke$ha etc).. She’s very cocky… She said she was bullied then why is she acting like a bully herself??
As for that question about who is to blame if a CD fails to sell…ummm, I think it is an issue for all involved. The ARTIST must produce a quality product for his/her fans and build a connection with their fans (e.g. TeamBreeezy, GagaMonsters, NMBarbiez, RihannaNavy etc). The FANS must go out and support the singles/CDs that an artist produces. The ARTIST cannot do it alone. Lastly, the RECORD LABEL has got to step up and promote that artist!! We are now in this new era of the “360 Degree Contracts” where if you sign the Label bares all responsibility and reaps all the reward for an artist’s success! This is something rarely discussed in the industry!
I don’t agree with GAGA statement nor TGJ at all. GAGA is selling now bcuz she’s hot. Just like britney and beyonce where when they were the “it” girls. GAGA albums are not masterpieces of art, their the same pop music songs everyone sings, so for her to say to create art that’s worth buying, she needs to get back to the drawing board and do that. I really can’t believe she thinks her music is creative. Every pop female in the game has songs written or produced by the same producers…creative, I think not.
Lady Caca is probably going to go crazy the day she stops selling a lot.
I am rolling my eyes at this f*ckery. Lady Caca is immensely LAME with all her music, nasty wigs and stupid, delusional quotes.
It baffles me so f*cking much how most of the world cannot see this FACT. Because really, it is a fact and not an opinion anymore that Lady Caca is a crazy, embarrassing lunatic. I mean COME ON!!!!!! WTF.
She must love being a troll !!!!!!!!!
Once again people are talking out of their ass & hating Gaga for no apparent reason.
Even with the 99c album on Amazon.com, Gaga still sold over a million copies, it’s been proven across the world. Gaga is mainly speaking on people like Ne-Yo & Ciara who blame leaks that may have destroyed the rest of their efforts. It’s not the leaks, their too damn lazy to put out good s*** & make it happen. They have the money yet they don’t use it. Gaga produced & made her “Edge of Glory Video ” all by herself. Despite the original video from failing. Leaks affect album sales, but Gaga’s album leaked 7 days before it’s release, and it still sold well. Why is that! If people are tired of her gimmicks. If people aren’t feeling her. Why is she selling so much? Cuz she does Heavy Promo & works her ass off. On the day of her album Release, Btw was Not onSale for 99c yet. So y’all need another excuse with this one.
So many people are presses because of her success. Anything Gaga says is just bad now. If she said she Loves Jesus, y’all f*** would call her Blasphemous . I just can’t. The hate proves she’s Epic for a reason.
So many people are pressed because of her success. Anything Gaga says is just bad now. If she said she Loves Jesus, y’all f*** would call her Blasphemous . I just can’t. The hate proves she’s Epic for a reason.
Ok, lemme take my stan cap off for sec…
I understand how people feel about her comments, she talks too much sometimes…but she is spilling true tea. I watched this interview of hers on “Fuse” and she talked about her struggle and how she basically had to do it all on her own, so I understand where shes coming from somewhat. I think shes kinda saying “I can do it, so why can’t you…?” because she feels that she has struggled, been dropped/ignored everytime she attempted making music until now. BUT I do think she can be a little cocky, as well as special. The first time I heard her new video was gonna premiere on American Idol, I knew she had too much power because the MEDIA gives it to her. They pull strings for her (MTV, Magazines, Award Shows etc..) they give her alot of power.
Personally I think it’s a matter of everything. From music to image to style to personality to connections to the plain “shock” factor. Rihanna can’t REALLY be singled out with GaGa because although her label gives alot into her, there was a type when the public wasn’t feeling her (Rated R era, lets not get into it…) and for whatever reason her fame and etc started going down until she changed (Once Again) her image and music to give people what they wanted… (LOUD era).
Basically it’s a mix of everything in one. Just because your labels giving you everything on a silver spoon, and they’re really into you DOES NOT mean the public will as well. Unfortunatley in this industry you gotta have the “It” factor. I think when it comes to the “bigger talent” etc like Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Rowland, Marsha Ambrosius I believe it’s simply a matter of support and interest. You can only hear a powerful love with a beautiful woman behind it so many times until it just gets boring and you want something new… (i.E Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady GaGa…) . Ok im done. 🙂 #truTEAtho
@SG3
Gaga writes & produces her own songs.
Only RedOne & Garibay co-produced Btw with her. That was it
Take a seat , I see you don’t know much about Gaga’s team as it is.
*powerful love SONG*
SMDH!
Is this a JOKE?…
#FLOP & NEXT ==>>
#FAKE B**** .com
@YALL ARE TO FAKE
How Are We “Pressed” About Her Success?
We Don’t Like Her Because She’s Fake & Her Music Is Horrible,
Where The F*** Does Success Come Into It?
Lil Monsters Are The Trashiest, Stupidest Fan Base Ever! 🙂
#KingB2011
Leaks is very much the problem and the lack of fan and label support. The music industry is such a joke right now. I mean when u have Gaga and Rihanna running the charts, i mean come on. While Gaga is talented, she’s full of pranks and lots of stupid s***. Btw im so over the whole costume thing its so old and im so over her. Why cant she just use her talent and tone it down a bit. Everything doesnt have to be over the top. Also fans need to be fans and support there artist. When Brandy drops her album u better believe i will be buying a few copies. Brandy has never had a bad album….Lady Gaga’s album is for the moment, Brandy makes classics!!!!!
Gaga, I don’t think the problem is the artist an their creativity. They won’t make music for people, they make music to express themselves as you said (tell stories…). If people don’t get it, yes, they won’t buy it. You are successful ’cause first you created great music people could dance to, now that you are recognized you create even better music people can relate to a lot but also because you have a lot of support from your label and you are everywhere doing promo. I know you’re thankful for all of this, but artists is are going to compromise themselves to adapt to what the general public thinks or to be shocking and be on everyone’s mouth. They are going to make the music they love and they won’t give a damn if the general public doesn’t like it. I’ve seen you going the artistic and genuine way so far (that’s why I’m a fan), but if you’re going to start making music to be likable to you monsters and be a puppet lip-sycn machine of the industry then people (even some monsters) won’t like it.
You can dress all the crazy stuff you want but we ALL know your music and passion speaks louder then that, please, keep it that way always.
God Bless You Gaga. Stay Clean. 😉
And Scheisse for next single please!
I think Gaga is right in saying an artist needs to give fans what they want but to act as if label support isn’t crucial is lunacy. It is definitely a combo of factors that allow an artist to succeed . People are saying Adeles success is pushback from the autotuned pop that has rules the charts and airwaves , maybe it is maybe it isn’t.
Right now Gaga has the luck of full on label support. Label support can even determine where artists CDs are places in a store, that’s how much they factor in. Fans clearly are the ones that make a huge difference. Not every ” fan” is a hardcore fan that will buy Everything an artist puts out, some only buy if they like the music.
I will be interested in how some artists will do when the label support is lessened? In this Internet age it should be easier for an artist to maintain some contact with fans but good luck on promotion and distribution. Labels allow for MASSIVE promo and distribution and that’s crucial for a chance at success. In 5 years will we be discussing any of the artist we currently are?
No one is jealous because of Gaga’s success, but I don’t think Gaga is successful because she’s talented anymore. It’s because she’s now an entity, a company and franchaise with it’s own slogan. “Paws Up Little Monsters!” and devoted folowers. The POPmusic she’s putting out isn’t up to muster and rather than transcend has fallen into an 80’s pit and jerked around. Worse yet I think while she was once different without being ridiculous I think she now merely hides behind the costumes and crap never having to be challenged for Stefani or expose herself.
Monica is a good example of an artist that broke the barriers of leaked albums and songs and still sold mainly because she had a tv show that showcased her talent in creating music and she touched people and inspired a lot of artist that fell off.
people forget that USHER GOT A PLATINUM ALBUM IN 2005 IN THE US.
NOBODY WILL REACH THE CONFESSION ERA
PEOPLE WHO WE CALL MUSIC “ARTIST” ARENT REALLY MUSIC ARTISTS LIKE LADY GAGA.
THEY ARE “DONT DO S***” ARTISTS:
BEYONCE
RIHANNA
KATY PERRY
BRITNEY SPEARS
CHRIS BROWN
JUSTIN BIEBER
(INSERT YOUR FAVE NAME HERE)
urgh gargoyle
It has nothing to do with the fans. Fans have always bought unsuccessful albums, esp by the biggest artists: Mariah, Janet, Madonna, etc. Those ho’s flopped with GOLD status while others smash albums barely go PLATINUM. It is almost always the label mishandling the promotion and pressuring the artist to change strategies mid promotion, change singles, do this don’t do that and it often ends up being a mistake. IMO opinion Lady Gaga has been so successful because she doesn’t let the Label control her. She puts out the singles she wants, the album cover she wants, and she tweets what she wants. She has a lot of power… partly because i don’t think the Label even knows what to do with her. With Born This Way, the Label was almost 100% behind her and put a lot of money into promotion….then Lady Gaga HUSTLED and did her part. U BETTA WERQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Think that If Michael Jackson had made this comment 15 years ago it would’ve Been Relevant. But for Gaga (Who’s only been on the scene for 3 years And is the ‘Thing’ of the moment, & may be Ousted by someone better in a few years) to say something like this is Dumb. Sure Now she’s on top of the world, And Sure what she said Is Very True. Its Just not in her Place to Critique other artist the way she just did. Like, No.. Just No..
I Really Cant think of anything else to say to this..
Wow.
Who the hell does this Gaga think she is ???? Girrrl chile please saying what you just said is a proof that you don’t even respect people who are making awesome music without big commercial sucess. All those millions albums sold are turning her freakin mind crazy!!!! she can sell 3 billion copies of her garbage album but it’s still worth nothing musically, she’s just a marketing success and a pale copy of Madonna.
I agree with anyone who said everyone is responsible of an artist’s success, from the label/record production company, to the artist & their entourage, to the fanbase.
Also, an artist can have the most wonderful music ever, but if they do not have enough promotion the right places at the right time. Many of those who have successful careers had to use the DIY formula.
The perfect example is Jennifer Lopez who started from scratch in her t*** years. She didn’t have mom and dad by her side, no family & friend guidance/protection, nothing. She made it all alone, which explains the strong woman she is now.
Therefore she owns her success to HER and HERSELF only.
What many said above also explains why Kate DeLuna or Kelly Rowland are where they are today. Well somehow it makes sense, especially when you also see the kind of support and promotion they get.
I mean just look at Venom Fan Base commonly known as VFB, KATEDELUNATIC and KELLY_0_MOTIVATION. They have so much in common, since they’re specialized in writing the same nonsense and spit hate whenever they can.
Spit that haterade till the last drop, break the straw if you want because guess what?
The Empress is on her way to the bank at this very moment.
Stay mad at yourselves.
If a label fails to promote, an album tanks. Simples.
I totally agree. There are a lot of reasons why records sell so poorly. One of the biggest reasons (which never gets discussed) is Clear Channel Radio’s hijacking of Top 40 radio. This has led to a total stifling of new music genres and styles and the result is that we’ve heard nothing but ignorant ghetto thugs on the radio for 10+ years and your cliche, 1-named, female pop star types, all of which seem the same. In the late 90s, we had an explosion of t*** pop (which occurs every 7 or so years), rock/rap fusion and techno pop taking off. These genres would last a few years and new styles and artists would take their place. At one time Top 40 radio encompassed it all. That’s not the case anymore. We now have corporate entertainers who get deals with American Idol and a couple months later their singles are suddenly on the radio. Everything feels planned and there is no longer any originality at Top 40. Why would the general public promote mainstream artists who all seem the same with styles that have been around for now well over a generation?
She’s right that blaming music piracy alone for an album flopping is an excuse that won’t fly, but I disagree that creating great music is a preventative measure for that. For starters, what is constitutes as quality music is highly subjective. There are loads of people who don’t consider Katy Perry, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, etc. great music. And they’re highly successful. I wonder what she has to say about them. Hell, there are people who don’t consider Gaga’s music to be all that. And there are artists who make undeniably fantastic music, and aren’t even well-known. Like Janelle Monáe. She’s signed to a major label, and no one can accuse her of being lazy when it comes to promoting her work, why isn’t she huge right now? Not even word-of-mouth is giving her the level.of exposure that she deserves.
Honestly, I believe that at the end of the day, luck plays the biggest factor in one’s success, regardless of your level talent, quality of music, amount of promotion you get or even work drive. Seriously, you can be the puppet whose level of involvement in your music amounts to absolutely nothing more than showing up at the studio, sing some songs with no input and then leave, you may still be inexplicably massively successful (I mean, look at Britney for example).
@ Jennifer:
I completely agree that Top 40 radio today is run like a dictatorship. It’s why a lot of mainstream music is so crappy these days, because no diversity is allowed on the mainstream airwaves. Yeah, there may be an exception or two like Adele, but that’s only if they’ve managed to make an impact on the pop market that’s too huge to be ignored.
i dont really thnk Gaga has the merit to make those statements
she has a point but she inadertently b**** slapped all other unsuccessful artist implying the main cause of her success is because she is more creative and make better music than her rivals, which is not true their are alot of artist who dont get the shine the deserve who are just as or more talented than Gaga
@True Blue
cosign!
I agree with everything Lady Gaga said. Gaga promoted the hell out of Born This Way, she still promoted The Fame and The Fame Monster months and months after they were released which is why they all sold and still are selling well. The Fame is still in the Top 50 on the Billboard charts after nearly 3 years and The Fame Monster is still in Top 100 and Born This Way is still in the top 10. Chris Brown promoted the hell out of F.A.M.E. and it’s only sold 800K WW, Keri Hilson promoted the hell out of No Boys Allowed and it’s only sold 400K WW, with certain artists, their music may stop connecting with their fans if it remains stagnant. Rihanna’s albums will always sell well because she’s changes her sound and image with every album and so does Gaga. Britney changed her sound with every album so her album sales remained high because she was different. Ciara’s album sales dropped because she remained stagnant and plain, Christina began trying to hard and Usher just trend hopped. Look at P!nk. P!nk changed her sound, image and style with every album. So her sales always increased. People need to stop blaming the labels as the only reason the artists don’t sell. Now some artists like Ciara, Ne-Yo and Brandy do lose label support, but they remained stagnant and just expected the labels to solve their problems. In the music industry, you have to be a f****** beast of you want to survive. Look at Janet. She proved she wasn’t just another Jackson trying to sing and that drive and determination led her to create 4 of the greatest albums of all time with Control, Rhythm Nation, Janet., and The Velvet Rope. Gaga’s album are always well received because she takes risks with her music. She addresses topics such as feminism, homophobia, immigration laws, social injustice and individual expression in her music so she always reinvents herself.
She has the nerve to say this? Wasnt she the one who sold her album for $.99 ??
B****……. please.
Gaga is just feeling herself because she can..she went multi-platinum worldwide and many other females of her fame level are struggling or have struggled…the problems for Gaga will come soon and BTW is already showing the cracks..she cannot put out dance music like she did with the fame…she will become more and more like Pink, Kelly Clarkson sounding…speaking of Pink, she is the real queen here..her numbers for a greatest hits CD don’t lie..Pink is the best feamle pop artist of the last 10 years in my opinion, vocals-check, live performances (real sanging no lippy) check, culture influence on music-super check..anyway if Gaga can sell like Pink with more than 10 years in, I’ll bow down…Anayway, the industry is still down and being propped up by the smashing success of Adele…it’s funny how Justin Bieber has no top 40 radio clout at all, this will eventually end his career as a mainstream pop artist if he cannot get top 40 radio to take him seriously…the difference with Usher and Timberlake is that they always had radio support from teens to adult…Bieber will crash without radio credibility…
Every major artist has suffered from sales slumps in their career, MJ, Madonna, Whitney, and Janet who all have sold albums like hotcakes didn’t maintain the same success sales wise wit all of there albums. This is just how things goes no one is immune from it. so i don’t no why she’s even commenting about this. S*** like this always has a way of biting you in ass when it’s all said and done.
I Love how the ignorant people love to bring up Bey’s name and calling her a flop, but it’s just show how she’s always on there mind. Who’s losing sleep over this? @S*** @ I Am. aka the bottom feeders of the blog
that’s impressive: she debuted three years ago and she has had two successful tours that have broken numerous records,she is nominated for 5 EMMY AWARDS,considered one of the best artists in the world and etc.Lady GaGa is a bad b****..love her 🙂
She sub. dissed Beyonce.
#OverHer
only reason GaGa sold is because her album was $0.99!!!! Whats 99 cent i would’ve bought 20!!! But hey no hate over here just saying she took the easy route by selling her album for 99 cent; i mean what fan wouldn’t buy atleast 10??? #JustSaying
Lady Caca is the biggest troll, worldwide. Not the biggest pop star. The biggest newbie troll.
How cute is it that Lady Caca is now pretending like her stupid, horrific album was never sold anywhere for less than a dollar!!!!!
Lady Caca is crazy, deranged, delusional. Fame is not a cure for her insanity.
@JER
I agree 100%
The label overall in most cases is to blame. They don’t back the artist or really care about many artists unless they are big money makers (Beyonce, Gaga) . Very rarely you see an actual relationship where the label cares about the artist, Only Whitney and Clive come to mind. But look what hapend when L. A. Reid took over Arista back in ’01, her album at that time didn’t do too well because he focused on younger acts, but she was back on top when Clive came back (and when she got clean).
Any one else would have dropped Whitney back in the mid-00s when she was at rock bottom, but Clive stayed and cared for her since the beginning and they had a #1 album ” I Look To You” when she came back. . It should be like that with many artists, but sadly, it isn’t.