@REDDEAD

Her album did fine, it was the 2nd best selling album worldwide next year - and I didn't see anyone else getting even close to Adele, adult contemporary is the biggest selling genre and there is nothing new there as there is a far bigger market for that type of music. I had to laugh about The Fame which is her worst album in my opinion (the Monster EP was much better), Gaga was never a pop artist as Stefani, she was more rock/alternative - therefore how was Born This Way a departure for her? She is going back to her rock roots whilst still keeping her songs pop - with a bit of electroclash thrown in as well. To me, this announcement is purely to capitalise on the fact she will be on tour and out of the picture for a while in any event, trust Gaga to make a big deal of it. I also think "a very long time" will be a few months at most as she has a new album out late this year. Her tour is sold out so far and extra dates have been added due to massive demand - yeah she is doing really badly :oP