In reply to Truth Tea.

LADY GAGA IS A CHART PROSTITUTE....

Is everyone aware that iTunes album pre-orders affect singles positions? Everytime someone pre-ordered Artpop -Applause was credited with a single's sale. Same for Do What U Want, and next week with Venus, and after that the next promo single.

Once the album is released, all of the singles "sales" will be deducted and instantly become album purchases through the complete-my-album feature. What this means is that Applause has been BUOYED all along by the pre-sales of the album. This is also why Do What U Want appeared to have strong sales from the start, but in reality, those were just the automatic downloads for people who had pre-ordered the album. In other words, next to nobody actually purchased the song as a single.
Watch and see when Venus blasts off on iTunes exactly the same as Do What U Want did, even without a single person buying it. And, the following promo single, rumored to be Dope, is also guaranteed to make a big splash on iTunes. It's already "in the bag". Afterwards, she will act all surprised by the "overwhelming" response to the tracks, even though it has absolutely NOTHING to do with actual single's purchases...

Now, Gaga isn't the only one who gets to take advantage of the ridiculous policy. Katy Perry's album pre-sales also enhanced Roar and her two promo singles. The difference, of course, is that Roar would've been a huge hit even without the assist, whereas Applause has literally been kept afloat by the iTunes albums pre-sales. and would have vanished from the top a long, long time ago without them.