Who Earned Your Applause?: Katy Perry Vs. Lady Gaga

It’s the diva showdown of the year!
Pop titans Lady Gaga and Katy Perry are set to clash on next week’s chart with their latest offerings ‘Applause’ and ‘Roar’ respectively.  Both songs, lifted (sooner than expected) in the last two days due to leak, have found themselves polarizing pop fans;  Katycats roared for their ‘killer queen’ while little monsters greeted their leader’s latest with standing O.
But, now that both tunes are making their rounds on Youtube, Itunes, and the like, once objective music fans have even joined the virtual battle to duke out for their pick of the two.
You’ve had two days to play and replay.  Now, tell us:  who earned your applause?

‘Applause’ and ‘Roar’ – the lead singles from Gaga and Perry’s forthcoming albums ‘Artpop’ (November 11) and ‘Prism’ (October 22) respectively, were already the season’s most anticipated offerings before their unexpected head-to-head chart showdown.

Regardless of who emerges victorious in the battle, one thing is clear:  history will be made.  For, via Billboard reports, the digital battle is predicted to be the first time in history two songs pass the 400k mark of digital sales in one week.  With industry insiders forecasting Perry’s day-and-a-half advantage may give her the upper edge, the distance between the two is not expected to be much.
The refreshing of next week’s chart is also expected to see Katy Perry score Hot 100 placement, while Gaga probably won’t (unless radio airplay picks up).  But, as expected, the ultimate battle lies on the digital front.  So far, Perry is also winning the Youtube streaming war with a 500k lead affront Lady Gaga.

But, as popular music evidences (especially in the redundant wave of EDM), stats and placements do not equate to quality.  So, sales predictions and projections aside, based on the actual songs alone:

Who earned your applause?