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Gaga couldn't outsell Susan Boyle. Why?


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Lady Gaga is one of the most recognizable names and phenomena on planet Earth.

 

She is one of the few singers in history whose solo releases have occupied the top 3 of the Billboard chart, regardless of the position of the lead single.

 

Lady Gaga's solo releases: Peaks on Billboard 200: 

#2 — The Fame

#5 — The Fame Monster

#1 — Born This Way

#1 — ARTPOP

#1 — Joanne

#1 — Chromatica

#20 — Harlequin

 

She had in her pocket the most anticipated movie of the year, with ticket presales exceeding all available norms.

 

Despite this, sales of her new solo release amounted to 25k copies and her debut in 20th place is a departure from the high debuts of this famous artist.

 

Why couldn't Lady Gaga repeat the success of her rival Susan Boyle, whose cover albums "I Dreamed a Dream" (711k) and "THE GIFT" (311k) debuted at the No. 1 in US and UK with massive sales. 

 

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Not enough TABS I guess

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Chileee ... go out, have a walk, find some friends LOL

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The power of #SUSANALBUMPARTY was just too strong I fear

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1 minute ago, tost1 said:

Not enough TABS I guess

the way i screamed 😭

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1 minute ago, mike_int said:

Chileee ... go out, have a walk, find some friends LOL

Thanks for the suggestions, I have the right to a short Internet break. :heart:

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it's a J A Z Z album bffr

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Because Susan Boyle went insanely viral and we often discredit the buying power of over-40s when it comes to new music, because they typically just listen to music from their own youth (see: the mammoth sales figures of Adele's albums).

 

Furthermore, it was a Christmas album with a few covers. It was a good Christmas present for mum to play on Christmas Day.

 

The soundtrack to our Christmases has always been Kenny Rogers & Anne Murray's Christmas CD. It's been like that for decades. My siblings and I have bought her so many effing replacement CDs over the years.

 

Gaga's album is tied to a movie that's a colossal flop. Like people are actually writing full on think-pieces about how much it sucks.

 

It's really not that hard to figure out. 
 

 

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Stale thread counts:

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2 minutes ago, Bends said:

Thanks for the suggestions, I have the right to a short Internet break. :heart:

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Just now, mike_int said:

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He is waiting for your appointment in the online office.

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:rip:

 

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It was always insane to me how big her debut album was, she was pulling them numbers!

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Trying to join Kukai I see…

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