Like all things Gaga the sales will be hugely front loaded so I'm sure it will get to #1 in the UK no matter how good (or bad) it is. The real trick will be keeping it at #1 in the ensuing weeks. That will be the test of whether it interests the GP as opposed to just her LMs (of which of course there are a large number).
From my understanding, a US #1 will be difficult. Thanks to new Billboard rules, debuting at the top is very hard (only done once since, with Harlem Shake thanks to video going viral). Someone suggested she'd need 100m views debut week in addition to strong sales and airplay.
Blurred Lines is the problem for a gradual climb, as it looks to block everything for the coming month. Katy's single may also get in the way (she'll inevitably have crazy airplay). Gaga will have too much instant coverage and hype bringing front loaded sales/attention to sit on the backburner and then rise.
The UK will be much more straight forward. Whoever sells the most that week, gets it. She will almost definitely sell the most.
Not that #1s are the be all and end all. Her mega-smashes during peak Gaga reign, Bad Romance and Telephone, missed out on Billboard and that didn't matter. It's how you end the race etc. and her single sales are deceptively strong.
It should in the UK, it's released on a Monday so it will get a full week of sales. BTW only didn't get to #1 here because it was released on a Friday. Although Roar is generic trash that the GP will eat up, I think Gaga can still get the #1 in the US. The only problem is Blurred Lines.
I don't have an opinion on the 'applause' snippet by itself - which I imagine is just the lead into a killer chorus - but combine it with the 'pop-culture' segment (as on the DS article) and I'm very excited.
I've had "Pop culture wasn't art now, arts and pop culture and me" stuck in my head for hours.
Like all things Gaga the sales will be hugely front loaded so I'm sure it will get to #1 in the UK no matter how good (or bad) it is. The real trick will be keeping it at #1 in the ensuing weeks. That will be the test of whether it interests the GP as opposed to just her LMs (of which of course there are a large number).
Can I change my vote please? Early days, I know, but looking like Ms Goulding could hold on in the UK and Ms Perry would appear to have the US sewn up.
Imo Gaga's big chance for #1 in the UK this week was for her to go straight to #1 on iTunes within a few hours of release (her sales are usually massively front loaded due to her LMs) but it hasn't happened so far. In fact, if you check out Kworb it's actually decreasing a little from its early peak. Having said that, LMs being so young in general tend to sleep longer than fans of artists with an older fanbase and it is the school holidays so look for an improvement in Applause's Kworb figures around about midday
I bet no one thought Ellie would keep Gaga from the #1 on UK iTunes? Just shows that the mess Gaga was in with her last era transfers into this era.
This is a real test to see how big she really is......and with a naff 1st single.
PS
The amount of abuse Ellie will get on twitter, Facebook, Youtube will be awful from the LM when Sunday comes.
Can I change my vote please? Early days, I know, but looking like Ms Goulding could hold on in the UK and Ms Perry would appear to have the US sewn up.
Imo Gaga's big chance for #1 in the UK this week was for her to go straight to #1 on iTunes within a few hours of release (her sales are usually massively front loaded due to her LMs) but it hasn't happened so far. In fact, if you check out Kworb it's actually decreasing a little from its early peak. Having said that, LMs being so young in general tend to sleep longer than fans of artists with an older fanbase and it is the school holidays so look for an improvement in Applause's Kworb figures around about midday
11.32 am and the song is beginning to motor in the UK
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Monday 19th
Blurred Lines is the problem for a gradual climb, as it looks to block everything for the coming month. Katy's single may also get in the way (she'll inevitably have crazy airplay). Gaga will have too much instant coverage and hype bringing front loaded sales/attention to sit on the backburner and then rise.
The UK will be much more straight forward. Whoever sells the most that week, gets it. She will almost definitely sell the most.
Not that #1s are the be all and end all. Her mega-smashes during peak Gaga reign, Bad Romance and Telephone, missed out on Billboard and that didn't matter. It's how you end the race etc. and her single sales are deceptively strong.
By the looks of it a leak is unfortunately imminent.
really want her back to a sound similar to Just Dance....
Where is the snippet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClUvja9bNPs - quick before it vanishes!
It sounds like the lead up to the chorus to me.
I like it, sounds better than Roar already.
Hoping the full song is going to grow on me. I'm sure it will because I actually really like Gaga's work, especially The Fame era
I've had "Pop culture wasn't art now, arts and pop culture and me" stuck in my head for hours.
I reckon it will leak now, especially with the snippet leaking. Maybe some point this week.
Can I change my vote please?
Imo Gaga's big chance for #1 in the UK this week was for her to go straight to #1 on iTunes within a few hours of release (her sales are usually massively front loaded due to her LMs) but it hasn't happened so far. In fact, if you check out Kworb it's actually decreasing a little from its early peak. Having said that, LMs being so young in general tend to sleep longer than fans of artists with an older fanbase and it is the school holidays so look for an improvement in Applause's Kworb figures around about midday
This is a real test to see how big she really is......and with a naff 1st single.
PS
The amount of abuse Ellie will get on twitter, Facebook, Youtube will be awful from the LM when Sunday comes.
11.32 am and the song is beginning to motor in the UK
I never ever thought I would see the day an artist stooped that low.