Originally Posted by MrBing:
“It's a shame she's underperforming in the UK. Judas has already dropped to #7 on iTunes, and it doesn't have half as much hype as Born This Way so the only way is down.
She really can't mess around with the video this time, it needs to be released in the next week or so, two weeks at the latest.
I think it will do well in America, as the radio play/sales build she will hopefully release the video which will boost it even further. Then she is performing it on the American Idol finale which is around the time the album drops so it's all complimentary.
Let's just hope she hasn't forgotten about the UK. I wasn't aware she was performing on Graham Norton, does anyone know when?
I'm hoping for a bit more than a late night chat show...”
I've said from the start that this 'on air on sale' was a stupid idea, especially as singles sales in general have sky-rocketed over the last few years. I know most of Gaga's previous singles were instantly available, but it was ok then because she had tons of promotion going on at the time. Even
she can't just rely on her name to get a huge hit single.
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For the first time, I'm actually starting to worry about the album's potential success. I know it's ridiculously early to say, and I know she'll be promoting heavily at the time of it's release, but if she doesn't have a big hit single at the top of the charts to carry it during the release, there's a danger of the album peaking early then tailing off. If Judas falls out of the charts in the next few weeks, the promotion might come too late to save it, so things have to get a move on quickly. The new album is unlikely to match the sales of TF/TFM anyway, but it's not just automatically going to be a big seller in the long term. Also there's the sense that more and more people are getting fed up of her constant antics and trying too hard ALL the time. Haters will always hate, but I do get the feeling she's grating on much more people than before.
Anyway, just speculating.