hmmmmm....16 million views so far???

seems like she is doing quite well - holy crap!!

sorry y'all, she's gonna be around for a while and only getting started

try not to sound old

3rdeyedude said:

hmmmmm....16 million views so far???

seems like she is doing quite well - holy crap!!

sorry y'all, she's gonna be around for a while and only getting started

try not to sound old

Billboard & Lady Gaga: Bill Werde Speaks Out On Singer Commissioning 'Applause' Views

With the release of her new single "Applause," Lady Gaga has made waves by encouraging questionable practices to get the song to the top of the charts.

Last week, Mother Monster held a con...Applause." The 27-year-old singer told her Twitter followers that the two fans with the most "purchase/gift screenshots, radio requests, 'Applause' selfies/video" will fly internationally to meet Gaga and attend the iTunes Festival in London and watch her performance.

Gaga continued to push her fans to get "Applause" to the top of the charts last night by tweeting out a link to watch the music video to the track. While the tweet has since been deleted, Gaga originally publicized a link which allowed users to watch the video 150 times in a row.

Billboard's Bill Werde took issue with the seemingly cheap tactic to get video views, taking to Twitter to spea... practice. "I just hate to see anyone try to game the charts, be it fans or artists," he wrote. "It's not in the spirit of what we do, celebrating success."

Take a look at Werde's tweets on the matter below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/billboard-bill-werde-lady-gaga-applause-views_n_3789812.html

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wow,I guess she's really desperate for a hit single someone should have told her...if she just released a great song,it will find an audience.No need fo these desperate measures.

SoulAlive said:

wow,I guess she's really desperate for a hit single someone should have told her...if she just released a great song,it will find an audience.No need fo these desperate measures.

I'm expecting her 2 knock on my door and beg me 2 buy the single any minute now

go2theMax said:

SoulAlive said:

wow,I guess she's really desperate for a hit single someone should have told her...if she just released a great song,it will find an audience.No need fo these desperate measures.

I'm expecting her 2 knock on my door and beg me 2 buy the single any minute now

This generations Cindy Lauper..

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didn't Prince release the video for Fixurlifeup at the same time or right after the Billboard performance? why did he do this? to increase views?

either way, it is nice to see the return of videos

maybe MTV will make a comeback and show videos 24 hours a day like in the old days.......

I'd be surprised if YouTube and Billboard didn't somehow track video views by the same user and discount them in their totals. Hard to do when you don't have to log in to view videos, but it's not impossible.

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Prince did something similar (manipulating numbers) when Musicology came out. Everyone who went to the concert got the album, which counted as a "sale" on the charts. Between concerts and the live concert simulcast, my wife and I ended up with 4 copies of the album. They've rewritten the rules to not allow that anymore. I'm sure YouTube will do something like that in the future.

funkycat00 said:

This generations Cindy Lauper..

It's obvious from this that you don't know much about Cyndi Lauper. Either that or you massively overrate Lady Gaga.

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mikematronik said:

!!!!!

perhaps her career is not meant to last, anyway

only few pop stars can make so much noise and draw so much attention while being able to constantly reinvent themselves (Bowie, Madonna, Prince back in the day,...and that's about it)

GaGa is done: her new look SUCKS to the point of disgust, her new songs are not catchy anymore

end of the line

that said, I'll always remember this chick and her "80s meets 00s" catchy music:

JoeTyler said:

only few pop stars can make so much noise and draw so much attention while being able to constantly reinvent themselves (Bowie, Madonna, Prince back in the day,...and that's about it)

Peopel seem to forget that the Bowie, Madonna, Prince and Michael types are a rare breed of superstar. Lady Gaga had potential, and she probably could have done it. But at this point, it's all up in the air.

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Rococo said:

listen to this better, its new and cool!

Not really feelin this one as much as I love the title