The Drought Era - Charts Discussion Thread

[Gagacharts]

Gaga´s Spotify Update:

 

Shallow - 2.180.783.900 (+849.625)

Poker Face - 1.008.652.137 (+779.341)

Just Dance - 838.420.324 (+701.606) [+14k compared to last week]

ARUTW - 1.046.687.139 (+683.249)

Bad Romance - 1.002.827.515 (+624.995) [+22k compared to last week]

 

[Stats4LG]

On 8/18/2023 at 4:59 PM, Gagacharts said:

The thumbnails for Gaga´s Music Videos from The Fame have changed (except Eh, Eh).

 

The explicit video of 'Paparazzi' also got updated to a candid

[Stargazer]

But we need them in 4K 

[Delusional Pronouns🥇He/Him]

Billie snatching the no.1 with her £1 cassettes with free shipping  dead 

[OreoÀDeux Pronounshe/him]

On 8/18/2023 at 9:59 PM, Gagacharts said:

The thumbnails for Gaga´s Music Videos from The Fame have changed (except Eh, Eh).

 

 

 

[Leptine Pronounshe/him ☂️]

On 8/18/2023 at 10:59 PM, Gagacharts said:

The thumbnails for Gaga´s Music Videos from The Fame have changed (except Eh, Eh).

 

This is so pointless, instead of doing that, they need to upload the videos in 4K, even 80s act have their videos in 4K and 'Bad Romance' is still 480p passed for a fake 1080p

[OreoÀDeux Pronounshe/him]

On 8/19/2023 at 12:36 AM, Leptine said:

This is so pointless, instead of doing that, they need to upload the videos in 4K, even 80s act have their videos in 4K and 'Bad Romance' is still 480p passed for a fake 1080p

Bad Romance is out of sync which has led to a collapse in daily views and they are worried about Beautiful dirty rich thumbnail 

[Ben PronounsHe/him/his]

On 8/18/2023 at 7:36 PM, Leptine said:

This is so pointless, instead of doing that, they need to upload the videos in 4K, even 80s act have their videos in 4K and 'Bad Romance' is still 480p passed for a fake 1080p

Lord if I had been able to see the backup dancers in LoveGame in 4K when I first saw them....

[Ben PronounsHe/him/his]

Nothing on but the Radio (Addison's version) is mastered so horribly I can't listen to it

[Leptine Pronounshe/him ☂️]

On 8/19/2023 at 1:40 AM, ClownOreos said:

Bad Romance is out of sync which has led to a collapse in daily views and they are worried about Beautiful dirty rich thumbnail 

I've been mad about this since years

[Matteo Remondi]

On 8/19/2023 at 12:44 AM, Delusional said:

Billie snatching the no.1 with her £1 cassettes with free shipping  dead 

To be fair, Dua started with the cheap tactics by discounting the song and putting out cds

[corvus albus Pronounshe/him]

To be fair, not a single popular pop gurlie has ever just relied on the. natural purchase of their poduct. Every single one of them has used certain tactics to remain at or gain the top spot. Complaints about one of them usually gives way to criticism of your own favorite pop gurl as well, so don't even start.

[BenG]

“#1 without the songs above it” teas

[Andreu]

 Happy birthday @corvus albus

[Moonlight Shadow]

On 8/19/2023 at 9:11 AM, corvus albus said:

To be fair, not a single popular pop gurlie has ever just relied on the. natural purchase of their poduct. Every single one of them has used certain tactics to remain at or gain the top spot. Complaints about one of them usually gives way to criticism of your own favorite pop gurl as well, so don't even start.

True, quickly forgetting about BTW being sold at 1 dollar 

[China]

On 8/18/2023 at 4:15 PM, MANiCURE1295 said:

That blue hoodie is calling my name 

The thing is: If they're not going to promote the album's anniversary on streaming platforms, why didn't they include album bundles on her store at least? Merch alone doesn't help the album on the charts. 

[China]

On 8/19/2023 at 8:52 AM, monketsharona said:

True, quickly forgetting about BTW being sold at 1 dollar 

This idea came from Amazon and not from Gaga or her label, and they were paid the full price of each album sold.

[JustJames]

On 8/19/2023 at 7:52 AM, monketsharona said:

True, quickly forgetting about BTW being sold at 1 dollar 

Said nobody ever, including Gaga's own fans, who continue to have her incredible debut week mocked since 2011.

[Moonlight Shadow]

On 8/19/2023 at 2:56 PM, China said:

This idea came from Amazon and not from Gaga or her label, and they were paid the full price of each album sold.

I don't see any problem in this. ALL big pop artists have management team to sell their products. Just pointing like someone said that I don't see why we should constantly coming for Taylor or Dua or X artist for having commercial strategies as if we are stanning some kind of background small artist who don't care if doing 2k steams on a debute.

Like seriously Dua, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, or any other big mainstream pop artists are on the same league when it's about commercial matter. Labels / management teams will push them more than any other artists because they make money. And that's just fine. We shouldn't blame any of them for pushing commercially their material.

[JustJames]

On 8/19/2023 at 8:50 AM, China said:

The thing is: If they're not going to promote the album's anniversary on streaming platforms, why didn't they include album bundles on her store at least? Merch alone doesn't help the album on the charts. 

Because celebrating iconic moments in an artist's career doesn't need to be focused on getting 1 extra week on BB200 - something like 0.001% of the population even knows exists? But, the answer is simple- once again, streaming is NOT profitable for the music industry. 

Newer generations will try to maximize consumption on streaming - they don't have roots in the physical or digital eras, and many of them lack the ability to fill/sell large arena or stadium tours. But, for Gaga, who is a top touring act with a core fanbase able/willing to support her music through digital and physical product sales, why would the focus ever be on new music or streaming?

The Fame gets more streams than a new release; it came out when music could organically grow and become a cultural moment beyond 15 seconds. Plus, old music now has as much chance of going viral with younger people as new music. There's a reason labels keep pushing ridiculous "milestones" for older, successful albums for artists like Gaga, Katy, and even Taylor, whose re-recordings are a larger operation spun off this.

Reminding people of The Fame moves products with more profit margins, promotes her touring power, etc., without the investment of a new album, promo strategy, etc.