Because aside from the horrible MV, Gaga's YT power was the pits during that period
There was even a time when Britney pulled bigger Daily views than Gaga and the only Gaga song above 100k+ daily views are Bad Romance and Poker Face
I really thought that we'll never recover from the "Streaming Poison" days..
About WITNESS, webeenknew morr than half of those views are fraudulent