Gaga Sells 1.1 Million in a Week, But What Does That Really Mean?

Lady Gaga is riding high after the news that her sophomore album Born This Way, soared a staggering 1.1 million copies in its first full week of release in the U.S., becoming the 2nd biggest one week sales for a female singer in history.

It's true that this is an amazing feat, especially in 2011, when it's a big deal to sell a million copies of an album in a year, and it's probably safe to say that it will be one of the biggest records to come out in quite some time.

But how big of a deal is it really? A lot of music fans cried foul because of Gaga's relentless promotion schedule, appearing on practically every TV show under the sun, but even more when she teamed with Amazon.com and offered the album at just 99 cents.

Retailers say that Amazon sales accounted for nearly 400,000 of the total copies sold last week, which is a significant chunk of her total sales. Britney Spears fans were especially disgruntled when the rumor started that Gaga might actually break her record for biggest one week sales by a female (Oops...I Did it Again! sold 1.3 million copies in its first week back in 2000)...thank GOD she didn't.

Here's my take - Gaga is the biggest star in the world right now, and this album is a testament to her solid fan base, but let's not kid ourselves. This 99 cent bullsh*t thing was definitely a ploy on her team's part to break records the easy way.

Back in 2000, fans shelled out $18 for a CD, and I know I know, nobody buys albums anymore and the record industry is in limbo, but if Britney sold her record for 99 cents, believe me fans would scoop that up in a heart beat!

So anyhoo, congrats to Gaga, but when you sell 32 million records and celebrate your 12th year in the biz, then give us a call.

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Lady Gaga Reveals Album Cover...Feel Free to Laugh

Check out the recently released album cover for Lady Gaga's Born This Way.

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Umm is this a joke or something?

Seriously?

Hahahaha, I'm sorry but this is this silliest thing I have ever seen. I know Gags is probably thinking she looks super cool as a, um, half motorcycle cyborg? But someone needs to step in sometimes and just say "ENOUGH".

I'm not saying her music isn't delivering like Domino's (the recently released "Judas" is OUT OF CONTROL good), but seriously, this album cover is ridic.

What do you think?

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Billboard Hits 1,000th #1 with the Help of Lady Gaga

The Billboard Charts just hit a HUGE milestone, and a lot of thanks are in order to the one and only Lady Gaga.

Her latest single "Born this Way" roared onto the charts this week, debuting at #1 and becoming the chart's 1,000th chart topper in the history of the Billboard 100 Chart.

That's a pretty big honor!

The single also shattered a couple major records while on its way to the coveted 1,000th, becoming just the 19th song in history to debut at the top, (Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" was the 18th just 5 weeks ago), and also beating Spears' record for the biggest digital debut by a female ever. Gaga sold 448,000 digital copies of "Born this Way", besting Spears' 411,000 total HIAM garnered in January.

Hmm...not TOO happy she beat our girl Brit's record, but Gaga still has a long way to go to match her 11+ year career.

"Born this Way" also made a record-breaking start on the airplay charts, surging at #6 on the Radio Charts, besting Janet Jackson's previous best of #7 when she premiered "All for You" in 2001.

Here's a rundown of this week's top 10 singles, and again, congrats to Lady Gaga!!

1. Lady Gaga "Born this Way"

2. Katy Perry "Firework"

3. Bruno Mars "Grenade"

4. Wiz Khalifa "Black and Yellow"

5. Pink "F**kin' Perfect"

6. Enrique Iglesias "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"

7. Cee-Lo "F**k You"

8. Rihanna "S&M"

9. Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)"

10. Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me"

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We're All Still Gaga for Gaga

The Grammys are next weekend, and I'm sure you're all buzzing with excitement and predicting who's going to win and what everyone is going to where and who's going to perform...that might just be me.

BUT, the More Than Musiq poll asking you to vote for your pick of who should win Album of the Year is officially closed, and the top dog that you chose to take home the gold iss....

LADY GAGA!

Kind of an obvious pick, but still much deserved. The Fame Monster garnered 33% of the votes, nudging out the runner-up, Eminem's Recovery, which earned 25%.

The results are quite in line with most critic's prediction, who say that Gaga and Em are definitely the two front runners to take home the top prize. My money's on Eminem still, but I wouldn't be surprised if Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta pulled an upset.

Stay tuned for another MTM poll, and more Grammy predictions leading up to the big day!

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Grammy Prediction Time!!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!! It's Grammy prediction time!!!!

The nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Award were announced last week, and there is TONS to discuss!

First the essentials - Eminem scored a leading 10 nominations, including Album of the Year for Recovery, while his monster single with Rihanna "Love the Way You Lie" scored nods in the Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration categories, just to name a few.

Hot R&B newcomer Bruno Mars comes in second with total nominations, scoring 7, with mentions in the Record of the Year category for "Nothing on You", his duet with rapper B.O.B.

Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum, and Jay-Z all managed to snag 6 nominations apiece, with Gaga scoring her second consecutive Album of the Year nod in two years for The Fame Monster, as well as Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Bad Romance".

Check out the entire list of nominees at the Grammy Awards website, but stay HERE for More Than Musiq's first prediction category, and we're starting with a big one folks; Album of the Year.

Here are the nominees:

The Suburbs by The Arcade Fire

Recovery by Eminem

Need You Now by Lady Antebellum

The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga

Teenage Dream by Katy Perry

Winner: Eminem

- If anybody had a bigger comeback this year than Eminem, I'd be happy for you to point them out. But 2010 belonged to Marshall Mathers, who scored a chart topping critically acclaimed album that was his most well received disc in years, but he also scored one of the year's biggest songs with the #1 smash "Love the Way You Lie".

Eminem went through a hell of a lot during the past 5 years, (drug addiction, depression), and Recovery is his "Coming out of the Dark" stage. I'm not even a huge fan, but this album is a powerful declaration that Em still has what it takes to rock the world, and he deserves to take home the big prize this year.

His biggest competitor will be the new grand dame of pop, Miz Gaga. She followed her huge 2009 with a just-as-huge 2010, with her massive smashes "Bad Romance", "Alejandro", and "Telephone", her duet with Beyonce.

The Fame Monster is just an EP, which could hurt its chances with voters. However, the disc was a fan favorite, moving 1.3 million copies in 2010, and some people may still be peeved about her losing to Taylor Swift last year, and throw some votes her way.

This year's "What the F?" award goes to the Arcade Fire getting an Album of the Year nomination. The Canadian indie rock band are relatively unknown (when compared to the other nominees), and their album The Suburbs, has only sold a little over 300,000 copies in the U.S.

Also...I love her...but how did Katy Perry's Teenage Dream get in here? I'm baffled. Although Perry has ruled the radio with 3 insanely popular songs, ("California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", and "Firework"), this pop pastry of an album really has no business being here.

Notable Omissions: Where is Miranda Lambert's Revolution!?!?! This was one of the best albums of the year HANDS DOWN, and although it did earn a Best Country Album mention (which she better win), it would have been nice to see her in the big category. It also would have been nice if Florence and the Machine's album Lungs saw more Grammy love, although it was great to see them in the Best New Artist category.

Stay tuned for more Grammy Predictions from More Than Musiq!!!

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Gaga With Her Guns Blazin'

bom chica wa waaa!

Lady Gaga appears on the latest cover of Rolling Stone looking scandalously fanastic! No matter what anyone says about her, she must be commended for putting herself out there. At the moment she stands alone in pop music as being one of the most unique and daring artists out there, not to mention one of the most successful!

What do you think of the pic??

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Too Much Gaga? There's No Such Thing!

Lady Gaga continues to rewrite the record books, as her latest single "Alejandro" has become her 7th top 10 single on the United World Charts. No other artist has scored 7 top tens from one album, EVER!

She just broke Michael Jackson's record for 6 worldwide top 10 hits off of his history Thriller album. Out of all Gaga's accomplishments over the past couple of years, this one is definitely up there!

Gaga's album The Fame has sold nearly 8 million copies world wide, another huge accomplishment considering album sales are in the shitter!

Congrats!

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She's a Freak of Nature and We Love It

Now I'm no fashionista, but Lady Gaga's outfit at the Grammy Awards was OUT OF THIS WORLD CRAZY. I loved it!

What would we do without her in the music industry? Things would be soo borring!

Gaga won two awards at the Grammys and arrived in top form wearing this bizarre gown with a 3-D star-type-thingy that she held while walking the red carpet.

Discuss.

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Gaga to Perform on SNL This Weekend!

Mark your calenders folks, because Lady Gaga will be gracing the SNL stage this weekend!

Hopefully there will be more blood and guts like during her MTV VMA performance...

Gag's will be singing her recent hit "Paparazzi" as well as a new track from her already platinum debut album The Fame.

This is all in preparation for the re-release of The Fame: Monster, suped of version of the original/

Can't wait!!

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BEP #1 Again, Gaga scores 4th Top 10

While the Black Eyed Peas continue their stay at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "I Gotta Feeling", Lady Gaga makes it 4 out of 4 for top ten hits, as her latest "Paparazzi" shoots up from the #18 to #7.

Gaga's three previous entries all hit the top 10, with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" reaching #1, and "Love Game" peaking at #5.

There is a lot of movement in the top 10, with Jay-Z's "Run This Town" featuring Kanye West and Rihanna reaching a new high of #2, while his single with Alicia Keys "Empre State of Mind" racing up 45 positions to #5 earning the greatest gainer in digital sales award.

Debuting at #8 is Drake's new single with Kanye, Eminem and Lil Wayne "Forever" give the singer his second top 10 hit.

Here's a rundown of this week's top 10 singles:

1. Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling"

2. Jay-Z with Rihanna and Kanye West "Run This Town"

3. Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne "Down"

4. Taylor Swift "You Belong With Me"

5. Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"

6. Miley Cyrus "Party in the USA"

7. Lady Gaga "Paparazzi"

8. Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem "Forever"

9. Kings of Leon "Use Somebody"

10. Jason DeRulo "Watcha Say"

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Kanye. Lady Gaga Coming to Worcester

GREAT NEWS! Kanye West and Lady Gaga are touring together this year, and they are coming to Worcester!

The two superstars are coming to the DCU Center on December 16th, and I'm sure the concert will be ridiculously awesome!

It has been said that the two performers will not be performing one at a time, but actually TOGETHER on stage for a Kanye/Gaga mash up! That would be amazing!!

I wonder if Gaga's having second thoughts after Kanye's childish temper tantrum at the VMA's?

The two are calling it the "Fame Kills" tour, go online to look for more dates!

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2009 VMA's = Highly Entertaining PR Stunts

The VMA's have come and gone, without leaving a trail of "drama" and "crazy outbursts" that have sent Twitter fanatics into an epileptic twitting frenzy.

Of course the biggest news of the night was when Kanye West stormed the stage during Taylor Swift's acceptance of the Best Female Video award for "You Belong With Me." West took the mic and announced that Beyonce had "made the best video of the decade," leaving Swift to stand their shocked, confused, and about to cry.

But everything last night seemed a little too staged for my opinion. Kanye, you've stormed the stage before, that's enough. You didn't win, get over it. No one really swept the awards last night, instead, each major nominee (Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Britney, Eminem) all took home maybe one or two major awards, allowing MTV to have every big name make an appearance and to hopefully boost ratings.

Spears won Best Pop Video for the second year in a row, but this year she actually deserved it. Beyonce was a CLASS ACT, when she won Video of the Year for "Single Ladies" she brought Swift on stage to finish the speech Kanye had interupted.

All in all, a highly entertaining show. Highlights were Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' finale performance, along with Pink flipping her shit on stage while singing Sober.

Thanks for an entertaining night MTV!



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Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Britney Compete for 2009 VMA's

Lady Gaga and Beyonce lead the field for this year's MTV Video Music Awards, with both artists receiving 9 nominations apiece. Beyonce's Single Ladies Video is up for Video of the Year and Best Female Video, among others, while Gaga scores nominations with both her Pokerface and Paparazzi video.

But not far behind both of these ladies is MTV Queen Bee Britney Spears, who nabs 7 nominations, including video of the year and best pop video for Womanizer.

I dunno about you, but my money's on Spears to take home at least a couple of the awards she's up for. I don't think any video this year really defines "pop" as much as Womanizer.

Gaga is an obvious front runner for the Best New Artist Award, while Beyonce should take Best Choreography.

Head to MTV.com for more info on the nominees!

Dance Track of the Day

Listen to this slammin' remix of Lady Gaga's international #1 hit "Poker Face," by Jody Den Broeder. It's definitely more club oriented, but the mix is great, and really makes you want to dance!


Check out the remix below!

"Poker Face" Remix