July 1, 2011
The Court Jester of Pop: Is Lady Gaga Using Payola?
It sure seems that way to Peter Buchanan and other music industry insiders. According to sources, Gaga's been on the decline and her PR team and Gaga are paying Rolling Stone Magazine to publish stories about her which praise her and make her larger than life.
The latest would be crowning Gaga the new Queen of Pop of this generation. Let's get real here though, the title spans from the years 2009-2011. That isn't enough time to call it a generation. Is this a blatant slap in the face for the other pop girlies from say 2000-2008? There were others you know.
I'm not a fan of Britney either but she was a huge force to be contended with. Britney was a mega pop star. So why were the years 2009-2011 singled out to be relevant opposed to 2003-2006? Did Gaga's team pay off Rolling Stone to pick those years where Gaga is at her strongest to try to cement her longevity in the music business? Is Gaga getting desperate due to her declining sales and over exposure? Can she tell that once where people saw her as the only one who would be able to match what Madonna has accomplished now see her as this parody? Maybe.
Gaga is tanking. She did not sell 5 million copies worldwide. Honestly, I think she refers to the single Born This Way and not the album but she didn't exactly spell that out. She knew people would assume she meant the album and chatter across the Internet would spread like wild fire. Well, she got it. Now everyone thinks the flop of an album is selling faster than hot cakes when the truth is that it isn't.
Look up the numbers and do the math. There are countless articles about Gaga's decline in sales. The sales were helped enormously by Gaga goosing the sales through Amazon's 0.99 cent deal. Just for the record, I don't buy it that Amazon would allow themselves to lose millions by deciding to sell Born This Way for 0.99 cents, considerably less than what they paid for it. That was just some made up la di da to make Gaga look good. She goosed her sales over two days which aided the final over all sales amount.
Album of the decade, I think not. Nor will she ever be The Queen of Pop. The Court Jester of Pop is a more suitable title.
Click here for Peter Buchanan's article.
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