I cant take a performer named GaGa serious. Why does she have dress strange.  What does that have to do with music?

What she should do is dress a little less freaky get a tight band and write songs that resonate with people.

Like Tom Petty He depends on a tight band and good music and lyrics we can relate to

he was more defining than she is

Not saying she couldn't be 

give me 10 dance techno songs that have gone #1 in the U.S before lady gaga.. in other words before mid 2008

burn!!

I think this is the age, where everyone hates on everyone. There will never be another Elvis, MJ or anyone that epic again.

I along with many other people hate her fame, but i'll be the first to admit that she makes decent music. I mean its not my thing, but its not half bad.

 if you know nothing about her, then don't post.. this just shows me the epitamy of the responses in this thread.. a stereotype, and a hatred against an artist just because she is a pop singer.

as for singing:

1. She is one of the best sigers in the music business

2. Her songs have way  more depth than you make it out to be (not according to me)

3. She is the most original artist since MJ, Madonna (not according to me)

4. She writes and composes not only her music, but music for.. spears, lambert, pussy cat dolls, and many more..

I think worrying about originality is overblown. I mean seriously who out there singing nowadays is truly original? I'm sure we throw any artist out there and their music, fashion, personality, etc. could be directly compared to someone that came earlier they either were directly or indirectly influenced by. Who cares? Some good Nas lyrics to make my point with:

"No idea's original, there's nothing new under the sun
It's never what you do but how it's done"

The thing is we don't know what the future holds. We can't accurately predict the influence and lifeline an artist will have decades from now. All I know is, at this current moment and the foreseeable future, Lady GaGa is the top dog in music. Let's not pretend that other artists who influenced previous generations like The Beatles and Michael Jackson didn't make remarkably simple and shallow music at times. Let's also remember the timeline some of these influential acts had when they finally elevated their music to a more critically acceptable level. GaGa as far as I can tell elevated herself musically already once going from The Fame to The Fame Monster. Lyrically it's deeper than her earlier effort. The album itself is more cohesive and has a running theme. She has plenty of time to grow as an artist and influence consumers and other artists through different sounds throughout her career if she does indeed turn out to be legit.

Too bad the fact that she had 2 #1  in the past few years has contributed nothing to really push the sales of her albums.

"Shakes head" Since 2007 (Using this year because I referenced Blackout, which camer out in 07') their have been a fair amount of Artist that have had strong album sales. Also can you stop making the "research" comments because I'm actually giving a reasonable argument instead of a half-assed response (like what you've been doing).

Any person who looks at the billboard album charts knows that record album sales in the U.S are down significantly, now had "you" known anything about the music industry (as you called me out on) you would have know that worldwide sales figures are still maintaining a fairly stable level. ( The music industry isnt just the U.S :P )

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2007.htm

http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2008.htm

http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm

Here's a small list of artists (don't have time to find ever multiplat seller) who've maintained  significant sales (U.S figures)

Nickel Back - Dark Horse (3 Million)

Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus (3 Million)

Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight (3 Million)

AC/DC - Black Ice (2 million plus ) Last updated number for this album was 2008, which is why I put plus 

Taylor Swift - (6 Million)

Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2.7 Millon)

Beyonce - I Am Sasha Feirce (2.7 Million)

Alicia Keys -  As I Am (3.7 Million)

Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D (2.7 million)

Lil Wayne - The Carter III (3.5 Million)

You can wikipedia the albums which give you the numbers for the albums sales (they provide R.I.A.A articles for the figures)

You're missing the point. I never said Britney didn't decline. You said Lady Gaga will be forgotten like Britney Spears. I was just trying to prove that that comparison is vapid because Britney is still relevant 10 years later and her career is showing no signs of stopping. She made Forbes top-earning celebrities list this year without releasing any new material.

/discussion.

Hello

Just a question :

Does someone here aged more than 20 like Lady Gaga

Because i really can't imagine someone knowing music before the 2000s that likes Lady Gaga.  I mean no disrespect for the kids who like her but come on...

Bye.

I'm 30 and I like her. She makes great pop music, I don't ask for more.

26 here. She's my favorite female act on the market.