i have been a fan since early 2008, over a year before she got big even her name was known over here in the UK. i know who Gaga is. her name was decided between her and her old producer from 2006 (way before interscope picked her up). although yes great tabloid link.. LOL

the people calling her manufactured in this thread are hilarious, no matter how many god dam awful links you post it just shows how they know nothing. dear god.

Tell me about it, it's just as bad as people making Lady Gaga sound more amazing than she really is, no matter how many links they post.

I realize she's a decent artist but some hardcore fans take it too far and blow her way out of proportion, and if you don't call her "special" or "amazing" you get your head bitten off. >_>;;

Fans shouldn't take it too personally when they hear people say they dislike Lady Gaga, it's not like they wrote her music or designed her look for her.

Lady Gaga fans, honest question, I really need to clarify how you view the world:

Forget Madonna... Lady Gaga or Beatles?

Hell yeah... Korn was pop, Limp Bizkit was pop :)) My god LJ, do you even think before you read? At least learn the deffinition of a genre and then comment. Hell even WIkipedia makes a diffrence between Pop and Popular music And we all know how reliable that is :)). Admit it, LG is a talentless washout, but you are an easy to influence little preteen boy... dont be ashamed m8 :)) I used to listen to Britney SPears, then I grew a couple :))

OT: King: MJ, no question.

Queen: have no idea, there are plenty of singers who could fit here ;)

Now thats an epic question :)) * waits for LJ to open the gates of hell*

Michael Jackson
Britney Spears

Michael Jackson = King of Pop
Elvis Presley = King of Rock

You can't really pick a Queen of pop because there is not really any standout singer. Michael Jackson and Elvis sold many times more than their competitors during their time. Madonna has not really dominated to that level in any period. Another reason you can't consider Madonna the Queen of Pop is because Celine Dion and Mariah Carey have sold more original LPs than Madonna has; much of Madonna's sales come by way of greatest hits albums and such, so she is more of a novelty act for middle aged people (like ACDC and Rolling Stones) than a pop Queen.

Another thing, Madonna was not seen to be the best singer of her time (not even top 10); Whitney Houston was the best singer of the 80's, whereas Michael Jackson was seen as the best male pop singer in his time; and Mariah Carey and Celine Dion in turn were also the best singers of their times; and Mariah's melismatic vocal innovations, as well as her compositional innovations are still used all throughout pop music today, Celine Dion is not a song writer like Mariah or Madonna, but she was bigger than both Madonna and Mariah ever were in the late 90's - having two back to back original LPs selling over 30 million, as well as the Titanic song (which was probably the biggest or second biggest movie song ever (I think Bryan Adams Robin Hood song was bigger according to charts, but I remember Celine Dion's being bigger, and the Titanic soundtrack certainly sold a lot more than the Robin Hood one). The thing is, there has been no female singer who has had the same sort of dominance that Michael Jackson or Elvis had, not even close.

John Lennon > Lady Gaga > The Beatles in talent and quality (not success) tbh.

The Beatles were just a Justin Bieber group back then, that was their success. AKA the backstreet boys, Boyz to men all that is sex appeal. In the 60s, adults were more gullible, today only teens and kids are in respect to music.

Freddie Mercury and Queens > Elvis Presely in my book, any day.  Bohemian rhapsody? The show must go on? We will rock you? We are the champions? Elvis' song stealing fat ass can go take a seat.

As for Whitney Huston and Madonna, Madonna's success was her sex appeal, she broke the boundries of what a recording artist could do. She brought sex into music. Whiteny Huston's perfect voice made her career, she doesn't have iconic songs like Madonna does. The average person can identify iconic songs that belong to Madonna like Like a Prayer and Ray of Light, Whitney's song is I will Alway Love you which is not hers. So I would say they are pretty even.

As for the present and future Artists, Lady Gaga is the obvious winner. All her albums have been nominated for the best prize in the music industry, Album of the Year at the Grammys. All of her songs are amazing when she plays them on her piano, she can sing, and gives us glam rock eye candy that reminds us of the days of David Bowie.

On MJ, I feel like people just push things too far with him, I personally do not like his voice. Frank Sinatra was popular in his days and very successful. We have Elton John, Bon Jovi, and John Lennon. Michael Buble is the new guy in town, but he puts me to sleep.

Zim; not a fan of walls of text... but I support you 100%. Lady Gaga is the epitome of a produced artist, something that might as well have come out of a factory.
Fact is that most popular artists are products of stylists, PR people, "song"writers, and producers, they are made for raking in cash off of audiences that are easily pleased and who like to spend money on fads and hits.

And that's perfectly fine by me, just don't come and embarass yourselves by claiming that this isn't what its like. It is. Pure and simple.