There's no two ways about it---strange sells.
Case in point: Lady Gaga (or as Wifey unaffectionately calls her, Lady Gag).
Now, I can understand that not everybody goes for those that wear meat.
PETA, for instance.
But, there are lots that do, apparently.
Earlier this year she drew the largest crowd ever to attend a Today Show concert at Rockefeller Center. An estimated 20,000 gathered, some more than 33 hours earlier, and some from as far away as Ireland and South Africa. She reportedly sent pizzas to those fans, her "Little Monsters" that waited overnight to see her.
Just a few years earlier, she was living in a cheap New York apartment.
Now, she has sold 25 million single songs and put out two triple-platinum albums.
She has 5 million followers on Twitter and 10 million on Facebook — the most of any person on earth. She holds the record for most YouTube views.
Yes, people strange sells.
Not that she's not talented.
She learned piano at the age of 4. At age 17, she gained early admission to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and lived in a NYU dorm on 11th Street. There she studied music and improved her songwriting skills by composing essays and analytical papers focusing on topics such as art, religion, social issues and politics.
So, yes she's talented. And talented only sells when you get noticed.
I think Lady Gaga has been noticed.
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