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The Fame Monster Tracklist

Standard Edition:

CD1 / The Fame

1. Just Dance 2. LoveGame 3. Paparazzi 4. Poker Face 5. Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) 6. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 7. The Fame 8. Money Honey 9. Starstruck (feat. Space Cowboy & Flo Rida) 10. Boys Boys Boys 11. Paper Gangsta 12. Brown Eyes 13. I Like It Rough 14. Summerboy

CD2/Monster

1. Monster (Fear of Death Monster) 2. Bad Romance (Fear of Love Monster) 3. Don't Call My Name (Fear of Men Monster) 4. Speechless (Fear of Loneliness Monster) 5. New York (Fear of Heights Monster) 6. Bloody Mary (Fear of Alcohol Monster) 7. Take It Slow (Fear of S*ex Monster) 8. Kiss & Run (Fear of Commitment Monster)

Limited Edition

CD1 / The Fame

1. Just Dance 2. LoveGame 3. Paparazzi 4. Poker Face 5. Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) 6. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 7. The Fame 8. Money Honey 9. Starstruck (feat. Space Cowboy & Flo Rida) 10. Boys Boys Boys 11. Paper Gangsta 12. Brown Eyes 13. I Like It Rough 14. Summerboy

CD2/Monster

1. Monster 2. Bad Romance 3. Don't Call My Name 4. Speechless 5. New York 6. Bloody Mary 7. Take It Slow 8. Kiss & Run 9. Again Again [Bonus Track] 10. Disco Heaven [Bonus Track] 11. Retro, Dance, Freak [Bonus Track] 12. Just Dance (Stripped Down Version) [Bonus Track] 13. Poker Face (Piano & Voice Version) [Bonus Track] 14. LoveGame (Acoustic Version) [Bonus Track] 15. Paparazzi (Classical Rock Version) [Bonus Track] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.60.1.217 (talk) 05:55, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks but pulsemusic is blacklisted anyways. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 06:01, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean Alejandro, not Don't Call My Name.--Diforeverf (talk) 22:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

SALES

SALES NOW AT 1,997,000 http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ask-billboard-how-tik-tok-winds-up-at-no-1004054542.story — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.189.247.27 (talk)

New certifications from Mexico -> Gold (40,000) , Spain -> Gold (30,000) january 2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.223.4.192 (talk) 14:20, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fame is platinum in sweden

Boys Boys Boys Wikilink takes you back to this article

The Boys Boys Boys Wikilink takes you back to this article. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 18:30, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Boys Boys Boys has been released as a single in Spanish iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/es/album/boys-boys-boys-manhattan-clique/id345078899) I don't know if it should be mentioned in the discography page as a promo single or whatever Nympho wiki (talk) 18:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That wikilink should be removed. As for "Boys, Boys, Boys" an official representation from the official website or the record company needs to be there for this to be confirmed as a single. iTunes link doesnot exactly validate its release as a single, except for a tracklisting. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 04:09, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this is the link for the global track charts which shows that her album sold until now 5.9 millions of copy. http://www.mediatraffic.de/year-end-albums.htm

This is the official global track charts, reference official for worldwide sells. There u can check the 2008 end of year charts too, where you`ll find out that she didn`t sell albums that year. She started selling albums in 09 after just dance and poker face hit number 1. Unfortunately it is true her sells are 5.9 millions behind of Susan Boyle! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Toxic84 (talk • contribs) 06:38, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Might wanna consider taking a look at WP:BADCHARTS. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 08:39, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Fame platinum in Greece

The album of Lady Gaga has officially become platinum in Greece http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm Contain this award of Lady Gaga in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teo628957 (talk • contribs) 12:08, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update the sales!

The Fame sold 8 million copies until December. MediaTraffic reported +1.000.000 copies of THE FAME (MONSTER) on this 2010, plus 300.000 of the EP released only on the US. The Fame has sold 9.5 million copies to date.--HC 5555 (talk) 01:01, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Media-traffic is an unreliable source with dubious methodology. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 04:31, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://blogs.timeslive.co.za/beautifulyoungthings/2010/03/11/lady-gaga-goes-diamond-now-akon-is-ready-to-retire/ is this the moment to put over ten milion copies? AriandaGAGA (talk) 11:43, 11 March 2010 (UTC) AriandaGAGA[reply]

No, the article cites a twitter report. Grossly unreliable. --Legolas ^(talk2me) 11:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

U.S certification

The claim being made is that she sold 10 million Copies in the U.S alone. That's not true. The album isn't certified for 10x Million sales in the U.S..perhaps World Wide but not in the U.S. The RIAA link doens't prove anything either. and the Certification isn't listed under the RIAA searchable database for diamond albums MRGQ (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise, there's no certifying body for worldwide sales, so even though the album may have sold 10 million copies worldwide, it can't be described as "certified diamond" until RIAA, IFPI, or a similar body gives it the award. —C.Fred (talk) 22:54, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Diamond certification

Given the parade of IPs adding the bogus diamond certification to the article, is it time to semi-protect the page? —C.Fred (talk) 02:24, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please! This page should be locked. The amount of vandalism is just getting ridiculous. BionicExperiment (talk) 23:30, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Fame CORRECT Certification

The fame is now certified 3x Platinum in the US as of Febuary 2010, and the Fame Monster Platinum. How come nobody updated this? Last time I checked it said the Fame was 2x Platinum and Fame Monster was Gold. Do your research guys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keepwritingkeepdreaming (talk • contribs) 05:28, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As of the last time I checked the source, The Fame was only listed as 2× Platinum. So if it's changed, it's been in the last 24 hours. —C.Fred (talk) 05:38, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure when the certification was posted to the database, but it's dated 3 March. So, the certification was only awarded within the last 72 hours. At any rate, the RIAA database does now say 3× Platinum, so the article should say it as well. —C.Fred (talk) 05:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Previous Album

It may not be worth its own article, but she did have an album as Stefani (before she was Lady Gaga) called "Red and Blue". Should this be added to her album chronology?--Arathun (talk) 17:57, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. What would the normal readers get from it? --Legolas ^(talk2me) 03:42, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Uk top spot again ...

control here ... we must add incumbent on uk n one album http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a209894/lady-gaga-reclaims-uk-album-top-spot.html AriandaGAGA —Preceding unsigned comment added by AriandaGAGA (talk • contribs) 19:39, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Genre Update

I found an article on Nu-Soul Magazine that states "Lady Gaga" would be more in the Dance-pop and Electronica genre rather than just Dance genre by itself. Here is the source -- http://blog.nu-soulmag.com/?p=987 Sprite7868 (talk) 01:25, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

10 milions of copies ...

http://www.ncbuy.com/news/20100226/0-lady-gaga-sells-over-10-million.html WTF is this? 8 milions? this referrence is 2009 now we are in 2010 whit more sales sold and the fame has sold more than ten milions of copies! AriandaGAGA (talk) 17:47, 15 April 2010 (UTC) AriandaGAGA[reply]

The problem is that, fundamentally, that's a self-published source. "Her debut album, 'The Fame,' has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, she announced today on her Twitter."^{[emphasis added]} While the sources for 8 million cited in the article might be old, they're independent. If Billboard, MTV, or the like state she's sold 10 million, then I'm all for updating, but not on the basis of a tweet. —C.Fred (talk) 17:55, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Twitter and other unreliable sources Cannot be used for the article. Neither can assumption of speculation. If you have a reliable source stating 10 it will be added.--PeterGriffin • Talk 18:30, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iceae27f23a68f24bec91f733983f384c european hot 100 album the fame number one and european hot 100 singles telephone! you must add this european top 100 albums! http://www.rnbjunk.com/the-fame-disco-di-diamante-per-lady-gaga-191/ can this be ok to say she sells 10 milion of copies? AriandaGAGA (talk) 18:49, 15 April 2010 (UTC) AriandaGAGA[reply]

On the surface, I'd say no. Anything that repeats the false "diamond certification" claim is suspect in my book. —C.Fred (talk) 19:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://celebrifi.com/gossip/ohnotheydidnt-THE-FAME-SELLS-10-MILLON-COPIES-A-major-2116166.html and this?AriandaGAGA (talk) 19:14, 15 April 2010 (UTC) AriandaGAGA[reply]

Nope. Blogs are not reliable, and the source of the celebrifi.com article is a LiveJournal posting, which cites Gaga's tweet. —C.Fred (talk) 19:17, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.zimbio.com/Lady+Gaga/articles/-V9rsvHFdTX/Lady+Gaga+sells+10+000+054+Album+Copies+Certified and this? AriandaGAGA (talk) 19:34, 15 April 2010 (UTC) AriandaGAGA[reply]
http://ladygaga.wikia.com/wiki/The_Fame_(album) and this? AriandaGAGA (talk) 19:52, 15 April 2010 (UTC) AriandaGAGA[reply]

http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=24795&aid=599&cmnt=1 This comes frome the official interescope site ...AriandaGAGA (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)AriandaGAGA[reply]

"Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 10 million albums worldwide." It doesn't address how many copies The Fame has sold. —C.Fred (talk) 20:11, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OMG IS THERE SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??? I'M WORKING TO RESEARCH FOUNTS! AriandaGAGA (talk) 20:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)AriandaGAGA[reply]

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	:"Combined, ''The Fame'' and ''The Fame Monster'' have sold 10 million albums worldwide." It doesn't address how many copies ''The Fame'' has sold. —'''[[User:C.Fred\|C.Fred]]''' ([[User_talk:C.Fred\|talk]]) 20:11, 15 April 2010 (UTC)		:"Combined, ''The Fame'' and ''The Fame Monster'' have sold 10 million albums worldwide." It doesn't address how many copies ''The Fame'' has sold. —'''[[User:C.Fred\|C.Fred]]''' ([[User_talk:C.Fred\|talk]]) 20:11, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
			OMG IS THERE SOMEONE WHO ANSWERS ME??? I'M WORKING TO RESEARCH FOUNTS! [[User:AriandaGAGA\|AriandaGAGA]] ([[User talk:AriandaGAGA\|talk]]) 20:01, 15 April 2010 (UTC)AriandaGAGA