Jump to content

Born This Way (album): Difference between revisions

Page semi-protected
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
can't use wikipedia as a source; also, with shipments is only valid regarding certifications
Undid revision 432295093 by Journalist (talk)How is this a Wiki mirror? Also, if a reliable source claims shipments, then we can post them. RIAA and BPI require labels to register
Line 32: Line 32:
''Born This Way'' features production from Lady Gaga, [[Fernando Garibay]], [[RedOne]], [[Jeppe Laursen]], and DJ White Shadow among others. The origins of the album first came about in early 2010, while the title was revealed in September at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]] after Gaga's win of the [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/202983|title=Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way'|publisher=Rolling Stone Music|work=Rolling Stone |date=September 13, 2010|accessdate=January 14, 2011}}</ref> Recording sessions took place at various [[recording studio]]s around the world. Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to [[copyright violations]].<ref name="Jody">{{cite web|author=By&nbsp;Jody Rosen |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gagas-born-this-way-a-track-by-track-breakdown-20110518 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way': A Track-by-Track Breakdown &#124; Rolling Stone Music |publisher=Rollingstone.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-21}}</ref>
''Born This Way'' features production from Lady Gaga, [[Fernando Garibay]], [[RedOne]], [[Jeppe Laursen]], and DJ White Shadow among others. The origins of the album first came about in early 2010, while the title was revealed in September at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]] after Gaga's win of the [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/202983|title=Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way'|publisher=Rolling Stone Music|work=Rolling Stone |date=September 13, 2010|accessdate=January 14, 2011}}</ref> Recording sessions took place at various [[recording studio]]s around the world. Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to [[copyright violations]].<ref name="Jody">{{cite web|author=By&nbsp;Jody Rosen |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gagas-born-this-way-a-track-by-track-breakdown-20110518 |title=Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way': A Track-by-Track Breakdown &#124; Rolling Stone Music |publisher=Rollingstone.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-21}}</ref>


The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. The first two singles of ''Born This Way'', the [[Born This Way (song)|title track]] and subsequent "[[Judas (song)|Judas]]", were international hits, with the former topping the charts in over eighteen countries including the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the United States. "Born This Way" is also the fastest selling song in [[iTunes]] history, having sold over a million copies worldwide in the first five days of its release.<ref name="mtv itunes">{{Cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658317/lady-gaga-born-this-way-itunes.jhtml |title= Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Is Fastest-Selling Single In iTunes History |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |publisher=[[MTV]]([[MTV Networks]]) |date= 2011-02-18|accessdate=2011-02-18}}</ref> "Judas" topped the [[Gaon Chart]] in South Korea, and charted in the top ten of several countries. The release of "[[The Edge of Glory]]", the album's third single, and "[[Hair (Lady Gaga song)|Hair]]", the first [[promotional single]], soon followed suit, along with the other tracks released exclusively on the Internet game ''[[Farmville]]'' during the week prior to the album's release. ''Born This Way'' debuted atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies in the United States, although Amazon's decision to sell the digital version of the album for [[United States dollar|US$]]&nbsp;0.99 for two days during its first week of release contributed to 40 percent of its overall total.<ref name="Million">{{citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/it-s-official-lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-1005208502.story| title= It's Official: Lady Gaga's ''Born This Way'' Sells 1.11 Million|author=Caulfield, Keith|work=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=May 31, 2011|accessdate=May 31, 2011}}</ref>
The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. The first two singles of ''Born This Way'', the [[Born This Way (song)|title track]] and subsequent "[[Judas (song)|Judas]]", were international hits, with the former topping the charts in over eighteen countries including the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the United States. "Born This Way" is also the fastest selling song in [[iTunes]] history, having sold over a million copies worldwide in the first five days of its release.<ref name="mtv itunes">{{Cite news| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658317/lady-gaga-born-this-way-itunes.jhtml |title= Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Is Fastest-Selling Single In iTunes History |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |publisher=[[MTV]]([[MTV Networks]]) |date= 2011-02-18|accessdate=2011-02-18}}</ref> "Judas" topped the [[Gaon Chart]] in South Korea, and charted in the top ten of several countries. The release of "[[The Edge of Glory]]", the album's third single, and "[[Hair (Lady Gaga song)|Hair]]", the first [[promotional single]], soon followed suit, along with the other tracks released exclusively on the Internet game ''[[Farmville]]'' during the week prior to the album's release. ''Born This Way'' debuted atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies in the United States, although Amazon's decision to sell the digital version of the album for [[United States dollar|US$]]&nbsp;0.99 for two days during its first week of release contributed to 40 percent of its overall total.<ref name="Million">{{citeweb|url=http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/it-s-official-lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-1005208502.story| title= It's Official: Lady Gaga's ''Born This Way'' Sells 1.11 Million|author=Caulfield, Keith|work=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=May 31, 2011|accessdate=May 31, 2011}}</ref> To date, the album has shipped over 2.1 million copies worldwide.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-ladygaga-idUSTRE74P0KC20110526</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telegraph_(Kolkata)</ref>


== Background and development ==
== Background and development ==

Revision as of 05:21, 3 June 2011

For other uses of "Born This Way (album)", see "Born This Way (album)" (disambiguation).

Untitled

Born This Way is the second studio album by American recording artist Lady Gaga. The album was formally released on May 23, 2011 by Interscope Records. Inspired by a variety of modern social topics, the songs featured on the album include themes of sexuality and religion, amongst others. Musically, the album was highly influenced from contemporary pop music from the 1980s and 1990s yet is also notable for the incorporation of several other musical genres, including the use of elements of heavy metal and opera.

Born This Way features production from Lady Gaga, Fernando Garibay, RedOne, Jeppe Laursen, and DJ White Shadow among others. The origins of the album first came about in early 2010, while the title was revealed in September at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards after Gaga's win of the Video of the Year Award.[2] Recording sessions took place at various recording studios around the world. Just a week before the album's scheduled release, the contents were leaked online, but were shortly removed due to copyright violations.[3]

The album has been met with generally positive reception from contemporary critics, who complimented Gaga's vocals and the album's varying musical styles. The first two singles of Born This Way, the title track and subsequent "Judas", were international hits, with the former topping the charts in over eighteen countries including the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. "Born This Way" is also the fastest selling song in iTunes history, having sold over a million copies worldwide in the first five days of its release.[4] "Judas" topped the Gaon Chart in South Korea, and charted in the top ten of several countries. The release of "The Edge of Glory", the album's third single, and "Hair", the first promotional single, soon followed suit, along with the other tracks released exclusively on the Internet game Farmville during the week prior to the album's release. Born This Way debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 1.11 million copies in the United States, although Amazon's decision to sell the digital version of the album for US$ 0.99 for two days during its first week of release contributed to 40 percent of its overall total.[5] To date, the album has shipped over 2.1 million copies worldwide.[6][7]

Background and development

By late March 2010, Gaga stated that she had begun working upon new material for Born This Way; adding that she had "already written the core of it."[8] Three months later, she commented that she "felt very strongly" that she had completed the album. Upon being interviewed, she said, "It came so quickly. I've been working on it for months, and I feel very strongly that it's finished right now. Some artists take years. I don't. I write music every day."[9]

By the last quarter of 2010, Troy Carter, Gaga's manager, and frequent collaborator/producer RedOne gave personal opinions upon the album.[10] Carter explained that they were just starting to play the album to the label. He said, "We're very excited about [Born This Way]. We're starting to play a little for people and getting a feel for it, and she's done an incredible job, a really incredible job. Well, you know what, it's not where I go from a business standpoint, it's more about where she goes creatively because, truth be told, we built the business around her creative infrastructure and that business that was built is unique to Lady Gaga."[10] RedOne added, "I think it's more of her freedom album. [... T]his album that she's making is too precious to talk about. [...] I think it's too precious for me to talk about it."[10]

Concept and artwork

"I promise you, I'll never let you down. And not for nothing: The album's finished and it's fucking really good. So whatever this is, whatever you just did for all of us […] I promise to give you the greatest album of this decade […] The funny thing is that some people have reduced freedom to a brand. They think that it's trendy now to be free. They think it's trendy to be excited about your identity. When in truth, there is nothing trendy about Born This Way. This connection that we all share is something so much deeper than a wig or lipstick or an outfit, or a fucking meat dress. […] Born This Way is about what keeps us up at night and what makes us afraid."[11]

—Lady Gaga talking to her fans about Born This Way

Gaga announced on November 26, 2010 during the Monster Ball in Gdansk, Poland, that the album could have up to 20 tracks, and promised that it would be the album of the decade. She also added that the album is completely finished. Gaga stated that it's full of "sledge hammering dance beats."[12] She also explained that the album is going to be like “bad kids going to church, having fun on a high level.”[13] It was confirmed in an interview with Vogue that 17 tracks were recorded for the new album,[14] 14 of which will make the final cut to the standard edition. The leftover 3 were originally going to be released on an exclusive Target deluxe edition of the album[15] but on March 9, it was reported that Gaga ended her partnership with Target on the grounds that the company donated money to an anti-gay organization.[16]

In an interview with the BBC's Newsbeat Gaga commented on the album stating "The album is a marriage of electronic music with major, epic, dare I even say, metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats. It's finished and all, it's just fine-tuning everything. It's kind of like the post-operative stage of the album. I've already done the full heart surgery. I'm just sewing myself back up again. I think that lyrically this album is more poetic. It's really written by the fans, they really wrote it for me because every night they're funneling so much into me. So I wrote it for them. Born This Way is all about my little monsters and me, mother monster."[17]

On April 17, 2011, Gaga tweeted her selection for the Born This Way album's cover art, which featured Gaga fused into a motorcycle. Gaga's name does not appear on the album cover – the only text is the chrome writing across the top reading the album's name.[18] The cover received a negative response from some critics and fans. Sean Michaels of The Guardian said of the cover: "...it looks more like a cheap Photoshop job than the most anticipated album of the year." He then commented: "Gone are the futurist sunglasses, the asymmetrical haircuts, even Gaga's newly touted magic horns; instead, a mutant motorbike with Gaga's arms and head, plus a cheesy chrome typeface." He also referenced several messages from fans on Lady Gaga's official forum expressing their dislike for the cover.[19] Andrew Martin of Prefix Magazine referred to it as "a reject from the last Terminator film".[20] The special edition cover was released on the same day. It featured just Gaga's head from the standard edition cover. The words "Lady Gaga" and "Born This Way" appear in the top left corner of the cover. They are typed in Impact font with "Born This Way" being highlighted in white with black letters. Neither of the words special nor deluxe appear anywhere on the album, as Gaga dislikes the words.[21]

Composition

Kitty Empire of The Observer writes of the album's music, "Born This Way runs big, timeless American themes – freedom, self-actualisation, the romance of the road, the Boss, even Neil Young – through the pointy prism of decadent European dance music."[22] Dan Martin of NME views the album's sound as a departure from her last two albums and a reflection of Gaga's fanbase, stating "she wants to weld physically to her synthesisers as if to create one all-powerful dreadnought of self-empowerment. For the most part this is one relentless torrent of heavy-metal-rave-pop. At the very least it’s a triumph in sound engineering."[23] The song "Born This Way" is about how everybody is equal, regardless of the color of their skin, their sexuality or their creed, and that every single person can fulfil their dream. The song, which has been compared with Madonna's "Express Yourself", was written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen and was produced by Lady Gaga, Jeppe Laursen, Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow.[24] The "Government Hooker" producer, DJ White Shadow, called it a thumping and sexy track. He said to MTV News: "To me, that song is my favorite song, and it's just a beast. I don't even know how to clarify it. [Born This Way] is not a pop baby book; it's a pop masterpiece of composition. If there was no category of pop composition, you wouldn't call it pop composition." He also revealed that they were in this studio in Vegas, and he was playing some "hip-hop stuff" and they [DJ Shadow and Vince] were talking about quicker songs, so Shadow sped it up and played it for Vince. [25]

Gaga confirmed that "Judas" is influenced by the Biblical Judas Iscariot. According to Popjustice, on the surface "Judas" is a song about being double-crossed ("even after three times he betrays me"), contemplating revenge ("bring him down, I'll bring him down down, a king with no crown, a king with no crown"), but being repeatedly drawn to awfulness: "I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel, but I'm still in love with Judas, baby".[26] The middle eight of the song, with the lyrics "In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance. 'Fame hooker', 'prostitute wench', 'vomits her mind'... But in the cultural sense I just speak in future tense. Judas kiss me if offenced, or wear an ear condom next time", talks about Gaga being beyond the ability to redeem herself, in terms of the traditional views of what a woman is supposed to be. "But I don't want to redeem myself, because in the cultural sense I believe that I'm just before my time. And if you don't like it, wear an ear condom," she explained. The main portion of the song is about Gaga in private and the middle eight is about Gaga in public, two themes that are explored elsewhere on the album too.[26]

"The Edge of Glory" is an upbeat song of synthpop and electro-opera tendencies that makes a markable difference from the other songs, due to a presence of a saxophone solo. Gaga stated during her interview with NME that "I'm perpetually unhappy with what I create. Even though I might tell you that "The Edge of Glory" is a pop masterpiece, when it's all said and finished there will be things I dread, and every time I listen to it I'll hear them".[27] The lyrics to "Americano" are bilingual, consisting of Spanish and English. This song was written by Gaga as a response to the Arizona Immigration law, Arizona SB 1070. "Yoü and I" was written by Lady Gaga and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange.[28] Before production credits were announced in April 2011, Gaga had teased that "someone legendary" would be producing the track.[29] Queen guitarist Brian May is also featured on the track.[30] Gaga, a Queen fan whose stage name is derived from the band's "Radio Ga Ga", admitted to "[falling] to the floor crying and laughing" when she found out that May agreed to the collaboration.[31] Gaga mentioned in a New York Times story that when she recorded the initial vocals for "Yoü and I", "I had about 30 cigarettes and a couple of glasses of Jameson and just put on a click track and sang my face off, thinking we’d redo the vocals," but Lange kept them as he liked what she had sent him.[32]

Promotion

Before mention of the album was even made, Gaga performed "Yoü and I" on Today's Toyota Concert Series in July 2010.[33] Two months later, at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, she accepted the award for Video of the Year (for "Bad Romance") and announced the album's title, declaring that she had promised that she would reveal it if she won that award. This revelation was followed by Gaga singing a few lines from the title song: "I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes; I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way."[34]

On New Year's Eve, Gaga announced via Twitter the release dates of the album and its lead single at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day 2011[35] "as a Christmas "gift" to her fans".[36] Supplementing this announcement came a black-and-white photograph in which Gaga is "nude from the waist down, with her hair blowing about, and sporting a jacket with [Born This Way] emblazoned in what looks like bedazzled jewels."[35] She revealed the album's cover artwork on April 15, 2011 on Twitter.[37]

Lady Gaga and her dancers performing "Born This Way" for the first time at "The Monster Ball Tour", in February 2011, Atlantic City.

Contributing to a Paris fashion show, in mid January 2011, by designer Thierry Mugler for which Gaga was named musical director, she previewed a remixed version of "Scheiße" (German for "shit"), a song that appears on the album which "begins with Gaga repeating foreign phrases over a thumping club beat."[38] She released the complete set of lyrics to "Born This Way" on her official Twitter page in late January 2011.[39] The names of the five songs that appear on the album were revealed in the March 2011 issue of US Vogue.[14] At the beginning of March, Gaga, as the musical director at another Mugler fashion show in Paris, unveiled a preview of "Government Hooker" described as featuring "a thumping beat, operatic vocals and a trance-y vibe."[40]

Promotion for Born This Way began through a performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards on February 13 in Los Angeles[41] where she performed the album's title track and first single "Born This Way". Before the performance, Gaga was found "incubating" on the Red Carpet. She was encased in a translucent material that was said to be an embryo, which she came out of on stage during the beginning of her performance. She was dressed in a skin-colored outfit with noticeable protrusions coming out of her face and shoulders. Towards the end of the performance, she began playing an organ before singing the end of the song.[41] Both "Born This Way" and "Yoü and I" have since been added to her set list at The Monster Ball Tour.

"Americano", one of her tracks on Born This Way, was premiered during a live show in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3, 2011. Gaga played the song on her piano as she sang it. "Hair" was released as the first promotional single from the album on May 16, 2011.[42]

"Marry the Night" was released on the Internet game Farmville on May 17,[43] followed by "Electric Chapel" on May 18,[44] and "Fashion of His Love" on May 19.[45] Also on May 25, Gaga performed "The Edge of Glory" on the season 10 finale of American Idol. The DJ White Shadow Remix of this song became available on Farmville as well as "Government Hooker", "Americano", "Scheiße", "Bad Kids", "Yoü and I", and "Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) and were able to be streamed online between May 20 and 23, 2011.[46]

Internationally, Born This Way debuted on May 18, 2011, on the Swedish based music streaming service Spotify in Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Finland, and Spain,[47] as well as Metro.Co.Uk in the United Kingdom.[48] The album was released worldwide on May 23, 2011.[35][49] Online retailer Amazon.com offered the entire standard edition album for US$ 0.99 on the release date, to promote its Cloud Drive service.

Singles

"Born This Way" was released as the album's lead single on February 11, 2011.[50][51] The song was written by Lady Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, and produced by Gaga, Laursen, Fernando Garibay, and DJ White Shadow.[52] Its accompanying music video was shot the weekend of January 22–24, 2011.[53] "Born This Way" became Gaga's third number-one hit in the United States, appearing atop the Hot 100 and breaking several digital sales and radio records, as announced by Billboard on February 16, 2011.[54] Billboard also announced the song was its 1,000th number one. In addition to success in the United States, the song debuted within the top 5 in more than 23 countries, and getting to number one in 20 of them.

"Judas" was confirmed by Gaga as the second single on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, American Top 40, on February 14, 2011.[55] Gaga announced the release date of April 19 for "Judas" through a video blog called Transmission Gagavision on April 6, 2011. Gaga revealed in an interview with Google that she is going to direct the music video for "Judas" with Laurieann Gibson.[56] On April 15, 2011, "Judas" was sent to radio and released for legal download worldwide due to a low-quality snippet leak.[57] The music video was released on Thursday May 5, 2011 at 7 and 11:30 pm through Vevo and E! News.[58]

"The Edge of Glory" was released on May 9, 2011 originally as a promotional single on the "Countdown to Born This Way" promotion on iTunes. However, due to the success of the song on iTunes charts worldwide, "The Edge of Glory" was made the official third single on May 11, 2011.[59]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(71/100)[60]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[61]
Entertainment Weekly(B+)[62]
The Guardian[63]
The Independent[64]
Los Angeles Times(unfavorable)[65]
NME(8/10)[23]
Rolling Stone[66]
Slant Magazine[67]
Spin(8/10)[68]
The Village Voice(mixed)[69]

Born This Way received positive reviews from most music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[60] Dan Martin of NME it an eight out of 10 rating, stating "Gaga doesn't know when to hold back - and it's a damn good thing", and complimented Gaga for pushing musical boundaries to its "ultimate degree."[23] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stated, "There's nothing small about this album, and Gaga sings the shit out of every single track. In many ways, Born This Way is akin to The Killers' sophomore effort, Sam's Town: bloated, self-important, proudly American, an exercise in extraordinary excess".[67] BBC Music called the album a "marvelous record" and commended Gaga for "actually putting a bit of effort and imagination back into pop."[70] Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield praised Gaga's vocals and musical style, saying, "There isn't a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details...the more excessive Gaga gets, the more honest she sounds."[66] Bill Lamb of About.com gave the album five out of five stars and concluded in his review, "Born This Way begins and ends with near perfection."[71] Spin wrote, “Excess is Gaga's riskiest musical gamble, but it's also her greatest weapon, and Born This Way relentlessly bludgeons listeners' pleasure centres”, concluding that “she's making a convincing case that she's evolving into our most surreally brilliant pop star.”[68] Adam Markovitz of Entertainment Weekly found the album "rewarding but wildly uneven", adding that "If Gaga doesn’t find a stand-alone hit here on the order of 'Bad Romance,' the album’s sprawl still shows off the breadth of her talent."[62] Despite criticizing her for "letting her skills as a songwriter slide ever so slightly", Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars and complimented Gaga's composing "sensibility" and "considerable dexterity at delivering the basics".[61]

However, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune writes, ""Born This Way" feels rushed – from the cheesy, photo-shopped cover art to the hyperventilating music. It is the sound of a major artist sprinting to please everyone all the time."[72] Los Angeles Times writes, "She’s speaking to everyone, it seems, except fans of artistic innovation. Say what you want about Lady Gaga, but nuance is not one of her strong points, nor is musical adventure. She’s unsubtle in her message, unsubtle in her dress, and, most important, unsubtle aesthetically... If Gaga had only spent as much time on pushing musical boundaries as she has social ones, “Born This Way” would have been a lot more successful."[73] Chris Richards of The Washington Post found it "boring", writing, "Yes, "Born This Way" is a dark, dense and surprisingly aggressive listen... [but] at its worst, it sounds like reheated leftovers from some '80s movie soundtrack."[74] The Boston Globe called the album "the most deflated moment in pop music this year," saying the album lacks cohesion and the songwriting "feels thin." [75] Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice commented that Gaga's "we-shall-overcome sentiment" is expressed more effectively through the album's "egalitarian use of house beats" than through her "sloganeering", which he found "trite" and "[un]insightful".[69] The Independent gave Born This Way three out of five stars. While complimenting her vocal range, criticised the diversity within the album and stated "the broader she spreads her net musically, the less distinctive her art becomes."[64] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters gave the album a five out of 10 rating and dubbed it "her weakest album to date", commenting that it "fus[es] some daring songwriting with some remarkably repetitive themes and beats".[76]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling 1,108,000 copies, Gaga's first number-one album and the highest first-week total since 50 Cent's The Massacre (2005) sold 1,141,000 in its first week. It is the seventeenth album to debut at number one with over a million copies sold. Gaga is the fifth woman to sell one million copies in a week, after Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard Soundtrack, 1992), Britney Spears (Oops!...I Did It Again, 2000), Norah Jones (Feels Like Home, 2004), and Taylor Swift (Speak Now, 2010). Part of the reason why it sold one million copies was the decision by Amazon to sell the album for 99 cents on Monday, May 23 and Thursday, May 26. Amazon sold 440,000 copies in its first week, which contributed to its 662,000 digital sales, the largest in SoundScan history. The digital downloads accounted for 60 percent of Born This Way's first week total.[5] The album also became the eighth best-selling digital album in U.S. history after its first week of sales.[77] Before debuting on the Billboard 200, Born This Way debuted at number ten on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[78] The album debuted at number one in Ireland[79] and Sweden[80] and number two in Finland.[81] The album debuted at number one in Australia, becoming her second number-one album there after The Fame Monster. Born This Way was certified platinum in Australia in its first week, by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 70,000 copies.[82] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the UK Album Charts dated May 29, 2011, selling 215,639 units, which is the highest first-week sales of the year.[83] That week, the album outsold more than the rest of the top 10 combined[83] and has the best first-week tally of any album by an American female solo artist since Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor with sales of 217,610 copies in 2005.[84] Born This Way debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, becoming her second album to chart there, also after The Fame Monster. The album was certified platinum in its first week of sales.[85] Born This Way sold 184,000 copies in its first week in Japan, and debuted atop the Japanese Albums Chart.[86] To date, the album has shipped over 2.1 million copies worldwide.[87][88]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Marry the Night"Lady Gaga, Fernando GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:24
2."Born This Way"Lady Gaga, Jeppe LaursenLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:20
3."Government Hooker"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake*4:14
4."Judas"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne4:10
5."Americano"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, Cheche AlaraLady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:06
6."Hair"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne5:08
7."Scheiße"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne3:45
8."Bloody Mary"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Clinton Sparks*4:05
9."Bad Kids"Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		3:51
10."Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:16
11."Heavy Metal Lover"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:13
12."Electric Chapel"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow4:13
13."Yoü and I"Lady GagaLady Gaga, Robert John "Mutt" Lange5:07
14."The Edge of Glory"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Garibay5:20
Bonus tracks[89][90][91]
No.TitleWriter(s)Remixer(s)Length
15."Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) (international bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenJost & Naaf5:58
16."Born This Way" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Remix) (Japanese bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenGuéna LG3:50

Special edition

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Marry the Night"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:24
2."Born This Way"Lady Gaga, LaursenLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:20
3."Government Hooker"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, DJ Snake*4:14
4."Judas"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne4:10
5."Americano"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow, AlaraLady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White Shadow4:06
6."Hair"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne5:08
7."Scheiße"Lady Gaga, RedOneLady Gaga, RedOne3:45
8."Bloody Mary"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow, Garibay*, Sparks*4:05
9."Black Jesus † Amen Fashion"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow3:36
10."Bad Kids"Lady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Laursen, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		3:51
11."Fashion of His Love"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay3:39
12."Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)"Lady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, RedOne, Garibay,
DJ White Shadow		4:16
13."Heavy Metal Lover"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay4:13
14."Electric Chapel"Lady Gaga, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, DJ White Shadow4:13
15."The Queen"Lady Gaga, GaribayLady Gaga, Garibay5:17
16."Yoü and I"Lady GagaLady Gaga, Lange5:07
17."The Edge of Glory"Lady Gaga, Garibay, DJ White ShadowLady Gaga, Garibay5:20
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Remixer(s)Length
1."Born This Way" (Country Road Version)Lady Gaga, LaursenLady Gaga, Garibay4:21
2."Judas" (DJ White Shadow Remix)Lady Gaga, RedOneDJ White Shadow4:07
3."Marry the Night" (Zedd Remix)Lady Gaga, GaribayZedd4:20
4."Scheiße" (DJ White Shadow Mugler)Lady Gaga, RedOneDJ White Shadow9:35
5."Fashion of His Love" (Fernando Garibay Remix)Lady Gaga, GaribayGaribay3:44
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Remixer(s)Length
6."Born This Way" (Jost & Naaf Remix) (international bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenJost & Naaf5:58
7."Born This Way" (LLG vs. GLG Radio Remix) (Japanese bonus track)Lady Gaga, LaursenGuéna LG3:50
Costco digital download card bonus tracks[92]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Born This Way" (Bimbo Jones Club Remix)Lady Gaga, Laursen6:45
2."Born This Way" (Zedd Remix)Lady Gaga, Laursen6:30
Notes

Release formats

Limited Collector's Edition (Picture Disc Vinyl Box Set)[93]
  • 17 original Born This Way tracks in a 9 piece 12" vinyl picture disc set. (a special message from Lady Gaga will be etched into the vinyl)
  • 24" X 24" commemorative fanwall mosaic poster
  • Personalized Little Monsters photo I.D. card with unique number that gives access to special offers
  • Custom numbered box
  • Born This Way special edition album download
Born This Way (Special Edition Fan Package)[94]
  • 22 track Special edition of Born This Way
  • Born This Way double gatefold 180 grams (6.3 oz) vinyl LP
  • Special edition 22 track album download
  • Personalized Little Monsters photo I.D. card with unique number that gives access to special offers
  • Access to commemorative digital fanwall mosaic
Born This Way (Special Edition album download)[95]
  • 22 track Special edition of Born This Way
  • Donates US$1 to the MAC AIDS foundation
Born This Way (U.S. iTunes Store download)
  • Users who purchased either the 14-track standard edition or the 22-track "bonus track version" of the album (either as a whole purchase or through iTunes' "Complete My Album" feature) before May 29, 2011, would be given a code by June 2 that can be redeemed for a free download of a the "Judas" Thomas Gold remix.

Personnel

Credits for Born This Way adapted from Allmusic.[96]

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition(s)
Worldwide May 23, 2011 CD, digital download Streamline Records, Interscope Records, Kon Live Standard, deluxe
United States[115] June 7, 2011 Vinyl LP Fan package
United States[116] by August 30, 2011 Limited collector's edition

References

  1. ^ Born This Way (Media notes). Interscope Records. 2011. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Kreps, Daniel (September 13, 2010). "Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way'". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone Music. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  3. ^ By Jody Rosen. "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way': A Track-by-Track Breakdown | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Kaufman, Gil (February 18, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Is Fastest-Selling Single In iTunes History". MTV(MTV Networks). Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Caulfield, Keith (May 31, 2011). "It's Official: Lady Gaga's Born This Way Sells 1.11 Million". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  6. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-ladygaga-idUSTRE74P0KC20110526
  7. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telegraph_(Kolkata)
  8. ^ Montogomery, James (March 26, 2010). "Lady GaGa: "My Next Album Will Be My Best Yet"". Viacom. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  9. ^ Michaels, Sean (June 23, 2010). "Lady Gaga's new album 'finished'". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
  10. ^ a b c Vena, Jocelyn (November 15, 2010). "Lady Gaga's Born This Way Is 'Incredible,' Manager Says". Viacom. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  11. ^ Dinh, James (November 29, 2010). "Lady Gaga Says Born This Way Will Be 'Greatest Album Of This Decade'". Viacom. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  12. ^ Vick, Megan (September 14, 2009). "Lady Gaga Promises 'Greatest Album of This Decade' in 'Born This Way'". Billboard. Rovi. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  13. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (December 1, 2010). "Lady Gaga To Release First Born This Way Single In February". Viacom. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  14. ^ a b Van Meter, Jonathon (February 10, 2011). "Lady Gaga: Our Lady Of Pop". Vogue. Conde Nast Digital. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  15. ^ ScatterTunes | Lady Gaga BORN THIS WAY Deluxe Digital Album
  16. ^ Lady Gaga and Target End Deal, Say Sources (March 8, 2011). "Lady Gaga and Target End Deal, Say Sources – Poliglot". Metroweekly.com. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  17. ^ Cochrane, Greg (December 20, 2010). "Lady Gaga reveals plans for Born This Way album". Newsbeat. BBC. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  18. ^ Comments (April 17, 2011). "Lady Gaga Reveals 'Born This Way' Album Art –". Popeater.com. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  19. ^ Sean Michaels (April 18, 2011). "Lady Gaga's Born This Way artwork provokes fan backlash". Guardian. UK. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  20. ^ April 16, 2011 12:07 pm by Andrew Martin (April 16, 2011). "Lady GaGa Reveals Awful 'Born This Way' Album Art". Prefixmag.com. Retrieved May 5, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Ganz, Caryn (April 13, 2011). "Lady Gaga Does Not Like the Word 'Deluxe'". Yahoo Music. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  22. ^ Empire, Kitty (May 23, 2011). "Lady Gaga: Born This Way – review". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved May 23, 2011. {{cite web}}: Text "Music" ignored (help); Text "The Observer" ignored (help)
  23. ^ a b c "Lady Gaga - Album Review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' - Album Reviews". NME. IPC Media. May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  24. ^ Solders, Simon (February 14, 2011). ""Born This Way" single details". Lady Gaga City. Lady Gaga City. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  25. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (March 23, 2011). "Lady Gaga Producer Calls 'Government Hooker' A 'Beast'". MTV News. Remember Me Celebrity!. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  26. ^ a b ""Listening to Lady Gaga's next single is an enjoyable experience."". Popjustice. April 6, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  27. ^ "Lady Gaga Claims She's 'Perpetually Unhappy' With Her Songs: Heartfelt or Hogwash?". sodahead.com. April 19, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  28. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (April 11, 2011). "Lady Gaga Recorded 'You And I' With Producer Mutt Lange". MTV. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  29. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (April 1, 2011). "Lady Gaga Teases 'Someone Legendary' Producing 'You And I'". MTV. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  30. ^ Kaufman, Gil (April 18, 2011). "Lady Gaga Reveals Surreal Born This Way Cover". MTV. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  31. ^ Gregory, Jason (May 17, 2011). "Lady Gaga: I Cried When Brian May Agreed To Work With Me". Gigwise.com. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  32. ^ Parales, Jon (May 18, 2011). "Even Offstage, Lady Gaga's Ready for the Stage". The New York Times. New York: NYTC. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  33. ^ Toor, Amar (September 14, 2010). "Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' – New Album Preview". AOL Radio. AOL. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  34. ^ Lee, Joyce (September 13, 2010). ""Born This Way:" Lady Gaga's New Album Title". CBS News. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  35. ^ a b c "Lady Gaga Announces Release Dates For Born This Way, First Single". MTV. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  36. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (December 27, 2010). "Lady Gaga To Make Born This Way Announcement New Year's Eve". MTV. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  37. ^ Hatzigiannis, Marielena (April 18, 2011). "Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" cover displeases fans". CBS News. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
  38. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (January 20, 2011). "Lady Gaga debuts new remix: Listen here". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  39. ^ "Born This Way Lyrics". Gracenote. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  40. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (March 2, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Government Hooker' Makes Fashion-Show Debut". MTV. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  41. ^ a b "GRAMMY Performers Announced". Grammy Award website. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  42. ^ "Lady Gaga's 'Edge of Glory' Single Premieres, 'Hair' Coming Next Week". Billboard.com. May 9, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  43. ^ Herrera, Monica (May 17, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Marry the Night' Premieres on FarmVille Game Spin-Off: Listen". Billboard. billboard.com, Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  44. ^ Daw, Robbie (May 18, 2011). "Lady Gaga Is Goin' To The "Electric Chapel" On New Pop-Metal Track". Idolator. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  45. ^ "New Song: Lady Gaga – Fashion of His Love". Gaga Daily. May 19, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  46. ^ Shaul, Brandy (May 20, 2011). "FarmVille GagaVille Born This Way Quest: Everything you need to know". Gaga Daily. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  47. ^ "Lady Gaga's new album Born This Way to debut exclusively on Spotify". Spotify. May 13, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
  48. ^ "Lady Gaga's Born This Way to be exclusively streamed on Metro.co.uk". May 11, 2011.
  49. ^ "Born This Way". Ladygaga.com. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 3, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  50. ^ "Lady GaGa Announces New Single Title". Viacom. January 6, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
  51. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (February 7, 2011). "Lady Gaga To Release 'Born This Way' Early –". Mtv. Retrieved May 5, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  52. ^ Aswad, Jem (February 11, 2011). "Single Review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  53. ^ Montgomery, James (January 25, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video Is 'Profound,' Makeup Artist Says". MTV. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  54. ^ Gary Trust (February 16, 2011). "Lady Gaga Claims 1,000th Hot 100 No. 1 with 'Born This Way'", Rolling Stone
  55. ^ Perpetua, Matthew (February 15, 2011). "Lady Gaga Reveals Details About Her New Album to Ryan Seacrest". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
  56. ^ Dinh, James (March 23, 2011). "Lady Gaga To Direct 'Judas' Video With Laurieann Gibson – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  57. ^ Mitchell, John. "Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Leaks Online, Singer Releases Song Four Days Early". Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  58. ^ "News : "Judas" Debuts May 5th On E! and VEVO". Lady Gaga. April 5, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  59. ^ "Lady Gaga Makes 'The Edge Of Glory' Next Official Single". May 11, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
  60. ^ a b "Metacritic: Born This Way". Metacritic. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  61. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (May 23, 2011). "Born This Way - Lady Gaga". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 23, 2011. {{cite web}}: Text "AllMusic" ignored (help)
  62. ^ a b Markovitz, Adam (May 25, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  63. ^ Jonze, Tim (May 21, 2011). "Lady Gaga: Born This Way – review". The Guardian. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  64. ^ a b Andy Gill (May 20, 2011). "Album: Lady Gaga, Born This Way (Polydor) - Reviews, Music". The Independent. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  65. ^ Roberts, Randall (May 20, 2011). "Album review: Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'". Los Angeles Times. Gannett Company. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  66. ^ a b By Rob Sheffield (May 21, 2011). "Born This Way by Lady Gaga | Rolling Stone Music | Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Jann Wenner. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  67. ^ a b Cinquemani, Sal (May 21, 2011). "Lady Gaga: Born This Way | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  68. ^ a b Ganz, Caryn (2011 [last update]). "Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' (Streamline/KonLive/Interscope)". Spin. Spin Media LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
  69. ^ a b Juzwiak, Rich (May 25, 2011). "Lady Gaga's Fame Ball Rolls On - Page 1 - Music - New York - Village Voice". The Village Voice. Village Voice Media. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  70. ^ Savage, Mark (May 21, 2011). "BBC - Review - Born This Way". BBC (BBC Online). Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  71. ^ "Lady Gaga - Born This Way - Review of the Album Born This Way By Lady Gaga". About.com. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  72. ^ Kot, Greg (May 20, 2011). "Review - Born This Way". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  73. ^ "Review - Born This Way". Los Angeles Times. May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  74. ^ Richards, Chris (May 20, 2011). "Review - Born This Way". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  75. ^ Reed, James (May 23, 2011). "Gaga's 'Born This Way' is a long-awaited letdown". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  76. ^ Sawdey, Evan (May 27, 2011). "Lady Gaga: Born This Way < PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  77. ^ Peoples, Glenn (June 1, 2011). "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Sets One-Week Digital Sales Record". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  78. ^ "Dance/Electronic Albums: Week Ending June 4, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  79. ^ a b "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 26 May 2011". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. Retrieved May 27, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  80. ^ "Veckolista Album – Vecka 21, 27 maj 2011" (in Swedish). sverigetopplistan.se, Grammotex Data; Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Retrieved May 27, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Note: Click "VECKANS ALBUMLISTA" and then "föreg" or "nästa" until you are at week 21/2011 ("Veckolista Album – Vecka 21, 27 maj 2011").
  81. ^ "Lady GaGa: Born This Way" (in Finnish). ifpi.fi, Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved May 27, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  82. ^ a b "ARIA Top 50 Albums: Week of May 30, 2011". ARIA Charts. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on May 29, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  83. ^ a b [1]
  84. ^ [2]
  85. ^ a b Recording Industry Association of New Zealand No.1 retrieved on May 30, 2011 album charts.
  86. ^ "レディー・ガガ、日本デビュー2年で初首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  87. ^ Christmas, Ed (May 29, 2011). "Gaga's "Born This Way" projected to sell 800,000 copies". Reuters. The Thomson Corporation. Retrieved May 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  88. ^ "Gaga's Winning Over". The Kolkata Telegraph. 73 (183). Kolkata: Ananda Publishers: 43. June 2, 2011. OCLC 271717941.
  89. ^ "Lady Gaga reveals 'Born This Way' tracklisting , News". NME. UK. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  90. ^ "Detail – Born This Way: Lady GaGa". Universal Music. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  91. ^ "Born This Way (Limited Edition)". CD Japan. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  92. ^ http://www.amplified.com/lgcostco/page.aspx
  93. ^ "Born This Way special Limited Collector's Edition". Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  94. ^ "Born This Way Fan Package". Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  95. ^ "Born This Way Special Edition". Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  96. ^ Credits: Born This Way. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-05-21.
  97. ^ a b c d e f "LADY GAGA - BORN THIS WAY (ALBUM)". australian-charts.com, Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  98. ^ "Lady GaGa :Born This Way". ORF.at. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  99. ^ "Gaga's 'Born' has monster debut". JAm.canoe.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  100. ^ "TOP KOMBINIRANIH - TJEDAN 21. 2011" (in Croatian). hdu-toplista.com, HDU; webcitation.org. Retrieved June 2, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  101. ^ "Lady Gaga - Born This Way". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (in Czech). Retrieved June 2, 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  102. ^ "Lady GaGa : n°1 des ventes d'albums en France". Chartsinfrance. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  103. ^ "Lady GaGa, Born This Way". Media Control Charts (in German). May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  104. ^ "Greek Album Chart - Week 21 - 2011". IFPI. May 31, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  105. ^ "MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  106. ^ "レディー・ガガ、日本デビュー2年で初首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  107. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży". OLiS. May 30, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  108. ^ "TOP OFICIAL AFP". A&E. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  109. ^ Steffen Hung. "Slovay Album Chart-23. 05. 2011 do 29. 05. 2011". RTVSLO. Archived from the original on June 2, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  110. ^ "PROMUSICAE - TOP 100 ALBUMES SEMANA 21: del 23.05.2011 al 29.05.2011" (PDF). promusicae.es. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  111. ^ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 29, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  112. ^ "Dance/Electronic Albums: Week Ending June 11, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. June 2, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  113. ^ http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Lady%20Gaga
  114. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lady-gaga-born-platinum/story?id=13733360
  115. ^ "Born This Way - Special edition fan package". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  116. ^ "Born This Way special edition orders". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Born_This_Way_(album)&oldid=432300055"