Originally Posted by Darrenaj9

I always fall down on the side of Madonna on this one. Most probably because when growing up her songs were infectious even though you didn't admit it and you secretly hid The Immaculate Collection when your friends came around.

However there's another reason too. Madonna didn't have the team behind her GaGa did. Everything is commercial now, everything is spin, everything she does has marketing people behind it and Madonna essentially carved out her own career and created her own unique coverage,

For me whilst I like GaGa she's a little bit of a myth, a creation served up by those who knew how to use her to create something unique and she's bought into it and become what they invented anyway.