Lady Gaga and her album cover fight

“My album covers are not sexual at all, which was an issue at my record label. I fought for months, and I cried at meetings. They didn’t think the photos were commercial enough…The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.”

-Lady Gaga

Good for here, but wow. The record company is saying that in order for a female artist to be "commercial" she has to have "sexual" album covers.

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