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# Lady Gaga Says Albums Only Worth 99 Cents, Not Every Artists Needs A Label  [Video]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/lady-gaga-says-albums-only-worth-99-cents-not-every-artists-needs-a-label-video/
- Published: 2011-06-02T08:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-06-02T08:42:00.000Z
- Description: When if asked if her new album wasn't worth more than 99 cents that Amazon charged, Lady Gaga responded, "No. I absolutely do not, especially for MP3s and digital music.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/06/lady-gaga-says-albums-only-worth-99-cents-not-every-artists-needs-a-lab
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When if asked if her new album wasn't worth more than 99 cents that **Amazon** charged, **Lady Gaga** responded, "No. I absolutely do not, especially for MP3s and digital music. It’s invisible. it’s in space. If anything, I applaud a company like Amazon for equating the value of digital versus the physical copy, and giving the opportunity to everyone to buy music," she said in a new [Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/01/lady-gaga-says-her-album-isn%E2%80%99t-worth-more-than-99-cents/?ref=hypebot.com) interview. "It also wasn’t really 99 cents, because Amazon paid the difference on all of those purchases as part of their promotional campaign for one of their new services." Gaga went on to talk about how, thanks to the internet, many artists don't need the help of a record label. **WATCH THE VIDEO:**