Gaga promoted Artpop with several television appearances and performances, including her second Thanksgiving Day special. " G.U.Y." was the third and last single released from the album. It was followed by promotional singles " Venus" and " Dope" shortly before the album's release. The second single, "Do What U Want", was made available on October 21, reaching number 13 in the US. " Applause" was released as the lead single from Artpop on August 12, 2013, and was a critical and commercial success, charting within the top ten in more than 20 countries worldwide, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Despite this, the album was considered by some as a commercial failure compared to Gaga's previous albums. The album sold 2.5 million units as of July 2014. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Artpop was the ninth global best-selling album of 2013 with 2.3 million copies worldwide.
It also topped the charts in Austria, Croatia, Japan, Mexico, Scotland, and the United Kingdom and charted within the top five in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland. It debuted at number one on the United States' Billboard 200 albums chart with first-week sales of 258,000 copies, becoming Gaga's second consecutive number one record in the country. The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics, although it was included in several year-end lists by critics and publications. The release of Artpop was prefaced by a two-day album release party dubbed ArtRave. Kelly, Kelly's featured song, " Do What U Want", was removed from all streaming and online versions and new vinyl and CD pressings of the album. In 2019, as a reaction to the documentary Surviving R. It also features guest vocals from T.I., Too Short, Twista, and R. The themes of the album revolve around Gaga's personal views of fame, sex and self-empowerment references include Greek and Roman mythology.
Musically, Artpop is an EDM and synth-pop album, with influences from R&B, techno, industrial, and dubstep, among other genres. Gaga collaborated with various producers on the record, including DJ White Shadow, Zedd and Madeon. It displays an intentional "lack of maturity and responsibility" by comparison to the darker and anthemic nature of Born This Way. Gaga described Artpop as "a celebration and a poetic musical journey" and an exploration of the "reverse Warholian" phenomenon in pop culture. Work continued until 2013 while Gaga was traveling for her Born This Way Ball tour and recovering from surgery for an injury she had sustained while touring. Gaga began planning the project in 2011, shortly after the launch of her second effort, Born This Way. It was released on November 6, 2013, by Streamline and Interscope Records. Artpop is the third studio album by American singer Lady Gaga.
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