"Would she be in the position to play in front of 20,000 people a night if the record company had not put up the marketing dollars?" says Gaga's manager Troy Carter.

Gaga的经纪人Troy Carter说：“如果唱片公司没有增加用于各方面销售的金钱，Gaga可能在20000人面前表演吗？”

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Her manager, Troy Carter, has said that he wants to sell 30 million copies of the new album.

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Launched just eight months ago, Chill already has over 18 million users and has drawn the attention of investors like Kleiner Perkins, Atlas Venture, Red Point Ventures, CrunchFund, and Troy Carter.

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Perhaps fingers should be pointed at her long-time manager, Troy Carter, who in recent weeks has been profiled by Evelyn Rusli on the NYTimes blog Dealbook for founding a Silicon Valley startup (also backed by Gaga herself), Backplane.

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