Originally posted by Loghen You know someone will go and have a meltdown - "OMG my fave is such a flop, she can't even keep her records anymore, first The X Factor now this " - and people will put it in their sigs like the last time.

Originally posted by iheartBrit Right? NOBODY do this! Let's keep it all the way cute if the record is broken. If not, I'm here for the Oops! avatars

Originally posted by D_Man3379

are these for real??
Fox is really trying to fix the damage.
They are messing with the public, i'm pretty sure the public doesn't knows when the shows airs anymore, they probably think its canceled.

Originally posted by D_Man3379

Originally posted by chris1991 are these for real?? Fox is really trying to fix the damage. They are messing with the public, i'm pretty sure the public doesn't knows when the shows airs anymore, they probably think its canceled.

Originally posted by Glitter The desperation

Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man It has NEVER been easy to get a Million+ debut...NEVER. If it was, there would be more than 17 artists, out of thousands, with them. It was easier to sell a lot of albums in the past in the long run, but it was never easy to sell a number that big within a week.

Originally posted by Katie I don't care about records or sales or any of that. BUT... It does bug me when people either don't remember, or choose to ignore, what it was like back in the day with Britney. They ignore how HUGE she was, the fact that she racked up 2 diamond albums, and was one of the most sought after people in the world. Not to mention how hard she worked to get all that, all while remaining sweet and goofy. That's all.

Originally posted by Katie Crossroads. It's been so long.

Originally posted by santos Whats with all the X F threads?

Originally posted by iggie45 Tell me about it

Originally posted by Katie I remember begging my older sister to take me, and the AWE of seeing it. I hadn't seen any of her concerts so it was a big deal to me.

Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man We've been too nice to the Legend X stans all things considering.... I'll remember DMF's thread come The week after November 9th

Originally posted by frantic We'll know what to do

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST ALBUM OF THE DECADE.

BLACKOUT - BRITNEY SPEARS



Released October 26, 2007
Recorded 2006–07
Genre Pop, R&B, electropop, dance
Length 43:37
Label Jive
Producer Nathaniel "Danja" Hills, Bloodshy & Avant, The Clutch, Kara DioGuardi, Freescha, Fredwreck, Sean Garrett, Pharrell Williams, Britney Spears (exec.)

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When Blackout was released, Spears' behaviour in public began to clash with her image. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated that Spears was an artist that always relied on her "carefully sculpted sexpot-next-door persona", but for Blackout "those images [we]re replaced by images of Britney beating cars up with umbrellas, wiping her greasy fingers on designer dresses, and nodding off on-stage, each new disaster stripping away any residual sexiness in her public image." Erlewine added that the album served as a soundtrack "for Britney's hazy, drunken days, reflecting the excess that's splashed all over the tabloids", while noting that the album had a coherence that the public Spears lacked. Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times said Spears became a spectral presence in her own album, explaining that when compared to her previous records, "[she] cuts a startlingly low profile on Blackout [...] Even when she was being marketed as a clean-cut ex-Mouseketeer, and even when she was touring the country with a microphone that functioned largely as a prop, something about her was intense." Tom Ewing of Pitchfork Media compared the relationship between Spears and Blackout with American television series Twin Peaks, saying that what made the show "so great wasn't the central good-girl-gone-bad story, it was the strangeness that story liberated. And Britney's off-disc life is both distraction from and enabler for this extraordinary album". Critics also referred to the high expectations of the album's direction and quality. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian elaborated that when faced with a public image in freefall, an artist has two options: making music "that harks back to your golden, pre-tailspin days" to "underlin[e] your complete normality" or "to throw caution to the wind: given your waning fortunes, what's the harm in taking a few musical risks?". Petridis commented that Spears opted for the latter and the results were "largely fantastic." Ewing said that "eleven successive tracks of hard, defiant, envelope-pushing dance-pop" may have been what he expected from Spears, but "on paper and on precedent you might have expected an apologetic ballad or two; a song about her kids, maybe; a high-profile guest star, [...] You don't get any of those things and I'd like to think Britney had the sense to avoid them herself." Ewing noted that after "Freakshow" leaked online, a dubstep forum thread on the song hit seven pages in 24 hours, generating mixed reactions and exemplifying that "it still seems [that] when the mainstream borrows underground music, [it] brings it into the wider pop vocabulary." He also attributed the quality of every track of Blackout to economic reasons, since one of the main causes album sales began to suffer during the digital era is due to the "unbundling" of albums in online stores – making it easier for consumers to buy some tracks rather than the entire album. Ewing explained that "The Revolver blueprint for pop albums – every track good, every track a potential hit – makes more sense than ever. Especially if a star can keep sonically up-to-date in a fast-moving market." Reviewers noted the use of Auto-Tune in Spears' voice. Ewing said that Blackout serves as a reminder of how instantly recognizable Spears' vocals are, saying that "treated or untreated: her thin Southern huskiness is one of the defining sounds of 00s pop." He noted that the album "is a masterclass in autotune and vocal treatment as a studio instrument, disrupting and jamming the songs as much as it helps them." While reviewing Spears' demo of "Telephone", Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone compared it to "Piece of Me", "proving yet again how much impact Britney has had on the sonics of current pop. People love to make fun of Britney, and why not, but if 'Telephone' proves anything, it's that Blackout may be the most influential pop album of the past five years." In June 2012, "Blackout" was added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's musical library and archive, in recognition of the album's musical and cultural influence, as well as significance.

Blackout was ranked by Rolling Stone at number fifty on their list of the 100 Best Albums of 2007. The album topped Billboard's Reader's Choice poll as the best album of the year. Spears won by 37% of the votes, and over 16,000 votes were cast. Blackout won International Album of the Year at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards, and Album of the Year at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. The Times named it as the fifth best pop album of the decade. The album also appeared on Rolling Stone's end of the decade poll, where it was voted the seventh best album of the decade by readers. 'Blackout' was awarded 'Worst Album of the Year Award' at the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards.

Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Gimme More" 4:11
2. "Piece of Me" 3:32
3. "Radar" 3:48
4. "Break the Ice" 3:16
5. "Heaven on Earth" 4:53
6. "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)" 4:45
7. "Freakshow" 2:55
8. "Toy Soldier" 3:22
9. "Hot as Ice" 3:17
10. "Ooh Ooh Baby" 3:28
11. "Perfect Lover" 3:03
12. "Why Should I Be Sad" 3:10
13. "Outta This World" 3:44
14. "Everybody" 3:17
15. "Get Back" 3:49

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