Of course all the "reasons" we say about her decline are not really proven. We just knew the reason why Paula Abdul's dancing skills declined and why she retired from music YEARS after her peak. Will we ever know the real reason behind Britney's decline? Maybe years after her career as a popstar is finished.

Of course. It'll probably only happen after she retires or something.

It's her bipolar disorder.

Legit, Britney Spears was everything for a lot of her life. She was everywhere, everyone was talking about her, etc.

The poor woman is simply not 100% fit to handle that fame. Few people are.

Every pop star has their decline though. You can't be smashing it each and every year. Britney can still release a single or album, and people will get absolutely pumped for it. She's cemented her status. She is still doing exceptionally well, to have lasted from the late 1990s until now. We'll see where today's generation of pop stars are in 10 or more years, and whether they can still have people interested like Britney still does.

Her decline was destined to happen though... she peaked with her debut album. Her biggest hit remains Baby One More Time, she lost the 'it' factor, etc etc

Every artist declines at some point in there career.

But the media interest is not there. She's "boring" now compared to these new crazy pop stars.

Why did Abdul decline?

I just don't think she's mentally fit to deal with being under the public's watchful eye 24/7.

In fact, I don't think anyone is fully prepared to deal with being under the scrutinizing eye of the general public. Hence why most of the mega successful stars have gone apeshit at one point or another.

No. The thing is that Britney was the type of pop star who was just always herself and stayed true to herself. And now, she's more like a shell of herself and guards herself.

Her decline was too obvious though and kind of a mystery. At least with stars like Whitney, we know that smoking and drugs destroyed her. With Britney, I seriously don't know how she lost 50% of her dancing skills. You can't just lose that skill I think. Unless she was addicted to a drug that affected her motor skills or experienced an accident. The laziness excuse just doesn't seem to be appropriate. Can you be seriously be lazy during all your hundreds of performance?

What are you talking about? Search "Britney Spears" in Google News and there will almost always be a batch of news articles there. The media are still following her career. Personality wise, Britney never really seemed like the boldest, most "out there" pop star from the beginning either. Currently though, she's in her 30s and has two children now. She's not going to be wearing multicoloured wigs and outrageous costumes.

Britney declined?

She busted her knee cap.

Her fall from grace can be attributed to her highly-publicized personal life.

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Mariah can still sing better than 95% of the world's population though. Her vocal chords are sensitive. It's a different case with Britney.

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what decline?

Fame was too much for her I guess. To me, she never seemed like the strongest character. She was just this shy Southern girl who happened to become a pop star. We will never really know the absolute truths, but I think the pressure got to her. The music industry is tough, especially as an A-List celebrity. You have to be incredibly strong, like Madonna. The question is whether Britney was psychologically able to handle that from the beginning.