Yikes @ you failing to use your critical thinking skills to understand that Xtina's biggest hits peaked before the youtube era, whereas Britney's heavily documented breakdown occurred DURING youtube's peak which increased public interest. You know... like when artists die and their songs/albums start selling even more?

But if we're going by your logic I guess Bieber's Baby had more impact than Michael's Thriller since Baby is at 880 million and Thriller at 144 million. Double yikes

It's funny to me you Britney fans can only cite Selena bringing her up but no further proof, while that Xtina stan posted an article from THIS WEEK where Dirrty was #2 on the sexiest videos list

"Dirrty" ofc!

It was alot more raunchier and imo stuck to most ppls minds more!!

Funny how the ATRLers here say that most ppl would say "Slave". Ummmmm.. I'm pretty sure barely nobody outside of ATRL even remembers both of these videos, but only the queens themselves. But if someone had to think about it X-Tina would be the main bitch most ppl will remember, especially men, because of how raunchy it was.

Slave.

I like Dirrty, but it failed to match the sexyness and fierceness of Slave 4 U video.

The sexy and fierce one ......... Slave

Oh come on, Dirrty was huge and the video caused meltdowns.

Slave

As a stan of both, Dirrty made much more an impression.

Dirrty

ch. and yall say britney stans use too many excuses. That excuse would be valid if xtina didn't have several videos released before the YT era with 10x the number of views as dirrty.

The breakdown has nothing to do with this, but i guess you're so desperate, you'll try anything. Slave was uploaded in 2009 FAR after her breakdown anyways. and no it's not the same as your extreme example considering both slave & dirrty were released around the same time and uploaded around the same time as well..whereas when was baby released? thriller? nope not the same situation. "yikes"

And further evidence emerges that the public remembers Dirrty far more than Slave from a few days ago:



And another from last week - because clearly, it's totally forgotten: Vh1 Stripper Songs: Pussycat Dolls vs Christina Aguilera

So multiple news sources, Snooki, VH1 Stripper Song competition & VH1's Most Scandalous Sexy Music videos list have all shouted out to Dirrty in the past week. Dirrty invented/popularized a dance move called the ****drop. Dirrty became a colloquial word used to describe something "grimey/extremely ****ty". It's also synonymous with transitioning between innocent and ****ty, (according to mainstream media - no one is saying "x person has gone slave 4 u!" they're saying "x person has gone dirrty" and it's not the first time).

Slave 4 U was sexy as f*ck but not scandalous, and scandal tends to remain in people's minds longer. I suspect Slave 4 U's viewcount is so high because it's such jerkable material compared to Dirrty - it's just a way more sensual, sexy video. Just because a video has a high view count doesn't mean it's that memorable - are we going to say that the bed intruder song is more remembered than Slave 4 U because it has something like 8x the view count? Gangnam style? Moves like Jagger?

We're talking about which one is remembered more TODAY. You can't throw sales, view counts or #1s from 10 years ago into this equation. No one is saying Slave 4 U didn't have an impact or was forgotten. It's just kind of beyond obvious that Dirrty had a bit more impact because it was so much more scandalous.

Dirrty definitely. When she did that ****drop.

stop it. those videos were all released WHEN? comparing view counts of slave & dirrty is completely valid as they were both released around the same time when yt didn't exist and even uploaded around the same time.

Stop with the VH1 crap, it does not represent the gp .Like I said before, yt views are completely valid in this circumstance. And yea, they aren't completely representative, but it's the best measure in this case. i mean dirrty was more scandalous, and definitely more controversial at the time it was released, but it didn't leave a lasting impression.

No, you cannot use youtube views. If you do, then:

Lady Marmalade has 73 million views, released at the same time (both 3 years ago on Vevo & both in 2001) then Slave 4 U (35 million views) so it's the perfect comparison. Are you going to say Lady Marmalade is more remembered/had more of an impact than Slave 4 U? I can't say I've seen a video similar to Lady Marmalade any time recently, mentions of it anywhere, or four celebrity singers coming together in the same fashion in the last 10+ years.

The viewcount clearly isn't so indicative of "rememberance". References in popculture to the video though? Definitely an indicator of how well the GP remembers it. Slave 4 U is excellent masturbation material and it was a phenomenon when it was released. But people are sleeping on it now because many other bitches have been ****ty. Christina Aguilera was extravagantly ****ty, so that's why it's more referenced.

Yes, you can use VH1 - they cater to the GP to get views resulting in revenue. If the GP completely disagrees with the list, then they're less likely to watch the channel. They always follow the general public's attitude or they'd risk losing viewers. VH1 is not a risk taker when it comes to opinion - none of the major outlets are. This is two lists from the month of August 2013 that is giving a shoutout to Dirrty (one gave a shot out to Slave 4 U too, just lower on the list). Dirrty is more remembered than Slave 4 U.

Dirrtys view count wouldve been MUCH HIGHER had the original video not been deleted.... Same with hurt.