She won an Emmy for the role, too.

Angelina Jolie stole Brad Pitt before Britney.

This entire conversation is so stupid.
Out of everything you could try and argue, you want your fave's impact to be most covers of a tabloid?

Mess at people acting like Britney was the first person the tabloids stalked.

Marilyn Monroe, Princess DIana, Michael Jackson.

The obsession of celebrity didn't turn as bad until like 2004 though (except for MJ's case).

They happened, but have never captured the 24/7 attention of folks as Britney's did People didn't wonder where MJ used the bathroom or whether he ordered Fanta and not coke with his fries

The gag is Britney's early marketing was molded after Madonna's. She was to the TRL generation what Madonna was during MTV's infancy. The emphasis on videos, controversial performances, and iconography was all based on Madonna. She was Madonna marketing with Janet style.

nn not you belitting your own favorite. She's still second place, isn't she? Or has Celine passed her? They're extremely close in sales

I don't know how much worse it can get from now . I feel like people will follow the route Miley is taking.

That's what I thought you were saying at first in your argument. But my apologies for the mishap .

Your dislike for Madonna is clouding your judgement. Your personal preference or "what your friends listen to"/"what I think hear my friends listen to" =/= what it actually is. I'm not very fond of Michael either, but saying he has no impact is delusional. Same with Madonna, whether you like her music/THINK people listen to her or not, she has impact. End of discussion.

Madonna didn't invent reinventing, she also didn't invent tabloids and controversy. These things have been here since the dawn of time.

How many weeks was Starships in the top 10?

Britney fans are always so proud of her "impact" on the media. It's never about the music or her respect in the industry. It's rather...interesting.

You really saved the quote? But I can fairly say that was embarrassing, sort of.

21 I think

watched it, loved it (but not enough to watch it again right now)

Definitely not. Adele's impact is huge. Norah Jones was just there with her music.

Doesn't matter if her impact was short term, her impact was also huge at one point for a couple of years. She was the next big thing in terms of the whole package after Britney. I don't get why people say Rihanna and Katy Perry are bigger than her, when they only have one successful era/song/etc and just come here and there. Lady Gaga created a big ass buzz, that's why I said her.

Some Knees are really delusional. Or young. Princess Diana literally DIED from stalker paparazzis. Britney was not the first, and will not be the last. The internet makes everything seem so massive, when it's really not.

No one is denying they were tabloid fixtures

They were just NEVER hounded and obsessed about the way Britney was
We have people who care not for pop culture who know that Britney likes to drink fanta and use to go to the gas station three times a day The level of OBSESSION is the difference. Not the mere coverage.

My god