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Originally posted by geddymonster
I don't know why people are comparing Lotus and "Your Body" to Britney Jean and "Work Bitch" when it should be compared to Britney's seventh album Femme Fatale and "Hold It Against Me". 
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Because
Britney Jean also outperformed
Lotus
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Originally posted by atrlster
If you're talking about live performances, Christina was there too with Madonna.
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Originally posted by atrlster
Oh I thought you were talking about someone besides her. But Stripped didn't even coincide that directly with In The Zone. So even if that was true, it wasn't at Britney's expense. By the time Me Against The Music came out, Christina was already on her 4th or 5th single.
It's more than one lol. But what's more important is being banned at influential stations. Like if Britney was banned, it would be more about her being banned at the influential stations than a number count. Anyone would flop if they still missed the influential stations
If you do 9 performances, but you never perform your first single live is it any good? Singles are what sell any album not random album tracks.
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Britney wasn't the only artist radiobanned. And I don't think
Stripped wouldn't have still been a success, but
Britney probably would've sold at least another million or two copies and distanced herself further if not for some illegal behind-the-scenes tampering.
How many influential stations, though? I won't rule out Christina being banned just because I haven't personally followed her like you, but she still seems to get support from a lot of radio stations, especially judging by MLJ, FTM and SS. Again, I won't discredit your statement since you follow Christina more than I ever have, but just know for comparison's sake that Britney went from Oops, which had a Pop #1, top 10, top 20 to the
Britney era, which started out huge ("I'm A Slave 4 U" was set to be a giant crossover hit and was gaining rapidly) until Britney signed with the wrong tour promoter. IAS4U stalled at #15 on pop and #85 on Rhythmic the week after announcing her tour and then free-fell. Overprotected made it to #37 (on pop). INAGNYAW made it to #21. Boys made it to #32.
I agree that Christina should've performed (or just aired her The Voice performance of) "Your Body," but
Circus did just fine without a first single performance till the day the second single and album dropped. Christina performing on The Voice should have been enough because it's kind of taken over from American Idol as the biggest promo spot in the U.S. (sans the SuperBowl and commercials).
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
'Say Something' hasn't run its course yet. It's yet to be officially released or promoted in many major markets like the UK.
'WB' is not a top 10 and it couldn't reach the top 10 even with great airplay, pop radio support and streaming.Men lie, women lie, Britney stans lie, numbers don't. 'KGB' IS a hit. It sold 1.1 million copies in a time when iTunes was not yet a force, it peaked at #7 with no airplay and long before streaming was a part of the formula and it managed to sell a Target-exclusive GH album with only 1 other new track and 2 remixes, which ended up selling close to 500k.
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Then I guess together SS and FTM may pass S&S.
You realize that the best-selling digital single of all-time, "I Gotta Feeling," was released the same year as "Keeps Gettin' Better," right? On top of that, "Poker Face," "Just Dance," "Circus," "Womanizer," "Hot N' Cold," "I Kissed a Girl" and "Single Ladies" were all released the same year. Digital downloads were stronger in 2008 and the following years than in 2013/2014.
"Keeps Gettin' Better" had more pop radio support than "Work B**ch." KGB was only 1 spot away from entering the top 10 on pop. WB stalled at #14 because it was too explicit and the edit was undeniable ****.
The streaming kept Britney from debuting at #6. The streaming rule hindered Britney. If Christina had been under the same rule, she wouldn't have gotten a top 10 debut either. Did Christina ever get back in to the top besides her debut week with KGB?
As for "KGB" selling KGB:ADOH, it was her first compilation album after literally a decade of hits. The album should have done considerably better than 1 million WW, especially with a VMA and AMAs performance.