Originally posted by Vin

Originally posted by 4AM.

Save for the fact that Circus sold more than Blackout, sure, but let me put this into the perspective that I feel is more appropriate: Michael Jackson before his death was not nearly as successful as he once was. Janet after NipGate dropped off the radar nearly. Madonna's last album sold less than a fifteenth what TIC sold. And yet, they're still MJ, Janet, and Madonna, see? Nobody - not a single stan - will tell you Britney's #1 right now. But to say she's the Princess and that she's accomplished more than almost any future or current pop girl will is entirely accurate. The past may be the past, but it's just as important as the present and future.

Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan

Because she's currently underperforming

It's happening to Gaga, Happened Bey in 2011, Xtina in 2010 - Now, etc.

Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr

We don't "discredit her impact", it's just that for the average person it gets tiring to constantly talk about her album sales from 11-15 years ago in 2014. Like, it's cute and all that she achieved what she did, but there are plenty of actual legends who've achieved considerably more and/or had more of an impact, who don't need to have it mentioned everyday on ATRL, as it goes without saying (ie: Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, etc).

Britney striking hard and fast for about the first five years of her career, only to later find herself being used for the occasional single with great production and a vocal double doesn't warrant any more respect than some of her peers, who've also had successful eras 10 or more years ago, but can STILL sell albums today (2014). Her lack of success compared to them simply exposes her for what she was; a short-lived fad who rode off of being extremely marketable and "in" for a period of time, then became less "cool" and faded behind the majority of her contemporaries professionally.

She gets as much as she deserves on ATRL, if not more to be quite honest. There is no talent, longevity or anything else worth mentioning, and her impact on music is significantly less than her remaining stans would have you believe Madonna at the very least, was the one who created the modern sexual female pop idol archetype, which the pop girls including Britney are following now. Janet Jackson (who was Britney's biggest influence) did the same thing as well, in addition to popularizing things like dance breaks, for example, which again, Britney followed. Britney didn't cause/lead the teen pop/bubblegum phase like some claim; it was already being done by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC before her, and by Christina Aguilera at the exact same time. Was she successful? Absolutely. Was she popular? Undeniably. But that doesn't = impact.

Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr

We don't "discredit her impact", it's just that for the average person it gets tiring to constantly talk about her album sales from 11-15 years ago in 2014. Like, it's cute and all that she achieved what she did, but there are plenty of actual legends who've achieved considerably more and/or had more of an impact, who don't need to have it mentioned everyday on ATRL, as it goes without saying (ie: Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, etc).

Britney striking hard and fast for about the first five years of her career, only to later find herself being used for the occasional single with great production and a vocal double doesn't warrant any more respect than some of her peers, who've also had successful eras 10 or more years ago, but can STILL sell albums today (2014). Her lack of success compared to them simply exposes her for what she was; a short-lived fad who rode off of being extremely marketable and "in" for a period of time, then became less "cool" and faded behind the majority of her contemporaries professionally.

She gets as much as she deserves on ATRL, if not more to be quite honest. There is no talent, longevity or anything else worth mentioning, and her impact on music is significantly less than her remaining stans would have you believe Madonna at the very least, was the one who created the modern sexual female pop idol archetype, which the pop girls including Britney are following now. Janet Jackson (who was Britney's biggest influence) did the same thing as well, in addition to popularizing things like dance breaks, for example, which again, Britney followed. Britney didn't cause/lead the teen pop/bubblegum phase like some claim; it was already being done by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC before her, and by Christina Aguilera at the exact same time. Was she successful? Absolutely. Was she popular? Undeniably. But that doesn't = impact.

Originally posted by Mr.Link

The real question would be why does ATRL overrates her achievements like she's some kind of untouchable goddess of her own league?

Originally posted by JesusORGod

"Why does ATRL discredit Britney's impact?"

LMFAO.

80% of her impact has NOTHING to do with music. That stop in 2004. ....No one discredits her non-music impact.

Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr

We don't "discredit her impact", it's just that for the average person it gets tiring to constantly talk about her album sales from 11-15 years ago in 2014. Like, it's cute and all that she achieved what she did, but there are plenty of actual legends who've achieved considerably more and/or had more of an impact, who don't need to have it mentioned everyday on ATRL, as it goes without saying (ie: Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, etc).

Britney striking hard and fast for about the first five years of her career, only to later find herself being used for the occasional single with great production and a vocal double doesn't warrant any more respect than some of her peers, who've also had successful eras 10 or more years ago, but can STILL sell albums today (2014). Her lack of success compared to them simply exposes her for what she was; a short-lived fad who rode off of being extremely marketable and "in" for a period of time, then became less "cool" and faded behind the majority of her contemporaries professionally.

She gets as much as she deserves on ATRL, if not more to be quite honest. There is no talent, longevity or anything else worth mentioning, and her impact on music is significantly less than her remaining stans would have you believe Madonna at the very least, was the one who created the modern sexual female pop idol archetype, which the pop girls including Britney are following now. Janet Jackson (who was Britney's biggest influence) did the same thing as well, in addition to popularizing things like dance breaks, for example, which again, Britney followed. Britney didn't cause/lead the teen pop/bubblegum phase like some claim; it was already being done by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC before her, and by Christina Aguilera at the exact same time. Was she successful? Absolutely. Was she popular? Undeniably. But that doesn't = impact.

Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr

We don't "discredit her impact", it's just that for the average person it gets tiring to constantly talk about her album sales from 11-15 years ago in 2014. Like, it's cute and all that she achieved what she did, but there are plenty of actual legends who've achieved considerably more and/or had more of an impact, who don't need to have it mentioned everyday on ATRL, as it goes without saying (ie: Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, etc).

Britney striking hard and fast for about the first five years of her career, only to later find herself being used for the occasional single with great production and a vocal double doesn't warrant any more respect than some of her peers, who've also had successful eras 10 or more years ago, but can STILL sell albums today (2014). Her lack of success compared to them simply exposes her for what she was; a short-lived fad who rode off of being extremely marketable and "in" for a period of time, then became less "cool" and faded behind the majority of her contemporaries professionally.

She gets as much as she deserves on ATRL, if not more to be quite honest. There is no talent, longevity or anything else worth mentioning, and her impact on music is significantly less than her remaining stans would have you believe Madonna at the very least, was the one who created the modern sexual female pop idol archetype, which the pop girls including Britney are following now. Janet Jackson (who was Britney's biggest influence) did the same thing as well, in addition to popularizing things like dance breaks, for example, which again, Britney followed. Britney didn't cause/lead the teen pop/bubblegum phase like some claim; it was already being done by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC before her, and by Christina Aguilera at the exact same time. Was she successful? Absolutely. Was she popular? Undeniably. But that doesn't = impact.

Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr

We don't "discredit her impact", it's just that for the average person it gets tiring to constantly talk about her album sales from 11-15 years ago in 2014. Like, it's cute and all that she achieved what she did, but there are plenty of actual legends who've achieved considerably more and/or had more of an impact, who don't need to have it mentioned everyday on ATRL, as it goes without saying (ie: Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, etc).

Britney striking hard and fast for about the first five years of her career, only to later find herself being used for the occasional single with great production and a vocal double doesn't warrant any more respect than some of her peers, who've also had successful eras 10 or more years ago, but can STILL sell albums today (2014). Her lack of success compared to them simply exposes her for what she was; a short-lived fad who rode off of being extremely marketable and "in" for a period of time, then became less "cool" and faded behind the majority of her contemporaries professionally.

She gets as much as she deserves on ATRL, if not more to be quite honest. There is no talent, longevity or anything else worth mentioning, and her impact on music is significantly less than her remaining stans would have you believe Madonna at the very least, was the one who created the modern sexual female pop idol archetype, which the pop girls including Britney are following now. Janet Jackson (who was Britney's biggest influence) did the same thing as well, in addition to popularizing things like dance breaks, for example, which again, Britney followed. Britney didn't cause/lead the teen pop/bubblegum phase like some claim; it was already being done by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC before her, and by Christina Aguilera at the exact same time. Was she successful? Absolutely. Was she popular? Undeniably. But that doesn't = impact.

Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr

We don't "discredit her impact", it's just that for the average person it gets tiring to constantly talk about her album sales from 11-15 years ago in 2014. Like, it's cute and all that she achieved what she did, but there are plenty of actual legends who've achieved considerably more and/or had more of an impact, who don't need to have it mentioned everyday on ATRL, as it goes without saying (ie: Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, Janet, etc).

Britney striking hard and fast for about the first five years of her career, only to later find herself being used for the occasional single with great production and a vocal double doesn't warrant any more respect than some of her peers, who've also had successful eras 10 or more years ago, but can STILL sell albums today (2014). Her lack of success compared to them simply exposes her for what she was; a short-lived fad who rode off of being extremely marketable and "in" for a period of time, then became less "cool" and faded behind the majority of her contemporaries professionally.

She gets as much as she deserves on ATRL, if not more to be quite honest. There is no talent, longevity or anything else worth mentioning, and her impact on music is significantly less than her remaining stans would have you believe Madonna at the very least, was the one who created the modern sexual female pop idol archetype, which the pop girls including Britney are following now. Janet Jackson (who was Britney's biggest influence) did the same thing as well, in addition to popularizing things like dance breaks, for example, which again, Britney followed. Britney didn't cause/lead the teen pop/bubblegum phase like some claim; it was already being done by the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC before her, and by Christina Aguilera at the exact same time. Was she successful? Absolutely. Was she popular? Undeniably. But that doesn't = impact.

Originally posted by mdnazn