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Music News: Christina Aguilera: "Keeps Gettin' Better" era discussion
Member Since: 6/1/2008
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Originally posted by ShakTinaOnce_fan
but Britney has always been more popluar than CHristina  why didnt she get #1's from 1999-2005? your post makes no sense. anywways I belive Christina can get another #1 people are still intrested in her KGB peaked at #2 on intunes and #11 on pop radio.
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Because Radio hasn't liked Britney.
From 2001-2002 she was blacklisted.
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Member Since: 5/17/2006
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
LMFAO, tell me you're not serious, Saba. 
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I know it was on there longer then day like you said
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Member Since: 5/17/2006
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Yet, you contribute to it. Interesting
I haven't been in here for weeks knowing it getting bumped couldn't possibly be because her album/single is a success or music news in general. So this basically should be a closed thread, or merged with NHB.
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Becase ever time i say something someone else responds to start **** again
The thread would not be any difrent till people grow up and realize it not 1999
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Originally posted by Saba
I know it was on there longer then day like you said
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I said a day and half. And that was it. 
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Member Since: 7/15/2007
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I need the new album right now! 
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Member Since: 4/18/2008
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Originally posted by Saba
Good lord my final say on this topic, yes sales are a idication of their popularity but do you really only listen to artist becase they are only popular? Becase if you do i really dont know what to tell you are missing out on a bunch of great artist, I mean seriously i dont know many people that go around and say omg omg i like so and so just becase she is popular most people when it comes to artist they becase of their music.
BTW hilter was loved by so many people in germany? does that mean we should praise his popularity as well
ok i done being a smart ass
i never said you are a hater either
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You really don't get the point, do you? -
If an artist is more popular, it means his sales are higher, meaning his music is more loved!!! Not because he was first popular, but because more people loved his music better from the first place, and that's what made him more popular!!!
I have a very diveresed taste in music - Britney Spears, Cee Lo, Gnarls Barkley, Jamie Lidell, Robin Thicke, N.E.R.D, Neon Neon, SugaRush Beat Company, Plantlife, The Raconteurs, The Mighty Underdogs, Lupe Fiasco, Royksopp, M.I.A, Sam Sparro, Nikka Costa etc. I bet you've never heard about some of them before.
Dear, I suggest you read my post again because you keep on missing my point.
Hitler was a genius, period. He used his amazing qualities for fullfiling his wills, which were bad ones, but still, he was a genius. We shouldn't "praise" him, but we should definitely recognize the fact that he was a genius [and I am a Jew who lives in Israel, so trust me, I know a lot about Hitler].
Hitler used unconventional techniques such as brain washing to win his popularity so it's a completely different case so.. your comparison is quite ridiculous  .
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Member Since: 2/9/2008
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Please don't bring Hitler into this.
Anyway, popularity doesn't necessarily equate to better music. Just look at Soulja Boy--the golden example. But in this case I think Britney's music correlates to her popularity. Plain and simple, her albums are more consistent and easier on the ears than Christina's.
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Member Since: 6/16/2006
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LMAO...this argument is still going on?
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Member Since: 4/18/2008
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Originally posted by R`0`K`R
LMAO...this argument is still going on?
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And it will keep on going until Saba will get the point of it!!
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Member Since: 11/25/2008
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
Please don't bring Hitler into this.
Anyway, popularity doesn't necessarily equate to better music. Just look at Soulja Boy--the golden example. But in this case I think Britney's music correlates to her popularity. Plain and simple, her albums are more consistent and easier on the ears than Christina's.
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That your opinion though, for me Britney's last two albums sound alike and really has no growth, and I rather listen to Christina's music because it is more pleasant for my ears.
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Member Since: 6/16/2006
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Originally posted by D.M.F
That your opinion though, for me Britney's last two albums sound alike and really has no growth, and I rather listen to Christina's music because it is more pleasant for my ears.
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Agreed. And it always something different with Christina. <3
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Member Since: 4/18/2008
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Originally posted by D.M.F
That your opinion though, for me Britney's last two albums sound alike and really has no growth, and I rather listen to Christina's music because it is more pleasant for my ears.
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Well, not exactly. Both Brit and Christian are mainstream artists who pretty much, along the years, promoted their music equally. Still, Britney, all along the way, was more successful and popular than Christina, meaning - more people connected her music. If Christina wasn't a mainstream artist and didn't promote herself, it was a different story, but since she is..
So, basically, it's the majority's opinion, not just Eli's one.
Yet again, this discussion isn't about "who's music is better" since it's a subjective thing..
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Originally posted by D.M.F
That your opinion though, for me Britney's last two albums sound alike and really has no growth, and I rather listen to Christina's music because it is more pleasant for my ears.
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She has no room to grow. Her albums are pop perfection--nobody comes close. I'm being honest. I cannot think of a pop album from the past two years that is as good as Blackout and Circus.
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Just no. Strippeed & Back to basics > anything else
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In the Zone, Blackout and Circus are so much better... If only you could look beyond the vocals.
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For B2B to sell 4 million+/- is good, because it was not mainstream sounding, it was mainly throwback and jazz.
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But she is a mainstream artist and came off of a top five hit.
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Originally posted by D.M.F
For B2B to sell 4 million+/- is good, because it was not mainstream sounding, it was mainly throwback and jazz.
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First of all, B2B didn't sale 4 million+, it barley sold 4 million [and I am being kind here]. Second of all, B2B is definitely mainstream sounding, you obviously never heard real jazz music.
B2B is slightly influenced by jazz, only just slightly. Hurt isn't mainstream? Oh Mother isn't mainstream? Candy Man isn't mainstream? Come on man  She even worked with mainstream producers.
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
In the Zone, Blackout and Circus are so much better... If only you could look beyond the vocals.
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Lyrics: Christina- Written by herself not like britney
Vocals: Christina
Songs: Its your opinion
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Member Since: 9/7/2008
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The argument between Britney and Christina fans has been going on for years. Since Christina and Britney both got their start as teen pop stars at roughly the same point in time with roughly similar sounding debut hit singles, people compare the two. I don't know when people decided that one of them had to fail for the other to succeed, but the flawed idea that both artists cannot be successful is what has been fueling the feud between the fans for years.
People need to accept that while Christina and Britney had similar backgrounds and their careers started in the a similar manner, they are both two very different artists and need to be treated as such. Britney is well-known for consistent catalogue of dance-pop hits, while Christina is known for her artistic sensibilities in pop music. Britney is known for her charisma on stage and her dancing ability and Christina is known for impressive vocals. Britney is known for collaborating with top notch dance-pop producers such as Bloodshy and Avant and Danja, while Christina has performed with legendary performers like Elton John and The Rolling Stones. Comparing the two is not reasonable because they make different music. Both have different strengths and weaknesses. Pop music is diverse. Although Spears and Aguilera may have started in the same place, they have taken different paths to where they are today and thus they are different artists.
That being said, I am sick and tired of people bashing Christina. I love Britney Spears as much as the next person, but to say that Britney Spears is a more respectable artist than Christina is absolutely inaccurate. Britney's comeback has been orchestrated by a group of very skilled professionals ranging from managers to producers to directors to choreographers. Simply put, the record label relaunched Britney's career because there was too much money invested in her to let her stop recording music. Fortunately for the label, Britney legally lost control of her personal life so she had to comply. Britney has had very little to do with her comeback. The most she ever did to keep her career was to keep the public interested in her with an incessant stream of increasingly-outrageous antics in the tabloids. Frankly, if she hadn't gone crazy, there would not be nearly as much interest in her as there is now. She has been responsible for her image, for better or for worse. However, from a musical end of things almost all of the credit for her new album should go to the producers and her management.
Christina, on the other hand, has integrity and credibility as a musical artist. She co-wrote almost all, if not all, of the songs on Back To Basics and was responsible for the creation of the album from its inception. It was her brainchild and she deserves credit for what she has accomplished. She is truly talented as a vocalist. She may not be as good of an entertainer as Britney, and I'm not denying that she has some issues. However, it is an outrage that fans of a woman who has little to no artistic integrity would bash Christina on the grounds of artistry. Britney doesn't sing live ever and gave one of the worst performances in the history of the Video Music Awards (which is really saying something) just over a year ago, yet Britney fans want to diss Christina's professional live performances? Britney once shaved her head and made tragic fashion choices day after day after day before she had a team of stylists planning her outfits, yet Britney fans now think its okay to call Christina a fat clown? Britney's new era is circus themed, an idea that Christina explored two years ago with the Hurt video, VMA performance, tour and Back to Basics album art, yet Britney fans accuse Christina of being unoriginal and copying Gaga when it has been made clear that Christina is inspired by Warhol and Nico? Britney fans compare Circus, one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year containing all new material, with a greatest-hits album only sold in one retailer and only containing two all new tracks? Please. The hate for Christina is generated because Christina's talent (which has been recognized by legitimate artistic organizations) threatens talentless pop music acts.
Although it may seem like I am biased towards Christina, please don't misunderstand my position. I like both Christina and Britney, but I realize that they are different and cannot be compared to one another. I am upset with hypocritical people who compare the two on artistic grounds and take unjustified shots at Christina. My goal with this post is to expose the Britney-Christina comparisons for what they are: bitter, childish and unfounded.
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