Yeah you guys just cling to Say Something

you said 30, but your link says 19. where did you get 30 from?
why did they leave out the Asian branches? could it be because they no longer operate there?
they probably are for Japan, but then that would be 20 countries and not 30


Xtina is a stronger albums artist.

we don't cling to her debut and total sales because we know for as long as Xtina is beautiful and talented, she'll continue to stay relevant and periodically successful for many more years to come.
sorry about your fave

Yeah for a couple era.

She just did

These essays don't change the fact that Britney clearly could only rule a year, and not multiple years like her bigger peer Christina Aguilera.

+ Ya'll keep bringing up collabos like it's a bad thing, Britney's last, and final hit's a collabo (S&S), and Brit released 2 collabos this year trying to get a hit but they both bombed.

Britney Spears used to be one of the most popular pop acts in the world indeed, but saying that she was the only one at the top of the game is quite delusional.
In 1999 she had to share her spotlight with Christina Aguilera - although both did very well in the US market and Britney even outselling Christina's album sales overseas, Christina had more hit singles off her debut album - so it was basically a tie. It was definitely all about Christina and Britney for two years or so.

2001-2002: her third album was a great commercial success but its singles tanked. Even though her fans like to address "I'm a Slave 4 U" as a huge hit single, it was far from being one. It did have an iconic VMA performance but that was pretty much this. On the other hand, artists like P!nk and newcomer Avril Lavigne were doing far better than her on the charts.

2003: again, Christina being her main rival. Even though In the Zone came out when Christina was about to finish her Stripped Era, she gave her a hard time: Christina won every possible award she could get that year (minus VMAs), she grossed the biggest female tour of the year (over 100M, when Britney struggled to reach the 60M mark with her latest tour at the time.) And of course, Stripped being another multi-platinum album and scoring hit singles. Add Beyoncé to that package and the way that "Crazy in Love" came strong for "Toxic"s wig. Oh, let us not forget J-Lo - another HUGE threat in the US market.

From 2007 to 2011, she had to share the spot with even more pop girls. Rihanna, Beyoncé (again!), P!nk, Lady Gaga... failing at overcoming any of them.
Nowadays... well, I don't even know where to start it.

She was ultra talented, gorgeous, and offered a triple threat (vocalist/dancer/actress). The other girls of the era couldn't come close.

The link lists 21 countries, sis. They have Nielsen in 100 countries in some capacity or another. And most of the Asian Nielsen Soundscan entities are used for Billboard charts still (see Billboard Japan and the K-Pop Hot 100).

Christina's global album sales are less than half of Britney's. Her Nielsen Soundscan sales are at 17,900,000 in the U.S. and Britney is at 33,222,983.

My fave is still more globally successful, incredibly more relevant (see none of her albums missing the top 5 in the U.S. like Lotus) and much more beautiful. Don't feel bad for me

Just a couple of notes:

* Christina's debut album sold 14M WW and its singles sold less WW than Britney's. They only charted better in the U.S. because they had physical releases whereas Britney's singles sans ...BOMT and From the Bottom of My Broken Heart (the 8th best-selling single of the past decade) did. Britney's singles far outperformed Christina's WW, her tour grossed considerably more and her album sold 25M WW. She easily outdid Christina

* "I'm a Slave 4 U" had a radio ban in the U.S. Britney is the fourth highest-selling album released in 2001, regardless.

* Stripped was done WW by the time In the Zone was released. "Me Against the Music" outpeaked any Christina Aguilera single despite having a radio ban in the U.S. and Britney's follow-up single "Toxic" (her first after winning her lawsuit against Clear Channel in late 2003) was a bigger hit than Christina has ever had. Its digital sales, recurrent views and recurrent airplay are incredible.

Better than never ;'(

She didn't rule any world lol. Her debut was big (although EXTREMELY local) and then she started plummeting after that. She ruled those 2 years and then she was ALWAYS overshadowed by Beyoncé, Christina and many other artists.

She had a cute run back then, but she was always second best.

Nnnnnnnn

The last part... I can't stress it enough.

It effortlessly drags 90% of atrl to hell and back.

combination of getting lucky with great management/producers/etc who gave her the right image and music and having that star power/spark/whatever you want to call it. not to mention she worked hard and hustled at the time, promoted like crazy, danced her ass off, etc.

No sweetie, you keep contradicting yourself in every paragraph.

I stopped taking you seriously when you tried to imply that hit singles>album sales.

If your skewed, biasly categorized logic was true, then why did Brit end up selling more than everyone mentioned?

Not only sales but why does Britney have more recognized songs from that era than all of the number ones that "overcame" her?

Of course the Stripped tour grossed more than DWAD! Though very far from "100M" it grossed a bit more than dwad because it lasted more than Britney's tour. She toured more countries than Britney. The DWADT wasn't a real world tour.

Also, the "Britney" era had no US hit singles and was severely damaged by 9/11 as were other artists at the time. Britney was radio banned and concentrating on her movies. Plus wasn't Xtina the opening act for JT's Justified tour at the beginning?



Again in 2007. How can you compare her efforts with the others who were peaking when Brit was at her lowest? Even then Britney managed to start many trends and get her most artistically appraised, most influencial album (according to Rolling Stones) in that state.

just was the favourite back in the days!


im started to miss the days when Britney, Avril etc slayed i don't like this new era.

This.

Plus her team has being screwing up since day one.

She could've had way more #1 singles, sold millions of albums more and grossed much more on tour had her team not screwed up.

They are lucky the girl they were marketing has such great intuition and the real X factor and the charisma and talent to run this empire known as Britney Spears.

I love Christina too but let's be honest and real, she'll always be on Britney's shadow. So stop it.