THE mother of all chart battles kicks off a week today.
Pop divas BRITNEY SPEARS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, LEONA LEWIS and BEYONCE are releasing singles on the same day.
I’m dubbing November 3 D-Day in honour of the four babes as they go head to head.
The impending scrap, pitting our biggest female stars against each other in the ultimate chart catfight, is too close to call.
Recent pop history hasn’t seen a tussle like it, and I’m eagerly awaiting the outcome.
Until her problems, Britney was considered the undisputed queen of the crop. But last year’s public meltdown badly damaged her standing.
Her new offering, Womanizer, is another precision-tooled pop rocket. The video has her writhing naked in a sauna and, surprise surprise, is getting loads of airplay.
I can also exclusively reveal her eagerly awaited X Factor slot will be on November 29. Britney’s one time arch-rival Christina is issuing the title track from Keeps Gettin’ Better, her Greatest Hits collection, and it’s a stomping glam-pop banger.
Forgive Me sees Leona ditching gut-busting ballads for an up-tempo R&B number.
Glory
Finally, Beyonce’s track If I Were A Boy, which is released digitally, is probably the most surprising of the lot.
She’s already ahead on points thanks to the stunning promo shot shown above, and has produced a belting but serious ballad about the (alleged) faults of the male species.
HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said: “We haven’t had a heavyweight chart battle like this for a while. It’s wide open but you have to fancy Britney, perhaps just ahead of Leona.”
In terms of album sales Britney is way ahead of the pack with an extraordinary 76million under her belt.
Beyonce has sold 63million, though half were with former group DESTINY’S CHILD.
Christina is next with 42million while Leona has notched up three million sales, for her debut Spirit — but she is the biggest-selling artist of the year so far Stateside.
Rest assured, I’ll bring you the latest from the epic battle as it happens.
I’ve got my fingers crossed for the home-grown talent though.
I think it'll be Britney at #1 seeing as how Britney has already made #1 in 4 countries. America, Canada, Norway & Sweden. I believe the top 3 will belong to.
Can't wait for the performance. Because Beyonce is performing on the last night and doing a duet with one of the finalists, as will Take That. And Alicia Keys & Jack White are gonna be performing Simon Cowell has went all out this year
Leon Jackson, Girls Aloud, -, Who's this saturdays ?
I'd prefer Womanizer to hit the top spot, which is likely but, the only one that desarve to overtake Britney is Leona.
I don't want her to do it but if she will, I'd be less pissed off if lets say, Beyonce will.[I don't think Christina has a chance, as I said already, she's the underdog IMO].
Womanizer is simply better than KGB and IIWAB in my honest opinion.
Womanizer is being released in the UK on NOVEMBER 24TH.
Unless the digital comes out that week.
yeah its digital.Leona & Christinas physical release is November 4th.Beyonces is the 11th & Britneys the 24th.but there all being released digitaly on November 3rd.