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Celeb News: Is Britney Spears The New Michael Jackson?
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Is Britney Spears The New Michael Jackson?
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An interesting fan-written forum post was published yesterday that makes the argument that Britney Spears has become “the new Michael Jackson” in that they are the only artists that can release albums and songs and have their music dominate the music charts without having to do much of any promotion at all. I have to say, it’s hard to argue with reasoning like that.
Here is the full text of the forum post that caught my attention, the author makes a lot of great points:
Britney Spears has spent the past week shattering records: her incredible new song “Hold It Against Me,” which smuggles industrial, dubstep, and rave beats onto American radio, annihilated Mariah Carey’s first-day spin record to debut with an astonishing 700 plays — only to go on to defeat Eminem for the first-week spin record, too, racking up an unprecedented 4,600 plays. The song is set to debut at a mind-blowing #16 on the pop charts, tying Madonna’s “Frozen” and failing only to match Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover.” But a word of caution about the “Dreamlover” record: what matters more is absolute, not relative domination: “Hold It Against Me” outdid “Dreamlover” on all of the fundamentals. “Hold It Against Me” only ranks lower because of its impressive competition (“Firework,” “Grenade,” “We R Who We R”) — in a weak field, such as the one that “3″ faced, Britney might have even debuted in the Top 10.
Most incredibly, though: the track is set to follow “3″ to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Britney only the third artist ever — Celine Dion and Mariah Carey are the others — to have more than one #1 debut to her name — and only the second ever — besides Mariah Carey — to have two consecutive #1 debuts. (With her second single imminent and more goodwill behind her than ever, could Britney destroy this record, too?) Wow.
There is only one other artist who could have dropped a single, grant no radio interviews, no live performances, and no buzz campaign — and have it arrive to this kind of reception. His name was Michael Jackson.
This confirms that Britney’s “competition” is now taking place primarily in the history books, not the charts. The new argument should be about where she ranks amongst pop legends: others in her lane include Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Madonna. Lady Gaga is in the rearview mirror, trying to outdo contemporaries like Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Ke$ha. (Compare Bad Romance’s first-day spins — 180 — with California Gurls’ — 200 — and Only Girl — 200.) All of these artists have been on the scene for only a few years. That Britney is even being compared to them is merely testimony to the fact that she is sublimely relevant this far into her career in a way that Celine Dion was not fifteen years into hers. The interest in Britney has not let up and shows no signs of doing so: and right now, it’s for all the right reasons — her top-rate pop music and the imminent return of her legendary dancing skills.
Britney Spears has retained a mystique that other artists simply can’t come close to: an intangible aura that makes people want to know what her next move is — even nearly thirteen years after her debut. She doesn’t have to rely on gimmicks, she doesn’t have to embark on a media blitz, and she doesn’t have to “live her act” in public — indeed, her humility and down-to-earth sensibility is evident for all to see every time she goes out in some trashy weave or refuses to bother with make-up. She just doesn’t care about public image — and thank God for it. She lets her work speak for itself — and it does. She smiles, places her single on iTunes — “Oh, I’ll just leave this here” — and the entire pop world loses its mind. The power of Britney in that arena is like nothing since Michael Jackson. If we’re going to talk comparisons, Britney’s total domination should draw questions of whether she has cemented herself as being in the same ranks as Madonna and Michael Jackson yet, or whether it’s going to take another five years — not whether she can outdo the latest It-Girl who only hit it big two years ago.
Britney has an uncanny ability to do whatever she wants — including losing her mind — and STILL enjoy untouchable success. The woman went on a world tour of sold out venues just a year after she was admitted into a psychiatric hospital after suffering a mental breakdown … who else could do something like that? Michael Jackson, that’s who. Altho he was never hospitalized like Britney was, he endured TWO high profile child molestation scandals and was set to play a series of sold out performances at the O2 Arena in London. While there are many differences between the two artists, there are many similarities … like, for example, chart dominance. As was predicted earlier this week, Britney‘s new single Hold It Against Me has debuted in the #1 spot on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 Singles Chart.
Living legend, y’all. In the end it may be going a bit far to call Britney the new Michael Jackson … but not by much. The girl just has that certain something that makes her a superstar. What do y’all think … is Britney Spears the new King, er Queen of Pop?
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I've never really been a fan of MJ tbh so in many ways I actually prefer Britney.
However he's done some truly innovative, out-of-the-box, game-changing things that she simply hasn't.
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No. She's the first Britney. ![Alexz](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ec20fb7f.gif)
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no ![coffee2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/b80efe23.gif)
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Originally posted by Naaji GaGa
I don't see it. So no.
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Did you read it?
They're not comparing talents. This is the main idea:
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they are the only artists that can release albums and songs and have their music dominate the music charts without having to do much of any promotion at all
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No. She's the new Queen of Pop. If Madonna doesn't release a new album AND impact worldwide, then her job is done. ![Alexz 2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/alexz2_zps7d3bf068.gif)
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Originally posted by Chemist
Did you read it?
They're not comparing talents. This is the main idea:
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I see her if anything as the next Madonna.. and who said I said anything about talents.. I see Madonnas & Britney success equal imo. Michael not so much.
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It was clear to me when she had her much-publicized breakdown in 2007 and how she automatically became the most hated person int he world in all accounts -- that she has long swerve that MJ/Madge route and started her own. #justsaying
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Originally posted by DX7
No. She's the new Queen of Pop. If Madonna doesn't release a new album AND impact worldwide, then her job is done. ![Alexz 2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/alexz2_zps7d3bf068.gif)
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NO! She's the old, present, and new BRITNEY SPEARS! I hate people that try to do the "Next ___________." The article was well done till that part though.
The thing is Britney has placed herself in a position to where she can do little to no promo and still break records with ease. She has an "IT" factor that won't fade away and millions around the world dream of possessing. The parallels between the two are similar in a way, but I think Britney has earned the distinction of having someone be called, "The next Britney Spears" or so on, not her be questioned of being the next_________________. She passed that phase after the ITZ era in my opinion.
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Originally posted by foxaylove
NO! She's the old, present, and new BRITNEY SPEARS! I hate people that try to do the "Next ___________." The article was well done till that part though.
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I hope everyone here to at least take a look on the article before posting. ![coffee2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/b80efe23.gif)
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I don't think she's on their level just yet.. But I feel she could one day..
The impact that Madonna and Michael had is Huuuge.. I kno Britney's impact has been pretty big too, but not as big or as influential..
Plus you have/had Madonna and Michael sellin out Stadiums and Britney arenas..
But she is pop royalty I must admit..
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Originally posted by Gui Blackout
I hope everyone here to at leat take a look on the article before posting. ![coffee2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/b80efe23.gif)
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Yh but you know sometimes they have blindness in these kind of threads ![rolleyes](http://www.atrl.net/forums/images/smilies/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
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her humility and down-to-earth sensibility is evident for all to see every time she goes out in some trashy weave or refuses to bother with make-up. She just doesn’t care about public image — and thank God for it.
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I love this ![smitten2](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/28be1040.gif) and it's one of the main reasons she has so many stans, because she's always been real
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Originally posted by bigpimpdaddy
I don't think she's on their level just yet.. But I feel she could one day..
The impact that Madonna and Michael had is Huuuge.. I kno Britney's impact has been pretty big too, but not as big or as influential..
Plus you have/had Madonna and Michael sellin out Stadiums and Britney arenas..
But she is pop royalty I must admit..
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As far as the magnitude of her power, I would place her on the same level as them. No one besides Beyonce can even be in the discussion about such magnitude from our current generation, and even between those two there is a huge gap.
Um.....Britney has sold out stadium concerts since she was 18 years old and in different countries at that (US, Mexico, Japan, Denmark, Brazil, Portugal, and such).
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I like her but she's not even close to HM The King of Pop. Her fans are out of control
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