[Miguel.]

Originally posted by Glitter

While I like Don't Keep Me Waiting and everyone seems to trash that!

I love that song.

Can you turn me up? Yeah!

[Ozzy8923]

Well, I love Don't Keep Me Waiting, especially the British accent she does.

What the hell? I'm standing outside. You're changing my demeanor, come in and melt my eyes.

[Rico Shameless v2]

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

And yet she underperformed so badly. Just proves that half of Britney's fanbase were children. They made her, then she made them.

What about 'Britney' was an under-performance? The singles performed terribly worldwide and it still managed 10m+ units. It birthed DWAD, a huge tour for her. I don't believe that it's unknown that her progression in image sabotaged a lot of her appeal, as it does for anyone transitioning like that. So that's really not a point to prove, it's just obviously there and always noted when discussing her transition, rather here or in the media. She still has the most successful transition period, compared to other teen queens who tried to move on.

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

4th best selling was really compared for Britney's standards.

10mil WW isn't that impressive. People even now sell that much or even close to that. 10m WW back then would probably be like 5m WW now.

This proves my point lol

4th best-selling is not bad at all. Britney's albums always suffered on year-end charts (by suffered I mean not being able to be as high as we all know they sold) because she released in November. Therefore, a large bulk of the front-loaded sales did not count when the new year starts. And nobody has sold 10 million worldwide in a very long time, except ADELE's 21. The average is 5-6 million. There are not that many 10m+ albums in general, not post-2000.

And just to note 2001-2002 was the time physical CD sales dropped off sharply, so her image transition was not the only thing to blame.

[Rico Shameless v2]

Originally posted by Glitter

Does anyone else hate Trouble For Me, it's the only song I go out of my way not to listen to on Femme Fatale, and the auto tuned vocals near the end.

"Trouble For Me" is life. Livvi better write on album 8.!

[Jacobbb]

I feel like Britney's next album will have a bigger opening than expected, she has had so much exposure now with S&S and X-Factor. I genuinely think the general public has gained back their trust in her!

[arkl]

"Cinderella" is such a waste. The video could have been LIFE!

[Jacobbb]

Originally posted by arkl

"Cinderella" is such a waste. The video could have been LIFE!

That was such a waste of potential. That song is everything

[BabyCantYouSee]

Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2

What about 'Britney' was an under-performance? The singles performed terribly worldwide and it still managed 10m+ units. It birthed DWAD, a huge tour for her. I don't believe that it's unknown that her progression in image sabotaged a lot of her appeal, as it does for anyone transitioning like that. So that's really not a point to prove, it's just obviously there and always noted when discussing her transition, rather here or in the media. She still has the most successful transition period, compared to other teen queens who tried to move on.



4th best-selling is not bad at all. Britney's albums always suffered on year-end charts (by suffered I mean not being able to be as high as we all know they sold) because she released in November. Therefore, a large bulk of the front-loaded sales did not count when the new year starts. And nobody has sold 10 million worldwide in a very long time, except ADELE's 21. The average is 5-6 million. There are not that many 10m+ albums in general, not post-2000.

And just to note 2001-2002 was the time physical CD sales dropped off sharply, so her image transition was not the only thing to blame.

Don't get me wrong, the Britney era is awesome. It's just not my favourite. And like somebody said, Britney era had a huge promotional campaign so 10m copies is still an underperformance - especially for how big she was back then. And it's quite obvious she has the most successful transition because she was so big.

Did it chart at #4 for 2001 year end charts or 2002? And many artists even nowadays still come very close to 10m.

[Louie]

Originally posted by Glitter

Does anyone else hate Trouble For Me, it's the only song I go out of my way not to listen to on Femme Fatale, and the auto tuned vocals near the end.

The most disposable song in Britney's entire discography. E-mail My Heart > TFM, tbfh.

[Louie]

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

Don't get me wrong, the Britney era is awesome. It's just not my favourite. And like somebody said, Britney era had a huge promotional campaign so 10m copies is still an underperformance - especially for how big she was back then. And it's quite obvious she has the most successful transition because she was so big.

Did it chart at #4 for 2001 year end charts or 2002? And many artists even nowadays still come very close to 10m.

Name one artist that came close to 10m other than Gaga and ADELE in the past decade.

I think 10m copies sold after two 20m-selling albums is quite impressive. She had sold around 50 million albums with 3 albums. What else did you want? Most of today's pop girls won't reach that number even if they manage to stay relevant for a decade.

[Jacobbb]

Originally posted by Louie

The most disposable song in Britney's entire discography. E-mail My Heart > TFM, tbfh.

Email My Heart is a bop

[arkl]

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

Did it chart at #4 for 2001 year end charts or 2002? And many artists even nowadays still come very close to 10m.

#4 in 2001 within less than 2 months is IMPRESSIVE.

#4 in 2002 without frontloaded sales is IMPRESSIVE.

[Rico Shameless v2]

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

Don't get me wrong, the Britney era is awesome. It's just not my favourite. And like somebody said, Britney era had a huge promotional campaign so 10m copies is still an underperformance - especially for how big she was back then. And it's quite obvious she has the most successful transition because she was so big.

Did it chart at #4 for 2001 year end charts or 2002? And many artists even nowadays still come very close to 10m.

The promotional campaign was US only. 5 million albums when you had nothing but single failures, radio ban and dealing with even higher criticism in the public eye/media is beyond great. It also got that Pop Vocal Album nomination at the Grammys. I'm only thrown off because you said "underperformed so bad". I can't find anything so bad about 10 million albums worldwide. She was bound to drop off from Oops!, even if she did the same thing for a third time -- that would be tiring and more turn-offish for consumers at the time.

I'm not sure if it were for 2001 or 2002, but as akrl posted either one is great.

And sorry, there are not "many artists" who sell 10 million worldwide nowadays. I can't see where you figure this when the numbers look like this:

2012
1 Adele 21 8.3
2 Taylor Swift Red 5.2
3 One Direction Up All Night 4.5
4 One Direction Take Me Home 4.4
5 Lana Del Rey Born To Die 3.4
6 P!nk The Truth About Love 2.6
7 Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 2.6
8 Rihanna Unapologetic 2.3
9 Mumford & Sons Babel 2.3
10 Maroon 5 Overexposed 2.2

2011
1. Adele: 21 (15.3 million)
2. Lady Gaga: Born This Way (5.4 million)
3. Michael Buble: Christmas (5.2 million)
4. Bruno Mars: Doo-Wops & Hooligans (4 million)
5. Rihanna: Loud (3.4 million)
6. Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto (3.3 million)
7. Adele: 19 (2.8 million)
8. Mumford & Sons: Sigh No more (2.2 million)
9. Katy Perry: Teenage Dream (2.1 million)
10. Beyonce: 4 (2.1 million)

2010
1. Lady Gaga – The Fame (Monster) – 5.8 million
2. Eminem – Recovery – 5.7 million
3. Justin Bieber – My Worlds – 5.6 million
4. Lady Antebellum – Need You Now – 3.6 million
5. Taylor Swift – Speak Now – 3.5 million
6. Susan Boyle – The Gift – 3.0 million
7. Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D. – 3.0 million
8. Michael Bublé – Crazy Love – 3.0 million
9. Sadé – Soldier Of Love – 2.3 million
10. Alicia Keys – The Element Of Freedom – 2.3 million

2009
01. Susan Boyle - I Dreamed A Dream - 6,0 million copies
02. Lady GaGa - The Fame (Monster) - 5,9 million copies
03. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. - 4,6 million copies
04. Taylor Swift - Fearless - 4,2 million copies
05. Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary Reissue) - 4,0 million copies
06. Michael Jackson - Number Ones - 3,6 million copies
07. U2 - No Line On The Horizon - 3,5 million copies
08. Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night - 3,5 million copies
09. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love - 3,3 million copies
10. Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce - 3,2 million copies

Now which of these albums are anywhere near or surpassed 10 million today? Right. ADELE and Gaga's combined The Fame + The Fame Monster.

Like I said, the average worldwide seller is 5-6 million theses days. That's why it was such an uproar about whether BTW (album) actually sold 8 million or not (it didn't) because nobody crosses that territory today, not even 7 million.

[Louie]

2012
1 Adele 21 8.3
2 Taylor Swift Red 5.2
3 One Direction Up All Night 4.5
4 One Direction Take Me Home 4.4
5 Lana Del Rey Born To Die 3.4
6 P!nk The Truth About Love 2.6
7 Rod Stewart Rod Stewart 2.6
8 Rihanna Unapologetic 2.3
9 Mumford & Sons Babel 2.3
10 Maroon 5 Overexposed 2.2

Circus could have been the 5th best selling album of the year if released in 2012 with a full-year calender.

[Typhlosion]

Originally posted by Louie

The most disposable song in Britney's entire discography. E-mail My Heart > TFM, tbfh.

TFM> Yo wig.

[Ozzy8923]

Originally posted by Louie

Circus could have been the 5th best selling album of the year if released in 2012 with a full-year calender.

And Femme Fatale might of made it into the top 15.

[CaptainMusic]

Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee

Britney's most complex choreo is What It's Like To Be Me from the DWAD tour.

Not even close. MATM DESTROYS that.

[Fernando.]

Does anyone else like trouble? I never hear praise for that song ))

[Aleks]

'Britney' singles performed quite well WW though, it's just in the US they flopped due to the radio ban. Selling 5m copies in the US is impressive when your songs are not on the radio, she had a huge starpower back then.

[Louie]

Originally posted by Fernando.

Does anyone else like trouble? I never hear praise for that song ))

The best bonus track of all time.