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Celeb News: The Observer UK: Beyoncé is artist of the decade
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The ignorance in this thread. Everyone bringing up Madonna and Michael Jackson...
Hello! "...OF THE DECADE".
Yes, Madonna's 21st century albums have been pretty decent, and she's a powerhouse at tours, but as far as anything else goes.... Also, shame on the majority of you for using Michael's name because of his death. He was an 80's artist; get over it.
The arguments are pretty irrelevant as well. The fact that Beyoncé's U.S. success doesn't necessarily transfer over to the UK, and she can still be named "Artist of The Decade", should be a culmination to the hostility - seriously.
On a side note, though, I really don't see either Usher or Eminem as contenders for "Artist of the Decade".
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better Eminem than Beyonce. So we won't have the ******** talking...
And WTF some people here have eaten ****.... really, Britney might not be as talented as Beyonce, but she did had MUCH MORE CULTURE impact than Beyonce, Britney is an international recognized legendary icon... She just sold almost 100 million albums and singles during the decade, had top grossingn tours, highest selling albums, 2x Diamond albums in the US, 5 #1s (Pop), Top selling female of the decade, Most Top 40 entries, she holds multiple international records, has a star in Hollywood Walk Of Fame, She's recognized by the "past figures" like Madonna and Michael Jackson for example, her performances and some of her singles are a part of pop culture, and Beyonce is the artist of the decade? Well, in U.S. terms she earned more Hot 100 #1s, and that's what count? No culture impact??? Well, They gotta review some rules....
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tho im happy for miss. Giselle Knowles
BRITNEY HAS TRULY DOOOONE IT UPP and DESERVES it
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The ignorance in this thread. Everyone bringing up Madonna and Michael Jackson...
Hello! "...OF THE DECADE".
Yes, Madonna's 21st century albums have been pretty decent, and she's a powerhouse at tours, but as far as anything else goes.... Also, shame on the majority of you for using Michael's name because of his death. He was an 80's artist; get over it.
The arguments are pretty irrelevant as well. The fact that Beyoncé's U.S. success doesn't necessarily transfer over to the UK, and she can still be named "Artist of The Decade", should be a culmination to the hostility - seriously.
On a side note, though, I really don't see either Usher or Eminem as contenders for "Artist of the Decade".
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Exactly. Nobody can run through a decade with several hits, solid album sales and cultural impact, if you want to mention, Crazy in Love and Single Ladies, even the local hit Irreplaceable will still kill you with tons of ripoff songs. Madonna and MJ are so 80s. Britney could only be shining at the beginning of the decade, then plummeting and turn into a normal superstar since many uncontrollable breakdowns. Blackout is a flop, or underperforming album. Circus is absolutely not ground-breaking. Her tour is huge, but does it mean anything since you guys already ignored US #1s from Beyoncé? And I'm not sure since people interests which are in the Circus era ain't any massive, which can make they join her next tour crazily, the successful past time in 2000s?
Where are Usher and Eminem after "Here I Am" and "Relapse"?
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Madonna and MJ are so 80s.
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If my queen B, you mean queen Britney, than yes, I agree. Briteny is that artist.
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Queen B refers to Beyoncé, and then, yes, you can leave now with Jorbacca and Allison.
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Queen B refers to Beyoncé, and then, yes, you can leave now with Jorbacca and Allison.
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Britney Spears:
Best Selling Album by a Teenage Solo Artist - ...Baby One More Time
Fastest Most No. 1 Singles on UK chart by a Teenage Female Solo Artist
Best Selling Teenage Artist
Most Searched Person on the Internet (2003-2009)
Youngest Female Artist To Have Five Of Her Albums Reach #1 On The Music Charts.
The eighth best-selling female recording artist in the United States with 32 million sold albums certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
She has been given a star on the Walk of Fame, the youngest singer to do so.
Her career success was highlighted by Forbes magazine in 2002 when Spears was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity, the first and only musician to reach number 1. The first female in the Nielsen SoundScan era to have her first four studio albums to debut at number one.
The only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 copies or more.
The youngest female artist to occupy the #1 spot on the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 album chart at the same time.
The artist with the most Mainstream Top 40 chart hits since 2000.
She has been Yahoo!'s and Google's most popular search term for the last four consecutive years (2005-2009), seven times in total.
The biggest selling musician worldwide this decade (2000-2010) with global album and single sales of over 100 million as of 2009.
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NOBODY REMEMBERS THIS UNFORTUNATELY. I promise today, exceptin the Britney's fans, no one really remembers her achievements, or her as a talented artist! HER CAREER in the other hand was highlighted by the breakdown, yes, her fame is based now on the breakdown unfortunately, it made ppl forget about everythin else, from chart-topping pop princess of the 1990s, to broken wreck.
How she managed to have those numbers?
First white pop teen star, u dont need no talent for that, u dont need to sing live for that, just catchy songs and a cute innocent face and style! In the game there was no real young teen, it was Mariah, Whitney, Janet and the others in the 1990's, Britney was young enough to conquer the market of adolescents who are the ones who buy music DUH!
It was 1999 when the teen sensation that was Britney Spears first burst onto television screens worldwide. Dressed in a Catholic school uniform, with her blonde hair in pigtails and gloss-heavy lips begging listeners to hit her baby one more time, Britney was the perfect combination of teenage innocence and coquettish deviance.With the arrival of the new millennium, this fresh teen queen had officially established herself as a top female artist, selling more than 70 million records and ranking as the most powerful celebrity in the world on Forbes Magazine’s 2002 list.
Yet despite global acclaim for her music, it was Britney’s sexual image and social life that took prime place under the world spotlight. From her boyfriends to her breasts, her break-ups and back tattoos, the world was hooked on the comings and goings of its newest teen starlet.
In 2003, Britney, having reached the peak of her career, began a rapid descent from angel of innocence to sexual deviant. Quick marriages, children, eccentric attitude.
Perhaps the only thing more disastrous to Britney’s public image than her 2004 marriage was her text message divorce in November of 2006. It seems that this event was the catalyst to a period of most significant controversy – an extended breakdown in the life of a teen star that continues to captivate the paparazzi, control tabloid covers and enthrall fans and foes across the globe.
From befriending party girl Paris Hilton to famously being photographed without her underwear, shaving her head and losing custody of her kids, the year 2007 will no doubt go down in history as a Britney Spears breakdown hell.
Indeed the true story of Britney’s decline is far more scandalous and truly indecent than the most outrageous of mid-day soap operas. In the space of a mere year, Britney has managed to get divorced via text message, be charged with hit-and-run, attack the paparazzi with an umbrella, drive continually without a license, be forced to undergo random drug testing, suffer a mini meltdown at an Ok! Magazine photo shoot, have an affair with a paparazzi, be dropped by two divorce attorneys, be investigated for child abuse, get a restraining order slapped on her, run over a paparazzi’s foot, be involved in a sex tape scandal, miss almost every court appearance in favour of partying all night and give the most infamously terrible performance of her career at the 2007 MTV Awards. And that’s just the start of it.
The most recent development in this saga? On the night of January 3rd, police were called to Britney’s Los Angeles home after the pop diva took her two kids hostage and refused to follow court-appointed custody orders. Following a three hour stand-off documented by thousands of light-bulb flashing paparazzi, Britney was rushed off to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, from where she was released the following day (after a personal consultation with Dr Phil of course).
I have nothing against Britney Spears, but this woman will be remembered for being a teen queen from 1999 to 2003, the rest is a hot mess! And its that mess that ppl remember from her! Her personal life surpassed her work! I give her the amazing sales, yes! But From selling 20 millions for an album, year after year she kept declining to sell now barely 4 million! Say what U want, but the numbers here confirm that Beyoncé and Gaga outsell Britney both in the US and internationally, Beyoncé never sold 20 millions for an album but her sales are consistent, from 2000 to 2009! Beyoncé shows how to handle success in an excellent manner! You can be Queen Britney but u cant even handle ur own success? I give her the credit for comin back in 2008 after being exploited in 2007 with the flop 'blackout' (which is a good album though) but I personnally hated her songs from circus and didnt buy her album (Im still listennin to Slave 4 U). Beyoncé owned 2008 and 2009, so owned her come back! Sorry! Only MTV tried to save her in the bbeginnnin when she released her album but they admitted at the end Beyoncé is the queen! And the tour? I heard bad reviews of it, her fans will claim its a good show, but how can u be a queen without singin LIVE to your fans or being that lazy to dance? How can u be a queen when u dont give yourself 100% to ur fans? How can u be a queen when there is no vocal growth since 2000? How can u be a Queen when your albums and singles are underperforming than what was expected? Lets be real, its Britney, I thought, every single would have been #1 since its a comeback! When she hits #1, she stays there for 1 or 2 weeks only!
If Britney is a queen, its certainly the first and last real sucessful pop teen queen the world witnessed! Thats it! We give her the credit for her amazing sales from being the teen queen during 1999 to 2003. But thats not a decade! Decade means 2000 to 2009, u gotta be active all these years, thats how u own a decade!
U cant be mad at me, U know damn well thats the truth oh please!
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Originally posted by Linnen Armani
Exactly. Nobody can run through a decade with several hits, solid album sales and cultural impact, if you want to mention, Crazy in Love and Single Ladies, even the local hit Irreplaceable will still kill you with tons of ripoff songs. Madonna and MJ are so 80s. Britney could only be shining at the beginning of the decade, then plummeting and turn into a normal superstar since many uncontrollable breakdowns. Blackout is a flop, or underperforming album. Circus is absolutely not ground-breaking. Her tour is huge, but does it mean anything since you guys already ignored US #1s from Beyoncé? And I'm not sure since people interests which are in the Circus era ain't any massive, which can make they join her next tour crazily, the successful past time in 2000s?
Where are Usher and Eminem after "Here I Am" and "Relapse"?
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Britney has went through the decade with hits and solid album sales. Madonna & MJ are so 80s??? Both Top 5 of Billboard's Top Artists of 1990s, and the success of Madonna this decade.
Blackout underperforming has nothing to do with the other 23M albums she has sold in the US the last 10 years. Circus not being "groundbreaking" doesn't take away it's 1.6 million it sold in the states this past year.
Saying this era was not massive or people didn't care? Not only has the album sold 3.2 million worldwide which is nothing to laugh at since the highest is 4 million. The Circus Tour is the top grossing female tour and top grossing pop tour this past year. It's ending totals will go beyond $120-130M+ with 1.6 million+ in attendence.
If anything that is massive interest/demand. You are comparing her to the last Eminem & Usher projects whereas they didn't get the hits and notice the Circus era did. You're going to idiotic lengths to prove Britney is not a lead contender in the year-end, and it's really stupid IMO.
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NOBODY REMEMBERS THIS UNFORTUNATELY. I promise today, exceptin the Britney's fans, no one really remembers her achievements, or her as a talented artist! HER CAREER in the other hand was highlighted by the breakdown, yes, her fame is based now on the breakdown unfortunately, it made ppl forget about everythin else, from chart-topping pop princess of the 1990s, to broken wreck.
How she managed to have those numbers?
First white pop teen star, u dont need no talent for that, u dont need to sing live for that, just catchy songs and a cute innocent face and style! In the game there was no real young teen, it was Mariah, Whitney, Janet and the others in the 1990's, Britney was young enough to conquer the market of adolescents who are the ones who buy music DUH!
It was 1999 when the teen sensation that was Britney Spears first burst onto television screens worldwide. Dressed in a Catholic school uniform, with her blonde hair in pigtails and gloss-heavy lips begging listeners to hit her baby one more time, Britney was the perfect combination of teenage innocence and coquettish deviance.With the arrival of the new millennium, this fresh teen queen had officially established herself as a top female artist, selling more than 70 million records and ranking as the most powerful celebrity in the world on Forbes Magazine’s 2002 list.
Yet despite global acclaim for her music, it was Britney’s sexual image and social life that took prime place under the world spotlight. From her boyfriends to her breasts, her break-ups and back tattoos, the world was hooked on the comings and goings of its newest teen starlet.
In 2003, Britney, having reached the peak of her career, began a rapid descent from angel of innocence to sexual deviant. Quick marriages, children, eccentric attitude.
Perhaps the only thing more disastrous to Britney’s public image than her 2004 marriage was her text message divorce in November of 2006. It seems that this event was the catalyst to a period of most significant controversy – an extended breakdown in the life of a teen star that continues to captivate the paparazzi, control tabloid covers and enthrall fans and foes across the globe.
From befriending party girl Paris Hilton to famously being photographed without her underwear, shaving her head and losing custody of her kids, the year 2007 will no doubt go down in history as a Britney Spears breakdown hell.
Indeed the true story of Britney’s decline is far more scandalous and truly indecent than the most outrageous of mid-day soap operas. In the space of a mere year, Britney has managed to get divorced via text message, be charged with hit-and-run, attack the paparazzi with an umbrella, drive continually without a license, be forced to undergo random drug testing, suffer a mini meltdown at an Ok! Magazine photo shoot, have an affair with a paparazzi, be dropped by two divorce attorneys, be investigated for child abuse, get a restraining order slapped on her, run over a paparazzi’s foot, be involved in a sex tape scandal, miss almost every court appearance in favour of partying all night and give the most infamously terrible performance of her career at the 2007 MTV Awards. And that’s just the start of it.
The most recent development in this saga? On the night of January 3rd, police were called to Britney’s Los Angeles home after the pop diva took her two kids hostage and refused to follow court-appointed custody orders. Following a three hour stand-off documented by thousands of light-bulb flashing paparazzi, Britney was rushed off to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, from where she was released the following day (after a personal consultation with Dr Phil of course).
I have nothing against Britney Spears, but this woman will be remembered for being a teen queen from 1999 to 2003, the rest is a hot mess! And its that mess that ppl remember from her! Her personal life surpassed her work! I give her the amazing sales, yes! But From selling 20 millions for an album, year after year she kept declining to sell now barely 4 million! Say what U want, but the numbers here confirm that Beyoncé and Gaga outsell Britney both in the US and internationally, Beyoncé never sold 20 millions for an album but her sales are consistent, from 2000 to 2009! Beyoncé shows how to handle success in an excellent manner! You can be Queen Britney but u cant even handle ur own success? I give her the credit for comin back in 2008 after being exploited in 2007 with the flop 'blackout' (which is a good album though) but I personnally hated her songs from circus and didnt buy her album (Im still listennin to Slave 4 U). Beyoncé owned 2008 and 2009, so owned her come back! Sorry! Only MTV tried to save her in the bbeginnnin when she released her album but they admitted at the end Beyoncé is the queen! And the tour? I heard bad reviews of it, her fans will claim its a good show, but how can u be a queen without singin LIVE to your fans or being that lazy to dance? How can u be a queen when u dont give yourself 100% to ur fans? How can u be a queen when there is no vocal growth since 2000? How can u be a Queen when your albums and singles are underperforming than what was expected? Lets be real, its Britney, I thought, every single would have been #1 since its a comeback! When she hits #1, she stays there for 1 or 2 weeks only!
If Britney is a queen, its certainly the first and last real sucessful pop teen queen the world witnessed! Thats it! We give her the credit for her amazing sales from being the teen queen during 1999 to 2003. But thats not a decade! Decade means 2000 to 2009, u gotta be active all these years, thats how u own a decade!
U cant be mad at me, U know damn well thats the truth oh please!
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@Rico:
I have nothing to say to you but this:
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NOBODY REMEMBERS THIS UNFORTUNATELY. I promise today, exceptin the Britney's fans, no one really remembers her achievements, or her as a talented artist! HER CAREER in the other hand was highlighted by the breakdown, yes, her fame is based now on the breakdown unfortunately, it made ppl forget about everythin else, from chart-topping pop princess of the 1990s, to broken wreck.
How she managed to have those numbers?
First white pop teen star, u dont need no talent for that, u dont need to sing live for that, just catchy songs and a cute innocent face and style! In the game there was no real young teen, it was Mariah, Whitney, Janet and the others in the 1990's, Britney was young enough to conquer the market of adolescents who are the ones who buy music DUH!
It was 1999 when the teen sensation that was Britney Spears first burst onto television screens worldwide. Dressed in a Catholic school uniform, with her blonde hair in pigtails and gloss-heavy lips begging listeners to hit her baby one more time, Britney was the perfect combination of teenage innocence and coquettish deviance.With the arrival of the new millennium, this fresh teen queen had officially established herself as a top female artist, selling more than 70 million records and ranking as the most powerful celebrity in the world on Forbes Magazine’s 2002 list.
Yet despite global acclaim for her music, it was Britney’s sexual image and social life that took prime place under the world spotlight. From her boyfriends to her breasts, her break-ups and back tattoos, the world was hooked on the comings and goings of its newest teen starlet.
In 2003, Britney, having reached the peak of her career, began a rapid descent from angel of innocence to sexual deviant. Quick marriages, children, eccentric attitude.
Perhaps the only thing more disastrous to Britney’s public image than her 2004 marriage was her text message divorce in November of 2006. It seems that this event was the catalyst to a period of most significant controversy – an extended breakdown in the life of a teen star that continues to captivate the paparazzi, control tabloid covers and enthrall fans and foes across the globe.
From befriending party girl Paris Hilton to famously being photographed without her underwear, shaving her head and losing custody of her kids, the year 2007 will no doubt go down in history as a Britney Spears breakdown hell.
Indeed the true story of Britney’s decline is far more scandalous and truly indecent than the most outrageous of mid-day soap operas. In the space of a mere year, Britney has managed to get divorced via text message, be charged with hit-and-run, attack the paparazzi with an umbrella, drive continually without a license, be forced to undergo random drug testing, suffer a mini meltdown at an Ok! Magazine photo shoot, have an affair with a paparazzi, be dropped by two divorce attorneys, be investigated for child abuse, get a restraining order slapped on her, run over a paparazzi’s foot, be involved in a sex tape scandal, miss almost every court appearance in favour of partying all night and give the most infamously terrible performance of her career at the 2007 MTV Awards. And that’s just the start of it.
The most recent development in this saga? On the night of January 3rd, police were called to Britney’s Los Angeles home after the pop diva took her two kids hostage and refused to follow court-appointed custody orders. Following a three hour stand-off documented by thousands of light-bulb flashing paparazzi, Britney was rushed off to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, from where she was released the following day (after a personal consultation with Dr Phil of course).
I have nothing against Britney Spears, but this woman will be remembered for being a teen queen from 1999 to 2003, the rest is a hot mess! And its that mess that ppl remember from her! Her personal life surpassed her work! I give her the amazing sales, yes! But From selling 20 millions for an album, year after year she kept declining to sell now barely 4 million! Say what U want, but the numbers here confirm that Beyoncé and Gaga outsell Britney both in the US and internationally, Beyoncé never sold 20 millions for an album but her sales are consistent, from 2000 to 2009! Beyoncé shows how to handle success in an excellent manner! You can be Queen Britney but u cant even handle ur own success? I give her the credit for comin back in 2008 after being exploited in 2007 with the flop 'blackout' (which is a good album though) but I personnally hated her songs from circus and didnt buy her album (Im still listennin to Slave 4 U). Beyoncé owned 2008 and 2009, so owned her come back! Sorry! Only MTV tried to save her in the bbeginnnin when she released her album but they admitted at the end Beyoncé is the queen! And the tour? I heard bad reviews of it, her fans will claim its a good show, but how can u be a queen without singin LIVE to your fans or being that lazy to dance? How can u be a queen when u dont give yourself 100% to ur fans? How can u be a queen when there is no vocal growth since 2000? How can u be a Queen when your albums and singles are underperforming than what was expected? Lets be real, its Britney, I thought, every single would have been #1 since its a comeback! When she hits #1, she stays there for 1 or 2 weeks only!
If Britney is a queen, its certainly the first and last real sucessful pop teen queen the world witnessed! Thats it! We give her the credit for her amazing sales from being the teen queen during 1999 to 2003. But thats not a decade! Decade means 2000 to 2009, u gotta be active all these years, thats how u own a decade!
U cant be mad at me, U know damn well thats the truth oh please!
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That's fine. I'm used to leaving people speechless after they realize their nonsense.
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That's fine. I'm used to leaving people speechless after they realize their nonsense.
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lol people are forgetting that Beyonce is still sexy to straight guys 10 years later
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