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Topics | 01.21.08
1. | By CarCAL22 | BRITNEY at Millennium Dance Studio
With pup London in hand, Britney Spears headed to the Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood on Sunday night to work on a new routine, owner Robert Baker tells PEOPLE.
"She is working on the choreography for her song "Hot as Ice," Baker said, "She rehearsed an amazing routine with a chair."
The intense dance session wrapped up a characteristically bizarre weekend, during which Spears invited two photographers back to her home for some late-night champagne. "She was very sweet," said one of the photographers, adding that Spears pal Sam Lutfi claimed to have "filed a restraining order" against Adnan Ghalib.
Ghalib, the paparazzo who has been by Spears's near-constant companion in recent weeks, shot back, "I am only now becoming aware of what is being said. I hope to be back home in Los Angeles soon and to be in contact with Miss Spears." (The L.A. police and sheriff's departments both said no emergency protective order had been issued.)
Spears, 26 – who also dropped by PetCo Sunday afternoon, picking up a birdcage and some dog food – spent nearly three hours working on her moves at Millennium. She emerged at 9:30 p.m. in a white top and Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses, chatting with paparazzi and requesting the presence of Filipe, one of the photographers who had been at her home earlier.
"Britney was in an upbeat mood," Baker said, adding that despite the impressive workout, the singer still seemed slightly scatterbrained. "I let her use my personal copy of Blackout. She forgot her own CD."
Source: PEOPLE
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2. | By Peepshow | BRITNEY'S RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST ADNAN
So here's the whole story ...
Last night at 2 am, Britney Spears invited two of our photographers into her Beverly Hills pad for a little conversation. They chatted for a while, then escorted Brit and Sam in the car, so Britney could drive around and listen to music. After that, it was back to the house ... The guys ended up staying with her for FOUR hours!
Earlier in the evening, Britney went out to the gas station with Sam around 8 pm, then they came out again later in her Black Escalade, went to club Goa but never got out of the car. When she returned home after that second outing, was when she invited the photographers to come inside her home.
Roberto and Leandro from X17online went inside ... Britney said, "Come with me, let's have fun." She opened a bottle of champagne for them and went outside on the patio to smoke cigarettes. Our photogs say Britney nursed a 1/2 glass of champagne the entire evening and never drank more.
Britney put on Amy Winehouse and her own CD, changed into jeans and her famous pink wig.
Team X17er Robert said, "We had fun. Britney was funny, very relaxed, dancing a little bit, and she carried her little dog all the time."
At one point in the discussion, Sam took a paper out of his pocket -- it was a restraining order against Adnan Ghalib. He said, "Look at this!"
Britney expressed disappointment and anger toward Adnan for being "set-up" in photographs that Adnan and his agency have sold of Britney and Adnan together.
Roberto and Leandro didn't ask questions -- they were surprised at the restraining order. After talking about it briefly, the continued having a good time and around 6 am, our photogs said they had to leave. Britney begged them to stay, but Sam insisted that she get some sleep.
When the photogs left, lots of paparazzi who weren't invited in were waiting outside. (TMZ and Hollywoodtv were turned away at Britney's door at 2 am!)
Still more details coming later ...
http://x17online.com/celebrities/bri...n-01202008.php
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3. | By Peepshow | 'Piece Of Me' is an iTunes Top 10 Hit
and now it has jumped to
#7!
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4. | By Peepshow | Britney to host a Pre-Oscar party
Britney has agreed to host a pre-Oscar bash next month in Beverly Hills. "Britney has said 'yes,' to hosting it," Claus Hjelmbak, the Danish businessman who founded the event, tells People magazine. "I am beyond excited because the experience she gave everyone in December was amazing. She absolutely made my event."
As we had mentioned earlier this week, Britney get paid anywhere from $250,000 and $400,000 to attend and host parties. Must be nice right?
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5. | By Cesar | 'Piece Of Me' jumps to #6 on European Hot 100
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6. | By Cesar | Britney breaks a record in Ireland
Britney Spears Gets Her 7th Irish No. 1 Hit and Breaks a Record:
Female Artist with Most No. 1s!
The record is shared with Madonna.
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7. | By CarCAL22 | Britney's records in the UK and Worldwide
Heres how Britney fits in:
UK
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5 UK #1's(3rd overall, behind Spice Girls and Madonna!)
Worldwide:
-Highest female debut on UWC: #7!
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Only one of 3 artist(Madonna and Micheal Jackson) to have 3 #1 Worldwide singles from an album(she did it twice!)
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4th most successful female track:Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" (8.654.000 points)
-2nd(only to Madonna) with most Top 10 singles(16)
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2nd(only to Madoona) with most #1 Worldwide hits(7)
-2nd(only to Madonna) for most successful singles artist!
Britney would still be this high even if male artist were counted!
Bow down to this legend!
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8. | By Peepshow/Marc/Cesar/Hector | Chart Update
'Piece Of Me' Update:
United World Chart
Piece of Me
01º week: 38 (71,000 points)
02º week: 31 (109,000 points)
03º week: 23 (108,000 points)
04º week:
12 (138,000 points)
Largest Points Increase
Total: 426,000 points.
498,578 downloads sold so far.
Billboard Hot 100
11th week: 65-80-80-63-47-49-45-
21-28-28-23.
Hot Digital Songs
11th week: 21-38-40-41-20-22-20-
14-22-19-
14.
Pop 100 (NEW peak)
11th week: 43-47-37-33-25-24-23-21-21-22-
18.
Pop 100 Airplay
9th week: 39-31-28-26-25-
22-
22-
22-24.
Hot Dance Club Play (NEW peak)
2nd week: 55-
45.
Canadian Hot 100 (NEW peak)
11th week: 37-50-39-27-21-19-13-7-10-7-
6.
Hot Canadian Digital Sales (NEW peak)
11th week: 18-26-27-25-15-16-11-6-8-4-
3.
Euro Digital Tracks (NEW peak)
2nd week: 10-
5.
European Hot 100 Singles (Last Week)
1st week:
42.
Some of them are not updated yet.
- "Piece Of Me" spends a second week at #1 in Ireland while the
Blackout album rebounds 6-3! That's even higher than how both the
Everytime &
Toxic singles affected the
In The Zone album only bringing it up to it's peak position of #4 in 2004!- In the
UK singles charts, 'Piece Of Me' jumps from number 19 to
#2.
- In the
Canadian singles charts, 'Piece Of Me' jumps from number 10 to
#7
- In the
New Zealand singles charts, 'Piece Of Me' jumps from number 16 to
#9
'Piece Of Me' position on iTunes
Canada -
#2
Ireland -
#2
UK -
#5
Australia -
#4
New Zealand -
#4
Denmark -
#7
Sweden -
#7
Finland -
#9
U.S. -
#10
iTunes Video Posiition: U.S.
#2 / Canada
#1
'Blackout' Update:
- 'Blackout' is moving up the
Billboard Top 200 charts and now at number
34 with 17,043 copies sold this week.
- In the
UK albums chart, 'Blackout' is moving up from number 58 to
#41.
- In the
Australian charts, 'Blackout' is moving up from number 20 to
13 this week.
- In the
Irish charts, 'Blackout' is moving up from number 6 to
3 this week.
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BLackout Worldwide Sales Report:
week 1 : 577,677 ( 577,677 ) Date: 11/3/2007
week 2 : 220,966 ( 798,643 ) -61.7% Date: 11/10/2007
week 3 : 159,778 ( 958,421 ) -27.7% Date: 11/17/2007
week 4 : 134,005 ( 1,092,426 ) -16.1% Date: 11/24/2007
week 5 : 75,682 ( 1,168,108 ) -43.5% Date: 12/1/2007
week 6 : 69,670 ( 1,237,779 ) -7.9% Date: 12/8/2007
week 7 : 76,452 ( 1,314,231 ) 9.7% Date: 12/15/2007
week 8 : 121,601 ( 1,435,832 ) 59.1% Date: 12/22/2007
week 9 : 77,105 ( 1,512,937 ) -36.6% Date: 12/29/2007
week 10 : 52,746 ( 1,565,683 ) -31.6% Date: 1/5/2008
Europe : 302,895 ( est.)
North/South America : 1,007,472 ( est.)
Asia,Africa and Oceania: 255,316 ( est.)
Total Estimate : 1,565,683 ( est.)
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9. | By Peepshow | Jive asks for 3rd Single
Jive posted a poll on
Britney.com :
Which should Jive choose as the next single?
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Break the Ice 40%
- Toy Soldier 33%
- Radar 16%
- Freakshow 6%
- Hot as Ice 5%
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