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Music News: Britney Spears - 'Femme Fatale'
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Originally posted by evan93
VibeMagazine: The Curious Case Of Britney Spears: 5 Reasons Why The Princess of Pop Rules
Dissecting the unstoppable force that is Britney Spears is a complex and daunting task. Throughout her nearly 15-year career, there have been superior talents and performers (Christina Aguilera, Pink and Beyonce can easily sing the thin-voiced Spears under the table); cooler trend setters (stylish it-girl Rihanna); and more dynamic artists (The piano-tinkling Lady Gaga and the bubbly Katy Perry frequently write their own material, a skill set that Spears has yet to fully master).
Indeed, despite such modest talent, a litany of scandals, and changing musical tastes, Britney’s fame and influence towers over them all to the tune of over 100 million records sold worldwide.
This makes the eighth best-selling female music artist’s ongoing world-beating success all the more intriguing. If you were a betting individual in 2007, the sure money would have been on Britney becoming a cautionary pop music casualty. During that epic meltdown of a year, America’s Louisiana-born Sweetheart (way before Kanye West transformed future country megastar Taylor Swift into a modern day Joan of Ark) checked into a drug rehabilitation center; shaved her hair completely bald; physically threatened paparazzi with an umbrella; lost physical custody of her children to freeloading ex-husband Kevin Federline due to what was reported as mental instability; and was universally panned following an embarrassing zombie-like performance on the MTV Video Music Awards.
By January of 2008, the wheels had completely fallen off for the former teen-idol who once led the frenzied pop revival a decade earlier with her mammoth 1997 debut …Baby One More Time—an album that went on to amass 25 million copies across the globe. For her troubles, Britney was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold as the courts gave her father James Spears complete conservatorship over his troubled daughter.
Such a devastating freefall would have put a swift end to the careers of most mere music mortals. But just as everyone was scrambling to write her epitaph, the troubled singer was enjoying some of the most jubilant reviews of her roller coaster time in the spotlight with her fifth studio release Blackout. Rolling Stone gave the project a gaudy four-star rating, later calling the set, “Possibly the most influential pop album of the last five years.” The Observer proclaimed, “Britney has delivered the best album of her career.” Other glowing reviews followed as Blackout would go on to push over 3 million units, an astonishing feat for an act who had become a tabloid wet dream.
Following 2008’s acclaimed follow-up Circus and a $131 million grossing tour in 2009, it’s clear that the world’s endearing and somewhat strange love affair with Britney won’t be ending anytime soon. Her latest single, the tongue-wagging techno-pop romp “Hold It Against Me,” has shot to no. 1 on the Billboard charts. And her upcoming release Femme Fatale, due out March 29, is already breaking records, as it recently landed in the all-time top 10 on Twitter’s longest running trending topics. Not to mention blondie will have yet another chance at on-stage redemption when she performs at this year's Grammy Awards come Sunday.
So how does she do it? VIBE rounded up PopEater’s John Mitchell, Newsday’s Risa Dixon, pop and R&B songwriter/artist Keri Hilson and influential celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to find out why the controversial Spears continues to win. It’s Britney, bitches.--Keith Murphy
http://www.vibe.com/content/curious-...ss-pop-rules-0
PS: screw the grammys part!  |
VIBE stannin' for Britney. HOLLA.
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Originally posted by evan93
VibeMagazine: The Curious Case Of Britney Spears: 5 Reasons Why The Princess of Pop Rules
Dissecting the unstoppable force that is Britney Spears is a complex and daunting task. Throughout her nearly 15-year career, there have been superior talents and performers (Christina Aguilera, Pink and Beyonce can easily sing the thin-voiced Spears under the table); cooler trend setters (stylish it-girl Rihanna); and more dynamic artists (The piano-tinkling Lady Gaga and the bubbly Katy Perry frequently write their own material, a skill set that Spears has yet to fully master).
Indeed, despite such modest talent, a litany of scandals, and changing musical tastes, Britney’s fame and influence towers over them all to the tune of over 100 million records sold worldwide.
This makes the eighth best-selling female music artist’s ongoing world-beating success all the more intriguing. If you were a betting individual in 2007, the sure money would have been on Britney becoming a cautionary pop music casualty. During that epic meltdown of a year, America’s Louisiana-born Sweetheart (way before Kanye West transformed future country megastar Taylor Swift into a modern day Joan of Ark) checked into a drug rehabilitation center; shaved her hair completely bald; physically threatened paparazzi with an umbrella; lost physical custody of her children to freeloading ex-husband Kevin Federline due to what was reported as mental instability; and was universally panned following an embarrassing zombie-like performance on the MTV Video Music Awards.
By January of 2008, the wheels had completely fallen off for the former teen-idol who once led the frenzied pop revival a decade earlier with her mammoth 1997 debut …Baby One More Time—an album that went on to amass 25 million copies across the globe. For her troubles, Britney was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold as the courts gave her father James Spears complete conservatorship over his troubled daughter.
Such a devastating freefall would have put a swift end to the careers of most mere music mortals. But just as everyone was scrambling to write her epitaph, the troubled singer was enjoying some of the most jubilant reviews of her roller coaster time in the spotlight with her fifth studio release Blackout. Rolling Stone gave the project a gaudy four-star rating, later calling the set, “Possibly the most influential pop album of the last five years.” The Observer proclaimed, “Britney has delivered the best album of her career.” Other glowing reviews followed as Blackout would go on to push over 3 million units, an astonishing feat for an act who had become a tabloid wet dream.
Following 2008’s acclaimed follow-up Circus and a $131 million grossing tour in 2009, it’s clear that the world’s endearing and somewhat strange love affair with Britney won’t be ending anytime soon. Her latest single, the tongue-wagging techno-pop romp “Hold It Against Me,” has shot to no. 1 on the Billboard charts. And her upcoming release Femme Fatale, due out March 29, is already breaking records, as it recently landed in the all-time top 10 on Twitter’s longest running trending topics. Not to mention blondie will have yet another chance at on-stage redemption when she performs at this year's Grammy Awards come Sunday.
So how does she do it? VIBE rounded up PopEater’s John Mitchell, Newsday’s Risa Dixon, pop and R&B songwriter/artist Keri Hilson and influential celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to find out why the controversial Spears continues to win. It’s Britney, bitches.--Keith Murphy
http://www.vibe.com/content/curious-...ss-pop-rules-0
PS: screw the grammys part! |
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By January of 2008, the wheels had completely fallen off for the former teen-idol who once led the frenzied pop revival a decade earlier with her mammoth 1997 debut …Baby One More Time—an album that went on to amass 25 million copies across the globe. For her troubles, Britney was placed under involuntary psychiatric hold as the courts gave her father James Spears complete conservatorship over his troubled daughter.
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How the **** did Britney drop back to 28?
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Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man
How the **** did Britney drop back to 28?
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The Flops want the righteous Godney to be near them 
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How the **** did Britney drop back to 28?
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#26.
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Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man
How the **** did Britney drop back to 28?
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im guessing they all really close!
but brit is still riaising while the others fall!
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ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! A warning point for my last post... Now I'm halfway to ban-land!
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ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! A warning point for my last post... Now I'm halfway to ban-land!
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You can't say nicknames, bb! 
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I know, but I didn't think stating the truth counted as a nickname warning 
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I can't at Adam Leber retweeting Perez's tweet 
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Born This Way vs Hold It Against Me? Which song do YOU like better??? Vote HERE http://bit.ly/i23w4P
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VOTE bitches 
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YESSSS Adam throw that shade!
Which song do YOU like better????
* Hold It Against Me (71%)
* Born This Way (29%)
Total Votes: 45,807
The tweet: AdamLeber
@PerezHilton You going to report the results of your poll question earlier?
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I know, but I didn't think stating the truth counted as a nickname warning |
True, bb. You know there are some pressed stans in this thread who get a kick out of reporting. 
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Ew I would rather vote on the Billboard poll than a Perez poll. 
She is winning on both anyways. 
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Adam Leber is a ****ing idiot...why the hell would he participate in such childish games.
Does no one listen to Mariah: "You on your job, you hatin' hard, ain't gon feed you, I'mma let you starve"
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OMG Adam throwing shade!!!! 
AdamLeber
@PerezHilton You going to report the results of your poll question earlier?
GET IT!!!!
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Member Since: 7/26/2009
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TT at Twitter world wide!!!!
HIAMeb17
Go Britney!!!!!!!!!!!
6 DAYS TO GO!
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Originally posted by Violet Skye
OMG Adam throwing shade!!!!
AdamLeber
@PerezHilton You going to report the results of your poll question earlier?
GET IT!!!! |
Everyone retweet Adam's tweet!!! Make it a top tweet!
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Member Since: 7/27/2004
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Originally posted by Mr Telephone Man
Adam Leber is a ****ing idiot...why the hell would he participate in such childish games.
Does no one listen to Mariah: "You on your job, you hatin' hard, ain't gon feed you, I'mma let you starve"
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It's a bit childish, but I think I'm going to let him slide this time. Perez is being rude.
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HAHAHA Adam throwing shade yaaasssss!!!!!
oh and by the way, take a look at my 14-year-old sister's latest tweet:
"@astrid_raquel: and again, Gaga copied Madonna... I'M IN SHOCK... I don't like the song though, please don't hold it against me  "
I just can't at my sisteer stanning for B
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