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Discussion: Who was Britney's strongest rival in the early 00's?
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
Christina.
She had 3 #1s off of her first album, while Brit had 1 chart topper and no other top 5 hits after it, but Brit had massive album sales that noone could reach. Christina won the Best New Artist Grammy, while Britney broke the first week sales record with 'Oops'. Overall, they were going head-to-head for the first 2 years of their careers with pretty much equal achievements and success.
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Britney had 3 WW no.1's and 4 WW top 10's, Xtina had 2 WW no.1's and 3-4 top 10 hits.
...BOMT album sales - 30 M, CA - 13M
Xtina only won Grammy over her, everything else belongs to Britney. Britney had more iconic videos...
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Originally posted by HeavenlySoul
Avril by far. She also outsold Britney in the 00s
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OIDIA (22M) > LG (17M) > Britney (13M) = Stripped (13M) > UMS (10M) > ITZ (9M) > GH:MP (6-7M) > TBDT (6M) > BTB (4M) > Circus (4M) > Blackout (3M)
Britney with fIrst three albums in 2000's - 44M
Avril first three albums in 2000's - 34M
Xtina's 2 albums in 2000's - 17M (If you count Spanish and Christmas album + Greatest Hits about 20M)
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
Not when Christina slayed that whole year with the 'Dirrty' controversy, 'Beautiful' and the 'Stripped' album sales
I really don't know why Avril is being brought up. She was never in direct competition with Brit or X. She wasn't exactly a pop girl. She was massively successful, but I wouldn't say she ever appealed to the Brit/ X audience.
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Complicated, Sk8er Boi >>>>
The Tie >>>
Let Go >>>
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Aguilera.
We could put Beyonce in there since 2003. I mean they always release very very close these past eras.
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Originally posted by °ColdFire°
Britney had 3 WW no.1's and 4 WW top 10's, Xtina had 2 WW no.1's and 3-4 top 10 hits.
...BOMT album sales - 30 M, CA - 13M
Xtina only won Grammy over her, everything else belongs to Britney. Britney had more iconic videos...
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X had the Grammy, the US singles sales, the US chart positions, the multi-format airplay (the first popstar to not only chart but slay on rhythmic radio), the appeal in Latin America and the critical acclaim for her vocals.
Britney had the worldwide album sales and the iconic moments.
Sounds about equal.
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Christina because she started her career as a Britney clone.
she did eventually start going her own way and doing her own thing though. Creating a legacy of her own.
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Xtina from 99-2001, andJessica Simpson from 2003-2005
In the second phase of Brit's career, Jessica not only snatched her movie, but also the media attention, and sales since This Skin outsold In The Zone. Britney even tried to copy/compete with Newlyweds with Chaotic and failed.
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The media pitted Xtina and Britney against each other, but Avril was more of a threat sales-wise and because she kind of help shift the sound of the early 00s from teen pop to pop rock.
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Xtina.
Their rivalry is iconic tbh.
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Christina. Avril never really had the celebrity Christina had and came out well after Britney was established.
If you all think the Gaga vs. Katy stuff was bad on here, imagine what Britney vs. Christina was like after Christina got a five week #1 and Britney got a #9 single and the Christina stans thought she just ended Britney's career till the week after OIDIA the album came out.
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Originally posted by Delicious
Xtina from 99-2001, andJessica Simpson from 2003-2005
In the second phase of Brit's career, Jessica not only snatched her movie, but also the media attention, and sales since This Skin outsold In The Zone. Britney even tried to copy/compete with Newlyweds with Chaotic and failed.
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In the Zone and In this Skin sold the same amount in the U.S. (3x platinum). ITZ sold a million more copies WW than Jessica's ITS, though. Jessica was never competition for Britney.
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
X had the Grammy, the US singles sales, the US chart positions, the multi-format airplay (the first popstar to not only chart but slay on rhythmic radio), the appeal in Latin America and the critical acclaim for her vocals.
Britney had the worldwide album sales and the iconic moments.
Sounds about equal.
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...BOMT (song) outsell Genie In A Bottle.
Britney was banned from radio so...
Britney had WW singles and albums sales, WW chart position, impact, iconic performances etc.
But yes, Xtina was strongest rival.
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Originally posted by °ColdFire°
...BOMT (song) outsell Genie In A Bottle.
Britney was banned from radio so...
Britney had WW singles and albums sales, WW chart position, impact, iconic performances etc.
But yes, Xtina was strongest rival.
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BOMT outsold pretty much everything that year. Christina's subsequent singles were on par with Britney's singles though.
Britney wasn't banned from radio then. IIRC she was banned during the 'Oops' era. That's why 'Oops' was her last #1 for a long time, while iconic hits like 'Slave' and 'Toxic' didn't even make top 5.
Britney, like I said, was a major album seller. Their singles sales however, excluding 'BOMT', were pretty much the same.
I agree about Britney being more iconic then, I already said it myself
"Impact" is subjective and can be perceived in different ways. Christina had 3 #1s and a Grammy. That's impact.
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Xtina
Wanna git
DIRRTY
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Originally posted by Truth Teller
BOMT outsold pretty much everything that year. Christina's subsequent singles were on par with Britney's singles though.
Britney wasn't banned from radio then. IIRC she was banned during the 'Oops' era. That's why 'Oops' was her last #1 for a long time, while iconic hits like 'Slave' and 'Toxic' didn't even make top 5.
Britney, like I said, was a major album seller. Their singles sales however, excluding 'BOMT', were pretty much the same.
I agree about Britney being more iconic then, I already said it myself
"Impact" is subjective and can be perceived in different ways. Christina had 3 #1s and a Grammy. That's impact.
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Impact is factual,
Oops peaked at #9
And the radio ban started from slave and was lifted when toxic was released. Which is why MATM ft Madonna never plays on the radio.
Toxic was huge but only peaked at #9.
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Originally posted by johnsuxx
The media pitted Xtina and Britney against each other, but Avril was more of a threat sales-wise and because she kind of help shift the sound of the early 00s from teen pop to pop rock.
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This is what I wanted to prove with the thread, Avril was for another market but she was a monster phenomenon too sales wise and had a lot of impact. Xtina was britney's public rival and the war was the most iconic one without a doubt, but she never came close and I felt Avril was way bigger in those years she was kind of the anti-britney.
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Originally posted by Delicious
Xtina from 99-2001, andJessica Simpson from 2003-2005
In the second phase of Brit's career, Jessica not only snatched her movie, but also the media attention, and sales since This Skin outsold In The Zone. Britney even tried to copy/compete with Newlyweds with Chaotic and failed.
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The ****ing lies.
In This Skin and In the Zone both sold around 3 Million copies when the year ended but In the Zone was the only one who still continued to sell and is now VERY near the 4 Mill mark.
Also, Worldwide, In the Zone outsold In this Skin by 2 Million copies not to mention Britney had a top 10 hit in the US and 3 back to back number 1s worldwide during the era while Sweetest Sin failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 and With You being her only hit that era. Unfortunately none had cracked the WW Top 40.
Jessica Simpson is local as ****. She didn't even have a tour.
Not to mention, the critics were more favourable to Britney than to Jessica throughout their careers.
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None, there were only lessors tbh.
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I'm I the only one that sees Jlo as one of Britney's biggest rivals in the early 2000s? They both were known for their dancing plus they completely took over the tabloid industry during the same time.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Truth Teller
Not when Christina slayed that whole year with the 'Dirrty' controversy, 'Beautiful' and the 'Stripped' album sales
I really don't know why Avril is being brought up. She was never in direct competition with Brit or X. She wasn't exactly a pop girl. She was massively successful, but I wouldn't say she ever appealed to the Brit/ X audience.
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Avril slayed with Complicated and Let Go sold more than Stripped.
But yeah, Avril is targeting different audience so i guess she is not exactly Britney's rival.
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