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Music News: Britney Spears: "Circus" era discussion
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Global Chart Update for Tuesday:
Singles Rankings:
UK: #4 debut with 46,550 copies
Australia: #6 (-1)
New Zealand: #13 (-2)
Digital Only Rankings
UK: #4 (NE)
Australia: #7 (-2)
Radio Airplay Rankings
Turkey (International): #1 (=) for a third week in a row. 
Croatia (International): #7 (+4)
Estonia: #11 (+10)
Chile: #29 (+10)
UK: #33 (+24)
Paraguay: #35 (NE)
Mexico: #58 (+18)
TV Airplay Rankings
France: #2 (=2)
UK: #3 (+1)
Sweden: #3 (-1)
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Britney's iTunes page new look:
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POPJUSTICE 'CIRCUS' REVIEW:
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Alright then, due to 'overwhelming public demand' (ie a string of emails ranging from the polite to the downright offensive) here are some words about tracks from the Britney album.
'CIRCUS'
This is the title track. This means the song's called 'Circus', and it's from the album 'Circus'. "I run a tight ship," Britney announces, "so beware - I'm like the ringleader, I call the shots, I'm like a firecracker I make it hot, now put a show". What does this mean? Well, she is a ringleader on a ship - we presume this is something to do with a special circus on a cruise liner of some sort. Basically Britney is comparing herself to lots of things at the same time. Your English teacher will tell you this is a silly thing to do - but Britney is allowed to do it, because she is Britney. The track comes with massive thudding electronic R&B production and there's a lot of stopping and starting, including a a built-in MTV-style dance breakdown segment. The chorus lyric is "all eyes on me in the centre of the ring just like a circus" but the best bit's the bridge, with its "I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins, spotlight on me and I'm ready to break, I'm like a performer with this world as a stage" bit. There's all sorts of other stuff about "don't stand there watching me, following me, show me what you can do". Bits of it are a lot like 'Break The Ice' from the last album, but with an extra layer of Big Production.
OUT FROM UNDER
'Blackout' didn't have any big ballads so here is one for 'Circus'. It's incredibly similar to this version...
...of the song but with more guitar (weedy guitar, not big proper guitar). The production's a lot less sparse and a great deal more 'Britney ballad' (in the 'I'm Not A Girl Not Yet A Woman' tradition). Basically the most interesting thing about Britney's version that you can't hear on the Joanna Pacitti original is the finale, which ends with a great "from under, from under, from under" bit.
KILL THE LIGHTS
Well this one has definitely leaked so we're bollocksed if we're going to spend time trying to describe it when we can just post this YouTube link.
The fact that this has been on YouTube for two days already without Sony pulling it via a copyright claim suggests that Sony leaked the song themselves, but it might just be that everyone at Sony is busy doing something else, like watering the plants or eating Haribo.
IF U SEEK AMY
This is the one people are excited about because the words "if you seek Amy" sound like "F-U-C-K me". After a "la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la" intro the song sort of throws itself into a ridiculous faux-lesbo 'romp' in which Britney looks for girl called Amy in a club ("oh baby baby have you seen Amy tonight, is she in the bathroom?"), can't find her while the club's closing, bangs on about "love me hate me, say what you want about me but all the boys and all the girls are ready to f-u-c-k me" and then goes bonkers over a lot over a thunderous Timbaland vs Scooter production job. There are some "ha ha he he ho ho ho" bits, a great whooshing noise into the final chorus and an overriding sense that this might be one of Britney's most ridiculous recordings to date.
'VERDICT': It's 'Blackout 2.0' - this is good news, 'Blackout' was a phenomenal album - but seems to include a lot of posturing and also seems to be quite gimmicky, which hopefully won't extend across the entire album. The inclusion of a song like 'Out From Under' suggests that this album, as a whole, might be a bridge between 'In The Zone' and 'Blackout', or at least a bridge between 'Blackout' and a next album more along the 'In The Zone' lines. That didn't make any sense at all, did it. Anyway if these are the very best songs on the album we're probably heading for a 7/10 sort of affair but it's hard to second guess a Britney album so what it will end up like is anybody's guess.
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I don't know if this was already posted but: Womanizer it's one of the MOST selling singles on its first week(UK)
01 15/11/08 64,554 Beyoncé If I Were A Boy (2)
02 29/03/08 51,857 Estelle Ft Kanye West American Boy (1)
03 01/03/08 50,962 Duffy Mercy (1)
04 12/07/08 49,414 Dizzee Rascal Ft Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me (1)
05 15/11/08 46,550 Britney Spears Womanizer (4)
And if Im not wrong here are the peaks of Womanizer around the world:
Canada #1 (4 Weeks)
Norway #1 (2 Weeks)
Turkey #1 (2 Weeks)
Brazil #1 (2 Weeks)
Denmark #1 (1 Week)
Sweden #1 (1 Week)
US #1 (1 Week)
Ireland #2
UK #4
Australia #5
Finland #7
Italy #7
New Zealand #9
Greece #10
Belgium (Wa) #16
Belgium (Vl) #18
Netherlands #52
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where are people preordering it on itunes?! it s not on mine?!
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It's also #1 here in Brazil for the 2nd week in a row. 
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Great that she's Top 5 opening week sales of 2008. 
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
It's also #1 here in Brazil for the 2nd week in a row. |
Oh yeah, I forgot that (*EDIT*), 7 OFFICIAL #1!! 
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Originally posted by letscauseascene1
where are people preordering it on itunes?! it s not on mine?!
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What?  , We are Pre-ordening 'Circus' on iTunes, Can't you? or what?
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Originally posted by musicb_/
What? , We are Pre-ordening 'Circus' on iTunes, Can't you? or what? |
weiiird, i had to go to this website in order to see the preordering, but naah im buying mine in the stores, i usually download all music to my ipod, but i like britney enough that im willing to actually physically BUY a copy, but it BETTER have the bonus tracks!
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Originally posted by letscauseascene1
weiiird, i had to go to this website in order to see the preordering, but naah im buying mine in the stores, i usually download all music to my ipod, but i like britney enough that im willing to actually physically BUY a copy, but it BETTER have the bonus tracks!
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You should buy BOTH. 
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Originally posted by Anthony Kerty
You should buy BOTH. |
I looove britney, but my bank account doesn't love her THAT much!!! LOL
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i cant wait for this album to leak and me posting all the links everywhere on the internet. 
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Originally posted by Dead Psycho
i cant wait for this album to leak and me posting all the links everywhere on the internet. |
geez, there are some people who don't know when to quit
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Originally posted by Dead Psycho
i cant wait for this album to leak and me posting all the links everywhere on the internet. |
Sasha Fierce? WTF? 
She's too ashamed to be called Beyonka anymore, that she has to change her name.
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This chick needs to give up her kids before she kills one.
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Originally posted by MFan
This chick needs to give up her kids before she kills one.
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You need to give up your life. FAIL. 
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Originally posted by Dead Psycho
i cant wait for this album to leak and me posting all the links everywhere on the internet. |
what a life you have...
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Originally posted by CarCAL22
what a life you have...
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