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Originally posted by Anti.Emotional
In what aspect? Selling 74657765 albums? That isn't the point nor is it even the topic of the thread.
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To ignore Britney's impact on pop culture is to admit that you are blind. There have been too many clones of hers to even deny this. Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson were all clones of hers who existed solely because Britney hit is huge with BOMT. It got to a point that labels sought after young teen girls for the sole purpose of trying to leech off of her fame and success. Her success got to the point that labels started signing "anti-Britney" when the media was sick of her and she started experiencing backlash. Even artists like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood use her southern-girl-next door persona/image in order to sell records. All of the Diseny girls emulate her.
Safe to say without Britney proving to record labels that teen girls had selling power artists like Gaga, Rihanna and Katy in their current incarnations wouldn't have careers. Britney came in during a time when Record labels had completely lost faith in establishing solo pop female acts. Record labels said that there was never going to be another "Madonna" or teen-pop act to hit it huge (i.e. Tiffany and Debbie Gibson's failures) and Britney proved them all wrong. Make no mistake. Britney is important.
The fact that Britney is the sixth best selling female artist of all time is just one component of her impact. She's huge because of what she represents and how she proved all her detractors wrong continuously.
The delusion.
