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Celeb News: P!nk Chimes in on Britney Spears Controversy
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I'm reading the magazine (Women's Health) where this interview was taken from. I don't see what the big deal is. They were asking mostly about what excercises she does to keep fit, her tour, Carey. 5 pages. 2 questions about Britney. 1 question- the difference between Circus tour and Funhouse ..which was the miming thing. (which even if ur a stan , u would agree...so whats the problem??)
2. Do you like britney?. Didnt u sing about her in stupid girls?....Pink answered she liked her. But to stop comparing them cuz they're different.
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Originally posted by PrincessPunk
I'm reading the magazine (Women's Health) where this interview was taken from. I don't see what the big deal is. They were asking mostly about what excercises she does to keep fit, her tour, Carey. 5 pages. 2 questions about Britney. 1 question- the difference between Circus tour and Funhouse ..which was the miming thing. (which even if ur a stan , u would agree...so whats the problem??)
2. Do you like britney?. Didnt u sing about her in stupid girls?....Pink answered she liked her. But to stop comparing them cuz they're different.
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P!nk gave a decent answer. If Christina Aguilera were asked this question, the results would have been mind-bending. The problem I have is even answering it. A simple "I don't want to talk about Britney Spears" would have sufficed, but alas she chose to speak about her. Which is not surprising considering P!nk has talked about Britney in her songs before, so whatever.
I just think it was tacky, but I don't hold it against her because I'm used to it. It'd be like getting mad at Eminem for talking about Britney.
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
I said P!nk's highlight is Australia. Didn't say it was her ONLY place of success, but it's where she is most known and successful. Why are you deferring this? Usually you all are ready to pounce and say she is the biggest star in AUS. That's all I'm saying.
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your exact words were: "P!nk's only highlight is AUS", you can check back your post. Thats why I tried to clarify that she's also huge in most of the Europe... So huge that I bet many A class stars would be jealous.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Well she hardly had any dates in the US, for one. Her venues were small if I remember correctly, and her team gave hundreds of tickets away to blogs for "contests". The second part of your post was irrelevant.
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She did about 15 dates I think and all were completely sold out. And she couldn't set more dates for the US Tour in that period, because she already had set dates in Europe. I am sure her next tour will be a big success.
And I love how you are again making suitable selections for you, just because Britney had a successful tour. The success is also measured by album sales, and in that post I noted that Funhouse has almost caught up with Circus in terms of sales and is still selling strong (last week's sales of Funhouse: 13,000 copies ), while hardly anyone remembers, or cares to buy an album called Circus.
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^ ALMOST caught up. Didn't.
Next....
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Originally posted by Vini
^ ALMOST caught up. Didn't.
Next....
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Starstruck was saying that nobody cares for P!nk in the US, with that logic nobody cares for Britney as well, cuz they sold the same amount of albums.
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
She did about 15 dates I think and all were completely sold out. And she couldn't set more dates for the US Tour in that period, because she already had set dates in Europe. I am sure her next tour will be a big success.
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She did 11 dates. And she didn't do more because she didn't want to embarrass herself (with low ticket sales). Next.
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
Starstruck was saying that nobody cares for P!nk in the US, with that logic nobody cares for Britney as well, cuz they sold the same amount of albums.
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Not to mention the fact that Pink is an independent, talented, confident, responsible and healthy woman
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Originally posted by starstruck52
She did 11 dates. And she didn't do more because she didn't want to embarrass herself (with low ticket sales). Next.
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where's the logic? she SOLD OUT all the venues, they even had to move her to larger venues due to a big demand, cuz she was scheduled to perform on smaller venues in the beginning.
But anyways, being HUGE in the rest of the world > being BIG in the US.
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
where's the logic? she SOLD OUT all the venues, they even had to move her to larger venues due to a big demand, cuz she was scheduled to perform on smaller venues in the beginning.
But anyways, being HUGE in the rest of the world > being BIG in the US.
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She sold out most of the venues because they were in large cites/her biggest markets. Practically anyone in pop could sell out 11 dates.
And I think if you haven't conquered the USA, you aren't a real threat. Especially if you were born here and we care about you the LEAST? Sad.
Just my opinion obviously.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
She sold out most of the venues because they were in large cites/her biggest markets. Practically anyone in pop could sell out 11 dates.
And I think if you haven't conquered the USA, you aren't a real threat. Especially if you were born here and we care about you the LEAST? Sad.
Just my opinion obviously.
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Billboard Pop artist of the decade - P!nk
its not too easy to sell out 11 dates. And again, her latest album sales are on par with Britney's album sales. But obviously Britney has more hype around her, just because...She's a Paris Hilton-type celebrity
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
Billboard Pop artist of the decade - P!nk
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How did they come to THAT conclusion?
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
And again, her latest album sales are on par with Britney's album sales. But obviously Britney has more hype around her, just because...She's a Paris Hilton-type celebrity
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P!nk promoted her ASS off. Britney didn't promote at all this year.
And stop comparing her to Paris Hilton before you get slapped.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
How did they come to THAT conclusion?
P!nk promoted her ASS off. Britney didn't promote at all this year.
And stop comparing her to Paris Hilton before you get slapped.
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Cuz she is the dominant artist on the US pop radio, which means that people love to hear her hits, which again proves that she would have no trouble filling out more arenas if she announced more dates. But I think she's saving the US for last and will blow it away next year, or during the promotion of the next album.
And you are asking me to stop calling Britney a Paris Hilton-type celebrity, but you haven't provided any arguments why she isn't one.
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
Cuz she is the dominant artist on the US pop radio, which means that people love to hear her hits, which again proves that she would have no trouble filling out more arenas if she announced more dates. But I think she's saving the US for last and will blow it away next year, or during the promotion of the next album.
And you are asking me to stop calling Britney a Paris Hilton-type celebrity, but you haven't provided any arguments why she isn't one.
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Britney Spears is a star because of her talent. Paris Hilton is a star because of ....nothing. Were you not alive in 1999? Is Paris Hilton pumping out top-notch pop singles a la "Womanizer" and "3"? Stop using her public breakdown against her, it's annoying and it makes you come across as a bitch.
And P!nk is not the pop artist of the decade. Billboard is on hardcore drugs if they called her that.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Britney Spears is a star because of her talent. Paris Hilton is a star because of ....nothing. Were you not alive in 1999? Is Paris Hilton pumping out top-notch pop singles a la "Womanizer" and "3"? Stop using her public breakdown against her, it's annoying and it makes you come across as a bitch.
And P!nk is not the pop artist of the decade. Billboard is on hardcore drugs if they called her that.
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I was not old enough in 1999 to pay attention to popular culture. I got somehow interested from 2004-05, and I am saying what I have seen since then. And since that period:
Britney Spears=Paris Hilton+2 big hits
And you Britney fans love to throw Billboard statistics into everyone's faces all the time, but now you are pressed.
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
I was not old enough in 1999 to pay attention to popular culture. I got somehow interested from 2004-05, and I am saying what I have seen since then. And since that period:
Britney Spears=Paris Hilton+2 big hits
And you Britney fans love to throw Billboard statistics into everyone's faces all the time, but now you are pressed.
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I figured. You obviously aren't educated enough to say Britney is "just like Paris", just because they hung out together for a little while. Britney Spears is her own entity, she came from nothing and made herself into the biggest star on the planet. Paris Hilton is an heiress. She's famous for partying and being a rich spoiled brat. Get informed before you try to drag folks.
And Britney fans love to throw REAL statistics around (SALES FIGURES), not OPINIONS. Sales matter, opinions don't.
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Originally posted by starstruck52
I figured. You obviously aren't educated enough to say Britney is "just like Paris", just because they hung out together for a little while. Britney Spears is her own entity, she came from nothing and made herself into the biggest star on the planet. Paris Hilton is an heiress. She's famous for partying and being a rich spoiled brat. Get informed before you try to drag folks.
And Britney fans love to throw REAL statistics around (SALES FIGURES), not OPINIONS. Sales matter, opinions don't.
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good. How about Funhouse ww sales just under 5 million copies, compared to circus ww sales...did it even reach 3,5 mil?
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
good. How about Funhouse ww sales just under 5 million copies, compared to circus ww sales...did it even reach 3,5 mil?
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Cool. Good for P!nk. She promoted her ASS off so I'd hope she'd sell well. Britney didn't promote at all.
P!nk stooped as low as to diss her current husband to sell records. Where's the integrity?
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Originally posted by starstruck52
Cool. Good for P!nk. She promoted her ASS off so I'd hope she'd sell well. Britney didn't promote at all.
P!nk stooped as low as to diss her current husband to sell records. Where's the integrity?
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she promoted because she is a good performer. I bet Britney would love to promote on award shows etc. just as much, but she knows that it can't be effective, so she prefers other type of promotion (which is very effective for her) - staying in the tabloids 24/7 for doing controversial stuff. But still can't reach P!nk's level of sales
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Originally posted by fanoftalent
she promoted because she is a good performer. I bet Britney would love to promote on award shows etc. just as much, but she knows that it can't be effective, so she prefers other type of promotion (which is very effective for her) - staying in the tabloids 24/7 for doing controversial stuff. But still can't reach P!nk's level of sales
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Aww you're so delusional that it's cute, yet borderline pathetic! You take after your idol. Stay pressed.
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