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Originally posted by foxaylove
It all had to do with Clear channel blacklisting Britney because for her Dream Within A Dream tour she switched tour sponsors from Clear Channel to some other sponsor. Clear Channel didn't take the news to well and the Britney era suffered poor radio airplay because Clear Channel owns a large amount of radio stations. Just google Britney blacklisted by Clear Channel and plenty of info will come up. Only mid-way through the ITZ era did the grudge drop...you can thank Toxic's undeniable hit factor to them letting bygones be bygones. I referred to them as the Evil Empire back than for that pettiness showing of business. I have resented them to this day for having songs like Slave 4 U be handicapped for high charting because of poor airplay. All because she wanted better sponsorship for her best tour to date in my opinion.
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Yes. People always say Britney is a flop at radio, but no. Prior to the
Britney era, she had #1's on pop radio, and top tens, etc. Then the whole CC **** happened and ruined her run. Then
In The Zone came about with "Me Against The Music" making it to #11, "Toxic" #1, and "Everytime" #4. So she was back in some sense.
Then of course,
Blackout would've produced more top tens, but the lack of promotion then oh so "unforgettable" breakdown caused radios to hesitate to give her fulls spins.
Now, she's back to where she was in 2003/2004. Smashing the charts like she's been doing.