Fresh off a hot streak of not being a huge disaster for a few weeks, Britney’s decided to release her upcoming album, Circus. We might have gone with Frappe, Blackhole, or I Had the Most Unbeweavable Year, but Circus really is quite apt. It’ll come out on Britney’s 27th birthday, December 2, which seems a little early, as her last effort dropped only last fall. Blackout sold almost 900K copies, nowhere near the haul of Brit’s previous megamillion sellers. (Ugh, I hate when horrible people like me point that out. I’m always like — in the voice of Ms. J — "Girllllll, I’ll TAKE the toy car load of royalty money from one of those "less successful" albums if you don’t want it! Betch.)
Anyway, give us your fall music forecast in the poll below!
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Where have you been, Annie? I’ve missed you!
When will people just let Britney go!! She never could sing and her version of pop is sooooooooo done. She doesn’t have to do much and the media goes all nuts for her. MTV gave her those awards she didn’t deserve them and what does MTV know about music anyway. They should have given the 2008 Hot A$$ Mess award.
Vacation! I’ve missed you too, anonymous.
OMJONAS, Brittney your pretty much only going on now with the millions of rednecks who actually buy your CDS and the only reason you won any VMAs was due to the fact MTV feels bad for bashing you last year. Its sad that you even pretend to be popular based on your music!!!THATS THE KICKER!!!ahhahahahaha
Generalize much? And weren’t the VMA’s voter based this year. So it was the fans who voted for Britney. I admit she had stronger video’s in the past. But given some of those nominees, “Piece of Me” was steller in comparison. I do think MTV manipulated Britney last year, but I don’t think they gave to her as payback. Now, I am excited about her new CD. And I am not red neck. I love her music. She was never the strongest singer but she’s talented and I love her CDs. I thik one of the reasons her last CD didn’t do as well because her personal life was a distraction and her fragile mental health and a lack of promotion. This time she is looking well on the way to recover and this might do well. Even though “Blackout” was exceptional. A critical success for a change. Can’t wait to see what this first new single, “Womanizer” sounds like.
Although it did have to grow on me a bit at first, I now think Blackout was her best album. I can’t wait to hear Circus! No one’s music is better for getting me fired up at the gym!
I think how well Circus performs depends on whether Britney can actually perform and how well. As far as the VMA wins, the fans voted for the nominees but mtv voted for the winners except for best new artists. Thats the only category the fans voted the winner in. Britney’s winning was nothing more then gratuitous on the part of mtv since Piece Of Me was a piece of crap compared to her other videos. They were just making up for letting her perform last year when they had to know she wasn’t up to it.
I love how people always complain and begrudge Britney Spears. Obviously, somebody is listening/buying/cares… she continues to sell albums, videos, perfume, and magazines. Plus, the haters still take the time to discuss her in chatrooms and blogs. If you don’t give a sh*t, why are you so adament about voicing her dislike?
Personally, I’m looking forward to it, just as I have with her past albums. As has been mentioned, Britney is good gym and club music, her form of pop music is always a good time. Plus, sounds like she has some major production on this.
Good for her, I’ll for sure buy it (and nor am I a “redneck” but rather a university educated individual who happens to enjoy something you dont)
The only reason Blackout did not sell well is because of it’s lack of promotion. Brit didn’t do any press for the album. The mtv wins seems to be a publicity stunt for the new album. The people who say that no one cares about Britney? Everytime she is on the cover of a magazine, it sells through the roof!
Blackout woulda been slammin if Britney was, oh-I-dunno-CONSCIOUS during its promotion and ENTIRE run on the shelves. I hope she promo-teases us until December with a few almost-disasters (i.e. a well-documented trip to a suspicious orthodontist, coming out of Starbuck’s with, gasp, no whip!). I mean srslies, my heart can’t take any more rehab or baby-dropping scares, but I know for a fact imma gonna needta be weaned.
PS- Annie, I absolutely CANNOT wait for DWTS to premiere; not because I enjoy near-octogenarians testing their bone density on a weekly basis, but because of DWTS Talk! My fave!
As long as the album is as good as “Blackout” was, then it will have no problem selling.
Brit did no press for Blackout so the sales tanked. Her phopa from the 2007 MTV Music Awards did not help either. People forgot that Blackout was released the DAY AFTER the music awards. I am glad to see her recover ala Mariah Carey style with a new producer, etc. Still while I still think that she can’t sing, if you have a good audio team working with you, anything can happen…and it did.
Blackout is an awesome dance album. I find more listenable than all of her previous albums put together. It’s unfortunate that the charades in her personal life gave people a reason to shun her best musical effort.
Blackout wasn’t released the day after the VMA’s. It was released on Halloween. Early, because it had leaked or was in danger of being leaked. But Gimme More was newly out when she did the infamous performance at the VMA’s. I agree, lack of promotion and her mental state and personal issues were a big reason why people ignored “Blackout” even though it was a fantastic CD. Britney is one in a million. She truly looks to be getting her life together, and I truly hope this next CD is a huge success for her…
Britney doesn’t contribute anything to her music. So of course the cd will be good. The producers are the ones who create the hot beats and then they computerize Britney’s voice – since we all know that she can’t sing. The cd might do well but its not like Britney is responsible for the content of the music.
900,000 is nothing to sneeze at given the status of the music industry and all of Britney’s issues at the time. And plus, didn’t her CD leak before hand. So shouldn’t you add all the downloads of the CD until the final LOL. So it’s possible she did much more… But hopefully the new one is a hit.
Britney doesn’t do all the writing of her music. But she has helped with the writing of some of the songs. You can’t tell, songs like Why Should I be Sad or Everytime or even Piece of Me doesn’t have some contribution in some part. Other people’s names are given the credit. But Britney has helped with certain songs. She is talented. Wish her songs sometimes were so computerized. I can’t wait for the new music.
There are people who are WAY more talented than Britney and there are only a few musicians out there who write, play, and SING their own material. Britney can’t sing nor does she write the MAJORITY of her songs. Do people really think that Britney is responsible for the material itself? Her producers are the ones who create the catchy beats that grab people’s attention. People need to stop acting as if she isn’t some manufactured industry created star. Her whole career has been based on lip-syncing, dancing, and looking hot. People know this by now. Only her rabid fans believe otherwise.
There are far too many actually talented popstars releasing albums this fall to care. I wish someone would hype Brandy’s return a bit more:(
Shut up Ria. Your comments are so negative and pointless. Who are you to judge what kind of artist she is and the type of people who enjoy her music. Have you ever heard of “to each their own”????
Just because you dont like her, doesnt mean you should attempt to ruin it for others.
You’re the type of b*tch that always rags on other women, you’re the reason we dont get anywhere. always bringing others down, never providing optimistic or creative criticism.
Love Britney!!! Hope her album rocks (unlike my former faves Madonna, Janet, and Mariah).
Also, totally agree Fatima : love Brandy’s new song and really lookin’ forward to her comeback!
I not or was not a Britney fan until I won ‘Black Out’ at a disco I was at where they had a drawing! To be fair and honest (and I’m 40 years old), I LOVED the CD and I still play it. Come on, ‘Piece of Me’ is a great song (among others on it)! I look forward to hearing Britney (a ‘freakshow’, that was a great song off of Blackout too) with her new CD ‘Circus’. I bet it will do well on the charts! Can’t wait!
My one wish before Circus comes out:
Make Radar a single first!! Pre-packaged success!
The fact that people are going out of their way to bash Britney on this blog should be telling you that her album will sell (and hopefully it’ll have some good tracks on it to help it sell big). People on this blog shouldn’t get upset over negative comments that other people make about Britney…. if you truly didn’t like or care about her, then why would you take five minutes out of your day to blog about her?
Anyways, Blackout was a fantastic album… I hope that Circus is just as good.
lol Fatima, I’m actually a huge fan of hers. Her last album was really good and highly underrated. I am looking forward to hearing her new material.
GeeMoney – saying that Britney can’t sing is not bashing. Some of her songs are hot but I’m not delusional. People know why shes famous. Where is the harm in pointing out the truth on why Britney is still relevant for all these years.
lol TruBlu, you are so butthurt. If you can’t handle a simple discussion, then it proves how easily you get upset. This is a discussion about Britney Spears, not the Holy Bible.
butthurt…alright.
Ugh Ria, who the hell do you think YOU are? Some trashy pig who spends her time discussing things she dislikes? Im not upset, I just find you incredibly ignorant and annoying.
And sweetheart, Im aware of the topic of the discussion, I dont need your rude-as* to inform me.
“butthurt”??????????????
Nice demonstration of both your intelligence and grammer. Bravo princess.