Britney Spears Thread

[BetterForgotten]

I don't know if she's over and done with per se, she's still young enough to get over a flop album and singles and stage a comeback.

However, I just don't think she nor her management cares anymore. Britney's been half-assing everything in her career since about 2005. Probably why her peers like Beyonce and Justin have kept some momentum in their 10+ years solo careers going, even when they go for long stretches without releasing an album, and Britney has not.

Britney's popularity with the general public and with top 40 radio has faded though, and there's no stepping past that. That's usually the lifeline for any commercial pop act these days.

Edited December 29, 2013 by BetterForgotten

[YRBB]

Review of her Vegas residency:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/12/28/britney-spears-las-vegas-review/

[Chris B]

Oh please. Britney's last album and tour did very well and a lot of the singles were hits. This album is a flop,but it happens. The big WTF here is that there were so many obvious promotional spots and she didn't do one televised performance for either single. How did she expect to sell this? She didn't even try to pursue radio either. Had she promoted Work Bitch, it would've been a hit. I don't think it's great, but it's the same mindless fun all over the place.

[ThePrinceOfSunspear]

This and Blackout are definitely her least promoted albums. So I'm not surprised its a big bomb. Still sad to see tho cuz she'll always have a spot in my heart.

Those comments tho on the other site are so mean but they are killing me by making me laugh so damn hard. People on the interwebs are just going so hard on this poor lass from Louisiana. You'd think Britney killed their mama and slept with their dad or something...

[BetterForgotten]

That was what, almost 3 years ago? It's a totally different climate now, she just hasn't kept up a consistent enough profile for the general audience or radio to care.

You can do constant promotion and be on every talk show, but it doesn't mean that's going to sell your album. Lady Gaga is finding that out the hard way. There needs to be some type of positive buzz and momentum to sell your product, and obviously the singles/album have to be at least half-way decent. Neither she nor Britney really has any of this at the moment. Granted, Gaga isn't flopping as badly as Britney is, but still under-performing and making her label lose money on the album nonetheless.

Edited December 30, 2013 by BetterForgotten

[JackPeyton]

The problem with this album is the lack of promo/interest in her part and that it's a bad, non-britney like album.

The Vegas show seems to be doing well.

Her haters are interested enough to still care, the press still cares and her fan base is still there. She's solid.

[All My Shadows]

Pretty much. Many were waiting for the stans to cry when the album flopped, but I was just waiting for the haters to jizz themselves.

[Soapsuds]

I didn't even know Britney had a new album out....lol

[ThePrinceOfSunspear]

How can you say that when her album flopped big time? Clearly either her fanbase is gone or they've moved on to different things because they sure as heck didn't buy this album or express any on the ground interest in it.

The numbers speak for themselves...between the very poor album sales and the random E documentary (which I only ran across because a cousin was flipping thru channels in boredom and stumbled upon it that night) its clear that she's at best on shaky ground. She got no where near the level of press that Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, or even Lady Gaga got in the run up to this article....lets not even mention Beyonce who overnight became the focus of the the music media market for a solid two weeks with her secret album.

I really like Britney Spears and love a lot of her music but this latest outing could be a death knell....but I say that fully admitting that its been said before and she managed to come back with Circus so who knows what the future holds for her....

[alphanguy74]

I guess some people will pay good money to watch alot of flash and no substance. She seems to want to follow in Madge's footsteps, but doesn't have the talent to back it up. She certainly doesn't have the talent to sing live... but I know people today don't care about little things like that. As long as they look like a fashion model, and or porn star, that's all that matters. I wonder what Britney will do when she's over the hill? And people wonder why the record business is dying. I'm gonna state the obvious here, but some of you guys actually LIKE records that sound like they are being sung by a cartoon character?

Edited January 1, 2014 by alphanguy74

[All My Shadows]

Why do you constantly bring this up? No one cares.

[alphanguy74]

I know... sad, ain't it? that nobody cares. Actually people do care... but theyr'e all over 35. Actually it's because I hope that the young generation can be convinced to demand something BETTER from their performers. If this kind of crap is passed off time after time, then music and pop culture will just continue into this downward spiral. Britney Spears and her no talent ass should not be in the position she is in the entertainment business, someone with true talent like Leann Rimes should be holding her position, or hell, even Aguilera (I may HATE her singing style, but she does have talent a real voice). If you want to scarf down a Bologna sandwich and act like it's lobster thermidor, then I suppose that's up to you. I suppose you can say the same thing about all the soap opera threads where people bitch and bitch and bitch, and nothing ever changes or gets any better. Shouldn't you all just give up in those threads? Let's see if I get this straight, it's fine to slag on all the soaps, but not on the modern pop culture divas? Just wanting clarification.

Edited January 1, 2014 by alphanguy74

[All My Shadows]

I don't bitch in soap threads because I don't have time to watch shows I don't enjoy watching. What I'm saying is that you constantly get yourself worked up over this, and it's a colossal waste of your own time. If you want to continue, that's fine, it's just annoying sometimes because you just don't seem to get it.

[BetterForgotten]

Leann Rimes is sort of past the definition of a washed-up hasbeen at this point in her career, she's not even worth bringing into this. Maybe at one point I could see some talent there, but not anymore.

Edited January 1, 2014 by BetterForgotten

[juppiter]

If Britney wants to come back from this, she will come back. It all depends on her. She will not try to come back and fail at it. She will either take a break for a while after Vegas is over or she will stage a successful comeback.