Originally Posted by SonofaBeast:
“The Femme Fatale period has really disappointed here in the UK. I remember a time when Britney was pretty much guaranteed a top 10 entry on the singles chart (bar a few singles) but those days are gone. She really needs to promote over here and that's where she went wrong this year. I still can't believe "Til the World Ends" didn't even make the top 20 when it's one of the best singles she's put out in years. It did, however, spend more weeks on the singles chart than "Hold It Against Me" which actually made the top 10. None of the subsequent singles from FF did anything on the UK charts and the album itself has only gone gold, spending just 9 weeks on the chart. I really did think "Criminal" was going to do well as it was something different from her and the video was great.
She really needs to pull her finger out with her next album but I'm not holding my breath.”
That is what guts me....i mean HIAM was a top 10 but i was expecting it to be 1 of 5 perhaps to be top 10 hits in the UK.
Especially as she stated that music from the album was influenced by her Blackout period of her life, underground dance and UK Club music....in other words, Underground/Dub Step which is what influenced it.
Femme Fatale should have been massive in the UK and be one of this years best selling had it been endorsed correctly.
TTWE even should have been number 1, I Wanna go had summer smash written all over it. Criminal would have had immense WInter success if promoted....but alas...