Just what happened with Britney then, she was the next big thing a manufactured pop princess, that's what these acts are, they have a life cycle...when people have grown out of that stage of their lives the next generation comes along and pick up new manufactured artists. Same thing will happen when One Direction etc become no longer relevant. People grow up and their music habits change.

I'm on the younger side of that age bracket and I still love Britney and always have. But then I also like Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston etc. so age doesn't matter to me.

She can sing and she plays the piano. She actually wrote and composed Everytime herself and she uses her real voice on that song. Also listen to the unreleased ballads Everyday, (To Love) Let Go, Luv The Hurt Away (very early R&B ballad possibly from pre-BOMT era) and Baby Boy. She shows off her real voice on those songs.

That's not the reason at all. There are many stars that behaved worse than her and can still sell records i.e. Justin Bieber and Chris Brown.

does justin sell ?

Incorrect
5 of her 7 tours included the UK.

She shaved her head to avoid discovery of her drug addiction during her child custody battle.
I think it was her most interesting 'era'. Beating people with an umbrella and flashing her front bottom...rock and roll! Its no wonder she turned down the song umbrella and it went to rihanna instead

Out of sight, out of mind!
The UK don't see Britney perform anymore! She does bits of promo in the UK, like little music channel segments or games, and interviews (Alan Carr being the biggest she has done) but they don't link that to music. Work B*tch has a lot of potential because when it debuted a lot of people linked it to Eurodance/ EDM which was popular more with the UK market as well as the US where EDM was becoming current, but the video and song was risky and so it limited appeal.

I don't think it was fair that Radio One used her then didn't even playlist that song. Even C-list would have sufficed.

Perfume could have been big, but there was no promo and a poor video.

BJ dropped and barely anyone knew of it.

Her team is shockingly poor. Make the girl perform!

I see Thrillkisser doing nasty on this forum. Posting negative threads on female artists. Get a life!!!

She's still moderately successful, it just seems like she doesn't want that enormous fame anymore, and that's to be expected when you think of everything that's happened to her.

She is still relevant when it comes to the popstars from the late 90's. Britney, Pink, Beyonce are all still making music and selling out venues. You don't see the same for stars like Christina Aguilera, Jessica Simpson, and the rest who started out around that time.

She has just gone a bit quiet over the past few years.

I don't think so. She released Femme Fatale and Britney Jean (not sure if Circus counts here), she released an underwear line, she brought out more perfumes (and that line is selling well) and she's been in the news a lot for her personal life. Plus she's doing her Vegas residency which is selling very well. She's still busy, just not releasing as much music. Oh and she released Scream & Shout and Ooh La La.


I'm nearly 25 and am a big Britney fan, always have been and always will be. The older side of that age bracket would be the ones who have grown up with her and followed her career over the years. Most of the younger ones (but not all) would probably not be as interested and would likely be more interested in the likes of Katy Perry or Beyonce.

Which us pretty funny since Beyonce is actually older than Britney.

Yeah its strange but for some reason she's seen as 'cool' to listen to by some people whereas Britney is not

Where did you hear that? I don't believe that has ever been true.

I think people forget what a bad time britney went through

She watched her aunt die of cancer.
She had her second child so her hormones were everywhere
Her marriage was falling apart
Her team that surrounded her were not good influences

It's no wonder she had a breakdown. I hate it with a passion when people make jokes or ignorant comments about mental health. Until you suffer with it yourself, then you will see unfunny it is. Because when you get to that point where you have no control over how you act, how you think and to the point where you no longer want to be alive, then maybe people will think twice about cracking jokes about mental health.

Well, Britney used to call people 'retards' when they annoyed her and other nasty little insults, so unfortunately it came back to haunt her herself.

There will always be huge ignorance towards mental problems .
even the current government don't seem to believe Mental health issues exist .

To be fair, she's not really doing anything in the UK at the minute anyway. There is no tour or promo. It is hard to keep the market interested when you don't do anything.

I'm sure if she did a tour, it would sell out pretty fast.

Watch this space.

She has just signed a new contract allowing her full creative control. Last record she EP'd on was Blackout and it was flawless from beginning to end. She knows what she is doing.

I reckon she has just released the last few albums to see her out of her current contract without much effort on her part. If she's the Executive Producer of the next record, I think she'll want to show us what she's made of.

Exactly. I'm studying Mental Health Law as one of my Masters degree subjects and some of the stuff I come across is unbelievable. There are so many cases of ignorance towards mental health problems and some people still have the attitude that they are all "lunatics" or "not well in the head" and should be locked up in the "loony bin". Okay, there are some violent psychopaths out there who are locked up in places like Broadmoor and those kinds of people are dangerous and could probably never live normal lives again, but a lot of people with MH issues are simply troubled and need help and with the right help and support could go on to live normal lives again. They shouldn't be locked up in what some people call the "loony bin". In my first seminar I watched a documentary about the history of mental hospitals in Ireland and the way the patients were treated was absolutely shocking

Did you see the case of the 16 year old who was put into police custody because they couldn't find her a hospital bed? That was disgusting. I've an essay to write for my MH Law module and I'm going to write it about children and teenagers and the law, with a particular emphasis on mental hospitals. It's disgraceful that there's such a stigma towards MH issues in this day and age.

why dont you believe that to be true, why else would she shave her head?
she was having a 'breakdown' because her husband was leaving her and taking their two kids and she knew she would lose them because of her drug taking.
Her behaviour was erratic because she was trying to get clean before court dates.

It's not the case i don't believe it, it's the case I haven't heard or see any evidence to suggest

You do things that are considered odd when your having a breakdown. God knows I did. I just didn't shave my hair.

Her Ex has custody of there kids and she has limited access and pays child support. Its unusual in divorces cases for the man to be the main custodial parent of some babies, especially a waster like k-fed, unless the mother is really messed up.
During their divorce he was claiming she was an unfit mother due to drugs and her mental state, so being britney she shaved her head so they couldn't take a sample of her hair follicles. People who are having a breakdown generally don't have a big smile on there face as they shave their hair off in a room full of friends taking photos and filming it.

She was a pop singer who was huge at a time when the kind of music she made was huge. She was never particularly credible nor did she pretend to be. As a result she could only ever have a limited shelf life.

She will still have her hardcore fans and might reinvent herself and come back with a hit that happens to be a genre or style of music that's popular again some day - look what happened with Cher and Believe. But the nature of pop music is to look for the 'cool, next big thing'. No pure pop artist has a long and enduring career. I'm sure she's made her peace with that.

I was shocked that the last time Xtina had SOLO top ten hit in the U.S was a decade ago. Where does the time go?