By Lead Bitch
Finicky critics are stuck on 'Circus'
Posted under Blog, Music on December 12, 2008
Sure Circus is selling like hotcakes, breaking records and topping music charts worldwide. But, get this: The critics also like what they hear. Check out these review excerpts to see what they are saying...
From the synthy open of "Womanizer" to the regretful ache spurring
"Blur," "Circus" gives Brit pop a whole new meaning, as the singer
does double duty as a dance diva and brokenhearted balladeer. It's
no easy feat, but when Spears shoves aside the tabloid trauma and
hooks up with the right producers--on this album it's Guy Sigsworth,
Danja, Dr. Luke and Max Martin--she is in a class of her own.
-- Ann
Donahue, Billboard
Circus shifts from defiant booty calls to subtler material;
suddenly, it's a first-rate electro-pop album. The Danja-produced
''Blur'' is a remarkably pretty song about (finally!) an actual
blackout. ''Mmm Papi'' giddily sets her littlest-girl voice against a
guitar right out of 1960s go-go rock.
The standout is ''Unusual You,'' a pulsating ballad where a woman of
experience finds unexpected love: ''Didn't anyone tell you you're
supposed to/Break my heart, I expect you to/So why haven't you?''
Mostly, Spears still presents herself as fantasy object, but here might
be her own fantasy -- of real acceptance.
-- Chris Willman, Entertainment Weekly
"Toxic" producers Bloodshy & Avant hit pay
dirt again with the melodic, glowing "Unusual You." The Max
Martin-produced "If U Seek Amy" (say it fast) is a saucy, swinging
standout, and the photographer-taunting stomper "Kill the Lights"
recalls the synth crush of 2007's Blackout.
-- Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone
A seasoned cast of collaborators including Danja, Bloodshy & Avant,
Guy Sigsworth, and Max Martin ensures that Spears's sixth album hits
all the proper sonic touchstones. The fistful of dance tunes are
fashionably stern, saddled with ominous strut and anonymous throb. But
Britney is a palpable presence here, a flesh-and-blood singer.
-- Joan Anderman, The Boston Globe
...with Spears' sixth studio album, Circus (Jive), the mother of
two exfoliates her grime and convincingly proves why she's finally
ready to cue the curtains and retrieve her spotlight.
-- Tracy Garraud, Vibe
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By Jen
'Circus' Continues to top the charts
Posted under Blog, Music on December 11, 2008
Circus has debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart. Britney's sixth studio album is now No. 1 in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Switzerland, Brazil and Taiwan. Whew! The album is also at the top spot on the Billboard Top Digital Albums chart.
'Circus' the single is doing pretty fantastically too and is currently No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart and is the iLike Libraries Most Added track (with 'Womanizer' right behind at No. 2.)
And it doesn't stop there... 'Shattered Glass' is at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 'If U Seek Amy' is at No. 86.
Brit is truly the ring-mistress of her Circus.
Jen, Britney's British Bitch
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By Jen
McSteamy Jr. Is Ready For His Close-Up...
Posted under Blog, Music, Videos on December 11, 2008
By Traci
Last Chance To Vote For Britney
Posted under Music on December 11, 2008
There are only three days left in the Fuse Best Music Video of 2008 battle! As we told you before, Brit is up against Paramore and the numbers are hidden so we have no idea how close the race is.
The official winner will be announced during the Fuse television special on this Saturday at 7:00 ET(PT)/ 6:00 CT. It's called the Top 40 of 2008: The Good, The Bad & The Britney.
Our girl is in the title of the show, so we have to make sure she ends up on top!
Vote, VOTE, VOTE!!
Traci, Britney's Blonde Bitch
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By Jen
'Blackout' Back In The Billboard 200
Posted under Blog, Music on December 10, 2008

Looks like 'Circus' wasn't the only Britney album to shake up the charts this week. According to MTV.com 'Blackout' has made its way BACK in to the Billboard 200 after selling more than 4,600 copies and is now at #198.
Maybe now is the time to go out and buy those old Britney albums you never got round to getting in the past. Let's get all EIGHT (if you include Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
and B in the Mix: The Remixes) of Britney's albums in the charts! Wouldn't that be epic?!
Jen, Britney's British Bitch
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By Traci
Larry Rudolph Sheds Light On 'Circus' Success
Posted under Music, Videos on December 10, 2008
Entertainment Tonight interviewed Britney's manager Larry Rudolph about #1 album Circus and he just couldn't stop gushing.
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