Somehow, Britney Spears is 31 (well, will be on Sunday). I'm 32, so I know what it's like to be old. Britney, though, should forever be 20. How is she 31? Either way, I decided to list 31 Britney songs. Not just any Britney songs, but the best 31. I think so, at least.
31. Love Is . . .
30. Autumn Goodbye
29. Strangest Love
28. Do Something
27. Don't Keep Me Waiting
26. Before the Goodbye
25. Anticipating
24. I Got That Boom Boom
23. I Run Away
22. Toy Soldier
21. How I Roll
20. Rockstar
19. Quicksand
18. Shattered Glass
17. Inside Out
16. Amnesia
15. Everyday
14. If You Seek Amy
13. Big Fat Bass
12. I Wanna Go
11. Gimme More
10. Break the Ice
9. Hold it Against Me
8. Circus
7. Womanizer
6. (You Drive Me) Crazy
5. Everytime
4. Till The World Ends
3. Toxic
2. Baby One More Time
1. I'm a Slave 4 U
Friday, November 30, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Going to the Chapel
There are two things Britney fans are waiting for: a new album and for her to get married to Jason. I don't know if either will happen this year (though I assume they will), but I'm quite confident which one will happen before the other.
Britney has been engaged for nearly a full calendar year. Clearly, she's in no rush to get married. Perhaps she learned from rushing into marriage, as she did with Kevin.
Britney last released an album in March of 2011. Now, she's a TV judge for X-Factor. Clearly, she's in no rush to record an album.
Here's the thing, Britney LOVES being on X-Factor. How do I know? When asked if she'd be back for another season, she said, "Yes, definitely." Not, "Maybe, I'll think about it," or "We'd have to work out a contract first" or "I haven't thought about it yet." No, she said "definitely." Well, this season will end just before Christmas. Next season's auditions will begin in the summer. If she takes a little vacation (and you know she will), that doesn't leave much time for recording.
What it does leave time for, though, is a wedding and a honeymoon. A nice early spring wedding, perhaps. This is why I'm confident she'll get married before she releases a new album.
Do you agree?
Britney has been engaged for nearly a full calendar year. Clearly, she's in no rush to get married. Perhaps she learned from rushing into marriage, as she did with Kevin.
Britney last released an album in March of 2011. Now, she's a TV judge for X-Factor. Clearly, she's in no rush to record an album.
Here's the thing, Britney LOVES being on X-Factor. How do I know? When asked if she'd be back for another season, she said, "Yes, definitely." Not, "Maybe, I'll think about it," or "We'd have to work out a contract first" or "I haven't thought about it yet." No, she said "definitely." Well, this season will end just before Christmas. Next season's auditions will begin in the summer. If she takes a little vacation (and you know she will), that doesn't leave much time for recording.
What it does leave time for, though, is a wedding and a honeymoon. A nice early spring wedding, perhaps. This is why I'm confident she'll get married before she releases a new album.
Do you agree?
Friday, November 16, 2012
Into the Great Bea-yond
The Internet is a funny place. Once created to share ideas, its existence now revolves around sharing nude pictures and insults. It doesn't even matter how old you are, because whether you're 13 or 30 you will get bashed if you say something with which the Internet doesn't agree. Just ask 13-year old Beatrice Miller.
Poor Beatrice made a statement to reporters after Wednesday's performance show about how she disagreed with Britney's song choice. Somehow, that escalated from a simple comment where she disagreed with Britney to her being an ungrateful bitch who trashed Britney. For the record, she has every right to disagree with Britney, since it's her career on the line. Britney's career is already carved in stone.
Regardless, even if she did take a shot at Britney, does that give anyone the right to attack a 13-year old girl? If your argument is that she has a Twitter account and can, therefore, fight back, then you probably believe that it's OK to shoot a 13-year old, so long as the teen has a gun.
How low is your self-esteem that you need to take shots at a 13-year old girl? If your excuse is that she "insulted my queen," do you think "your queen" would be pleased with your actions? I would suggest not and use the fact that Britney defended Beatrice on the show as proof.
Either way, a 13-year old is probably going to blurt things out from time to time. Things she might mean and things she, after thinking it over, might not. This behavior, as wacky as it is, in no way justifies cyber bashing. As shocking as this may be to some people, cyber bashing can effect the recipient of the attack. I know people think they can either get away with it or that it doesn't count because it's just the Internet.
It does count. Insulting someone to their face, putting that insult on Facebook or Twitter, it's all the same. Therefore, it may be best to take stock of your own life before you feel the need to attack a 13-year old. Not only does it make you look bad, in this situation with Beatrice, it makes Britney look bad.
Poor Beatrice made a statement to reporters after Wednesday's performance show about how she disagreed with Britney's song choice. Somehow, that escalated from a simple comment where she disagreed with Britney to her being an ungrateful bitch who trashed Britney. For the record, she has every right to disagree with Britney, since it's her career on the line. Britney's career is already carved in stone.
Regardless, even if she did take a shot at Britney, does that give anyone the right to attack a 13-year old girl? If your argument is that she has a Twitter account and can, therefore, fight back, then you probably believe that it's OK to shoot a 13-year old, so long as the teen has a gun.
How low is your self-esteem that you need to take shots at a 13-year old girl? If your excuse is that she "insulted my queen," do you think "your queen" would be pleased with your actions? I would suggest not and use the fact that Britney defended Beatrice on the show as proof.
Either way, a 13-year old is probably going to blurt things out from time to time. Things she might mean and things she, after thinking it over, might not. This behavior, as wacky as it is, in no way justifies cyber bashing. As shocking as this may be to some people, cyber bashing can effect the recipient of the attack. I know people think they can either get away with it or that it doesn't count because it's just the Internet.
It does count. Insulting someone to their face, putting that insult on Facebook or Twitter, it's all the same. Therefore, it may be best to take stock of your own life before you feel the need to attack a 13-year old. Not only does it make you look bad, in this situation with Beatrice, it makes Britney look bad.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Battle of the Pop Star Judges
After a couple weeks on X-Factor, Demi Lovato's young adults have struggled. Britney Spears' teens, meanwhile, have flourished. In a battle of the pop star judges, Britney is far ahead on points. Demi's 20-somethings need to step up.
Part of Demi's group's lack of success can be attributed to Demi herself. She dyed Cece Frey's hair blonde and shaved some of Paige Thomas' hair off. She hasn't done much to Jennell Garcia; coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally), Jennell has been the best one on her team. Of course, part of the blame has to fall on the girls themselves.
Meanwhile, Britney's kept things fairly simple for her team. No hair color changes, no hair style changes; the only oddity about Britney's team may be the clothing Beatrice Miller wears. Though, to be honest, those choices may be her own and have nothing to do with Britney. Of course, it helps when you have talent to fall back on, as Britney's team does.
There's no guarantee that had Demi kept things simple like Britney that her team would be fairing any better. There's also no guarantee that had Britney changed things up that her team would be doing poorly. It may just be that X-Factor producers gave Britney the more talented group. Regardless, Demi hasn't helped herself.
Last night, all three of her charges struggled. You would think three young adults would dominate "Diva Week" and the young teens would falter. It ended up the opposite. Other than Arin Ray, all of Britney's girls ranged from good to great. Demi's girls ranged from bad to worse.
I think the teens are fortunate to have Britney as their mentor, not because she's a music legend or because she has name value. They're fortunate because she'll defend them like she defended Beatrice last night. When Simon dared to question the song choice (not necessarily the performance), Britney quickly jumped in by pointing out that Beatrice had more talent in her pinky than all of Simon's teams. I guess Simon learned that when you poke the (mama) bear, you get the claws. I'm not quite sure that Demi or L.A. would have come back like that.
It reminded me of the scene in "The Blind Side" when the coach stood up for Michael Oher. After that, Oher played like a beast. I can see Beatrice giving even more now wanting to prove Britney right. I kinda see her teens looking to Britney, not as a singer, but as a mythical creature, someone you just read about but never get to experience.
For Demi, she's probably just another singer to her group - no different than Miley, Selena, Ke$ha or Katy Perry. There's no aura around her, no halo over her head. You wonder if her group tries hard for her, themselves or no one. I think Britney's teens honestly want to win for Britney more than even themselves.
Regardless of who sings for whom, Demi's group need to turn it up a notch. Otherwise, Britney's teens will be all alone against Simon and L.A.
Part of Demi's group's lack of success can be attributed to Demi herself. She dyed Cece Frey's hair blonde and shaved some of Paige Thomas' hair off. She hasn't done much to Jennell Garcia; coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally), Jennell has been the best one on her team. Of course, part of the blame has to fall on the girls themselves.
Meanwhile, Britney's kept things fairly simple for her team. No hair color changes, no hair style changes; the only oddity about Britney's team may be the clothing Beatrice Miller wears. Though, to be honest, those choices may be her own and have nothing to do with Britney. Of course, it helps when you have talent to fall back on, as Britney's team does.
There's no guarantee that had Demi kept things simple like Britney that her team would be fairing any better. There's also no guarantee that had Britney changed things up that her team would be doing poorly. It may just be that X-Factor producers gave Britney the more talented group. Regardless, Demi hasn't helped herself.
Last night, all three of her charges struggled. You would think three young adults would dominate "Diva Week" and the young teens would falter. It ended up the opposite. Other than Arin Ray, all of Britney's girls ranged from good to great. Demi's girls ranged from bad to worse.
I think the teens are fortunate to have Britney as their mentor, not because she's a music legend or because she has name value. They're fortunate because she'll defend them like she defended Beatrice last night. When Simon dared to question the song choice (not necessarily the performance), Britney quickly jumped in by pointing out that Beatrice had more talent in her pinky than all of Simon's teams. I guess Simon learned that when you poke the (mama) bear, you get the claws. I'm not quite sure that Demi or L.A. would have come back like that.
It reminded me of the scene in "The Blind Side" when the coach stood up for Michael Oher. After that, Oher played like a beast. I can see Beatrice giving even more now wanting to prove Britney right. I kinda see her teens looking to Britney, not as a singer, but as a mythical creature, someone you just read about but never get to experience.
For Demi, she's probably just another singer to her group - no different than Miley, Selena, Ke$ha or Katy Perry. There's no aura around her, no halo over her head. You wonder if her group tries hard for her, themselves or no one. I think Britney's teens honestly want to win for Britney more than even themselves.
Regardless of who sings for whom, Demi's group need to turn it up a notch. Otherwise, Britney's teens will be all alone against Simon and L.A.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Vote 4 Britney
Ladies, gentlemen, and my fellow Americans,
Tonight is the start of a new dawn, as season 2 of X-Factor gets underway for real. Tonight is fan voting.
Now, you may be tempted to vote for one of Demi Lovato's young adults, one of Simon Cowell's groups or even one of L.A. Reid's over 25s, but I implore you to put down that phone. This is an important vote and you need all that facts.
Can you really trust Demi? Can you trust someone whose hairstyle changes daily, someone whose hair color goes from blond to brunette seemingly every hour? Can you trust someone with eyebrows that cover half her forehead? What is she hiding? Those tattoos, "Stay" and "Strong," what do they REALLY mean? You need to ask yourself what a vote for Demi would do to this country.
What about Simon? Is it really fair that Simon has 11 people on his team? Everyone else has four, but he has 11. Can you trust someone who needs three times as many people as everyone else? And what about those shirts that don't seem to cover everything? People haven't seen this much chest hair since the 1970s. Ask yourself this: what do Simon and his 11 performers do behind closed doors?
Finally, we have L.A. Sure, he looks innocent, but remember this: he has no hair. Do you know where it went, because I don't. Why did it leave? Isn't it interesting we never found out. What did L.A. do that was so terrible it made his hair up and leave his head? Is that the kind of man you want as your X-Factor champion?
People, it's clear there's only one person you can trust with your vote. Well, technically three: Carly, Beatrice and Arin. A vote for Britney isn't just a vote for Britney. It's a vote for all teens. Remember, you either are a teen, were a teen or will be a teen. If you vote against them it's like voting against yourself. Would you really vote against yourself?
Look at Britney - her bangs are so perfect that Carly Rae Jepsen calls her for hair advice, her legs so immaculate that Carrie Underwood asks for personal training tips, and her composure so polished that the Duchess herself calls for etiquette lessons.
America, a vote for Britney is a vote for yourself. Therefore, when you pick up the phone tonight, don't vote for Simon, Demi or L.A. Vote for Britney. Vote for you.
Tonight is the start of a new dawn, as season 2 of X-Factor gets underway for real. Tonight is fan voting.
Now, you may be tempted to vote for one of Demi Lovato's young adults, one of Simon Cowell's groups or even one of L.A. Reid's over 25s, but I implore you to put down that phone. This is an important vote and you need all that facts.
Can you really trust Demi? Can you trust someone whose hairstyle changes daily, someone whose hair color goes from blond to brunette seemingly every hour? Can you trust someone with eyebrows that cover half her forehead? What is she hiding? Those tattoos, "Stay" and "Strong," what do they REALLY mean? You need to ask yourself what a vote for Demi would do to this country.
What about Simon? Is it really fair that Simon has 11 people on his team? Everyone else has four, but he has 11. Can you trust someone who needs three times as many people as everyone else? And what about those shirts that don't seem to cover everything? People haven't seen this much chest hair since the 1970s. Ask yourself this: what do Simon and his 11 performers do behind closed doors?
Finally, we have L.A. Sure, he looks innocent, but remember this: he has no hair. Do you know where it went, because I don't. Why did it leave? Isn't it interesting we never found out. What did L.A. do that was so terrible it made his hair up and leave his head? Is that the kind of man you want as your X-Factor champion?
People, it's clear there's only one person you can trust with your vote. Well, technically three: Carly, Beatrice and Arin. A vote for Britney isn't just a vote for Britney. It's a vote for all teens. Remember, you either are a teen, were a teen or will be a teen. If you vote against them it's like voting against yourself. Would you really vote against yourself?
Look at Britney - her bangs are so perfect that Carly Rae Jepsen calls her for hair advice, her legs so immaculate that Carrie Underwood asks for personal training tips, and her composure so polished that the Duchess herself calls for etiquette lessons.
America, a vote for Britney is a vote for yourself. Therefore, when you pick up the phone tonight, don't vote for Simon, Demi or L.A. Vote for Britney. Vote for you.
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