Comments on: Got Lost In The Game: Hot 100 Victory Returns Britney From Chart Wilderness

By: toddler float

toddler float — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:18:51 +0000

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By: Basil Nicolo

Basil Nicolo — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:58:19 +0000

I love Lady Gaga! She’s my favorite artist!

By: Halfcatfacelose

Halfcatfacelose — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:12:27 +0000

@Al Shipley:

I would have to add Gimme More to the list of Britney songs that - on song merit alone - should've been No.1. It's not Toxic, sure, but it was good enough to be the comeback Womanizer is somehow proving to be. Unfortunately she just wasn't ready to support it with the hard work required (i.e. taking her damn meds). The video is a sterling candidate for The Onion AV Club's New Cult Canon series, though.

I would also like to float my view that Brit-Brit's middling chart record is a perverse result of total over-exposure over the years. Radio wasn't willing to spin her stuff because so many of us were already sick of her.

By: Tauwan

Tauwan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:05:28 +0000

@dyfl:

God if there was a Big Gay Chart, then Britney would likely be up there with Mariah as far as scoring number one hits goes.

By: dyfl

dyfl — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:08:03 +0000

There really should be a strip-club chart, as well as a Big Gay Chart (the Club chart doesn’t count). “I’m A Slave 4 U” was a sure-fire number 1 there.

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:43:00 +0000

@juiceandgin: There really should be.

By: Dan Gibson

Dan Gibson — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:39:06 +0000

@Rob Murphy: Still, it's totally worth checking Maura's link for this helpful fact: "Based on over 15 reviews, it currently holds a 4.5/5 rating on Itunes."

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:33:37 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Yeah, I guess. I think Mariah benefits partly from casting a wider net than Britney or Madonna in terms of radio formats, both in the urban direction and the adult contempo direction.

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:30:46 +0000

@Al Shipley: See, that's how I feel about Mariah Carey--it's not just that I don't like the bulk of her singles, but I find more than half of them forgettable--and yet, a mountain of hype made her the second-biggest chart success of all time after the Beatles. I'm not talking justice here, I'm talking yield in terms of promotional dollars spent/cultural influence wielded.

By: Al Shipley

Al Shipley — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:10:01 +0000

Britney’s just never been the hit factory that Madonna was, and a lot of the comparisons and icon status bestowed on her were media hype, end of story. The only Britney singles that didn’t go to #1 but felt like they were big enough that they probably should’ve were “Oops” and “Toxic.”