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Submissions for the 2010 Grammy Awards won’t take place until September of 2009, but we are told that Jive Records will push for the final nail in Britney’s comeback: several Grammy nominations. Her album, Circus, was released in November of 2008 and has been one of the biggest selling albums of the past year. All her singles, “Womanizer,” “Circus,” and “If U Seek Amy,” have been major hits as well.
Some may laugh at the prospect of Britney Spears winning several Grammies. However, Grammy voters not only love comebacks, but have also been more keen to dance music lately. The only categories that Britney doesn’t have a chance in are Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for obvious reasons) and Song of the Year. She is definitely ripe for an Album of the Year nomination as well as one for Record of the Year. She’s also ripe for Best Pop Album.
One year ago, everybody was saying that Britney Spears was over with. Now, Britney is filling up arenas at top ticket prices during one of the worst recessions ever. One has to not only credit Ms. Spears for curbing her destructive behavior, but her management, father, and Jive Records deserve thumbs up as well.
While fans wait in anticipation for the video for 4th single "Radar" to be released, "If U See(k) Amy" is still making waves all over the world, topping charts all over Asia.
As Amy's corpse is starting to smell funny some fans are trying to revive it by holding a voting week for it on the radio.
Will it be succesful? Who knows...it's kinda like Micheal Jackson's nose jobs. The chances of it getting worse are 99,99% but deep down inside ya keep hoping that one day he'll look like a human being again instead of E.T.
So...interested in doing a lil' surgery on Amy's nose? If so then click on the following link to vote for Amy on you local radio station:
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Forgive me for taking the obvious, rather tabloidy approach to this review, but: oops! She did it again. Dame Britney, of course, has been courting controversy with this song and its suggestive lyrics. My job, however, is to strip away the controversy around this song and work out whether it is actually any good.
Except you can't, not really. Because the whole point of this song is to be cheeky, titillating and blatant. I can't imagine the impression was ever for anyone to not guess the 'hidden' meaning in the lyrics (though a few notable commentators were convinced that the song was about Amy Winehouse at first) - essentially, Britney and Max Martin are playing a little game with us. Kind of "I know what I'm saying, and you know what I'm saying - d'you wanna make something of it?"
It's quite a juvenile sentiment, and therefore the melody is appropriately juvenile too - from the playground-style taunting of "na na na na na na na na" at the beginning, which basically underneath the majority of the song mixed with a thumping bit of synth, to the couldn't-be-bothered-to-think-of-any-lyrics-to-go-here build to the chorus of "ha ha hee hee ha ha ho".
That's just part of it, though - structurally the song is very interesting, because the verses, despite the chanting undercurrent, are rather soft and pleading. Britney's vocals sound as unnatural as ever, but once the chorus hits, it's like being hit by a double decker bus loaded with sass, as Brit thumbs her nose at her critics with a "love me, hate me, say what you want about me" refrain.
Once the middle eight hits, however, things get very subdued again - it's a nice counterpart to the brash, narcissistic chorus, maybe even a suggestion that through the numerous tabloid reports we've devoured over the years we've seen many different Britneys, all of whom are probably equally real - just like here, there's the domineering, aggressive Britney and the quieter, more vulnerable Britney.
At once it's a wry dig at the way people have questioned Britney's lifestyle, as well as also suggesting that those who race to criticise her are probably not so squeaky-clean themselves. The fact that it's bookended with mock news reports based on real 'outraged parent' items from US news channels is the cherry on the cake.
So what we have here is essentially something far cleverer than the initial cheap innuendo would have us believe. Either that or I've read far too much into it and it's exactly that - a cheap innuendo with one heck of an earworm of a melody built around it. And even if that's true, what's wrong with that?
On the Billboard 200 'Circus' drops 13 spots to #49 in its 21st week on the chart.
On the Billboard Hot 100 'Circus' drops 4 spots to #42 in its 21st week on the chart while Britney's new single 'If U Seek Amy' rises 3 spots coming in at #19 in its 11th week on the chart.
On the Billboard 200 'Circus' rises 5 spots to #38 in its 19th week on the chart.
On the Billboard Hot 100 'Circus' drops 7 spots to #31 in its 19th week on the chart while Britney's new single 'If U Seek Amy' remains at #21 in its 9th week on the chart.
Correction...not only did they murder it but they also raped it, spit on it, set it on fire, killed it, brought it back alive to do all of the following and then put it out of its misery.
On the Billboard 200 'Circus' drops 7 spots to #43 in its 18th week on the chart.
On the Billboard Hot 100 'Circus' drops 6 spots to #24 in its 18th week on the chart while Britney's new single 'If U Seek Amy' rises 3 spots to #21 in its 8th week on the chart.
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