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Profanity in pop songs is old news. Hell, the chorus to Christina Aguilera's recent single, "Keeps Gettin' Better," kicks off with the phrase, "Some days I'm a super bi---." That one is easy enough for radio stations to edit out in order to avoid any fines from the FCC or threats to yank their licenses.
But what will they do with a new single from a major artist that doesn't actually contain a four-letter word, but rather spells it out in a not-so-subtle way? That dilemma is beginning to dawn on top-40 radio programmers across the country as the third single from album, "If U Seek Amy," starts to make its way to the airwaves.
The cheeky title (try saying it fast) joins the tradition of album titles like Van Halen's 1991 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The chorus doesn't even try to make grammatical sense of the phrase: "But all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy."
The spelled-out profanity puts the song into a legal gray area for radio stations.
"It's OK to put in on an album, have fun with it, but we're publicly owned, you know?" said Patti Marshall, program director at Cincinnati's Q102, a pop station in a decidedly conservative Midwestern market. "We have a responsibility to the public ... you put this ... out and act like we're all fuddy-duddies, like we're trying to make moral judgments. It's not about us. It's about the mom in the minivan with her 8-year-old."
Like several programmers we talked to, Marshall said she had not yet been told that "Amy" was the next single from Circus. She's still busy playing the album's title track, which was recently released as the second single. Asked if she would play "Amy" if it came to her as a single, Marshall said likely wouldn't. She likened its chorus (which she has not heard) to "a little boy in sixth grade doing arm farts."
A spokesperson for the Federal Communications Commission did not return calls for comment, and Spears' label confirmed the choice of the single but would not comment on its content or any potential issues at radio.
Sharon Dastur, program director at Z100 in New York, also had not yet heard the song and said she's not sure what the station's plans are for it. She compared its possible problems to those faced by her station in 2005 upon the release of the Black Eyed Peas single "Don't Phunk With My Heart."
"Listeners thought it was the other word, and so we had to change it to 'mess,' " she said. That example was also the first that popped to mind for KIIS FM Los Angeles program director John Ivey, who said he knew he couldn't play the Peas' song as originally recorded but felt that censoring it would make it sound more nefarious, so he asked the group's label for a new version.
"It's a potential issue for every station," Ivey said of the Spears single. "I'm certain that I would run it by my legal department first. My first job is to protect [the station's] license. ... It's better to be safe than sorry."
Asked if he would recut the song to edit out the naughty bits, Ivey said he probably wouldn't because he felt the phrase was included in the song to provoke, so an alteration would change its intention. "[Spears' label, Jive,] might also be just floating it out there to see if they can stir things up a bit."
Source: MTV
Britney Spears is wearing a 'magic' ring to give her confidence. The 'Womanizer' singer has been spotted wearing a tourmaline band, which claims to boost inner strength and provide a sense of stability. The rock was given to her by the celebrity designer Dara Dubinet to help her get back on track following her public breakdown last January. Dara told Life and Style Weekly magazine: 'I made the ring with Britney in mind. When something is made with good intention, it carries that positive energy to the person who ends up wearing it.'Source: MSN
Check out a bunch of cool remixes from the 'Circus' album here!Source: Piersing's Blog
Britney's new single 'Circus' is currently at #15 on Mediabase with 4639 spins and 29.8 est. million listeners!Click here to vote for 'Circus' on your local radio station!Source: Break The Ice
Call it a comeback. After a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 with "Circus" and the chart-topping peak of the first single, "Womanizer," the title track from Britney Spears' sixth album is her first top five start on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides the image overhaul with a return to the Spears of old, Brit has recorded her most mature, musical album to date, with hook-heavy tunes and, more important, fully engaged pop vocals with little vocoder assistance. "Circus" finds Spears in the more-than-capable hands of producer Dr. Luke (Pink, Katy Perry), who surrounds her with an electronic cyberpop landscape, while Spears spits out lines like, "There's only two types of guys out there/Ones that can hang with me and ones that are scared." Gotta love it. While her life has often resembled a circus -- to which the public has ringside access -- it appears Spears is now the ringleader instead of the main attraction.Source: Billboard
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The following italicized article is from www.popcrunch.com:Just days after the California legal system made his conservatorship over Britney Spears’ affairs permanent, pop Jamie Spears is pulling no punches when it comes to keeping unsavory characters away from his famous daughter. After Jamie caught Britney secretly texting a former flame, the tough as nails dad “confiscated” the pop star’s cell phone and deleted her list of contacts.“Brit has zero freedom,” an insider explains in the January 19 issue of Star.Source: Pop CrunchOh, so that's why we always see her on her cellphone...
Britney's new single 'Circus' is currently at #16 on Mediabase with 4509 spins and 29.776 est. million listeners!Click here to vote for 'Circus' on your local radio station!Source: Break The Ice
Britney's back and going on tour to promote her new album Circus! Congratulations to Jamie King who is the tour's director. MSA is also excited to have Simon Ellis as the Musical Director, JaQuel Knight and Tony Testa as Contributing Choreographers, and Dreya Weber as the Aerial Choreographer.Source: MSA Agency
The following italicized article is from www.contactmusic.com:Jewellery designer DARA DUBINET has designed a $27,000 (GBP18,000) black Chinese agate rock ring for BRITNEY SPEARS to wear to the Grammy Awards in February (09).Dubinet started work on the huge gem after she spotted Spears wearing a Tourmaline ring she had created and sent to the pop star when she appeared on U.S. morning show Good Morning America on her 27th birthday in December (08).The designer tells Life + Style magazine she was told Spears "loved" her birthday gift.And a source tells the publication, "She's worn it several times, She says it has a positive energy, and it just makes her smile."Source: Contact Music
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The following italicized article is from www.examiner.com:Apparently, a group of parents in Australia are upset after they bought the new Britney Spears cd, "Circus," for their young children, because it contains a song that includes hidden swearing. The song is titled "If You Seek Amy" and is actually a sound alike of "F-*-*-K Me". The line in the song that is causing all the trouble is"All of the boys and all of the girls are beggin’ to/If You Seek Amy."Leonie Barsenbach told the Australian news website Undercover.com that she bought the album for her five and seven year old kids, and now she feels duped. "I got them the Circus album because little kids are Britney fans, but there was no warning on the album and none of the songs listed had F-*-*-K in the title. Listening to it, it is extremely blatant and offensive. I feel I have been deceived into believing that this was acceptable content for children but instead it is objectionable."Honestly, it is hard to feel too bad about someone getting "duped" after buying a Britney Spears cd for an elementary school kid. What could she possibly be expecting? Britney has not been hiding her sexual content- in fact, it has been a key part of her comeback. First, step back and consider whether you should be buying the "Circus" cd for a five year old, then we can talk about whether Britney is trying to get something over on you. Source: The Examiner
For the 3rd week in a row Circus has placed at #1 on the United World Chart selling 163.000 copies this week worldwide.It has now sold a total of 2.216.000 million copies worldwide.Congratz Britney, again!
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The following italicized article is from www.accesshollywood.com:“If You Seek Amy” will be the third single from Britney Spears’ “Circus,” the pop princess announced on her Web site on Wednesday.In December, fans chose the controversial track as the song she should chose for her next single in a poll on the site, with “Amy” winning 26 percent of the vote.Many parents are up in arms over the song’s chorus, “All of the girls and all of the boys are looking to… If you seek Amy,” which could be heard as “F*** me.” “I was astonished and totally taken aback when I heard my 5 and 7-year-old kids walking around the house singing ‘F-U---K,” one parent has complained, according to Rolling Stone. “When I asked them what it was, they told me it was Britney Spears. I was horrified.”The first two singles from “Circus” were “Womanizer,” which topped the charts, and the album’s title track. Brit took a break over the holidays from promoting the album to celebrate the wedding of her brother, Bryan, who was married on New Year’s Eve in New Orleans.Source: Access Hollywood
It's official: 'If U Seek Amy' is the third single off Circus to be released. No other info is available in terms of video, cover art, etc. at this time.Source: BritneySpears.com
Britney's new single 'Circus' is currently at #17 on Mediabase with 4062 spins and 31.0 est. million listeners!Click here to vote for 'Circus' on your local radio station!Source: Break The Ice
Check out these awesome pictures of Britney, her mom Lynne and her boys Jayden James and Sean Preston! The photos were taken just before they all headed out to brother Bryan's Louisiana wedding on New Year's Eve!We hear Britney had a great time during her holiday stay in her home state and that it was super chill, with lots of working out and spending time with her whole family!See more pics here!Source: BritneySpears.com
Bad news for those who were waiting for the superstar to walk the red carpet of the MIDEM: it’s official, NRJ confirmed in a press release that Britney Spears will NOT attend the show this year.Source: Yahoo.fr
The following italicized article is from www.accesshollywood.com:It’s official – Britney Spears is no longer in control of herself.Court papers were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, making a judge’s October ruling (which made the conservatorship over Britney permanent) official.The conservatorship over the pop star legally began on January 5, 2009.The agreement gives permanent control of the pop star’s finances to her father, Jamie Spears, along with attorney Andrew Wallet. While Jamie is sole conservator over Britney’s personal matters.In the papers pertaining to Britney’s financial matters, it states Britney “is substantially unable to manage … her financial resources or to resist fraud or undue influence.”When it comes to control over Britney, herself, the papers state the star “is unable properly to provide for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.”The personal order also gives Jamie Spears “the power to restrict and limit visitors by any means.”When Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Reva Goetz granted Jamie Spears a permanent conservatorship over his daughter on October 28, 2008, a court-appointed attorney for Spears said the singer did not object to the arrangement.Britney was not present in court on Monday, and instead was represented by attorney Sam Ingham.Source: Access Hollywood
Britney's new single 'Circus' is currently at #18 on Mediabase with 3897 spins and 24.6 est. million listeners!Click here to vote for 'Circus' on your local radio station!Source: Break The Ice
The following italicized article is from www.showbizspy.com:Madonna is set to perform with Britney Spears in the summer, according to reports.The Material Girl hitmaker, 50, is determined to mend her reputation in the UK following her recent divorce from husband Guy Ritchie.So, the superstar has arranged to share the stage with Spears on some of the Toxic singer's global Circus tour.A source tells British tabloid the Daily Mirror, "Choreographers have been asked to create an out-of-this-world dance routine for Britney and Madonna."When Britney joined Madonna on stage for her Sticky and Sweet tour it was very sedate. This is going to be a high energy dance routine - getting back to what they are both good at, performing."Source: Showbiz Spy
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