Claws Out In The Battle For #1

[KKBL]

Published: 27 Oct 2008

THE mother of all chart battles kicks off a week today.
Pop divas BRITNEY SPEARS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, LEONA LEWIS and BEYONCE are releasing singles on the same day.


I’m dubbing November 3 D-Day in honour of the four babes as they go head to head.


The impending scrap, pitting our biggest female stars against each other in the ultimate chart catfight, is too close to call.


Recent pop history hasn’t seen a tussle like it, and I’m eagerly awaiting the outcome.


Until her problems, Britney was considered the undisputed queen of the crop. But last year’s public meltdown badly damaged her standing.


Her new offering, Womanizer, is another precision-tooled pop rocket. The video has her writhing naked in a sauna and, surprise surprise, is getting loads of airplay.


I can also exclusively reveal her eagerly awaited X Factor slot will be on November 29. Britney’s one time arch-rival Christina is issuing the title track from Keeps Gettin’ Better, her Greatest Hits collection, and it’s a stomping glam-pop banger.


Forgive Me sees Leona ditching gut-busting ballads for an up-tempo R&B number.

Glory
Finally, Beyonce’s track If I Were A Boy, which is released digitally, is probably the most surprising of the lot.


She’s already ahead on points thanks to the stunning promo shot shown above, and has produced a belting but serious ballad about the (alleged) faults of the male species.



HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said: “We haven’t had a heavyweight chart battle like this for a while. It’s wide open but you have to fancy Britney, perhaps just ahead of Leona.”


In terms of album sales Britney is way ahead of the pack with an extraordinary 76million under her belt.


Beyonce has sold 63million, though half were with former group DESTINY’S CHILD.


Christina is next with 42million while Leona has notched up three million sales, for her debut Spirit — but she is the biggest-selling artist of the year so far Stateside.


Rest assured, I’ll bring you the latest from the epic battle as it happens.


I’ve got my fingers crossed for the home-grown talent though.


I’d love to see Leona trounce her US rivals . .

Source:The Sun (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1858113.ece)

which diva do you want at #1?

[Callum]

Britney isn't being released on the 3rd though?

[KKBL]

Originally posted by Callum
Britney isn't being released on the 3rd though?
well the sun seem to think so..lol

[Callum]

LOL she's not because if you click on Womanizer on a US iTunes RSS feed and you're on the UK store a box comes up saying 'Womanizer will be released to the store on the 9th of November.'

[GhettoSuperstar]

Girls Aloud.

[Callum]

LMAO I just had a thought then imagine if Beyonce, Britney, Christina and Leona all had mugshots with the words 'Make me number one!' written on their cards. :laugh:

[*mazedsalv**]

This battle for #1 is going to be the best!! Britney for #1, even though I like all 4 of the songs and all 4 of the artists :bigsmile:

[Callum]

It's such a shame their all being released on the same day, they all deserve a number one with the new singles.

[Callum]

Oh my god! I just checked Womanizer again and it's been moved forward to 3rd November, noooo! Leona will get it I bet.

[Locke.]

X Factor will still be #1 :laugh:

[KKBL]

Originally posted by Callum
Oh my god! I just checked Womanizer again and it's been moved forward to 3rd November, noooo! Leona will get it I bet.

:shocked::shocked::cheer2::cheer2:
even though i want all 4 to reach #1 im glad their releasing on the same day because i want a huge media slurry around this story like the Leona/Take That last year.i bet the whole top 3 will sell more then 50k!

[Callum]

Imagine it though, November 3rd is going to be so nail biting! Any four of them could get it! This is going to be amazing though. By the way though Christina is apparently released to iTunes on the 2nd and then the next day the three other divas will be added, haha it wouldn't suprise me if Christina got the #1 on the 2nd of Nov. and then the next day someone took it from her! :laugh:

[MarkWaldorf]

KGB is actually released tomorrow on UK iTunes

[Callum]

:shocked: Really?

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah, it was posted on SIN a few days ago during a discussion about the music vid.

[Callum]

Oh my god Christina could get a number one then! :shocked:

[MarkWaldorf]

Nah she won't. Christina isn't really THAT relevant. It'll probably get top ten maybe.

[Princess]

OMG is Brit not 9th anymore???? So TT have to get it!

[Callum]

Originally posted by Markus
Nah she won't. Christina isn't really THAT relevant. It'll probably get top ten maybe.

Good point AND the X Factor single will be #1 for sure.

[Callum]

I just tried to read SIN about KGB being released tomorrow, I read it alright but the stuff said about Britney on there is appauling. and they can get away with personal insults as well, one member brought physical appearance into things. I thought us TiBB lot were bad at arguing about Christina and Britney but I was wrong...

[MarkWaldorf]

omg I know. I went head to head with a Christina fan on there once. I got PMs from Britney fans saying kudos. :tongue:

[Callum]

LMAO I was shocked though, one member was bringing up the state of someone's teeth and then another member told someone to go to the gym. We'd be perm banned for that on here. :laugh2:

[Callum]

Source: Heatworld
So, this morning we revealed that the charts will soon be resembling a high-glamour version of the Topshop changing rooms at 3pm on a Saturday, as Britney, Christina, Leona and Beyonce all release singles on the same day. The four ladies have sold approximately 378 billion-million-zillion records between them in the past (we counted) – but who’ll come out on top this time, when their singles hit the shops on 3 November? Well, the smart money’s on Britney – HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo reckons her big comeback single Womanizer is likely-ish to pip the others to the post. “We haven’t had a heavyweight chart battle like this for a while,” he says. “It’s wide open but you have to fancy Britney, perhaps just ahead of Leona.” Let’s look at the facts – Britney’s Womanizer is definitely the most talked about of the four songs – and it has a steamy video (when heatworld took its bi-annual trip to the gym the other day, every man in the room suddenly stopped their sweaty grunting to gaze at Britters when the video came on…and probably did an altogether different kind of sweaty grunting when they got home). Britney's old rival Christina, on the other hand, is releasing a track called Keeps Gettin’ Better – it's the title track from her Greatest tits Hits collection – and she’s certainly been doing lots of promotion for it, parading around in a succession of skimpy outfits. Beyonce can’t be ruled out either – her quirky ballad, If I Were A Boy, is a bit of a departure for her, and could draw in a few new fans. And finally, our very own Leona is, amazingly, the biggest-selling artist of the year in the US, and her single, Forgive Me, is more up-tempo than her usual fare. Plus, with The X Factor fever in the air, she might be on people’s minds.

[Damaris]

Britney or Beyonce

[KKBL]

IMO it will be...
1.Forgive Me
2.Hero
3.Womanizer
4.If I Where A Boy
5.The Promise
6.Keeps Gettin Better

Womanizer might get to #1 after physical + XF

[Xander]

Originally posted by KKBL
IMO it will be...
1.Forgive Me
2.Hero
3.Womanizer
4.If I Where A Boy
5.The Promise
6.Keeps Gettin Better

Womanizer might get to #1 after physical + XF

Haha thats soo predictable coming from you, of course Leona would be number one in your eyes. :tongue:

[KKBL]

Originally posted by Xander
Originally posted by KKBL
IMO it will be...
1.Forgive Me
2.Hero
3.Womanizer
4.If I Where A Boy
5.The Promise
6.Keeps Gettin Better

Womanizer might get to #1 after physical + XF

Haha thats soo predictable coming from you, of course Leona would be number one in your eyes. :tongue:

well shes #1 on the pre-orders chart so thats why i said shes debut at #1.