[Tom]

I think Britney Spears is the female popstar and the one others aspire to be like (musically of course). Shes had a big impact on pop even if she is just a manufactured product. The Spice Girls were manufactured even down to each playing individual roles yet they're hailed as the best British girl band of all time.

She is becoming irrelevant now but until around 2006 she was as big as it gets, and her come back was one of the biggest of the noughties.

And thats coming from someone who can't stand the woman.