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Originally Posted by iRyan
A song doesn't get to #1 just because of a large fanbase. All of her fans LOVED Gimme More but it still didn't get her to #1. Obviously it's more than just her fans buying the song...
People thought Britney was done 4 years ago. She was at the lowest and darkest point in her life ever, with most of the public against her and thinking she was a joke, but she came back and tore up the charts with consecutive #1 first singles and #1 albums and won back the hearts of everyone. Not to mention she had the highest grossing tour of 2009 and the 5th highest grossing female tour of all time that same year. Her success is showing no signs of slowing down...
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You also need to factor in what else is in the charts - you mentioned Firework and Grenade, both of which have been out for a while now, and the competition in other releases isn't particularly strong, it's how any song gets to #1 - tactical marketing. As I said, it's a generic dance song filling the void in the generic dance song market at the moment - it's not going to be remembered as a Britney Spears classic in years to come. She was still in the limelight though, plenty of people make careers out of being complete idiots with hugely negative public images or become infamous for such behaviour (Katie Price, Perez Hilton, Lindsay Lohan...) - they go by the philosophy that any publicity is good publicity. She didn't 'win back the hearts of everyone' - she's a popstar whose problems spilled into the media, she's not the first and she won't be the last. As I said in my previous post, you're using past successes to justify this song which has nothing to do with any of those things. The song is generic dance crap, there is nothing wrong with liking that, it just seems silly to me that people are trying to put people down for stating that particular view.