sorry if this is considered old news but...

britney was number one, breaking records as the first female in history to have four consecutive number one albums! mj came in at 13 and tori entered at 40

just thought i'd mention this since there have been so many references to all three artists recently.

I think Mariah Carey is 1 of the most successful solo female artists ever with 15 or 16 No 1's on the US Billboard chart.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

This is such a shame. I have to admit, my family contibuted to this nonsense. My aunt bought BOTH my twins the damn Brittney Spears album. I have to hear that irritating ass voice coming from two different damn rooms. I'm gonna go buy MJ's album today. I've gotta show my boy some support.

illimack said:

its not a shame that a good cd is doing well. but yeah, i need to go buy the mj cd too. i just hate to spend money on a cd that i practically already own...and where is jam or scream?!

thetimefan said:

she didn't have 4 consecutive number one ALBUMS...you're thinking of singles.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

I always thought Donna Summer had that record with three #1 platinum albums in a row. Maybe it was double albums but then again all of those (except for "Live and More") were restored to one CD. It sucks that Britney Spears broke Donna's record!

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

I know but as u were mentioning Billboard stats I thought u might like 2 know. The Jackson 5 were the 1st group ever 2 have 4 No 1 single's on the US Billboard chart. As for Britney well its thanx 2 record company marketing that she has 4 No 1 albums , I mean does any1 think she can actually sing?

thetimefan said:

...doesn't change the fact that her cd sold over 600,000 copies in its first week and broke some records...


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VinnyM27 said:

If I'm not mistaken,Donna Summer is STILL the only artist to have THREE Number One double-album sets:

***"Live And More" (2-LP set) reached Number One in 1978.
***"Bad Girls" (2-LP set) reached Number One in 1979.
***"On The Radio" (2-LP Greatest Hits set) reached Number One in late 1979.


Britney many have topped Donna's record,but her albums aren't double-albums,which makes Donna's success all the more impressive,imo.

DavidEye said:

come on, my friend. you are grasping there. we all know that what fits on one cd takes up two albums. look at rainbow children...its one disc but its a double record release. those donna summer records are now re-released on one cd because they fit...on wax there just isn't enough room so it takes a double release.

its not more impressive...but that was a nice try.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

now you're really stretching here.
Why are you so pro-britney, I'm not one to just come out of nowhere and diss the girl, but donna's success in that is better than britney's.
Sure, Britney's is impressive, more power to her
but donna's is more impressive because back in the day double albums were generally more expensive(of course) and not the norm
To have THREE double albums debut at #1 was/is impressive
No one's trying to deny Britney's success, but donna's is more impressive STILL

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Actually, "Live and More", the full double album, doesn't fit on a full CD! They couldn't put all the live tracks and the "McArthur Park Suite" on there, so they replaced "McA P" with the really heard (in America) "The Deep". Little known fact. I'm not trying to deny Britney's success either but I kept seeing that stat on Donna everywhere (with her new book out) and it must not be true. But then again, Britney's albums (I think) are kind of short and probably don't go over 70 mins like Donna's did (probably barely make 50 min.)

VinnyM27 said:

I'm hoping (praying) that they remaster "Live And More",making it into a 2-CD Deluxe Edition (the way they did with Peter Frampton's "Frampton Comes Alive" CD).There were many other songs recorded on her 1977-78 tour,such as "Could It Be Magic" and Leon Russell's "A Song For You".The second disc could also contain the full "MacArthur Park Suite",and other rare songs from this period ("Theme from the Deep","Je Taime Moi Non Plus",etc).


oops,sorry for jacking this Britney thread to discuss Donna...lol...

DavidEye said:

The chances of Live And More being released as a Universal Chronicles Deluxe Edition are unfortunately very low, primarily since the Bad Girls Deluxe Edition has only sold about 7000 copies in the US...and that was her CLASSIC album! I'm extremely disappointed about that...Donna doesn't get enough respect.

But the good news is that her most recent greatest hits set The Journey has sold over 5000, so Sony is pondering a brand new album of all-new material, which would be wonderful.

Whoops, "5000" should be "5000"

VoicesCarry said:

Try 50 THOUSAND. There. Lol.

VinnyM27 said:

i didn't know her record doesn't fit on one cd...i was going by other double album sets like 1999 (the version out today, not the edited version that came out when cds were new), the wall, sign o the times, etc.

and, for the record (no pun intended, lol) i like donna summer. i think she had great success...albeit for a few short years. i just don't see why people have to try and drag britney's success down. i don't know the girl personally and most people (if not all) on the org don't know her either. orgers can't possibly have beef with the girl...why not let her bask in the success. she worked her ass off for it. it is so wierd to me that someone would say "well, britney may do this but so and so did this and that is better". i wasn't making any comparisons by starting this thread. i was just letting those who are interested know about britney's success.

and anyway...YAY for britney!

Another thing one should consider- 2 of those Donna Summer double sets are basically hits compilations (a greatest hits and a live set). Those tend to sell well for big artists. It's not like she had three double albums in a row at #1 that were full of original material.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Worked her ass off for it? All she can do is dance moderately well (and even that's lifted from Janet). Jive's marketing machine produced this success, NOT her. That's implying she can sing, produce, and/or write (she "wrote" those tracks on her latest disc, I'm sure), none of which she can do with any competence.

VoicesCarry said:

That's what I don't get??? That chic can't sing for shit. I'll give her credit, she can dance. But her singing voice kills me. And from what I am forced to hear from my kids playing it, the CD sounds like shit. The only decent song is the one that she has with Madonna. Anything else and I'm yelling "turn that mess down." I doubt that Brittny would have a career if she was ugly. She has one of the worst singing voices that I can think of. In fact, I wouldn't even call it singing. It's more like a whisper or some shit.

VoicesCarry said:

oh, you're right. touring, recording, publicity appearances, making videos, travelling all over the country (before she was famous) and establishing a huge audience is easy as pie. no work whatsoever.

so why aren't we all as successful as she?

you say the marketing machine made her famous...is that different than ANY OTHER superstar? sure, she had a record company behind her. she still had to do the work to keep the fame. you make it sound like because she has good pr on her projects, she just sits on her ass eating bon bons all day and collects a check.

she has had four albums, four tours, tons of videos, tons of press appearances, a television career before all of that, touring of malls before she became really famous, travelled the country to get involved in competitions, and lots more.

but you're right...that's all very easy. she hasn't worked hard at all.

VoicesCarry said:

From what I hear,Sony and Donna have parted ways and she is now searching for another deal.From 1999-2003,she recorded up to 30 tracks for a new album called 'Angel',but it is collecting dust in the vaults and may never be released in it's current form.Here is the tentative tracklist...


DONNA SUMMER 'ANGEL' (unreleased Sony album)---

"You're So Beautiful"
"Valley Of The Moon"
"Half The Battle"
"Not A Day"
"Rain On My Shoulders"
"Only Words"
"Work It"
"Tearin Down The Berlin Wall"
"Til You Get It"
"Angel"

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Tori's new album has bombed in the UK. In at no. 74 last week and now gone completely. I thought there would've been more interest but sadly not. MJ has fallen one place to no.2 and Britney's new album entered at no.14 and fell to no. 37 this week.


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Cloudbuster said:

yeah, tori has passed her zenith, commercially speaking. luckily she has thee 'cult of tori' phenomena thing.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Oh, she's worked. But it wasn't on the records. That's the point

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Shame, tho'. She deserves so much more than that.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

Yes of course Britney worked hard 2 b a success. But it is the record company, Jive, who helped make her a 'superstar'. I'm not dissing Britney @ all, I'm just sayin' that the record marketing has helped her career alot.

Although I don't think she is a very good singer @ all and is marketed on her image, as r other female singers (y'all know who!)

Jive must have made millions of dollars from Britney's music/videos etc. so she does deserve some credit 4 her hard work I agree , however, there r more talented singers who r not marketed on their looks who r much better singers than Britney.

Prince: Pleeez! Release a 5-CD polka album, announce a tour of Greenland, post pictures of you sitting in Larry's lap, anything! People have resorted to Britney threads here at Prince.Org. Lawd he'p us!