This week saw pop princess Britney Spears send fans into a frenzy after she shared ‘Work B*tch’ – the first single from her yet titled eighth album.
Immediately drawing comparisons to the season’s other active divas (see: Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry), fans of the respective camps placed their bids to see who would impact charts most with her album’s lead single.
With ‘Dark Horse’ hitmaker Katy Perry leading the race with ‘Roar’s near 600k in first week sales, we turned to you – That Grape Juice faithful – to ask for your predictions on how Spears would fare with the competition.
Well, today brought with it projection reports that indicate the ‘Hold It Against Me’ maestra will be holding down “last place” in the race. This, just hours after she took to Ryan Seacrest‘s radio show to continue extensive promo of her forthcoming Vegas stint and more…
Projected First Week Sales: 175,000
‘Hold It Against Me’ may have debut to a record setting first week premiere of 400k plus in sales, but…
Via Billboard:
“Industry sources forecast “Work” to sell 175,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week on Sunday (Sept. 22). Such a sales sum would likely lead to a top 20 Hot 100 bow, with a top 10 start a possibility depending on the song’s finalized sales total, as well as its first-full week of airplay and streaming.”
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The report surfaced just hours after Spears took to ‘On Air with Ryan Seacrest’ to share dibs on the album, her forthcoming Vegas residency, and so much more. Hear that here:
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Before stans of any competitor’s camp rejoices in Spears’ chart showing, it should be noted that the tally does not include radio, airplay, or streaming. Furthermore, and most notably, Brit has historically never been much of a “singles” artist. Even during her prime, her album sales comparatively found themselves more successful than their spawned singles.
A failure by no stretch of the imagination, ‘Work B*tch’ is clearly targeted to a specific “sector” of music listeners and steers clear of the “safe route” taken by her competition. For that alone, we give Brit a thumbs up. This does not imply ‘Work’ was a good move, but at least earns Spears a nod from TGJ given that she’s taken her fair share of safe routes in her career as well.
Here’s hoping that its forthcoming accompanying visual gives it the boost it needs.
Your thoughts?
It deserves to flop its trash. She has yet to evolve as an artist.. people are over the electro dance pop music.. Ballads like wrecking ball is what the people want.
Well it’s ur opinion but I don’t see anything special about wrecking ball. I think her song “When you look at me” is a much better song tho….
I mean “when I look at you”.
This is why I hate when Britney starts working with Will.I.AM. Work B**** is a fun song and different from other songs out there…but I just can’t.
I hope her 2nd single will be produced by ‘not-Will.I.Am’.
I will keep it cute as long as others keep it cute. I must say I like Work B**** for a club song.
You shouldn’t tbh considering that Run The World sold only 77k in its first week.
Lmao.
Oh ok. Funny that you’re comparing a song that came out April 21, 2011 to a song that came out Sept 15, 2013.
@iconic cici
57k doe lmao now get MAD AND GET TO WORK B****
SORRY BUT HER TIME HAS COME TO A END!
IN OTHER NEWS GODGA SLAYING LEFT TO RIGHT!
RUMOR RIHANNA & GODGA COLLAB !!! THE SONG WILL FEATURE ON
ARTPOP! DONT BELIEVE ME –RIHANNA TWITTER “SHE QUOTES WORDS FROM THE SONG!
https://twitter.com/rihanna
SHE EVEN RETWEETED GODGA!
SLAYING HAS COME!!!! THE SLAYAGE FEST!!!!
SIPS HENNESSY WHO DARE STEP TO ME?
Hmmm….never would have thought.
fuc britney…..can we get a letoya update or a jazmine sullivan update?? i wanna hear news about h*** who can sing……
SORRY BUT HER TIME HAS COME TO A END!
IN OTHER NEWS GODGA SLAYING LEFT TO RIGHT!
RIHANNA & GODGA got a new COLLAB !!! THE SONG WILL FEATURE ON
ARTPOP!
DONT BELIEVE ME –RIHANNA TWITTER “SHE QUOTES WORDS FROM THE SONG!
SHE EVEN RETWEETED GODGA!
SHRUGS i guess thee lessor girls will be mad.
I f**** with britney, but that work b**** song is garbage….to me applause is the best song so far..I would even listen to roar, before i listen to work b****…
the roar video made me like the song a little bit….it was cute…
I knew working with the same basic producers was going to f*** her up..
what made me a huge fan of britney is because even as a white chick, she made great urban music..see blackout, in the zone,
if work b**** is what her album is going to sound like..ill pass
Applause was a good comeback song for Gaga. It’s just too bad it was blocked by Katy perry. But I think Gaga’s album sales will be good. She just needs to promote another single now.
That’s what the f*** Gaga gets for trying to outshine Katy. Lmaooooo at a basic ass b**** out shining her!!!
Applause is trash, generic, basic dance song with shallow lyrics and gaga stans still try with excuses that is not radio friendly. It is as basic as Roar, if not more.
She never tried to outshine her. Ur a moron. Honestly that would make sense if they have beef but they don’t. And that’s ur opinion it’s shallow but it’s much deeper than that. It’s about giving ur all to your fans and ppl who love u and want u to succeed when u feel like a failure sometimes but I don’t expect ur biased ass to understand that.
my thing is this, it’s easy to get a number 1 hit..all you have to do is make a basic generic song, than boom…
I’m not into number 1 hits……number 1 hits doesn’t always sell an album…
as a gaga fan, and a closet katy perry fan lol, katy having the biggest hit song doesnt bother me
and I borderline stan hard for britney…..can’t be a full stan, because I’m not getting paid to kiss their asses..work b**** garbage…
my thing is wait till the album drops, lets see the first and second week sales..than talk s*** about people being flops..
Where’s the video ?
It’ll probably chart higher once her video comes out for it , i love the song ; it’s not one of her greatest.
but then again, britney has never been a single artist…how many number 1s does she have? how diamond albums does she have 2….
so I would rather sell albums than singles…
what people fail to realize is that britney can dropped like 10 more albums and all of them flop..she still going to be a legend..and still selling more than your favs..
so I’m not worrying about her singles not going to number 1, since she is an album seller, not a singles seller..
if she’s want you call a legend it’s only because the media loves her and will keep jocking her to avoid her going off the rails again. christina may not have sold like britney but she sold a gigundous amount of albums. since the media always hated her as soon as her first album flopped they were ready to toss her on the has been pile. the way she’s been kicked around she should be praised for being able to sell any records at all.
It deserves it. Song is hot garbage. But once again so is most top 40 music.
Anything’s better than summertime sadness tho..
And it still outpeaked every Cedric single since 2005. You’re dismissed.
Speaking of Cedric you should be on your knees thanking Cedric Gervais for remixing that piece of s*** song summertime sadness so Lana could finally get an American top 10 hit lol she wouldn’t of earn that without CEDRICS help lol.
Lana is an album artist, Born To Die outsold every Cierror album in America since The Evolution with no US promo since the release week. Not to mention it outsold her discography worldwide.
Go worry about Cierror’s comeback backfiring and flopping to hell in her only relevant market since I’m Out (of the Charts) is currently in the 500s on iTunes.
Lana music is garbage
And it still outsold Femme FATale by 2.5x.
Do not even bother being up BOMT receipts because that was 14 years ago when albums were still selling.
Yet your fav will never do baby one more time numbers kiiiiii BRITNEY WINS!
And S****** is a has been robot/casino act. Bye.
Femme Fatale sold less but Britney topped Forbes even though album/tour didn’t do great. Even when she flops, she makes more money than Lana. lets not forget that Britney has never flopped as hard as Lana with her debut album Lizzy or whatever.
Lana’s first album was actually indie but you tried.
It still doesn’t change the fact that Robotney is a D-list Vegas casino act.
It still doesn’t change the fact that she is a pop icon and that she is more rich than Lana and that she makes more money than your fav even when she flops. Lets see if people will still remember Lana 15 years from now.
I agree. Generic trash should no longer be rewarded on any chart. Step you game up Britney
The material she puts out is basic people are over non talented ass… And no one cares about gaga or rihanna doing a song together their both late…
The song really only caters to gays tbh… this song is cheesy and corny come with better music boo.
Who does Ciara cater to tho? Definitely a much smaller group. That’s why she flopped right?!
Britney just needs to retire. She’s whack and no ones here for her anymore.
when we talk about rihanna and gaga? who’s their lessor?
britney? umm britney has already accomplished every damn thing she could..gaga may be a better singer and entertainer, but both rihanna and gaga are not anywhere near britneys level..
mariah? like britney, mariah can release 20 more albums and they all flop..she still is going to be a legend, and still going to be the better seller….when your fav gets a diamond album..than talk s*** about britney and mariah, celine dion and madonna..
beyonce? even though I cannot stand that fake b****, but she’s not rihanna’s or gaga’s lessor….her accomplishments shits on both gaga and rihanna..whether real or fake…
i hate when people try to bash other artist because they are not a single artist, they actually sells albums..
Britney isn’t even an albums artist anymore, Femme FATale has yet to sell 2 million worldwide.
It barely had any promo, so it did ok. Britney is very lazy, she doesn’t promote her material at all.
She is better than Kelly Jokeland
Britney is better than majority of these past and present h*** like gaga kelly ciara and lana
H** shut your mouth. Proof that you chat s*** – perezhilton.com/2011-04-29-britney-spears-femme-fatale-goes-platinum#.Ujz7CKO3PMI – You need the holy spearit in your life to cleanse your filthy bitter devil tounge!
Shipments.
Femme FATale has yet to sell 900k in the US.
Meanwhile BTD crossed 5 million worldwide this month.
Lana sold 3 mill tho including the paradise ep. Sales are practically the same according to your receiptless claims. why are you taking the high ground? take a seat!
Not you using receipts from January.
Interscope confirmed a few weeks ago that BTD sold 5 million, Paradise EP not included. Dismissed.
B**** please! Lana Del rey is definition of basic and her album sales are terrible. She is irrelevant.
Then by your standards what are 4’s sales?
Born To Die outsold every major pop girl’s most recent album worldwide except for Gaga and Adele with less than 20% of that coming from the US. This is a FACT.
4 did ok because it didn’t have hits. Lets not forget that Lana released so many videos/singles and that she had huge promo everywhere. She should be selling as Adele tbh.
4 was a much better album than born to die so stfu Rosie and bow down before you get dragged
I would like to see Rihanna/Gaga collaboration happen just to see @CAKE LIKE LADY GAGA meltdowns.
The song is probably her weakest to date. But I won’t lie, anything sounds good when ur sweating and having fun at the clubs. That’s probably what it’s meant for. But I will be fair and say she hasn’t even been promoted it yet. If the video is good….and I mean REALLY good-it could have a chance. 175k ain’t bad for 1st week tho…
Britney is amazing, POP princess, Janet protege and heir to the Madge throne.
Britney is the most successful artist of the 21st century, selling over 100 million ALBUMS and is the GOD of pop music in the 2000 to current period.
So what if Werk Betch is off to a slow start, Britney ALWAYS delivers, ALWAYS. She is that chick, no one is touching her.
http://youtu.be/qzU9OrZlKb8
Well she half delivered in this song and she doesn’t always deliver. That 2007 VMA’s performance was embarrassing and her 2011 billboard performance was so bad even nicki Minaj outshined her….lmao. Sooo lies detected.
Wait, don’t you stan for Lady 5 year career Caca??
The b**** who’s only lasted 5 years and is on her way out, is that the b**** you stan for?? Have several _/ _/ _/ _/
Plus, Britney may have had one bad performance, but she’s still the QUEEN of the VMAs. Till this day, NO ONE HAS OUTPERFORMED Britney’s iconic performances at the VMAs.
Britney is a LEGEND, your fav is a NEVERgend.
She’s had more than one bad performance so don’t even try it. U Stan for nicki Minaj who lasted for 2 years so what’s ur point??….I fail to see it. Bye…
DEAD at you using a video were she used a stunt double 80% of the video lol!!
You think Bow down is a masterpiece _/
LOL!! And you think a FAKE Britney video proves she’s a protege to Janet _/ for you and _/ another for your t***** mother
Would you like to tell me who has the most viewed vma performance? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not:
Gaga
Britney
Madonna
Miley
Justin
Katy
Rihanna
Just guess. QUEEN BEY. Please sit.
The lyrics have a positive message tho so I’ll give it that….
I love Godney, but this is #thePower of Will.Im.S***! I only liked the song after exactly 99 plays, people who don’t stan for her ain’t got time for that! To be honest it is the first time Brit has kinda let me down with the first single, I never thought I’d say those words ever. I love it now but only because of the novelty and theme of the track. In her defence though she has been dominating the female pop market for 15 years now, any artist that has been around that long shows a decline in sales. When she brings out the video It would most definitely go higher and higher.
Better than that trash gaga and lana have on the radio.
Weak B**** will fail to outpeak both. Lana and Gaga remain unbothered.
Wait till the epic video comes out you’ll regret sayin that w****
The Britbots said the same with her GMA appearance yet it’s still falling like a rock on iTunes.
The GP says otherwise kiii
My opinion is all that matters f*** off this is a indie song for brit its not that radio friendly so of course it won’t do so well.
Lmaoooo indie my ass!!!!! It is late! Nobody is checking for that dance sound anymore (see: Applause).
Dead.
Neither of you know what “indie” is. Stop.
Rosie please sit down w****.
Why? Because I clocked you? Because S****** is a has been casino act for f***?
“Legend” Robotney couldn’t book a top-notch Vegas casino like Caesars Palace. Dead @ Planet Hollywood. Kii.
Lies….
You wanna! You wanna!
You want a flop body?
You want a flop-gatti?
You want a flop-Maserati?
You’d better flop b****!
You want a flop-Lamborghini?
Sip flop-martinis?
Look flop in a bikini?
You’d better flop b****!
Britney > your fav
Rihanna and beyonce >>>S******
Rihanna has no talent and Beyonces a lip syncing flop thieving h**.
BEYONCE >>>> Britney.
F*** the 1998 sales! Beyonce is better than Britney at every damn thing!!!!
Even Rihanna slayed Britney during the S&M remix performance at the BBAs kiiiii
B**** while your fav is stuck in vegas making 15mill a year Rih and Bey slaying her on WORLD TOURS. Something that OLDney won’t be able to do with that FAILure of body.
Don’t say that. Britney has a big stan base so she can tour whenever she wants to.
And yet IA…World tour < Circus tour, even though Circus tour had less dates, here's your seat _/
Not when Britney's ONE album outsold Beyonce's entire discography, and Beyonce has got 61646154 re-releases, there's another seat _/
Not when Britney's tours are ALWAYS original whereas Beyonce is currently stealing Jennifer Lopez's entire Dance again tour, there's a seat _/
Not when Britney has sold 100 million ALBUMS whereas Beyonce is struggling at 75 million RECORDS sold, and they came out at around the same time. Your last seat _/
@Lovebird let em know sis love you! You always keep it real.
@lovebird Baby stop living in the past 🙂 what is s****** doing now? LOL “flop b****” is falling harder than awfulause. And that one album was how many years ago????????????????????? Mrs Carter Tour >>>All of SHITNEYS TOURS
Lovebird shut the f*** up.
If we count DC Sales, you’re the first b**** to say it doesn’t count.
From 2003-2013 beyonce has been scalping britney and you will deal.
17 Grammys> 1 Grammy
DIL-11 M WW. ITZ got outsold by it
B’day in 2007 outsold blackout even though it came out a year earlier
IASF>Circus
4>FF WITH NO HITS. Please have a seat.
lmao a Britney stan shouldnt come at anybody for lip syncing
Too funny stop it I say!!!!!!!!
Lmaoooooo….I’m done.
Werk b**** is the best dance song of the year. Its Britneys most indie and non radio single i cant wait for the video to slay the world plus this song is amazing in the clubs
Good f****** night @ Weak B**** being “indie.”
Not even the most mainstream indie acts sound that generic and boring.
Rosie doesn’t matter what you say lana won’t even see 25% of the success Britney has.
And S****** will never see her life again as she died in 2006.
Mess @ you trying to change the subject every time I call you out for calling Flop B**** indie.
LMAO Oh man, LORDE is a little shady b**** isn’t she? I already pre-ordered her album “pure heroine” but this one is feisty lol.
Q.As a young woman, have you felt it necessary to call attention to the control you’ve taken over things? Or to remind people that you’re both a writer and singer?
Absolutely. I think a lot of women in this industry maybe aren’t doing so well for the girls. I’ve read interviews where certain big female stars are like, “I’m not a feminist.” I’m like, That’s not what it’s about. She’s great, but I listened to that Lana Del Rey record and the whole time I was just thinking it’s so unhealthy for young girls to be listening to, you know: “I’m nothing without you.” This sort of shirt-tugging, desperate, don’t leave me stuff. That’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear. I don’t really have any girls songs [for the new record]. I should have. But I think the way in which I assert myself as not being about that stuff is by writing about it in a way that’s a bit less obvious and less cloying. There are a couple songs on the record about relationship-y stuff, but I make sure to write about it in a way that you don’t know if it’s a friend or a relationship, because that’s something that’s personal to me.
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Lana isn’t the only established act she came for. This b****. She does know she’s the next Gotye, right? Except his one hit smashed everywhere unlike Locals.
Pure Heroin won’t even do 1/6 of BTD’s worldwide total.
SHE came for bey too. LOL I agree with everything you said. Oh well rih and bey remain unbothered.
She’s over confident, I’m curious to see how she does, she’s feisty.
An absolute mess. Especially since she’s just another tailor-made “hipster” act made up by major label executives. So is my fave in a way but the difference is that basically no one was doing Lana’s sound before Video Games was released.
Not to mention that her EP is basically Lana/Marina B-sides.
She turn down Katy as well.
I know right, she has fire in her eyes, I’m keeping my eye on this one. I’m curious to see how she does, I like a fighter.
Hope she won’t become a Carly rae jepsen Part 2….smash hit single and album flops hard.
Done arguing with LESSOR stan bases… Britney is an iconic legend something Lana GaGa Rihanna and Beyonce will never be check them DIAMOND certifications h***.
B**** stop living in the past cause OLDney is a vegas act right now and only those going into retiring or on hiatus does that s***. RIH AND BEY REMAINS UNBOTHERED.
Get your ghetto dark skin ass off my post thanks.
How did femme fatale do?
Did it outsell 4?
“steers clear of the “safe route” taken by her competition”
am i missing something here? “work” sounds like a generic club song. how is that NOT a safe route?
Its indie dance
Weak B**** is nowhere near indie dance. It’s generic radio fodder that was made specifically for drag queens and bottoms to bop to in the club.
Ok Rosie you can get off my d*** now you thirsty Mexican bum.
Am from Canada.
You should really be asking the Latin America f*** for help since they’re the only people actually here for S****** now-a-days.
Anyways Weak B**** is 0.0033% away from dropping out of the top 10 on iTunes.
This b**** Rosie acts like lanas doing Adele type of numbers or some s***.
Anyways i think the song is hot
And Kelly still hasn’t done 200k worldwide yet.
Sorry I like Britney and all but this is fair. You release generic trash, you get the chart position a generic trashy song gets. Britney (I mean her team) should have known better than to even record this. Oh well, some people just loose their touch eventually….I’ll wait to the album to really read her…
But you like Beyonces music B**** your endorser of trash generic music lol
See I hate to drag Ciara but her gay a*s stans cause her to get read. Ciara is a great talent but her latest album and BASIC Instinct are truly basic albums.
Lol. Not stans of flops calling anything underwelming. Not a BeYaWNce stan saying anyone’s single is performing badly. Gtfo!!!! Not only is Work B**** flawless fire gettinf rave reviews, it reached #2 in iTunes which cant be said about your faves last 10 singles. Byeeeeee
We need to remind them, yes Hive, this generic mess happened.
http://youtu.be/VBmMU_iwe6U
But Britney uses stunt doubles to perform in videos now….
Wait…”RTW” most definitely flopped but that video is flawless and the performance of the song (something Britney stans always fail to get) is also flawless.
And that flop song is also being performed on a $100 dollar tour. Something else Britney will never do again. Let’s not do too much.
& that is $100 million dollars for the delusional ones.
“Run The World” was released on April 21, 2011. 2 years and 5 months old.
“Work B****” has much more in common with “Roar,” “Wrecking Ball,” and “Applause.”
Compare Britney’s #’s with these songs. It makes much more logical sense.
I understand that Beyoncé, for some reason, makes you pressed beyond anything socially acceptable but, please dear, let’s stay on topic. And for goodness sakes, keep your shade within the designated year that it’s applicable.
RTW wasn’t generic. The beat was definitely different and hot for its time.
I’m sorry a lana stan coming for britney? britney has at least 3 album, that outsold lana whole album sales..meaning for the slow people…
three album each has outsold lanas whole album sales..
why do basic b****** cannot stay in their f****** lane…
so until lana has a diamond album..meaning selling more than 10 million in one country..than shut the f*** up..
and as for ciara…the lana stans needs to hop off her p****, you basic b****** stan more for ciara than your own fav..
bashing people who has more talent than your fav..bashing people who has 1 album who has outsold all your favs album….is the most stupidest s*** ive ever heard..
lets not forget lanas last album first week sale was 67k…
i have favs who are talented but are not selling as much..but ive never bash b****** that are more talented than my favs
Not a h** with a f****** Jazmine Sullivan gravatar coming for anyone, ever. Lana is already more relevant and successful than almost everyone you stan for.
And you’re usually dragging people you stanned a day earlier. One of the fakest commentors on this site. Take several seats.
Lmao rosie sit tf down you are the fakest b**** on here i remember you used to stan for gaga now all of a sudden you hate her haha b**** kill yourself already.
Lana will never be on Nickis or Ciaras level so eat a d*** and stfu d*** you aint sick of getting dragged?
Aren’t you tired of your shemale fave being a local flop though? As much s*** as you talk on this site you sure aren’t doing the same on iTunes.
Born To Die outsold both Icki and Cierror’s discographies and Icki hasn’t had a hit since Pound the Alarm so sit.
Femme Fatale was zombie Britney. She didn’t care about that album and didn’t even want to promote it. To go platinum based on name and 3 music videos is legend nowadays.
People forget Britney has been here since 1998. Where will Katy and Gaga be in 2023 (15 years after their debuts) ?!?!?!?! Dancing with the Stars!? LMAO
Britney still climbing to top 2 on ITunes with a radio interview after 15 years. *sips starbucks*
Britney is S***!!!! Deal with it b****
You can deal with the fact that she’s in Guiness book of World Records, and MTV icon status. Ain’t nobody mad.
@ mt…
yeah, you’re right. britney’s femme fatale went platinum based on her name because it sure the hell wasn’t based on sells. they hyped the record by certifying it platinum before it even reached gold status. then all her stans want to blab and blather like she really did something.
People are still checking for this no talent hack? Braindeadney hasn’t been hot since 2004. She can’t sing, perform hell she can barely function in society. Work deserves to flop although I’m sure she doesn’t even realize with her dopey ass. Ugh!!
I LOVE to see the WORLD of excuses you all have for S******!
But when Gaga debuted in the Top 10 she was OVER…
Britney FLOPS under Top 10 but she’s still a Legend…
I have to go…. HAAAAAAAAAAA
*Walks Back Into Castle*
First of all its BRITNEY B****!!! she has so proven many times that she dont need no promo…She dropped singles with out any promo and went straight to 1 ..you can hate what u want but Britney is a force !! AND 15 YEARS M************ THAT SHOULD SHUT ALL YOU B****** DOWN
The song is terrible. It was obvious not even her big fan base and the typical media support were going to give her impressive numbers this time.
She had it coming. The public is done with “fembot” Britney. She needs to stop being lazy and get back to singing…..a la “Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know”.
And i thught it couldnt get any worse than roar for a lead single.I use more Roar than WB tbh.
Instead of Work B****? It should be called Lazy B****!
At the end of the day though
Applause>>work b****>>roar
I don’t Stan for chart positions. Just good music. Roar is corny. At least Britney is motivating ppl to chase their dreams aggressively which motivates u more.
I REALLY LIKE WB CANT WAIT FOR THE MUSIC VIDEO I LOVE MY QUEEN