@ mary...

first of all, my name isn't bitch! so let's play like grown-ups!!!

i recorded the biography channel when it aired the mariah carey episode 11-28. they claimed she sold 32 million ww of her 'music box' album and 40 million ww of 'emancipation of mimi'. i have to admit i haven't found any such numbers anywhere else but i didn't just pull those numbers out of my a$$! i still have that show on my dvr.

yes! i know 'blackout' has gone platinum! as the two year anniversary approached, hardcore fans were pushing each other, big time, to buy duplicate copies to push it to the 1 million mark!

also, now there is a site where a fan is actually already cranking up hype by encouraging the britney stans to contact all the blogospheres and news media ( i mean they named fox,cnn, msnbc etc) get behind britney!! what's funny, they will!

you call beyonce over-hyped after selling millions of 'iasf'?! you claim britney got no back up with 'blackout'. pleeze!! where were you when the media and the music industry heaped all of those high ranking mtv awards on her after that disasterous vma performances? they also CREATED a special people's choice award for her. and this was waaay b4 'blackout' reached the million mark.

many female artist sell 5 million ww and the media gives them an "oh well'. when mariah 's big comeback sold millions ('eman of mimi' ) all she got was 3 r& b grammys and it was the biggest selling album of the year.

the last time i heard, kevin had custody (or at least joint custody) of the kids. she's not the only female artist who's a mother so you can put that excuse to rest.