@ ericka...

all of those getting hype are getting it because they're selling big and this includes the ones who have been around since britney. beyonce way outsells britney and although she may get some press and hype it's not near what britney gets. just count the number times britney's had a post on tgj compared to bey anyone else including gaga!

i can't answer why gaga's 'fame monster' only sold 6 million but could it be that it was released two minutes after 'fame' seriously idk but i have a feeling her new cd will make up for it!

when mariah's comeback 'emancipation' hit 10 million, the press about it was short lived and it didn't even receive a single grammy in the pop catergory! britney's comeback album had not sold 2 million world wide before it started getting buried in praise and prizes! wth!!!

the answer to the madonna question is, she's overhyped and she does have weak record sales now. but she was (and is) talented and even interesting.

so britney has never been desperate for attention? so climbing out of cars gap-legged and exposing her bare clean shaven whoo ha for all to see was not for publicity's sake? how about her calling the press to announce where she could be seen? not for press either, huh?

britney is considered what her fans and the media that love her call 'a legend' because she sold two huge albums when she was a 'teenager'! if the woman still had an ounce of talent i wouldn't have a problem. but this isn't the case!

sorry, but i just hate the 'praise of mediocrity"!