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Britney's Circus album has been nominated for Best Album of the Year by Billboard. Click here to vote!
You can also nominate Oops, Britney, In the Zone, Blackout and Circus for Album of the Decade here (fans are rallying around Blackout).
Also, don't forget to vote for Britney for these other honors:
- 'Circus' for Fuse's Best Video of 2009
- Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Pop Artist at the People's Choice Awards
- Best Celebrity to Follow and Best Musical Artist to Follow in the Open Web Awards
- Best Solo Female 2009 and Twit of the Year (Best Twitter) 2009 in the Virgin Media Music Awards
Fans get ready! American pop star Britney Spears is coming to St.Petersburg for her first concert in Russia. PMI, the organizers of the concert, say the venue is still being discussed. However, according to the official booking operator, the concert will take place at the ice hockey arena.
The date is July 19, and tickets are already available for preliminary booking. The performance in St.Petersburg will be part of Britney’s global tour “The Circus Starring: Britney Spears” launched in support of her latest sixth studio album, “Circus.” Britney Spears has decided to recreate the atmosphere of a circus at the concert: she plans to bring the action to the ring in the middle of the hall, and the audience’s places will surround it.A special VIP zone will be constructed right next to the scene, offering a limited number of Love seats (sofas for two), the press-service of PMI reports. The show will be accompanied by a set of special effects, moving scenery, and screens. Circus actors will also be a part of the show. The tour was officially announced on December 2, 2008 to coincide with the release of Britney’s sixth studio album. Rehearsals for the tour began in January 2009, in preparation for a March kick off. “The Circus” has been named among the five best CDs in the charts of seven countries worldwide; 3,500,000 copies have already been sold. Britney Spears – the American pop singer and actress, has established a number of records in the history of modern music: over 80,000,000 CDs were sold in less than 10 years; seven singles have become number one worldwide hits; four albums successively appeared in first place of the Billboard Top 200. Spears occupies eighth place among the USA’s performers for the most recordings sold in history, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
'If U Seek Amy' continues to creep up the charts this week! 'Amy' has moved up to 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and from 14 to 10 on Mediabase. Britney's fans can get 'If U Seek Amy' to the top! Please request the song on the radio and buy it on iTunes.
Britney Spears latest album, ‘Circus’ has been certified 1x Platinum for U.S. Sales.This fourth week of sales, the album has sold 203,000 copies, The biggest week for ‘Circus’ since the debut week with 505,000 copies. Britney Spears regains her spot on The Billboard Hot 200 grabbing the #3 position, Beyonce’s album ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’ also enjoyed a boost, she leaped from #5 to #2 this week, Taylor Swift’s just don’t let the #1 go, Grabbing the first spot on the list for the fourth non-consecutive week, selling 262,000 copies this week counting more than 2 million copies sold. With this fourth week of sales, ‘Circus’ sold officially 1,104,343 copies in the U.S.A. receiving 1x Platinum certification.
Outselling by just 100 copies the second place, Britney Spears latest album ‘Circus’ grabbed number #1 spot on The United World Albums Chart. The second place, is to another ‘Circus’ — british band Take That climbed from #3 last week to #2, as Britney Spears, that spent two week at #2 managed to get #1 as there wasn’t any japanese debut for the week. Britney’s ‘Circus’ already sold 1,6 million copies worldwide, and 412,000 copies the third week, As for U.S. charts, the album caught #4 position selling 196,000 copies on The U.S. Billboard Hot 200 Albums, placing Beyonce’ one-spot down and losing #1 to Taylor Swift and #2 and #3 spots to Keyshia Cole and Jamie Foxx both debuting albums last week.
This was something that didn't amaze me because I knew this album was filled of explosive hit songs. Britney now has the highest debuting song of her career thanks to the #3 bow of "Circus" on The Billboard Hot 100. This latest single wrests the title form Spears first chart entry "...Baby One More Time", which opened at #17 the week of Nov. 21, 1998. Those doing the math have already figured out that with “Circus” in town, Spears’ chart span expands to 10 years and one month.
In its first week on the tally, “Circus” is tied with the 2007 hit “Gimme More” as the second-highest charting title of Spears’ career. The only singles to peak higher are the above-mentioned “…Baby One More Time” and the current “Womanizer,” which both spent time at the summit. “Womanizer” dips 9-10 this week, giving Spears two simultaneous top 10 singles for the first time. On The Billboard 200, the parent album “Circus” debuts at No. 1, the fifth Spears album to do so. The quintet of chart-topping Spears’ albums are:
“…Baby One More Time,” six weeks (1999)
“Ooops!…I Did It Again,” one week (2000)
“Britney,” one week (2001)
“In the Zone,” one week (2003)
“Circus,” one week to date (2008)
“In the Zone” debuted and peaked at No. 1 the week of Dec. 6, 2003, so “Circus” is Spears’ first set to go all the way in five years. “…Baby One More Time” made its debut the week of Jan. 30, 1999, expanding Spears’ album chart span to one month shy of 10 years. On the U.K. album chart, “Circus” enters at No. 4, but there’s still a “Circus” on top. The resurgent boy band Take That debuts at No. 1 with “The Circus”.
As expected, Britney Spears' "Circus" makes a big bow at the top of The Billboard 200, becoming her fifth No. 1. The Jive set moved 505,000 copies in the United States, making Spears the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more.
Since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991, only four acts -- aside from Spears -- have notched three 500,000-starts: 2Pac, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks and Jay-Z. Previously, her second, third and fourth sets all racked up half-million weeks: 2000's "Oops! I Did It Again" started with 1.3 million, 2001's "Britney" debuted with 746,000 and 2003's "In the Zone" entered the chart with 609,000. Among female artists, only four have earned more No. 1 albums: Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven) and Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (both with six).
On the Billboard Hot 100 to be released tomorrow, Spears scores her first top 10 debut as the set's title cut debuts at No. 3. The song, which she performed live on ABC's "Good Morning America" the day "Circus" hit retail, opens at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs with 212,000 downloads. With her former No. 1 single "Womanizer" at No. 10 on the Hot 100, Spears places two tracks simultaneously in that chart's top 10 for the first time in her career.
