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Add to FavoritesI was not aware that Britney Spears had a singing career. She had a celebrity career, which she has effectively buried with her tabloid drama.
Marketed as a young female Pop Icon, her chances were never good from the beginning. Most of These seldom blossom into mature careers. Madonna, Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, and possibly Christine Aguelera are the exceptions to the rule thus far.
Each of these women had their particular talents, but none of them would ever make my list of top female vocalists. Great vocalists have a unigue and cultured voice that is first of all distinquishable from all others. Then they must have the ability to inspire the listener by there voice alone. No choreographed dance moves,special beauty or wardrobe, and extravegant arrangements are necessary.
Tell me you could not recognize Nora Jones, or listen to her and not feel something. Mariah Carey; awesome power and control. Alanis Morrisette; an inimmitable edge. Jewel; pure sweetness. These are just a few that come to mind. There are also artists who have endured for decades; who have not had to rely on glamour, and for me have not lost any of their charm. Rosanne Cash, Linda Rhonstadt, Annie Lennox, Ann Wilson, are just a few that remain close to my heart.
People like Britny Spears will never have a singing career, as far as I am concerned. They make a stunning presentation, receive a lot of airply, and win a lot of moola in the POP lottery. They can even remain in the limelight longer than their talent deserves if they behave badly enough to make it into the tabloids; but they always flash out. Sometimes they can pull together one failing futile attempt that has hangers on asking if the new album will save their singing careers; then poof. There are few people that will take out their old Britny Spears CD at the age of 35 and relive the moment. They are not going to be rediscovered by a new youthful audience, and in the end contribute nothing of worth to the culture.
There are still a few organizations; and even a few media groups that are attempting to stem the tide, but it is looking grim to me. Every now and again a talented voice will come along that can also inspire the masses. It is, however, becoming a rare event. Even the more traditional categories of music like country, rock, new age, and raggae have in recent years adopted the Pop and R&B methods. Taking a plethera of young and attractive, but less talented persons, they throw them against the wall and see what sticks. Folk, blugrass, and jazz are the only groups that seem to be majorly unaffected; and these are admittedly narrow markets.
I think we need to better distinquishe the difference between real talent and manufactured talent in this society, or we are going to lose our art forever.
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Will Britney's new album revive her singing career? Yes it will. If not, the next one will, or the the one after that. She's a determined person, with a legion of fans, a striking body of work, and a strong desire to rise above her personal troubles.
Change the subject. Remember Judy Garland? Of course. At 16, Judy delighted us as Dorothy in Wizard of Oz. She'd first stepped on stage at age two and a half.
Britney was a little older than that. Here's an evaluation from a talent scout/casting director for The New Mickey Mouse Club, Matt Casella: "I'd never seen a child with the dancing, singing, and gymnastic skills that this child had at 8 years old." Britney impressed him, but not just with her practiced technical abilities: "She knew at a very young age how to turn the switch and go out there and entertain the audience." She didn't get the part, because she was too young. So she continued working at other jobs in the industry, until Disney hired her at age eleven.
She worked on Mouse Club until it went off the air. Soon after that, she auditioned for Jive Records. They signed her, and trained and groomed her. She became a pop princess. She was seventeen.
Her first four albums went platinum. Many adults had still never heard of her. From her sales numbers, we know that many had. For her third album, Britney co-wrote five tracks. On her fourth studio album, she co-wrote 8 songs, and co-produced. She seemed to be trying to gain some control, to move away from being a product, towards being more of an artist.
Once, the people who followed her career only knew her from her music. They had attended her over-the top-concerts or seen her scandalous videos. Some of these videos are hard to watch because of the precocious sexuality, and the apparent desire to shock. She seems to take her cue from Madonna. Still, you can see she she's having fun, and she lets her audience join the party. One video though, is especially hard to look at now. It's called Everytime' and it seems to show the artist practicing for suicide. Some say this video relates to her personal life. Britney has said it's about re-incarnation.
Now Britney's famous for her long public breakdown. Did you know Judy Garland had a breakdown at the age of 25? Afterward, she went back and finished the film she'd been making when it happened. She picked up her career and thrilled many more fans, lightened many more lives. As a matter of fact, Judy Garland had more marriages. She had a great gift, and she shared it extravagantly. So can Britney Spears.
Biography' episode: Britney Spears
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