wheee. despite all the drama in her life, i positively and most objectively believe that britney's new album is her BEST EVER. seriously. her songs are being streamed freely until the album releases, and EVERYONE (including her critics at People, Time, etc) agrees that her new cd is awesome. she's collaborated with the same people that brought us Toxic, brit's 2003 grammy-winning smash dance hit. blackout features similar futuristic-dance-pop blends, and omg the production ROCKS. all she needs to do now is team up with brian friedman again, and i guarantee her music vids will knock you out. apart from being really quite hot (when not bald), he's the guy that choreographed Toxic, I'm a Slave 4 U, Overprotected etc and her entire ONYX world tour. i love him. but i love brit more!

to me, britney represents the epitome of a successful artiste. she may not have great singing talents, but who cares, because she can definitely dance! and most of the time, she TOTALLY BRINGS IT when she performs. people tend to forget that where artistes are concerned, it's all about the show. plus she sells big time and is richer than any other popstar her age. oh, and she used to be a gymnast too! in fact, her bod was uber hot up until the part where she popped 2 kids out of it. so come on, we should cut her some slack!

and, despite how everyone constantly bitches about her lack of motherly instincts and abilities, and her penchant for Starbucks and other mundane routines in the face of aggressive custody battles, 'britney spears' is constantly the most popularly searched phrase on the web. and the paparazzi swarm her everywhere she goes, which is little wonder because a pic of her can fetch up to US$2 mil. i kid you not. imagine driving through a mob of 200 people who dont give a damn about their own lives, or trying to carry your kid around on heels while 100 cameras are focused on you, waiting to get a shot of your poor traumatised son crying or nearly falling because his bad mom can't balance when so many people are pushing her. check this out if you don't believe me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNPk09-5Z9E

also, those who judge her are just self-righteous. if you were in her position, i think that the things she does would suddenly become not as unimagineable as everyone makes them out to be. she might smoke and have done drugs at some point, but it's not as if your average american teen doesn't do any of that. and the majority of her problems are not due to any of these; men have been screwing with her life ever since she became famous, and her nervous breakdown was obviously due to kevin federline's betrayal and the pressure of being in the public eye 24/7. seriously, kevin and his damn manpris can go to hell. he openly smokes around his kids, bums around, and generally lives off britney's money because he himself is a failure in life. and you have got to be MAD if you can look at his face and tell me he's not the one who's high. britney sacrificed the prime years of her multi-million dollar career to stay home, personally clean the house and care for her kids while they were babies. that's more than most mothers do. and people are nominating k-fed for parent of the year??? please.

apart from the 4 consecutive albums that debuted at no#1 across the world, it's also hard to ignore the fact that gimme more has topped the Billboard and itunes downloads. and all this despite her giving her most uninspired performance ever at the VMAs. yup, only brit can take 'negative' publicity and shove it in her critics' face. if that's not success, i don't know what is :D

JUST 5 MORE DAYS!