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Boy Bands Beware!
Britney Spears is blazing a Billboard trail that can't be beat.
With the monster success of her debut album,...Baby One More Time, and her super single by the same name--both of which blasted their way to the number one slots on Billboard's Album and Hot 100 Singles charts within the same week--Britney's become a certified teen queen!
A sweet Southern Miss with an awesome voice and tons of energy, Britney also has that girl-next-door quality that just makes you want her to be your best friend. But just how did Brit sing and dance her way up the charts and into our hearts? What's this seventeen-year-old superstar really like? How'd she get from the Mickey Mouse Club to heavy rotation on MTV? What was her life like before she became music's newest hottie? How can one copy her fabulous new look? And hey, what's up with the Romeo rumors--is she really dating a certain member of N' Sync? We've got the total scoop. Read all about the sensational Britney Spears right here!
Britney Spears is blazing a Billboard trail that can't be beat.
With the monster success of her debut album,...Baby One More Time, and her super single by the same name--both of which blasted their way to the number one slots on Billboard's Album and Hot 100 Singles charts within the same week--Britney's become a certified teen queen!
A sweet Southern Miss with an awesome voice and tons of energy, Britney also has that girl-next-door quality that just makes you want her to be your best friend. But just how did Brit sing and dance her way up the charts and into our hearts? What's this seventeen-year-old superstar really like? How'd she get from the Mickey Mouse Club to heavy rotation on MTV? What was her life like before she became music's newest hottie? How can one copy her fabulous new look? And hey, what's up with the Romeo rumors--is she really dating a certain member of N' Sync? We've got the total scoop. Read all about the sensational Britney Spears right here!
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February 3, 2023
Oh, 1999. The year Britney’s debut album came out. This era of her music in which she released some of her best songs, in my opinion. She’d yet to record dirty songs; had yet to “shock the world” by practically stripping at the award ceremony; had yet to decide to sexualize her image; had yet to release an album where I only liked specific songs on it; and had yet to be screwed over (etc).
I find books like this misleading. The title made me feel like this was not your run of the mill idol worship script that seeks to impress the young reader and music fan alike. Unfortunately, I realized early on after buying this from a Goodwill (doubtful it's surprising) that this is another book meant to paint the ‘phenomenon’ as being a superhero or the greatest thing since your first massive orgasm in middle school.
The author, Jackie Robb, clearly wrote this for a tween audience. Any reader, say thirteen or older could tell. It comes complete with those pretentious and overused exclamation points that are clearly placed strategically to make far too many sentences shock and amaze the young reader. At times, it also seems to be written in a way where the reader might as well read it out loud as if they were talking to toddlers or early elementary school students, say up to the last semester of second grade.
In the beginning of her years with her record label, Jive, it wasn’t at all hard to believe that she was a church-goer. However, fast forward to today, and it wouldn’t be very believable. I don’t say that as a hater, but not many God-fearing people would release songs about a threesome (3), asking a complete stranger for sex (Hold It Against Me), masturbation (The Touch Of My Hand), or having a “sexy” slumber party where you make sexual videos (Slumber Party). I’ve liked many of her songs around and after the release of her fourth album, but just saying.
On pg 12, a set of paragraphs start off with a larger font in bold that reads, “She’s Gonna Live Forever.” Did Britney find the Sorcerer’s Stone in New York?
LoL. On pg 45, there is a definite telling of the time this took place. What we today call the internet used to be known as the World Wide Web. And a link was known as a World Wide Web Page. Call those things by those 90s names today and you’ll see people looking at you incredulously.
According to pg 77, the Pop Princess is not Britney Spears, but "GBritney Spears". I’m not 100% sure how to pronounce that... I’ve seen typos in books before, but this one’s a real head-scratcher...
Come pg 102, I realized this book wasn’t aimed for tweens, but for tween girls. As a male, reading through the tips on how to look like 1999-Britney felt pointless.
Another pointless read for a male was how to have a Britney-like hangout or slumber party (and I don’t mean the one from the ‘Glory’ era). Accidental homophobia presents itself at the bottom of the page as Robb advises the young tween girl reader to talk about guys with your female friends. As part of the LGB, I impulsively thought to myself, “What if she’s not straight? What if she’s there for the girls?” Being gay, though, if I weren’t engaged, I’d have this one covered.
Good Lord! On pg 126, she gets compared to a rooster! Granted, it’s from that ancient mystic study, which dates back to the Ming Dynasty (Chinese astrology), but still an eyebrow-raiser.
Also, Robb should have carefully considered how she phrased a certain paragraph because it came off as her claiming that roosters drop albums and do well in music and arts. Hardly a riveting read despite being nostalgic. 1 star.
I find books like this misleading. The title made me feel like this was not your run of the mill idol worship script that seeks to impress the young reader and music fan alike. Unfortunately, I realized early on after buying this from a Goodwill (doubtful it's surprising) that this is another book meant to paint the ‘phenomenon’ as being a superhero or the greatest thing since your first massive orgasm in middle school.
The author, Jackie Robb, clearly wrote this for a tween audience. Any reader, say thirteen or older could tell. It comes complete with those pretentious and overused exclamation points that are clearly placed strategically to make far too many sentences shock and amaze the young reader. At times, it also seems to be written in a way where the reader might as well read it out loud as if they were talking to toddlers or early elementary school students, say up to the last semester of second grade.
In the beginning of her years with her record label, Jive, it wasn’t at all hard to believe that she was a church-goer. However, fast forward to today, and it wouldn’t be very believable. I don’t say that as a hater, but not many God-fearing people would release songs about a threesome (3), asking a complete stranger for sex (Hold It Against Me), masturbation (The Touch Of My Hand), or having a “sexy” slumber party where you make sexual videos (Slumber Party). I’ve liked many of her songs around and after the release of her fourth album, but just saying.
On pg 12, a set of paragraphs start off with a larger font in bold that reads, “She’s Gonna Live Forever.” Did Britney find the Sorcerer’s Stone in New York?
LoL. On pg 45, there is a definite telling of the time this took place. What we today call the internet used to be known as the World Wide Web. And a link was known as a World Wide Web Page. Call those things by those 90s names today and you’ll see people looking at you incredulously.
According to pg 77, the Pop Princess is not Britney Spears, but "GBritney Spears". I’m not 100% sure how to pronounce that... I’ve seen typos in books before, but this one’s a real head-scratcher...
Come pg 102, I realized this book wasn’t aimed for tweens, but for tween girls. As a male, reading through the tips on how to look like 1999-Britney felt pointless.
Another pointless read for a male was how to have a Britney-like hangout or slumber party (and I don’t mean the one from the ‘Glory’ era). Accidental homophobia presents itself at the bottom of the page as Robb advises the young tween girl reader to talk about guys with your female friends. As part of the LGB, I impulsively thought to myself, “What if she’s not straight? What if she’s there for the girls?” Being gay, though, if I weren’t engaged, I’d have this one covered.
Good Lord! On pg 126, she gets compared to a rooster! Granted, it’s from that ancient mystic study, which dates back to the Ming Dynasty (Chinese astrology), but still an eyebrow-raiser.
Also, Robb should have carefully considered how she phrased a certain paragraph because it came off as her claiming that roosters drop albums and do well in music and arts. Hardly a riveting read despite being nostalgic. 1 star.
June 17, 2009
read this at a really young age. and well its great to know her past but all her storys are really update'n. but still a great book.
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March 9, 2014Moc si nepamatuju jakou formou to bylo napsané, ale každopádně mi něco o Britney v hlavě zůstalo. Hodnotit bohužel nemůžu.
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