Circus (2008)

Circus (2008)

Studio album by Britney Spears
Released November 28, 2008
Recorded April–September 2008[1][2]
Genre Pop, dance-pop
Length 46:15
Label Jive
Producer Teresa LaBarbera Whites (exec.), Larry Rudolph (exec.), Bloodshy & Avant, Benny Blanco, The Clutch, Nate “Danja” Hills, Dr. Luke, Fernando Garibay, Greg Kurstin, Guy Sigsworth, Nicole Morier, Let’s Go To War, Max Martin, The Outsyders, Harvey Mason, Jr., Rob Knox
Britney Spears chronology
Blackout
(2007) Circus
(2008) Femme Fatale
(2011)
Singles from Circus
“Womanizer”
Released: September 26, 2008
“Circus”
Released: December 2, 2008
“If U Seek Amy”
Released: March 13, 2009
“Radar”
Released: June 24, 2009
“Unusual You”
Released: September 15, 2009

Circus may be the sixth studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. The album was initially launched around the performers 27th birthday on December 2, 2008 by Jive Records. Spears began focus on the album at the begining of 2008 with a variety of producers including lengthy-time producers Bloodshy & Avant and Danja. The album includes pop music and dance-pop.

The album received reviews that are positive from experts and came heavy evaluations to her previous studio album Blackout. In a commercial sense the album also carried out perfectly. Within the U . s . States the album first showed atop the Billboard 200 selling over 500, 000 copies and 814,000 copies worldwide in first week. The task also gained Spears a location around the Guinness Book of World Records because of Spears becoming the youngest female artist ever to possess five number 1 albums. Elsewhere the album were built with a good commercial response topping charts in Canada and also the European charts.

The album’s lead single “Womanizer” grew to become an international hit and broke records for signing up the biggest jump to number 1 around the Billboard Hot 100 after debuting at number 90-six around the chart. The song grew to become her best-selling single in america since her debut single “…Baby One More Time”. The 2nd single “Circus” first showed and peaked at # 3 in america. The 3rd single “If U Seek Amy” produced debate because of its double entendre, but handled to peak at number 19 in america. Circus is Spears’s second album since …Baby One More Time to possess two top-ten hits and three top-twenty hits. The album acquired a Grammy Award nomination for the best Dance Recording for “Womanizer,” but lost to Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face.” The album is becoming her greatest-selling album since In the Zone selling over eight million combined sales of digital tracks and also over 4 million copies worldwide.
Spears embarked on her behalf fifth concert tour to aid the album named The Circus Starring Britney Spears. The tour began on March 3, 2009 in New Orleans’ New Orleans Arena and handle in Adelaide’s Adelaide Entertainment Center. Spears embarked on four legs from the tour going to The United States two times carrying out elsewhere in Europe and Australia. The tour acquired debate around australia because of accusations of lip-synching. Elsewhere Spears marketed the album, carrying out on several tv shows and delivering a marketing music video for that track “Get rid of the Lights”.

Britney Spears Biography
Circus first showed atop the united states Billboard 200, moving over 505,000 models in the first week. It gained Spears a location within the 2010 Guinness Book of World Records to be the youngest female artist ever to possess five albums debut at number 1. The album grew to become the sixth quickest selling album of 2008.he album has spent nine days within the top ten, which makes it Spears’ longest-running top ten album since Oops!… I Did It Again, which spent twenty-three days within the top ten in 2000. Circus was licensed platinum through the Recording Industry Association of America on The month of january 29, 2009. Based on Nielsen SoundScan, by December 2010, the album has offered over 1.7 million copies within the U . s . States. With more than 51,000 models offered, the album opened up at number-one out of the Canadian Albums Chart, her best sales effort since Oops!… I Did It Again, which tallied up 95,000 copies in May 2000. In under per month, Circus grew to become the ninth best-selling album of 2008, with 143,000 copies, and among the top selling digital albums of the identical year with more than 10,100 downloads. In March 2009, Circus was licensed 3× platinum through the Canadian Recording Industry Association, denoting 240,000 shipped copies to merchants. In Mexico, the album first showed towards the top of the worldwide chart and also at No. 3 within the overall chart, selling over 46,000 copies on and on gold in the first week.

In Oceania, the album is a top hit. It first showed at number 3 around australia and was licensed Platinum after three days, selling over 70,000 copies. It’s since gone onto be licensed 3× platinum for sales over 210,000. In Europe the album spent 16 days around the European Hot 100 chart. Within the Uk the album first showed and peaked at number 4 within the Uk albums chart investing thirty-one days around the chart. The album was licensed Platinum within the Uk. In France the album offered 18,319 copies in the first couple of times of release, debuting at # 5 around the French Weekly Album Charts. In Asia the album charted within the Japanese Oricon albums chart peaking at number 5 around the albums chart and attaining a Gold certification.
Circus takes influence from a number of pop genres, for example electropop and dance and it has been known as a follow up to Spears’ previous album, Blackout. She referred to the album as lighter than its predecessor, that was more urban sounding. The tunes from the album happen to be in comparison towards the types of many artists, for example Jesse Jackson, Eurythmics, New Order and also the songwriting of Prince,Leiber & Stoller and Phil Spector. To some lesser degree, the album draws components from other genres, like a sixties go-go rock guitar in “Mmm Papi”. Circus concentrates on different styles and Spears “does dual purpose like a dance diva and brokenhearted balladeer”. Lyrically, it’s been in comparison to Blackout, because of the truth that they’re “fiery” and “confrontational”. In tunes for example “Circus” and “Get rid of the Lights”, the lyrics discuss fame, a style she’s formerly acknowledged in “Lucky” and “Piece of Me”. The album’s opening track, “Womanizer” in addition to “Shattered Glass” are tunes that discuss a womanizing guy. The 3rd track, “From Under”, stories the finish of her relationship with Kevin Federline.

“Womanizer“ the very first track was selected because the lead single and was referred to by Spears like a girl anthem and lyrically talks of the cheating guy. The song features synth sirens having a repetitive chorus. The 2nd song, “Circus”, discusses Spears’ feelings being an performer and also the feelings she gets while carrying out using the lyrics “All eyes on me within the center from the ring as being a circus/After I crack that whip everyone gonna trip as being a circus”. It’s been referred to as featuring “thudding electronic dance production” and it has acquired evaluations to Spears’ earlier single “Make new friends”. The 3rd track, “From Under” collected evaluations Spears’ track “I am Not really a Girl, Not a Lady” with electric guitar backings. The song lyrically continues to be associated with Spears’ relationship with ex-husband Kevin Federline and it has been noted like a story of the imprisoning relationship. “Get rid of the Lights”, the 4th track, is really a dance-pop song that discusses Spears conflict using the paparazzi and draw evaluations to her earlier “Piece of Me”. By having an introduction that states “our personal pop princess, now Full of Pop”. The song has acquired evaluations to music by Madonna. “Shattered Glass” the 5th track is features dark electronic beats and lyrically it talks about a damaged non-repairable relationship.

“If U Seek Amy” the sixth track is really a Pop song with aspects of “fashion-rave”and acquired debate because of its double entendre which comprised from the “If U Seek Amy” title sounding phonically like “F.U.C.K. me”.] The seventh track, “Unusual You”, is really a synthpop song, that are responsible for a lady finding unpredicted love. “Unusual You” continues to be in comparison to functions by the Eurythmics’ throughout the eighties and it has been noted like a “pulsing ballad” along with other experts observing the the nineteen nineties music styles.] “Blur” the eighth track is really a pop song by having an urban influence and recalls a morning following a party with lyrics “”Can’t remember things i did last evening/I gotta get my mind right, in which the hell am I? Who’re you? What’d we all do last evening?”.It’s acquired evaluations towards the track “Early Mornin” from her 4th studio album In the Zone. “Mmm Papi”

may be the ninth track, with experts observing the Latin-pop dance hall styles additionally they noted the track was fun, but panning it for showing up to “revisit the Lolita persona of “…Baby One More time. It’s been recommended that it is lyrics cope with either her father Jamie Spears or paparazzi Adnan Ghalib. “Mannequin” the tenth track is really a dance-pop song having a trip hop influence, with experts observing it to be dangerous and advanced although some others saying her vocals seem “lifeless” although the eleventh track “Lace and Leather” has collected evaluations to Vanity 6′s works in the eighties] using the final track “My Baby” compiled by Spears about her two sons Sean Preston Spears and Jayden James Spears.
Britney Spears Biography