Now that Britney is "back" (basically meaning she is seemingly normal again and her abs are in tip-top shape), I have been thinking and reflecting upon her 10-year pop star career a lot. The way the media has onslaughted you with coverage, I think you have been thinking a little more about her than usual too. To me, Britney is one of those pop girls who you can look back on and appreciate because, like Madonna, she is timeless. I view her relativity as simply as this: Britney will always be a girl, ocassionally a woman, who suffers heartbreak and happiness like the rest of us and can somehow entertain us with those episodes through her dance or the surprisingly emotive stylings of her voice and images of her sweet face. With that, I compiled some of my personal Britney faves while taking into account overall public effect and the stamp of her musical individuality.
Best Britney Videos (Top 5)
5.
Don't Let Me The Last To Know. She is just a beautiful girl on a beautiful beach with a beautiful boy and you watch them, captivated, by guessing the nuances of their love story based on the slow music in the background and images of Britney's plainitive face and unresisitable rock hard abs.
4.
Stronger. Good Britney song, set to great chair dancing, and you really, really believe through this simple song and dance that she is stronger than yesterday.
3.
Baby One More Time. The video that launched her career looks a little cheesy after all this time, but you still can't look away from her sad, sad face and then her joyous, slightly manic face when she is unexplicably dancing in various school scenes--and let us not forget the school girl outfit.
2.
I'm A Slave 4 U. This launched Britney 2.0--sexy, non-schoolgirl, pop princess who wears her underwear wherever and however she feels like!! Need we mention the sweat, the groping, the complete in-your-face dirtiness?
1.
Toxic. This video epitomizes what Britney is to me. A playful, charming, little minx who uses her sexiness to take over the world. It's her simple gifts like being able to make a stewardess sexy fun with the beyond adorable "boob" dance, spilling of cocktails, and tiptoeing with the beverage cart. Oh yeah, and her dressed in just diamonds and as the red-headed revengestress in other scenes are other role-playing dreams come true. It is worth noting this video was realized shortly after the "Cry Me a River" mess with Justin, and this career reignition video was her best revenge.
Best Britney Songs (Top 10)
10.
Crazy. Crazy fun, early Britney pop complete with her pop-defining persona "oaws."
9.
Everytime. Britney is sad in this song and we feel for her, and this song perfectly captures the sound of her angelically high timbre and slowed articulation.
8.
Breathe On Me. Britney's little-known hot dance song from her In the Zone album that now clearly showed what kind of songs we can expect from her in the future.
7.
Unusual You. Off her latest album Circus, this song is already garnering a lot of critical praise--it is not only a sweet ballad but it has a very Britney pop sound that we have all come to expect.
6.
Oops I Did It Again. This teen sang it, and we thought it. The newly crowned pop priness came back with this single from her second album, and we sang it and shook it for the next year.
5.
Toxic. Another producer staple, Britney made it work with her original vocals and easy sexiness.
4.
Piece of Me. This song came of her most critically acclaimed album, Blackout, (during the lowest point of her personal life), and we loudly and cleary hear "Ms. Bad Media Karma" give it to us straight while churning out her whimisical sound.
3.
Stronger. I said it once, I'll say it again, we really believe she is stronger than yesterday in this single. And we love her more for it.
2.
Baby One More Time. Her first single really defined who she was, what her sound was, and why we would become eternally fixated on her.
1.
Break the Ice. From the the quintessential Blackout album, I think this song would have been one the biggest hits of her career if she just
sold it to the media. You have her new Danja-inspired sound with the big chorus sound, breathy backgrounds, and clear as ice vocals. This song more than ever showcased her growth as an artist in its artistic maturity.
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